Ninth Annual Mid-America Junior Cup Matches
Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association (MAGA) vs. Kansas City Golf Association (KCGA)
Loch Lloyd Country Club, Belton, Mo.
Format: Match Play, Day 1: Four-Ball; Day 2: Foursomes (alternate shot)

Four-Ball (Day 1)
Allison Forristal-Gianna Misenhelter (KCGA) def. Lindsey Eisenreich-Sami Khan (MAGA) 3 and 2; Nick Langley-Adam Welch (MAGA) def. Ryan Zech-Hunter Lewis (KCGA) 4 and 3; Maria Jackson-Carolyn Schorgl (KCGA) def. Jacque Bardgett-Catherine Dolan (MAGA) 2 and 1; Dan Schaller-Shane Smith (MAGA) def. Derrick Swinford-John Nance (KCGA) 1 up.

Foursomes (Day 2)
Gianna Misenhelter-Hunter Lewis (KCGA) def. Sami Khan-Adam Welch (MAGA) 4 and 3; Allison Forristal-Ryan Zech (KCGA) def. Lindsey Eisenreich-Nick Langley, (MAGA) 6 and 4; Catherine Dolan-Shane Smith (MAGA) def. Carolyn Schorgl-John Nance (KCGA) 2 and 1; Jacque Bardgett-Dan Schaller (MAGA) def. Maria Jackson-Derrick Swinford (KCGA).

Day 1 Total: MAGA 2 Points; KCGA 2 Points; Day 2 Total: MAGA 2 Points; KCGA 2 Points;

Final Result: MAGA 4, KCGA 4. As defending champion, MAGA retains Mid-America Junior Cup.

Group photo
The MAGA team (in red shirts) included: (front row, left to right) Lindsey Eisenreich, Sami Khan, Jacque Bardgett, Catherine Dolan; (back row, left to right) Nick Langley, Shane Smith, Adam Welch, and Dan Schaller.The KCGA team (in lime) included: (front row, left to right) Gianna Misenhelter, Carolyn Schorgl, Allison Forristal, Maria Jackson; (back row, left to right) Derrick Swinford, Ryan Zech, John Nance and Hunter Lewis.

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Metropolitan Team offers youth and experience

The Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association has named eight area juniors to represent the Association at the 9th Mid-America Junior Cup Matches, October 20 and 21 at Loch Lloyd Country Club in Belton, Mo.

Four boys and four girls from the Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association will play two days of match play against their counterparts from the Kansas City Golf Association.

Boys 16-17

Dan Schaller (right), a junior at Chaminade, won the 8th MAGA Junior Amateur Championships at Fox Run Golf Club in July. Schaller defeated Shane Smith, Rolling Hills Golf Club, with a birdie on the first playoff hole after each finished at 1-under 143. Schaller received the Gold Medal and will retain the James M. Holtgrieve Trophy for the next year. Schaller also placed second at the Westfield Junior PGA qualifier, shooting 73-72-145. He tied for 19th at the 2007 Metropolitan Amateur at WingHaven.

In addition to his runner-up at the Metropolitan Junior, Shane Smith, a senior at Alton Marquette, won the 2007 Gateway PGA Tour Championship in August at Crystal Springs Quarry, firing rounds of 72-74-146. Smith, from Godfrey, Ill., was also a third place finisher in the Callaway Junior World Qualifier in June.

Girls 16-17

Catherine Dolan (picture at left; photo courtesy of Rick Graefe/Journal Newspapers) , Meadowbrook Country Club, shot a final-round 75 to hold off Whitmoor’s Molly Edwards to win the 2007 Metropolitan Junior Amateur girls’ title in July. Dolan, a Parkway West student, also won the St. Louis Women’s District Junior Championship in August at Meadowbrook, firing a final-round 71 on her home course. She placed third in the Westfield PGA Junior Qualifier and the Junior World Qualifier. She won the Gateway PGA’s Judy Rankin Award for 2007 low stroke average. In 2006, she was second team all-Metro in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on the strength of a sixth place finish at the 2A state championship. She won the 2007 state championship on Oct. 16 in Bolivar (see Post-Dispatch story below).

Meadowbrook’s Jacque Bardgett earned third team honors in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s All-Metro rankings in 2006 for her play at Ursuline Academy. She posted a second this summer at the Lockton/Capitol Federal Kansas City Junior Srixon Qualifier, conducted by the AJGA. She finished second to Dolan at the 2007 St. Louis District Women’s Junior Championship with a 154 total and added a third place finish at the Metropolitan Junior at Fox Run. She recently finished fifth at the 2A high school championship at Bolivar.

Boys 14-15

Nick Langley, a sophomore at Parkway South, helped his Patriot team to a fourth place finish at the 4A state championship last spring. Over the summer, Langley won the 13-15 age group at the Metropolitan Junior at Fox Run, firing back-to-back 74s to win by four strokes. He finished second at the Westfield PGA qualifier in June, firing rounds of 69-77-146 at Innsbrook and won  the Gateway PGA’s junior classic 13-15 division at Spencer T. Olin.

Adam Welch finished second to Langley at the Metropolitan Amateur Junior Championship’s 14-15 age group. He won the Gateway PGA’s junior classics at Belk Park and St. Albans this summer, and added a third place finish in the Westfield PGA qualifier in Boys 14-15, firing rounds of 76-73-149. He posted a ninth place finish at the Gateway PGA’s Tour Championship.

Girls 14-15

Sami Khan of St. Peters, Mo., started her freshman year at Visitation Academy. She fired rounds of 80-89-169 to win the Gateway PGA Tour title in the 14-15 Girls this summer. Khan finished first in the Gateway season-ending Tour Championship the last two years.  She recently finished sixth in the 1A high school championship in Republic. She shot a 1-over 73 in the opening round, good for second place in her first state high school championship round.

