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MAGA Open Upcoming Events Page 4-5 2016 USGA Events Conversation with Jeff Whitfield Woltman cruises to US Mid-Amateur Page 6 MAGA Open Title Qualifying August 8, 2016 St. Louis Golf History Low scores featured at Spencer T. Olin CGC 2001 US Women’s Mid-Am MAGA Junior Page 10 US Women’s Mid- Jake Marriott of Amateur Qualifying MAGA Junior Page 14 Augusta University August 8, 2016 Claims Medal in Spencer T. Olin CGC Season Point Totals US Amateur Qualifying Page 19 US Senior Women’s Dan Woltman earned the $25,000 Qualifying US Amateur Qualifying first prize at the MAGA Open at St. August 24, 2016 Page 20 Albans after posting rounds of 63 Glen Echo CC and 67, then cruising to a respectable 74, winning by a stroke. Fact or Fiction? US Senior Amateur Page 22 Franklin County Country Club Qualifying saw two local players - one only 12 - post a round of 70 to win their August 29, 2016 CC of St. Albans (TC) MAGA Events respective divisions. Qualifying for the US Amateur US Amateur 4-Ball Amateur Championship saw Jake Marriott take the top spot, Qualifying (M&W) August 4-6, 2016 with a three-way tie for the lone second position. It would be eight September 26, 2016 Lake Forest CC Senior Championship holes into sudden death before the August 15-16, 2016 second and final qualifying spot was decided. See page 11 for full schedule

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STAFF Executive Director urt s omments Curt Rohe - [email protected] C ’ C Greetings to our members and P.J. Boatwright Interns - 2016 welcome to August! Did I just say Schaeffer Bell & Jameson Howard August? We had a tremendous [email protected] stretch of things taking place in METROPOLITAN CHAMPIONSHIPS July at the MAGA...Open, Junior Amateur Championship Championships, US Amateur Match Play Championship Qualifying. Open Championship Curt Rohe Women’s Amateur Championship The Open, not the one on the other Executive Director Junior Amateur Championship Senior Amateur Championship side of the pond, OUR Open was Metropolitan Cup Matches fabulous! Dan Woltman, a professional from Wisconsin Four-Ball Championship capture the 11th Open and $25,000 first prize. I want to Mid-America Junior Cup concentrate on St. Albans here for a minute, the club was USGA QUALIFYING ROUNDS remarkable and the players recognized that. The golf US Open Qualifying (Local and Sectional) course was unbelievable, the hospitality shown by CCSA US Senior Open Qualifying was first rate and the championship is going to continue US Amateur Qualifying to elevate itself as the best State and Regional Open in the US Mid-Amateur Qualifying US Women’s Mid-Amateur country! US Junior Amateur Qualifying US Amateur Public Links Qualifying We look ahead this week to our 2nd “major” the 26th US Senior Amateur Qualifying Amateur Championship at Glen Echo CC. The Amateur US Women’s Open Qualifying was last played there in 2004 when John Kelly captured US Amateur Four-Ball US Women’s Amateur Four-Ball the title. Should be a great week again on one of St. Louis’ classic golf courses. Jimmy Siegfried is the defending EXECUTIVE BOARD champion and is in the field. Who will hoist the Jim Tom Stanford S. Grossman – President Emeritus Blair trophy next Saturday? Thomas J. O’Toole Jr. – Vice-President Thomas O. Sobbe Jr. – Vice-President M. Ray McCraine – Secretary The Amateur represents the pinnacle of our tournament G. Scott Engelbrecht – Treasurer season, but certainly not the end. Looking forward, we have G.F. (Rick) Meyer Jr. – At-Large Member the MAGA Senior at WingHaven, the 2016 US Senior H. Mick Wellington – At-Large Member Amateur Championship qualifying in September and the ADVISORY COMMITTEE Mid-America Junior Cup at St. Louis CC in October. Scott Thomas, Chairman Dustin Ashby Thank you, as always, for reading The Metropolitan! Enjoy Tom Barry and if you have any questions or comments please feel free Skip Berkmeyer Jim Dunn to email me at [email protected]. David Rhoads Curt Rohe

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The competitor faced a difficult shot, playing from a tough lie, over a stream, under trees, with a bunker between his ball and the putting surface. The official Rules of Golf Corner cautioned the player about Rule 13-4 prohibitions, not to ground his club, test the condition of the hazard, or Play It As It Lies vs. Taking Relief move any loose impediments, including the leaf that was replaced over his ball when he recreated­ his lie. At the 11th Metropolitan Open played at the The player made a stroke (his third), but only advanced Country Club of St. Alban’s Lewis and Clark course, the ball 10­-12 feet, short of the stream and still in the a competitor faced a difficult situation as he was hazard. It took a few minutes to find the ball, during finishing his round on the par­ 4 9th hole (he had which time the official cautioned the player and his started on hole #10). In making his 125-­yard approach caddie to be careful not to accidentally step on or move shot from the fairway, the player hit the ball into a the ball (Rule 18-2).­ After finding the ball, the player lateral water hazard right of the putting surface. The had to re-evaluate­ his situation. All of his previous ball flew through trees, over a stream, and into an area options were still available (Rule 26-­2a), plus he could of short undergrowth, sticks and leaves. An nearby have re-dropped under stroke and distance from where official, who witnessed the shot, quickly went into the he had just played in the hazard (Rule 27-1a).­ Once area and found the ball. again, he decided to play his ball as it lay. His next shot When the competitor arrived, he found a ball in (his fourth) made it over the stream but came to rest on a playable position but covered with a large leaf, the muddy bank above the stream. The resulting lie was hampering identification. The official advised the much better, while all of his previous Rule 26-1­ relief competitor that in order to identify the ball, he must options were still available. Before playing from the mark the position of the ball and that he could remove bank, the player asked if he could get line-of­ ­-play relief the large leaf before lifting the ball. Further, he from an irrigation box outside the hazard. The official cautioned that the ball may not be cleaned and that, replied that Rule 24-2a­ does not grant relief from after identifying the ball, the ball must be replaced line­-of­-play interference with an immovable obstruction, under the leaf to recreate the lie. (Rule 12-2­ and just interference with a lie and areas of intended stance Decision 23-1/7)­ and swing. With that, the player finally extricated his This is where things got interesting. The official and ball from the hazard, ending short of the bunker, from player discussed the player’s options. He could play which spot he chipped onto the green and two-putted­ the ball as it lies without penalty (Rule 13-1).­ Also, for a quadruple-­bogey eight. with a one-­stroke penalty, under Rule 26­-1, he could Both players and officials can learn from this incident. (1) play the ball from where the last stroke was made As part of their decision­ making process, when presented in the fairway or (2) drop a ball within two club lengths with a difficult situation, players are well advised to no closer to the hole where his ball last crossed the check with an official, if available, as to their range of margin of the lateral hazard. His other options under options and consider potential complications. Officials Rule 26-1­ (dropping on the flagline behind where his should anticipate the player asking for help, and be ball entered the hazard, and dropping within two club prepared to cover available options and offer cautions lengths on the opposite side of the hazard equidistant to protect the player from possible Rules infractions. to the hole) were impractical under the circumstances. After pondering the choices with his caddie, the Woody Johnson competitor opted to play the ball where it lay. MAGA Rules Committee

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Dan Woltman entered the Metropolitan Open on his way to a web.com quali- fier and walked away with the top prize and a ton of respect for St. Albans.

