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Westborough CC - #5 Vol. 2 No. 7 ThMe etropolitan udly Present ro ed B US S ENIOR AMATEUR P y UPCOMING EVENTS QUALIFYING PAGE 1, 4 2016 USGA E VENTS US M ID -A MATEUR Exclusive Corporate Partner QUALIFYING US A MATEUR FOUR -B ALL HOLTGRIEVE WINS PAGE 6 MAY 21-25, 2016 MEDAL AT US S ENIOR US A MATEUR FOUR BALL AMATEUR QUALIFYING US W OMEN ’S AMATEUR QUALIFYING FOUR -B ALL PAGE 7 SUNSET PROVES TO BE A STERN TEST FOR SENIOR QUALIFIERS . MAY 21-25, 2016 25 Y EARS OF CHAMPIONS LABARGE , S ABO & It’s almost as though he’s found the CURTIS CUP MATCH fountain of youth. To paraphrase the PENFELD JUNE 10-12, 2016 old saying, “the news of the demise PAGE 8 of Jim Holtgrieve’s game has been US O PEN WEB .COM Q S CHOOL greatly exaggerated!” JUNE 16-19, 2016 PAGE 14-15 In August he charges into the semifinals of the Men’s District, only USGA C HAMPIONSHIPS to fall to the eventual champion MAGA E VENTS RESULTS Chris Kovach. He arrived at Sunset PAGE 17 with a solid plan; make pars, and that MAGA F OUR -B ALL he did. CHAMPIONS AMATEUR SERIES RESULTS PAGE 7 PAGE 20-21 MID -A MERICA CUP POINT STANDINGS MATCHES PAGE 22-24 PAGE 18-19 AGT S CHOLARSHIP MAGA C UP FINALS SEMINAR QUINCY VS JOACHIM PAGE 25 NOVEMBER 5 DICK LOTZ USGA President Tom O’Toole presenting Jim See pages 11 for 1929-2015 Holtgrieve with the qualifying medal. full schedule PAGE 26 (Continued on page 4) Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association • 11777 Clayton Rd. • St. Louis, Missouri 63131 314.567.MAGA • Fax: 314.261.9250 • [email protected] The Metropolitan September-October 2015 STAFF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CURT ’S COMMENTS Curt Rohe - [email protected] Welcome to the fall golf season, while I do not get out and P.J. B OATWRIGHT INTERNS - 2015 Michael Kegin & Nicholas Wojciechowski play much this is maybe my [email protected] favorite time of the year to do so. The fall colors and temperatures METROPOLITAN CHAMPIONSHIPS and fabulous to be outside for. Amateur Championship First, this month I want to thank Match Play Championship Curt Rohe Open Championship those MAGA members I have Executive Director Women’s Amateur Championship interacted with on your generous Junior Amateur Championship comments on The Metropolitan Senior Amateur Championship and how much they enjoy receiving this newsletter! They Metropolitan Cup Matches has been numerous and go along way in the work, especially Four-Ball Championship that of our editor Jim Healey, puts into each issue. Thank Mid-America Junior Cup you! USGA QUALIFYING ROUNDS US Open Qualifying (Local and Sectional) Members, you have another great issue here with a lot of US Senior Open Qualifying content wrapping up the 2015 tournament season. We do US Amateur Qualifying have one more event to finish up next week, the finals of our US Mid-Amateur Qualifying Metropolitan Cup Championship will be played between US Women’s Mid-Amateur US Junior Amateur Qualifying Quincy CC and defending champion Joachim GC. US Amateur Public Links Qualifying US Senior Amateur Qualifying I have received several calls/emails of late asking about US Women’s Open Qualifying the 2016 schedules. I am working diligently in securing our US Amateur Four-Ball sites for 2016 for MAGA championships, USGA qualifying US Women’s Amateur Four-Ball round and our Amateur Series of events. Generally those EXECUTIVE BOARD dates are published the 1st of the year; therefore, look for an Stanford S. Grossman – President Emeritus update in the November/December issue of The Thomas J. O’Toole Jr. – Vice-President Metropolitan. Thomas O. Sobbe Jr. – Vice-President M. Ray McCraine – Secretary It was just announced this week the changes to the 2016 G. Scott Engelbrecht – Treasurer G.F. (Rick) Meyer Jr. – At-Large Member Rules of Golf, there are some highlights in the coming pages H. Mick Wellington – At-Large Member but we will go a little deeper into those changes in the final issue of 2015. A lot of great information can be found on the ADVISORY COMMITTEE USGA website with great videos explaining these changes, I Scott Thomas, Chairman encourage you to check those out. Dustin Ashby Tom Barry Skip Berkmeyer As always, thank you for taking a few minutes to read Jim Dunn The Metropolitan. David Rhoads Curt Rohe Curt Metropolitan Editor Jim Healey 2 The Metropolitan September-October 2015 3) A player uses a mobile phone, hand-held com - puter, calculator, television or radio during a stipu - RULES OF GOLF CORNER lated round. Is this permissable? It depends. Unless the conditions of the competition state otherwise, THE SLIPPERY SLOPE OF ELECTRONICS AND such electronic devices