This past year has been difficult for the Woltman’s. The 29-year-old former Wisconsin Badger, spent the past year playing the European Tour. Except that the European Tour includes events in Australia, China, Russia, India, as well as Europe. However, it did toughen his resolve and improve his game as he entered the 2016 season. Despite not having status on a tour, Dan and his wife Merissa, now his full-time caddie after she left her job, are getting closer to their goal of joining the Web.com tour, and hopefully, leading soon to the PGA Tour. With a friend telling him to enter the Metropolitan Open, he fit the event into his schedule on his way to a qualifier in Springfield, IL. He was certainly glad he took the advice. An opening round of 66, followed by a brilliant 64, enabled him to put his game on cruise control - hitting Dan and Merissa Woltman with the fairways with ease and shooting for the middle of the greens, as he James Manion Trophy posted a good-enough round of 74 to take the title by a single shot over three players tied for second place.

Final Results

1 Dan Woltman Beaver Dam, Wis. 66 64 74 204 T24 Jordan Russell Bryan, Texas 73 68 70 211 T2 Brett Paquet Chandler, Ariz. 70 70 65 205 T24 Mitchell Gregson Waterloo, Ill. 70 68 73 211 T2 Paul Haley II Dallas, Texas 71 67 67 205 T24 Brett Melton Washington, Ind. 67 69 75 211 T2 Eric Steger Fishers, Ind. 69 68 68 205 T28 Jay Woodson Powhatan, Va. 71 72 69 212 T5 Bobby Hudson Memphis, Tenn. 66 69 71 206 T28 Brant Peaper Tequesta, Fla. 73 70 69 212 T5 Chris Brant Edwardsville, Ill. 65 68 73 206 T28 Alex Cusumano (a) St. Louis, Mo. 71 72 69 212 T7 Brad Hopfinger Chicago, Ill. 69 74 64 207 T31 Jonathan Diianni Kernersville, N.C. 72 70 71 213 T7 Tyler Neff Knoxville, Tenn. 69 69 69 207 T31 Zahkai Brown Arvada, Colo. 70 66 77 213 T7 Seth Fair Whitestown, Ind. 68 70 69 207 T33 Garrett Sneed Chesterfield, Mo. 66 77 71 214 T7 Steven Ihm Peosta, Iowa 71 64 72 207 T33 Edward Loar Rockwall, Texas 69 74 71 214 T11 Matthew Thompson Royal Oak, Mich. 70 70 68 208 T33 Scott Lamb Bradenton, Fla. 71 69 74 214 T11 Brandon Holtz Bloomington, Ill. 71 67 70 208 T36 Carson Jacobs Hendersonville, Tn. 69 73 73 215 T11 Michael Davan Zionsville, Ind. 66 70 72 208 T36 Al Dickens IV Charlotte, N.C. 70 70 75 215 T11 Joseph Juszczyk Dearborn Heights, Mi. 68 67 73 208 T36 Eric Lilleboe Okemos, Mich. 71 68 76 215 T15 Jim Knous Englewood, Colo. 70 73 66 209 T39 Josh Weems Lake Quivira, Kan. 69 73 74 216 T15 Drew Page Jupiter, Fla. 71 69 69 209 T39 Ben Crancer Kirkwood, Mo. 72 70 74 216 T15 Matthew Ryan Huntersville, N.C. 69 70 70 209 T39 David Holmes Knoxville, Tenn. 69 70 77 216 T15 Patrick Newcomb Benton, Ky. 73 63 73 209 42 Jordan Elsen Palm Beach Gardens, Fl. 73 69 75 217 T19 Skip Berkmeyer (a) Wildwood, Mo. 70 71 69 210 T43 David Mills Evansville, Ind. 70 73 75 218 T19 Luke Kwon Carrollton, Texas 69 72 69 210 T43 Dane Worley Cedar Rapids, Iowa 73 69 76 218 T19 Timothy O’Neal Savannah, Ga. 73 67 70 210 T43 David Erdy Chandler, Ind. 71 69 78 218 T19 John Kelly St. Louis, Mo. 71 69 70 210 T46 Brendan Gielow Asheville, N.C. 72 71 78 221 T19 Sam Migdal (a) Ballwin, Mo. 69 70 71 210 T46 Luke Symons Aurora, Colo. 73 69 79 221 T24 Mike Van Sickle McKees Rocks, Pa. 74 69 68 211

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Mitchell Rutledge (a) Saint Peters, Mo. 70 74 Blake Biddle Boerne, Texas 76 78 Tayler Termeer Lakeway, Texas 69 75 Kyle Szyhowski (a) St. Charles, Mo. 73 81 Dustin Korte Hendersonville, Tenn. 71 73 Rustin Purser Edmond, Okla. 80 74 Ryan Zech Kearney, Mo. 69 75 Barrett Kelpin Kalamazoo, Mich. 76 79 Chris Thompson Lawrence, Kan. 71 73 Gabe Laske Wildwood, Mo. 78 77 Joey Johnson (a) Ozark, Mo. 76 68 Brad Carpenter (a) Washington, Mo. 77 78 Brian Bullington Frankfort, Ill. 71 73 Mitchell Homb O’Fallon, Ill. 78 77 Robert Rohanna Naples, Fla. 75 69 Andrew Pranger (a) St. Louis, Mo. 83 72 Nic Goodin Springfield, Mo. 70 75 Tommy Schaff Savannah, Ga. 79 77 Justin Bryant Clayton, Mo. 72 73 Matthew Hoemann (a) Washington, Mo. 78 78 Andy Buege Abrams, Wis. 73 72 Charlie Holland Dallas, Texas 81 75 Teddy Jones (a) Wildwood, Mo. 75 70 Jace Long McKinney, Texas 80 76 Nick Arman Ellisville, Mo. 75 70 Michael Johnson (a) Maryville, Ill. 77 80 Nate McCoy Ankeny, Iowa 72 73 Chris Ferris (a) St. Louis, Mo. 77 80 Zach Tate Leawood, Kan. 72 74 Cy Moritz Owensville, Mo. 73 84 Brian Maurer Richmond, Ind. 75 71 Parker Goldman (a) St. Louis, Mo. 80 77 Kevin Kring Springfield, Mo. 74 72 Micheal Demary Elizabethtown, Ky. 78 79 Christian Heavens Fairview Heights, Ill. 70 76 David Bremer (a) St. Louis, Mo. 79 79 Martin Trainer Palo Alto, Calif. 71 75 Mike McKillips (a) Brentwood, Mo. 75 83 Matt Miller Richardson, Texas 74 73 Daniel Venker (a) St. Louis, Mo. 78 80 Drew Weisenborn (a) Columbia, Ill. 72 75 Hongsang Kim (a) St Charles, Mo. 76 83 Joe Migdal Ballwin, Mo. 75 72 Charles Hawn (a) Waterloo, Ill. 80 80 Michael Wellington St. Louis, Mo. 74 73 Andrew Green Oklahoma City, Ok. 79 81 Tanner Owens Tulsa, Okla. 75 73 Raj Bhuyan (a) Webster Groves, Mo. 80 80 Alex Moon Dallas, Texas 72 76 Carson Postal (a) St. Louis, Mo. 77 84 Justin Bardgett Chesterfield, Mo. 75 73 Austin Schettler (a) Wildwood, Mo. 76 85 Derek Tolan Highlands Ranch, Co. 76 72 Brandon Beckham Smiths Grove, Ky. 83 79 Ted Moloney (a) Manchester, Mo. 72 77 Josh Noblitt (a) St. Louis, Mo. 79 83 Nicholas Grubnich Crown Point, Ind. 77 72 Bryce Dolan (a) Washington, Mo. 83 80 Johnathan Schnitzer Houston, Texas 72 77 Robert Hogan (a) Clayton, Mo. 79 84 Jay Williamson St. Louis, Mo. 74 75 Matt McCarthy (a) O’Fallon, Ill. 79 84 Phil Caravia (a) St. Louis, Mo. 75 74 Kenny Conrad (a) O’Fallon, Ill. 77 87 Keenai Sampson (a) Maryville, Ill. 72 77 Van Pierce (a) St. Louis, Mo. 81 83 Justin Hemings (a) Edwardsville, Ill. 76 74 Kevin Wahle (a) Wildwood, Mo. 86 79 Francisco Cossio III Brigantine, N.J. 77 73 Scott Schaeffer (a) Rogers, Ark. 80 85 Richard Weber III Weldon Spring, Mo. 73 77 Joseph Correnti III (a) Ellisville, Mo. 87 78 Seth Trolia Mahomet, Ill. 71 79 Ben Sayers (a) Wildwood, Mo. 79 87 Thomas Weaver (a) St. Louis, Mo. 82 69 Matt Sacchettini (a) St. Louis, Mo. 84 84 Peter Lamaris Australia 75 76 Matthew Wickham (a) St. Louis, Mo. 85 83 Bryan Kruse Westminster, Co. 76 75 Bradley Kane (a) Lake St. Louis, Mo. 84 87 Andrew Lister College Station, Tx 73 78 Scott Hamel Ellisville, Mo. 79 93 Alex Ciaramitaro (a) St. Peters, Mo. 76 76 Chris Lubrano Naples, Fla. 86 86 Ryan Haxel (a) Creve Ceour, Mo. 78 74 Tyler Ward (a) Fenton, Mo. 93 79 Michael Greene Overland Park, Kan. 73 79 Jonathan Coats Bloomington, Ind. 81 94 Mitch Mather (a) Lebanon, Mo. 78 74 Ryan Porvaznik Moline, Ill. 91 90 Kyle Perry Bloomington, Ind. 75 78 David Marshall Wildwood, Mo. 77 WD Ryan Sullivan (a) Arnold, Missouri 70 83 Joseph Winslow Overland Park, Ks 83 WD Reilly Ahearn (a) St. Louis, Mo. 77 76 Michael Gualdoni (a) Waterloo, Ill. 88 WD Dillon Eaton (a) Wildwood, Mo. 78 75 Jaden Nilsen (a) Ballwin, Mo. 92 WD Nick Mehigan The Woodlands, Tx 78 75 Christian Argyros (a) St. Louis, Mo. WD Collin Neeman Waterloo, Ill. 77 76 Tom Murray Orange Park, Fl. WD Jimmy Siegfried (a) Town & Country, Mo. 76 77 Thane Ringler Hutchinson, Kan. WD Andrew Mitchell Benton, Ill. 77 77 Zachary Pranger (a) St. Louis, Mo. WD David Abolt Cuba, Mo. 78 76 Bradley Smith Marietta, Ga. WD Joseph Williams (a) St. Louis, Mo. 79 75

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5 A Conversation with Jeff Whitfield

Jeff’s name might be one that is not well known to many area golfers...but it should be. Born in Oklahoma City, his family moved to the St. Louis area when he was nine. The family lived in the new Four Seasons community, where his father Bill, a salesman, won the club championship on two occasions. It was after the latter win that he decided, at age 42, to change occupations and become a golf professional working under Ross Horst at Four Seasons. This change enabled Jeff to learn the golf business from the ground up; working in all phases of the game. By the time he was entering high school, he was an accomplished player. As a sophomore at Parkway Central he joined a group of talented players as they experienced success, winning the state title. After two years at Auburn, where he studied agronomy, he transferred to Missouri, playing for their new coach, Richard Poe. After graduation, he stayed in the game, working in golf shops in Columbia and then at St. Louis CC for Steve Spray and at Westwood for Joe Dodich. After a few years, he took advantage of an opportunity and became an area rep for Spalding Golf in their Pro Division, staying with them for twelve years. Using his background in agronomy, he was the driving force behind the development of Persimmon Woods Golf Club. Moving on to his next project, he spent several years working with architect Art Schaupeter to create Old Hawthorne in Columbia, Missouri. He has recently been involved with golf projects in Panama, The Quarry at Crystal Springs (where is is part of the ownership group) and in Louisville, Kentucky. Between those, he helped form the group which reopened The Legends Country Club, staying on as General Manager for a time. Upon reaching “senior” age, he qualified for the Senior PGA Club Professional Championship seven years in a row, and qualified for US Senior Open’s in 2011 and 2013. At the recent Senior Open qualifying at St. Clair CC, Jeff missed by a single shot from being in the playoff, which saw Brian Heninger take the lone qualifying spot from Jay Don Blake! With is wife Tamara, he has raised two daughters, Kate and Kristen and now has a granddaughter, Hadley, to enjoy. So, if you don’t know much about Jeff Whitfield, after reading the article below, you will gain a new appreciation for his contributions to St. Louis golf!

Tell us about your Junior Career.

Like most young kids, I played most sports growing up. However, when my father left Greenbriar Hills, where he had been an assistant for a few years, and assumed the head golf professional position at Four Seasons, I began to focus much more on golf. There was a group of guys around my age and we would play the nine hole course sometimes four to five times a day. Among them were a few who went on to become professionals as well as just a number of very good players, Dave Furlong, Ken Looper, Bob Furkin, Doug Lorenz, Brett Baske and others.

At Parkway Central our coach was John Schnell who was very passionate about the game. We had some very good players when I joined them. From the middle of my freshman year to the middle of my senior year, we did not lose a match. With our home course being Four Seasons, we were particularly tough when playing there. In my sophomore year, I was one of four that went to the state championship, which we won. That summer, playing on the A.L. Gustin course where we had won the state championship, I won the state junior. My junior year we had all four players back, including Bill Helmbacher and Butch Schnell (Coach Schnell’s son), and we should have won state again. However, we had one of those off-days we all sometimes experience and ended up finishing in third place. My senior year, I was the only returning player, however, with three new guys, we ended up finishing second in state.

What were your goals heading into college?

After working in all phases of the game for so long, I really loved working on the course. I decided I would get into the agronomy of the game. I enrolled at Auburn to learn as much as I could with the goal of becoming a golf course superintendent. At Auburn, I played on the golf team and in my first two years worked toward a Turf Management degree.

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6 After my sophomore year (1977), I had some good results over the summer in a number of events. However, I made the decision to return home and transfer to Missouri, becoming part of Richard Poe’s first recruiting class, with two years of eligibility remaining.

During my first eligible year at Missouri, we won the East division of the Big 8 with a record of 16-4 and I was named to the All-Big Eight team. Coach Poe really changed the golf program at Mizzou. He entered us in tournaments - with 15-20 teams - featuring programs such as Wake Forest, Houston, UCLA and others. At the time, Oklahoma State was dominating the Big 8 with their play, so Mizzou had a long way to go to get to the top.