do not breach the rules if they ELECTRONIC DEVICES are used to call home, to access info produced prior to the round (electronic yardage book, swing tips), to The first several generations of the Rules of Golf access (but not interpret or process) info from a pre - were created many years prior to the electronic age. vious round, or to obtain info related to the competi - Under current rules, the USGA has addressed many tion (leader board, projected cut). However, a player issues related to electronics. Here are a few situations will be DISQUALIFIED for watching or listening to that may surprise you. (Be sure to look for the “How - a broadcast of the competition being played or mak - ever.”) ing a phone call to seek advice. (See Decision 14- 3/16.) There is no prohibition from watching or 1) A player addresses ball at a televised event and listening or seeking advice if the stipulated round has touches it with his club (not a penalty). Although the been suspended (weather, darkness, etc.) player does not believe that the ball has moved, TV replay shows that the ball has moved, ever so slightly. 4) A player uses a device to listen to music, a radio Should the player be assessed a penalty under Rule broadcast or other broadcast during a stipulated 18-2a? It depends. The definition of moved is when round. Is this permitted under the Rules of Golf? the ball “leaves its position and comes to rest in an - Because these activities might help a player eliminate other place.” However, Decision 18/4 addresses distractions or promote good tempo, such activity for whether the amount of movement was “reasonably a prolonged period (even with headphones) is a discernible to the naked eye at the time.” Absent rea - breach of Rule 14-3, and could result in DISQUALI - sonable evidence to the contrary, here is the standard: FICATION. Listening briefly to another sporting “a player’s determination that the ball has NOT event or traffic information for brief periods is per - moved is deemed to be conclusive, even if that deter - missable. The Committee must determine if the mination is later shown to be incorrect through the player’s action assisted play. There is NO restriction use of sophisticated technology.” on listening while practicing. 2) A player pulls out a mobile phone during a round and uses an app to check yardage. Is this permissable? As with many other rules situations that may impact a It depends. The ruling depends on the Conditions of player on the course during a stipulated round, the the Competition and Local Rules. In the note under best practice regarding the use of electronic devices Rule 14-3, “The Committee may make a Local Rule would be to ask an official. They can confirm that allowing players to use devices that measure or gauge your electronic device is permissable during your distance only.” In Appendix IV of the Rules of Golf, stipulated round and identify any restrictions. Fi - “During a stipulated round, the use of any distance nally, be sure to see the revised Rules of Golf 2016- measuring device is not permitted unless the Com - 2020 and Decisions on the Rules of Golf 2016-2017, mittee has introduced a Local Rule to that effect.” when available, for any revisions. However, even if the Local Rule is in effect, there are features that would render the device unacceptable: Alvan Sage the gauging or measuring of slope, the gauging or Rules Committee & Course Rating Committee measuring of wind speed or direction or temperature Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association or humidity (not weather reports), or any recommen - dations that might assist the player with club selec - tion, type of shot or reading a green. 3 US S ENIOR AMATEUR QUALIFYING (Continued from page 1) RICHARD JARRETT JOINS HOLTGRIEVE IN QUALIFYING FOR US S ENIOR AMATEUR An opening birdie on the tough par 5 set the tone for the day. Another birdie at the dogleg right fifth hole offset bogey’s at the second and the sixth, leaving Jim at level par through his first nine. His only mistake on the back came at the twelfth with a bogey 5. His 1-over par 73 was an excellent round in a day when players struggled with the thick rough and quick greens at Sunset. It would appear that the 1981 US Mid- Amateur champion has found new life in his game. While he might not be able to keep up with the youngsters, he makes up for it with his solid approach to the game and determination. Richard Jarrett’s round was also good enough to qualify, though he took a much different path. His seven bogey’s were offset with four From left: Jim Holtgrieve, Curt Rohe, Richard Jarrett, USGA President Tom O’Toole. birdies as his game saw its up-and-downs.