What were some of the high points of your play during that time? Jeff Whitfield at the US Senior Beginning in 1977, I began to play very well. I was low amateur in the local US Open Open Qualifying at St. Clair CC Qualifying, went to the quarterfinals in the state amateur and in the St. Louis District. I also began to play in some of the Gateway PGA events, both individual and team events as an amateur and saw that I could be competitive. In 1980, right after graduation, I won the Phil Cotton Tournament, which at the time was the top stroke play event in the state. I was feeling very good about my play and turned pro the next day, going to work for Richard Poe at the Country Club of Missouri.

It was a few years later that your took a career change. How did that occur?

The following winter, a position opened up at St. Louis CC and being from St. Louis, I decided to apply and got the job there, working for Steve Spray. A year later, the first assistant and teaching position opened up at Westwood. I took that position, working for several years for Joe Dodich. I’ll tell you this, if you don’t learn something from working for men like Steve and Joe, you’re not trying very hard. They were both terrific.

However, my next move was more of a family decision. In the golf business there is often very little turnover in head professionals. Plus, many of the positions required a move from St. Louis. My wife, Tamara, was working at St. Louis Children’s Hospital as a clinical dietician, so that was also a factor. We were looking to start a family and the quality of life issues came into play. I was contacted by a friend about a position with the Pro Golf Division of Spalding. I applied for the position and was brought on board. I could stay in St. Louis, stay involved with the game, keep many of the relationships I had formed and do it with a bit more income, so it was hard to resist. I spent the next twelve years with Spalding and it was great.

However, I did not want to give up my professional status. I had become a Class A pro, and I wanted to keep my professional status so I continued to pay my dues and attend meetings. That is very important to me. I was able to get Spalding more involved in the Gateway PGA, supporting the Section’s programs. In fact, we were the biggest supporter of any manufacturer in the Gateway Section for many years.

How did you then get into Golf Course development, in particular, at Persimmon Woods?

I guess it really goes back to my agronomy days when I studied that in college. I always enjoyed working on the course, looking at the designs. Plus, I’ve always thought it would be great to be more in control of my own destiny. Owning a golf course is probably the ultimate in that for a golfer.

I had gone to every PGA seminar they put on about construction, design, financing, operating and so on. I had been involved on the periphery of a few other projects, in particular at Crystal Highlands (which was developed by Joe Dodich and Bob Kelsey), which was designed by Dr. Michael Hurdzan. I came to appreciate Hurdzan’s approach to the game. I became more of a classic design guy, looking at the strategic approach to the game as opposed to the penal approach. I liked the work of someone like Brian Silva and others who take the classical approach to design. Really, most of the architects I’ve met I really liked.

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7 Being with Spalding I was able to keep tabs on new courses, speak with developers and owners. As it happened, Darren Haenssler, the son of the owner of the land that is now Persimmon Woods, was working at a Golf Discount store. A friend of mine happened to be speaking with him about the land and what options his father was looking at for it. He really didn’t want to sell it for development and with his love of golf, he thought his 200 acres would make a good layout. I met with Darren who put me in touch with his father, Gabby. I eventually gave him options for developing a course, which included a concept for a high volume daily fee course or a private pure golf club without the usual country club amenities. Gabby did not want to sell the ground, so we had to come up with a lease plan that enabled us to get financing for the course. Without getting into all the details, we eventually came up with a long-term lease arrangement that enabled the banks to loan the money, once we had found investors. One thing that benefitted us was Gabby understanding that there would be a ramp-up period for revenue. He agreed to make the lease one that had incremental increases - back-loaded, if you will - growing over time as the club matured. This was key to making Persimmon Woods a success from the start. The course was extremely well received, opening with a full membership.

My main investor was Gregg Eisenberg, chairman of a local business, who I found in a very unique way. A friend of his was picking up a 5-iron that was being repaired at Four Seasons and I happened to be in the golf shop speaking with Russ Luedloff, the pro there, about the project. The gentleman overhead us and told me we should be speaking with the owner of the 5-iron. That led to a meeting with him and he later became not just the main investor but also brought others on board, enabling us to go to the bank with sufficient investors to get the project off the ground. We moved ground beginning in February 1997 and opened in May 1998. It’s been a great success. One reason was the superintendent, Rob Ritchey, who has been there from the beginning.

Once Persimmon was completed and opened, you found other opportunities.

I was approached by a friend I had played with on the golf team at Mizzou who said he had a site for a course in Columbia and he wanted me to come look at for possibilities. Walking the site, I knew it would not work for an 18 hole course. Someone in our group noted that a great piece of land was one nearby, the old Johnson farm, which was recently purchased by Billy Sapp. Thirty minutes later we’re walking the site: it was perfect. Nearly 640 acres of some of the best land you can find. Jeff put together a plan for Sapp, including making the project the home course for Missouri Golf. Fast forward a few years, Gary Mitchell, a fellow PGA member and former owner of Dogwood Hills in the Lake area, also saw the need for a first-class course in Columbia. I introduced him to Billy and the three of us formed a partnership for Old Hawthorne. We ended up turning Billy’s family home into the clubhouse; expanding it to over 30,000 sq. ft. Construction began in 2005 with Art Schaupeter as the designer. Art did yeoman’s work over nearly three years making trips to Columbia to oversee the project. Later, Billy bought out Gary and I to become sole owner of the club.

For The Record Parkway Central - 1973 - Team won State Championship - Whitfield finished 6th overall 1974 - Team finished third in state 1975 - Team finished second in state - Whitfield finished 3rd overall Missouri 1977 - All Big-8 selection 1980 - Phil Cotton Champion Professional: 2008 & 2009 - NPC Gateway PGA Section Champion 2009 - Gateway PGA Senior Champion 2010 - Missouri Open Senior Champion 2011 - US Senior Open Qualifier & Medalist 2011 - Southworth Senior PGA Championship (T29th) 2012 - Central Missouri Classic Champion 2012 - Senior PGA Championship (The Golf Club at Harbor Shores) 2013 - US Senior Open Qualifier & tied for Medalist

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8 You began to play more events following the Old Hawthorne Project. Yes, I was in my early 50’s and had not really played much over the previous 25 years or so. Between family, work and the various projects, there just had not been time. I was able to practice a bit, but I had played very little. I decided if I was going to get back into the game as a player, now was the time. I won the Missouri Open Senior title in 2010 and in 2011 Qualified for the US Senior Open at Sunset. In 2012, I qualified for the Senior PGA Championship and then the US Senior Open again in 2013. I’ve had a few more successes, but these were some of the main ones. You then found a few other opportunities. When we moved back to St. Louis after seven years in Columbia, I ran into Joe Niebur, one of the top contractors in the country, who had built Old Hawthorne for us. I told Joe about Mid-Rivers going through foreclosure. After some further discussion and looking at the opportunity in greater depth, we bought Mid-Rivers in March 2012. Coincidentally, working with Nash Haxel, I also closed on The Quarry at Crystal Springs at the end of March 2012! At Mid-Rivers, we initially envisioned maintaining an improved golf component, with perhaps some development. Another option was a practice facility with a short game area and an executive course. However, with the cost of the infrastructure needed to bring Mid-Rivers back along with the debt we had in purchasing the facility, most of the plans did not make financial sense. Plus, golf course property had become depressed, making the land not as valuable. In the end, we worked with Fischer & Frichtel, a home developer, who built several phased home sites on the property. It’s not what we envisioned, but at this time it made the most sense for us. The project at The Legends was very unique. How did that play out? In early 2013, the family that owned the Country Club at the Legends closed the club. Eventually, it sat idle for seven months. Joe Niebur and I heard about this and we eventually put a contract on the club. We believed it would cost less to open and run the Legends - a 27 hole complex, with 18 holes by Robert Trent Jones, over 236 acres in St. Louis County - than to undertake the project at Mid-Rivers. At a meeting of former members and interested parties in the summer 2013, Joe and I presented our plan to the assembled group. While we were pleased with the attendance at the meeting, we still needed about 100 more members to make the project work. Finally, when looking at the amount of money that needed to be raised and the risk involved, Joe determined the risk was too great to move forward. Shortly after than, I went to Matt Iovaldi, a former member at The Legends. Matt had negotiated with the Natoli’s previously to purchase the club but an agreement could not be reached. This time around, Matt assembled a group, around 18 in total, who agreed to put up the necessary funds to purchase the club from the Natoli family. When an agreement was reached, the club reopened in July 2013. I stayed on as General Manager for six months, as I had agreed, to help get things moving. At the end of that time, I bowed out as GM, leaving to work as a consultant on a golf project in Panama for four months. Talk about the Quarry at Crystal Springs project for a moment. I have a great partner there in Nash Haxel, who has been so important to the Quarry’s success, running the day to day operations at the course. As I said, in March 2012, we purchased the club from the Fred Weber Company, which owned the club. We worked to improve the course; building a new hole and eliminating another. In addition, we reconfigured fairways and tees, and rebuilt a number of the bunkers. On the range, we expanded the hittings areas, adding zoysia grass, making it more enjoyable for golfers. The recent floods had little impact on us overall, but we’re having one of our best years ever. I understand you have a project you’re working on in Louisville? Yes, it’s a project very similar in the topography to Old Hawthorne, however, the course opened in 2008 and they already have about 50 homes surrounding it. In addition, there is around 500 acres available for additional development. Our plan is to have about 400 home sites situated around the course. It’s a very good golf course, which has been ranked either #1 or #2 daily fee course in the state of Kentucky since 2008.

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9 St. Louis Golf History 2001 US Women’s Mid-Am A month following the 9/11 attacks, everyone was looking forward to something that resembled normalcy. A golf tournament was a good start in that direction. Fox Run GC had been planning for the event for several years. With member Ellen Port the defending champion, what better way to celebrate than to have the event on your home course. Ellen did not disappoint during the qualifying rounds as she posted two outstanding rounds, winning Medalist honors by 5 strokes with a score of 147, matching her Medalist winning total from 2000. In her first round match she dominated, winning 9 & 8 in the 18-hole contest. She also took her second round match by a 5&4 margin, moving into the third round and looking forward to her quarterfinal match after Laura Shannahan than. However, for a three-hour stretch in her afternoon match, she lost her way and Laura Shannahan, who would become the eventual winner, took advantage of the situation and overwhelmed Port on her way to a 5&4 victory. The 40-year-old Port was looking to defend her title for the second time, she had won back- to-back in 1996 and 1996. However, with scores of bogey or worse on several holes during the round, she was unable to get her game on track. Shannahan, from Bedford, New Hampshire, did not luck into the win. A talented player, Port knew going into the match that if she did not play her best the outcome might well become how it eventually played out. After defeating Taffy Brower 3&2 in the quarterfinals, he went on to down Sherry Herman in the semifinals. Mina Hardin defeated Anna Schultz in the other bracket, setting up the final match. Ellen Port’s approach to the ninth. Playing in a steady drizzle during the afternoon match on Thursday, the 42-year-old Shannahan was unstoppable as she defeated Hardin 4&3 for the title. In doing so, she also became the first individual from New Hampshire to win a USGA championship.

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10 Competition Schedule 2016 MAGA Competitions Entry Championship Date(s) deadline venue The Old Warson Cup May 14-15 ------Old Warson Country Club Normandie Amateur May 21-22 June 11 Normandie Golf Club East Side Amateur June 11-12 June 1 Spencer T. Olin Golf Course Women’s Amateur Championship June 29-30 June 8 Greenbriar Hills Country Club Open Championship July 8-10 June 22 The Country Club of St. Albans Junior Amateur Championship July 11-12 June 29 Franklin County Country Club Amateur Championship August 4-6 July 13 Glen Echo Country Club Senior Amateur Championship August 15-16 August 3 WingHaven Country Club Four-Ball Championship October 3 September 14 Sunset Country Club

2016 USGA Qualifying Rounds Entry Championship Date(s) deadline venue US Open Local Qualifying May 10 April 27 Forest Hills Country Club US Women’s Open Qualifying (36-holes) May 24 May 4 Westwood Country Club US Junior Amateur Qualifying (36-holes) June 20 June 1 Aberdeen Golf Club US Girls’ Junior Amateur Qualifying June 22 June 1 Bogey Hills Country Club US Senior Open Qualifying June 27 June 8 St. Clair Country Club US Amateur Qualifying July 18-19 June 29 Old Hickory Golf Club US Mid-Amateur Qualifying August 8 July 20 Spencer T. Olin Golf Course US Women’s Mid-Amateur Qualifying August 8 July 27 Spencer T. Olin Golf Course US Senior Women’s Amateur Qualifying August 24 August 3 Glen Echo Country Club US Senior Amateur Qualifying August 29 August 3 The Country Club of St. Albans (TC) US Amateur Four-Ball Qualifying September 26 August 10 Lake Forest Golf & Country Club US Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Qual. September 26 August 10 Lake Forest Golf & Country Club

2016 MAGA Amateur Series Schedule Event Date Venue #1 June 2 WingHaven Country Club #2 June 17 Sunset Hills Country Club #3 July 15 Bear Creek Golf Club #4 July 25 Tamarack Golf Club #5 August 19 Annbriar Golf Club #6 September 12 Forest Park Golf Course * Championship October 8-9 Aberdeen Golf Club

Online applications for ALL MAGA events are available on the MAGA website. Events in grey have been completed.

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21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Senior Women’s Amateur Qual.

28 29 30 31 Senior Amateur Qualifying

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13 MAGA Junior Championships

Brooke Biermann and Tommy Alferman take Junior Titles at Franklin County. Twelve-year-old Kal Kolar posts 1-under round of 70. Playing on his home course, Tommy Alferman acted like it was his personal grounds as he shot back-to-back rounds of 70 for an 8 shot win. The St. Francis Borgia golfer proved that course knowledge is invaluable as he made few mistakes during the two-day event. Posting eight birdies against only six bogeys, he made it look easy. Ksl Kolar, winner in the 12-13 age group at the Bogey Club in 2015, repeated in 2016 as his rounds this year were six shots better than 2015, highlighted by his 1-under round of 70 on day two of the championship. His round could have been even better as he was four under through eight holes, shooting a 32 on the first nine. We certainly look forward to his play in the coming years. Brooke Bierman won the girls title with a 5-shot edge, despite a final round of 78 on a hot, humid day. Her opening 2-over round of 73 was matched by Lacey Snell and only a shot ahead of Madison DeRousse. however, all three struggled a bit on day two, enabling Bierman to capture the title.

Girls Brooke Biermann CC of St Albans 73 78 151 Lacey Snell Meramec Lakes 73 83 156 Madison DeRousse Gateway PGA GC 74 83 157 Momo Kikuchi Quarry- Crystal Springs 83 76 159 Emma Solovic MGA Eclub 86 79 165 Taylor French The Falls 87 87 174 Caroline Lynch Westborough 93 90 183 Paige Sanfelippo Forest Hills 98 92 190 Sydney Parrish Persimmon Woods 95 104 199

Boys 12-13 Boys 14-15 Kal Kolar Tower Tee 75 70 145 Ray Winter Sunset 80 76 156 Tyler Linenbroker Forest Hills 81 80 161 Jack Cronin Persimmon Woods 78 83 161 Chase Colbert Woods Fort 88 83 171 Kolten Bauer Spencer T. Olin 77 85 162 Drew Hollman Whitmoor 86 87 173 Parker Leavitt Forest Hills 82 82 164 Joey Perotti The Legends 87 87 174 Patrick Ringwald Tapawingo 85 85 170 Jake Renfer Persimmon Woods 89 83 172 Riley Burns Greenbriar Hills 92 95 187 William Doran Westborough 122 111 233 Gus Winter Sunset 92WD

Boys 16-17 Tommy Alferman Franklin County 70 70 140 T9 Zachary Bohmer Old Warson 74 82 156 David Meindl Metropolitan 73 75 148 13 Ben Blase Persimmon Woods 80 78 158 Joe Terschluse Forest Hills 74 75 149 T14 Zach O’Toole Old Warson 83 77 160 Louie Perotti The Legends 73 76 149 T14 Steven Wendling Jr. Westborough 82 78 160 Thomas Shelby Algonquin 79 73 152 16 Ben Redmond Greenbriar Hills 82 79 161 Kurt Matheney WingHaven 75 78 153 T17 Brandon Wagner Crown Pointe 84 79 163 Matthew Hoemann Franklin County 75 78 153 T17 Michael Allgeier Westborough 82 81 163 Will Schroeder Franklin County 75 79 154 19 Charlie Scheipeter Tapawingo 85 81 166 Alex Heib Gateway PGA Jr 81 75 156 20 Tom Flickinger Quail Creek 87 82 169 T9 Max Kreikemeier Forest Hills 80 76 156 21 Collin Cordia Four Seasons 98 89 187 T9 Kinder Jones Bellerive 78 78 156

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14 MAGA Junior Championships

William Doran and Riley Burns

Tommy Alferman

Brooke Biermann

Kal Kolar Ray Winter

Volunteers and Officials with Tommy Alferman Lacey Snell David Meindl

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15 USGA Results from Local Qualifying

US Junior at The Honors Course - Ooltewah, TN - July 18-23, 2016

7,242 yards - par 72

Qualifying score for Match Play - 151

Ben Sayers 78 - 80 = 158 Michael Holtz 83 - 78 = 161

US Girl’s Junior at Ridgewood CC - Paramus, NJ - July 18-23, 2016

6,382 yards - par 73

Qualifying score for Match Play - 156

Lauren Chappel - 88 - 80 = 168 Shannon Gould - 82 - 93 = 175 Madeline Larouere - 96 - 96 = 192

US Women’s Open at CordeValle - San Martin, California - July 7-10, 2016

6,718 yards - par 72

Qualifying score for Weekend Play - 148 Kasey Petty - 81 - 83 = 164 Anna Hack - 80 - 85 = 165

US Senior Open Qualifying Results - St. Clair CC - Belleville, IL, June 27, 2016

35 Players for 1 spot - Qualifying score: 71 Brian Henninger -1 71 (Qualifier) Jay Don Blake -1 71 (1st Alternate)

Championship at Scioto CC - Columbus, OH - August 11-14, 2016

US Amateur Qualifyng Results - Old Hickory CC - O’Fallon, MO, July 18-19, 2016

75 Players for 2 spots - Qualifying score: 143 Jake Marriott 142 (Qualifier) Zach Cuttler 143 (Qualifier) Jacob Eklund 143 (1st Alternate) Ted Jones 143 (2nd Alternate)

Championship at Oakland Hills CC - Bloomfield Hills, MI - August 15-21, 2016

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16 2016 Imperial Amateur Series #3 Results

Bear Creek GC - July 15

Scratch Open Net Open 1 Cory Mahoney Metropolitan 81 1 Bret Sinak Persimmon Woods 75 2 Dwayne Leslie Metropolitan 84 2 Margaret Manning Glen Echo 78 3 John Watson Four Seasons 85 3 Ryan Nute Bear Creek 84 4 Sangwon Son Metropolitan 86 4 Dustin Sweet Missouri Bluffs 89 T5 John Davis Metropolitan 94 5 Lewis Weingart Quarry-Crystal Springs 91 T5 Chris Sisler Metropolitan 94 6 Kyle Thomure Whitmoor 92 7 Christian Jamerson Metropolitan 103 8 Will Roestel Metropolitan 109 9 Colin Dooley Ruth Park 117

Next Event: August 19 - Annbriar GC

Senior Scratch Senior Net

1 Craig Fallon Fox Run 76 1 Leo Hefner Metropolitan 77 2 Gordon Smith Metropolitan 80 2 Marvin Frazier Joachim 78 3 Doug Fletcher Greenville 81 3 Timothy Montgomery Metropolitan 81 4 Tim Leonberger Stonewolf 83 T4 Michael Scoles Metropolitan 83 5 Schooner Fitzgerald The Prairies 84 T4 Steve Zonca Metropolitan 83 6 Pat Ross The Orchards 86 T6 Harry Weber WingHaven 84 7 Gary Jones Wolf Hollow 87 T6 Don Humphrey Ruth Park 84 8 Ronald Polillo Metropolitan 88 T8 John Epps Metropolitan 85 9 Jim Kelly III Metropolitan 94 T8 Larry Laramie Metropolitan 85 T10 King Edmonston Franklin County 86 T10 Doug Williams Metropolitan 86 T12 Jim Garrett Metropolitan 88 T12 Larry Banks Aberdeen 88 14 Michael Weinhaus Metropolitan 89 15 Bill Slantz Metropolitan 93 16 Russell Hollenbeck Metropolitan 97 John Orr Stonewolf NS Greg Brozio WGM NS

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17 2016 Imperial Amateur Series #4 Results

Tamarack GC - July 25

Scratch Open Net Open 1 Dwayne Leslie Metropolitan 73 1 Torrey Welsch Metropolitan 73 2 Cory Mahoney Metropolitan 77 2 Alek Stojanovic Annbriar 77 3 John Watson Four Seasons 78 3 Lewis Weingart Quarry-Crystal Springs 83 4 Sangwon Son Metropolitan 83 4 Margaret Manning Glen Echo 88 5 Brandon Clyburn Metropolitan 86 6 John Davis Metropolitan 90 7 Troy Schnelten Ruth Park 92 8 Will Roestel Metropolitan 97 9 Corey Elliott Metropolitan 98 10 Christian Jamerson Metropolitan 102 11 Colin Dooley Ruth Park 107 12 Robert Kovacs Metropolitan 112

Next Event: August 19 - Annbriar GC

Senior Scratch Senior Net

1 Gordon Smith Metropolitan 69 1 John Epps Metropolitan 75 T2 Roger Davis Persimmon Woods 75 2 Marvin Frazier Joachim 79 T2 James Storey Glen Echo 75 T3 John Berkeley Metropolitan 80 4 Gary Jones Wolf Hollow 78 T3 Leo Hefner Metropolitan 80 5 Butch Lewis Metropolitan 81 T5 Don Humphrey Ruth Park 82 6 Schooner Fitzgerald The Prairies 83 T5 Perry Smith Ballwin 82 7 Michael Beckman Metropolitan 84 T5 Jim Garrett Metropolitan 82 8 Jim Kelly III Metropolitan 85 T8 Doug Williams Metropolitan 84 T8 Steve Zonca Metropolitan 84 10 King Edmonston Franklin County 87 T11 Chris Carpenter Landings at Spirit 90 T11 Russell Hollenbeck Metropolitan 90 13 John Halligan Metropolitan 97 John Orr Stonewolf NS Bill Slantz Metropolitan WD

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18 Season Point Standings

Player of The Year 1 Berkmeyer, Skip The Legends 2010.0 T35 Ciaramitaro, Alex Missouri Bluffs 100.0 2 Migdal, Sam Aberdeen 1950.0 T35 Horner, Andrew Bellerive 100.0 3 Eaton, Dillon Metropolitan 711.0 T35 Reidelberger, Jeremy Bogey Hills 100.0 4 Niezing, Chad The Legends 575.4 T35 Arman, Nick Forest Hills 100.0 5 Caravia, Phil Norwood Hills 520.0 40 Lawrence, Parker Metropolitan 90.0 6 Parrish, Hunter Persimmon Woods 500.0 T41 Callahan, Crimson Missouri Bluffs 87.9 7 Kovach, Chris Metropolitan 460.0 T41 Frost, Andy Bellerive 87.9 8 Cutler, Zach WingHaven 450.0 T41 Holtgrieve, Jim Boone Valley 87.9 9 Hillen, Wes Annbriar 390.0 T41 Pranger, Zachary Glen Echo 87.9 10 Cusumano, Alex Norwood Hills 380.0 T41 Sanborn, Greg Persimmon Woods 87.9 11 Weldon, Kyle Persimmon Woods 350.0 46 Hemings, Justin Sunset Hills 85.0 12 Haxel, Ryan Quarry-Crystal Springs 345.0 T47 Barry, Tom Normandie 75.0 13 Weaver, Thomas Bellerive 300.0 T47 Bremer, David Metropolitan 75.0 14 Rutledge, Mitchell Metropolitan 278.0 T47 Brown, Anthony Persimmon Woods 75.0 15 Souchek, Steven The Prairies 265.0 T47 Eckelkamp, Ryan Franklin County 75.0 16 Stoffel, Darren Glen Echo 250.0 T47 Hall, Brian Persimmon Woods 75.0 T17 Jones, Teddy Aberdeen 235.0 T47 Hoerstkamp, Austin Franklin County 75.0 T17 Szyhowski, Kyle Whitmoor 235.0 T47 Maloney, Conrad Persimmon Woods 75.0 19 Britt, Patrick Norwood Hills 217.5 T47 Trost, Daniel Whitmoor 75.0 20 Goldman, Parker Meadowbrook 205.4 T55 Holdridge, Scott Norwood Hills 60.0 21 Hogan, Toppie Old Warson 205.0 T55 Lilly, Drew St Louis 60.0 T22 Strickland, David Tapawingo National 200.0 T55 Miller, Tim Greenbriar Hills 60.0 T22 Lovett, Brian Bellerive 200.0 T55 Normile, Sean Norwood Hills 60.0 24 Buente, Blaine Gateway National 187.5 T55 Tyrrell, Ben Sunset Hills 60.0 T25 Johnson, David Norwood Hills 175.0 60 Sullivan, Ryan Tapawingo National 52.5 T25 Silberberg, Michael Persimmon Woods 175.0 61 Siegfried, Jimmy Metropolitan 50.0 27 Moloney, Ted Greenbriar Hills 150.0 62 Ahearn, Reilly Persimmon Woods 45.0 28 Noblitt, Joshua Quail Creek 130.0 T63 Dunn, Robert MAC 20.0 29 Gumper, Tony Normandie 127.5 T63 Hart, Gene Aberdeen 20.0 T30 Cahill, Jason Metropolitan 125.0 T63 Hatley, Matt Metropolitan 20.0 T30 Cronin, Trevor Whitmoor 125.0 T63 Pierce, Van CC of St Albans 20.0 T30 Riley, Tim St. Clair 125.0 T63 Trittler, Robert Persimmon Woods 20.0 T30 Thomas, Frankie Meadowbrook 125.0 T68 Hanneken, Bob Aberdeen 2.5 34 Johnson, Jeff Bogey Hills 120.0 T68 Wickham, Matthew Metropolitan 2.5 T35 Carpenter, Brad Franklin County 100.0

Senior Player of The Year 1 Johnson, David Norwood Hills 275.0 T11 Mozur, Gerald Gateway National 57.5 2 Hanneken, Bob Aberdeen 200.0 T11 Todd, John Lake Forest G& CC 57.5 3 Johnson, Jeff Bogey Hills 190.0 13 Vanleeuwen, Neil Glen Echo 50.0 T4 Frost, Andy Bellerive 162.5 14 Brock, Louis Norwood Hills 40.0 T4 Holtgrieve, Jim Boone Valley 162.5 T15 Speicher, David Cardinal Creek 35.0 6 Barry, Tom Normandie 140.0 T15 Timpone, Joe Persimmon Woods 35.0 7 Ellis, Dave Old Hickory 125.0 17 Jarrett, Rich Gateway National 30.0 8 Hughes, John Persimmon Woods 100.0 18 Ross, Pat The Orchards 20.0 9 Trittler, Robert Persimmon Woods 90.0 T19 Bolhofner, Mark Metropolitan 10.0 10 Brown, Anthony Persimmon Woods 75.0 T19 Meeh, Robert Persimmon Woods 10.0

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19 USGA Amateur Qualifying

High temperatures and Humidity take toll on Amateur Qualifying. Final Qualifying Spot determined after an 8-hole playoff.

Jake Marriott, who grew up in Central Illinois, fired rounds of 72-70 to earn medalist honors at Old Hickory GC and the first of 2 spots in the 2016 US Amateur at Oakland Hills CC in Bloomington Hills, MI August 15-21. Marriott will be a senior at Augusta University this coming year.

The second qualifying spot would need overtime as Teddy Jones, Zach Cutler and Jacob Eklund all tied at 143. Jones would fall off after one hole; however, Cutler and Eklund would need 7 more to decide their fate. Cutler would earn the 2nd spot with a bogey on Hole 9, the 8th playoff hole. Eklund is 1st Alternate.

Congratulations to each competitor who braved the heat and humidity in an effort to compete for our national amateur championship at historic Oakland Hills CC!

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20 Qualifying Results

Jake Marriott Springfield, Ill. 72 70 142 Ryan Haxel Creve Coeur, Mo. 80 77 157 Zach Cutler O Fallon, Mo. 77 66 143 Drew Lilly St. Louis, Mo. 80 77 157 ------Andrew Horner Saint Louis, Mo. 78 79 157 Non-Qualifiers Conrad Maloney Wildwood, Mo. 76 81 157 Jacob Eklund Carbondale, Ill. 74 69 143 David Bremer St. Louis, Mo. 82 76 158 Ted Jones Wildwood, Mo. 69 74 143 Matt Hatley Belleville, Ill. 81 77 158 Wesley Hunter Mobile, Ala. 69 76 145 Michael O’Keefe Olivette, Mo. 78 80 158 Luigi Botta Columbia, Mo. 74 72 146 Alex Ciaramitaro St. Peters, Mo. 82 78 160 Phil Caravia Saint Louis, Mo. 74 73 147 Hongsang Kim St Charles, Mo. 81 79 160 Reilly Ahearn Saint Louis, Mo. 75 73 148 Matt Echelmeier Columbia, Mo. 76 84 160 Austin Grote Centralia, Ill. 75 73 148 Daniel Trost St. Charles, Mo. 82 79 161 Blaine Buente Troy, Ill. 74 74 148 Trevor Cronin Lake St Louis, Mo. 79 82 161 Parker Lawrence Breese, Ill. 76 73 149 David Kirkman Oakville, Mo. 83 80 163 Brian Hogan St. Louis, Mo. 76 74 150 Matthew Shelby Saint Peters, Mo. 75 88 163 Luke Thomas Frontenac, Mo. 74 76 150 Wade Thompson Mount Carmel, Ill. 81 83 164 Jordan Harre Nashville, Ill. 73 77 150 Drew Eaton Quincy, Ill. 80 84 164 Parker Goldman St. Louis, Mo. 79 72 151 Gage Brauns Greenville, Ill. 79 85 164 Ethan Wagner Port Orange, Fla. 75 77 152 Austin Hoerstkamp Washington, Mo. 84 81 165 Tanner Rabb Zionsville, Ind. 73 79 152 Nicholas Thompson Paducah, Ky. 88 79 167 Justin Wrozier Saint Peters, Mo. 77 76 153 Daniel Venker Saint Louis, Mo. 86 82 168 Drew Weisenborn Columbia, Ill. 77 76 153 Andrew Boudreau Quincy, Ill. 87 85 172 Dillon Eaton Wildwood, Mo. 75 78 153 Jaret Brewer Marion, Ill. 91 82 173 Ben Tyrrell Edwardsville, Ill. 75 78 153 Kevin Wahle Wildwood, Mo. 85 88 173 Thomas Weaver Saint Louis, Mo. 71 82 153 Nick Garretson Nashville, Tenn. 76 WD Kyle Szyhowski St. Charles, Mo. 84 70 154 Alex Cusumano Saint Louis, Mo. 76 WD Chris Kovach St. Louis, Mo. 79 75 154 Sam Migdal Ballwin, Mo. 77 NS Kevin Jeske Kirkwood, Mo. 79 75 154 Darren Stoffel Saint Louis, Mo. 81 WD Joseph Williams St. Louis, Mo. 79 75 154 Zachary Pranger Saint Louis, Mo. 83 WD Ryan Sullivan Arnold, Mo. 78 76 154 Dan Emrick St. Peters, Mo. 83 WD Jackson Lane Wentzville, Mo. 77 77 154 Nathan McCutcheon Saint Louis, Mo. 85 WD Mark Martin Rolla, Mo. 73 81 154 Rhett Barker Saint John, Ind. 98 NS Brad Carpenter Washington, Mo. 81 74 155 Tyler Kelly Columbia, Mo. NS Steven Souchek Columbia, Ill. 80 75 155 Austin Cuervo Westerville, Ohio NS Jack Parker Columbia, Mo. 79 76 155 Bill Altermatt Mountain View, Mo. WD Seth Arthur Brookport, Ill. 79 76 155 Thomas Calbi South Barrington, Ill. WD Jack Litzelfelner III Cape Girardeau, Mo. 79 76 155 John Kryscio Glenview, Ill. WD Christopher Ferris St Louis, Mo. 76 79 155 Ross Steelman Columbia, Mo. WD Crimson Callahan Chesterfield, Mo. 72 83 155 Van Pierce Saint Louis, Mo. WD Frankie Thomas Chesterfield, Mo. 76 80 156

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21 Fact or Fiction - St. Louis Golf History

See how well you really know St. Louis Golf History!! Answers Below. 1. The 1904 Olympic Golf Matches at Glen Echo were the first in Olympic History. 2. The first professional golf event held in St. Louis was the 1908 Western Open at Normandie GC. 3. In 1913, before playing in the US Open at The Country Club, which was won by Francis Ouimet, Ted Ray and Harry Vardon played one of their last exhibitions in St. Louis at Glen Echo, Normandie and Bellerive. 4. The 1904 Olympic Golf event featured a driving contest, putting contest, team competition and an individual competition. 5. The first 18-hole golf course in the St. Louis area was at Triple A. 6. Glen Echo CC was sold at auction in 1915 and in 1916 renamed Ridgeale CC until 1920. 7. Meadowbrook CC was formerly known as Midland Valley CC, located in Overland. 8. The original name of Norwood Hills, when formed in 1922, was North Hills. 9. Glen Echo is the oldest golf course west of the Mississippi. 10. Before Bellerive opened in Normandy in 1910, it was located on Bellefontaine Road and was known as The Field Club. 11. The first public golf course in St. Louis was Forest Park, which opened in 1912. 12. Before 1900, there were nine courses that were built, each with 9 holes, none of which exist today. 13. In 1898, the Ladies of St. Louis Country Club formed a golf club in Tower Grove Park with 9 holes, which only women and children were permitted to play and men were not permitted unless escorted. 14. Ralph Guldahl was the 20-year-old professional at St. Louis CC in 1932. He went on to win two US Open and one Masters championships after leaving the club. 15. Ed Furgol won the 1954 US Open while the club professional at Westwood CC, making him the last club professional to win a Major championship while working at a club.

1. False. Golf was held at the Paris Olympics in 1900 8. True. at the Compiegne GC outside Paris. 9. False. There are many 9-hole courses that are older. 2. True. The event was won by Willie Anderson. Glen Echo may well be the oldest 18-hole private 3. True. The highest score they shot over these courses course west of the Mississippi. was a 71. 10. True 4. True. 11. True 5. True. They had 18-holes in April 1901. It was closed 12. True in the summer of 1901 when the City took their 13. True land for the Worlds Fair. 14. True 6. True. 15. True. 7. True

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22 St. Louis District Golf Association publishes Centennial Book

Organization celebrates 100th season of Championship Golf

This coffee-table book chronicles the 100-year history of the area’s oldest golf organization. The current 23 clubs that make up the organization are each featured within the book, along with photos of some of the area’s top players throughout the years, among them are: Bob Goalby, Jay Haas, Jerry Haas, Jim Holtgrieve, Skip Berkmeyer, Jim Jackson, Bob Cochran, Jim Tom Blair and many more. In addition, a complete listing of the champions and runner-up in each event since 1916 is included, along with over 75 pages listing competitors since 2001. If you have played in a District Event, or just want to see what a great history golf has had through the years, this is the book for you. Nearly 300 pages of pictures, records, results, and facts about area clubs, courses and players.

To purchase your copy send your check for $37.25 (includes tax and shipping) to: STLDGA Centennial Book PO Box 31696 Des Peres, MO 63131

This is a Limited Edition Print Run of only 1,500 copies. Over 1,100 books are previously committed to District Member Clubs. The book will not be reprinted.

The St. Louis District and the MAGA are proud to support the efforts of each organization to promote golf within the St. Louis area. The Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association provided support for the publishing of this book by the St. Louis District Golf Association.

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