Lindsey Eisenreich of Fenton, Mo., has numerous credits on her resume even before starting high school. This summer, the 8th-grader won the Gateway PGA junior classic 13-15 age division and placed third overall at Spencer T. Olin. She finished second in the Gateway’s season-ending Tour Championship at Crystal Springs Quarry and posted a fourth place finish behind Dolan, Edwards and Bardgett at the Metropolitan Junior at Fox Run.

The KCGA squad
Derek Swinford, 17, of Liberty, Mo., plays out of Claycrest Golf Club. Derek was the top point earner in the Boys 16-18 Year Old Division throughout the 2007 Kansas City Junior Tour and recorded his low round during the third tour stop at Shiloh Springs Golf Course, shooting a one-under par 70. In the seven tour events he entered this summer he finished in the top ten in all the events, including two individual titles. He also finished tied for first at the Junior Tour Championship firing a one-over par 73.

John Nance, 17, of Blue Springs, Mo., plays out of Adams Pointe Golf Club. John was second on the point rankings behind Derek in the Boys 16-18 Year Old Division throughout the 2007 Kansas City Junior Tour and recorded his low round during the sixth event at Adams Pointe Golf Club, shooting a five-under par 67. John made the most of his three events this summer on the Junior Tour recording finishes of second, first, and tied for seventh. He also finished tied for first at the Junior Tour Championship firing a one-over par 73.

Maria Jackson, 17, of Lansing, Kan., plays out of Falcon Lakes Golf Course. Maria was the top point earner in the Girls 16-18 Year Old Division throughout the 2007 Kansas City Junior Tour and recorded her low round during the third tour stop at Shiloh Springs Golf Course, shooting a one-over par 72. In the five tour events she entered this summer she finished in the top four in all the events, including three individual titles. She also finished third at the Junior Tour Championship.

Carolyn Schorgl, 17, of Leawood, Kan., plays out of Indian Hills Country Club. This summer Carolyn won the Girl’s Four-State Competition by five strokes firing a two round total of 153, which included some of the best female golfers from Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Iowa. She is a member of the Notre Dame de Sion High School girl’s golf team and has finished 22nd and 16th respectively in the 2005 and 2006 Missouri Girl’s Class 2 State Tournament.

Ryan Zech, 15, of Kearney, Mo., plays out of Liberty Hills Country Club. Ryan was the top point earner in the Boys 14-15 Year Old Division throughout the 2007 Kansas City Junior Tour and recorded his low round during the second tour stop at Heritage Park Golf Course, shooting a one-over par 72. Ryan played in four tour events this summer and finished atop the leaderboard in all four. This summer he also qualified for the Big “I” Junior Classic National Tournament in Boise, Idaho

Hunter Lewis, 15, of Lawson, Mo., plays out of Shirkey Golf Club. Hunter was second in the point rankings behind Ryan in the Boys 14-15 Year Old Division throughout the 2007 Kansas City Junior Tour. In the six regular season events that he competed in, Hunter finished in the top five in all of them. Hunter also continued his steady play with a tie for first in the Junior Tour Championship firing a four-over par 76.

Allison Forristal, 15, of Overland Park, Kan., plays out of Overland Park Golf Club. Allison was the top point earner in the Girls 14-15 Year Old Division throughout the 2007 Kansas City Junior Tour and recorded victories in all five of the regular season events that she competed in. Allison was very steady all summer long, recording scores between 74 and 79 in all the regular season events. She also tied for first in the Junior Tour Championship.

Gianna Misenhelter, 15, of Overland Park, Kan., plays out of St. Andrews Golf Club. Gianna was second on the point rankings behind Allison in the Girls 14-15 Year Old Division throughout the 2007 Kansas City Junior Tour and recorded her low round during the third tour stop at Shiloh Springs Golf Course, shooting a three-under par 68. In the four regular season events that she competed in, Gianna finished first three times and second once and also tied for first in the Junior Tour Championship.

Loch Lloyd Country Club has played host to eight Champions Tour events since opening in the early 1990s. The course features bent grass fairways and greens, a links-style front nine and a more traditional Midwestern tree-lined finishing nine. It is the centerpiece of a planned community located just outside Kansas City, Mo.

Since the inception of the matches in 1999, the Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association's Junior Cup team has enjoyed a 6-1-1 record against their western opponents. The team has boasted a long list of accomplished alums - including 2006 U.S. Amateur runner-up John Kelly, 2007 Metropolitan Women's Amateur champion Whitney Brummett, 2007 Missouri Women's Amateur runner-up Chelsea Schriewer, 2006 Metropolitan Amateur champion Darren Lundgren, Arizona collegiate standout Mary Ellen Jacobs, and 2007 Metropolitan Amateur runner-up Scott Langley.


BULLETIN: Parkway West's Dolan wins state 2A title
Bardgett, Khan also post top-6 finishes


Excerpted from St. Louis Post-Dispatch/stltoday.com/Story by Craig Martin/Photo courtesy of Dianna Russell

BOLIVAR, Mo. — Parkway West senior Catherine Dolan had a premonition she might be standing atop the podium at the Class 2 state golf tournament.

"I dreamt the night before that I won," she said. "I woke up and realized I still had to play two days of golf."

Dolan made her dream come true; she cruised around the Silo Ridge Golf and Country Club course with consistency and shot a second-round 74 Tuesday to win the Class 2 tournament with a two-day total of 146.

Dolan, who was tied with Howell Central's Mabrie Cain at 72 after the first day, tied the state tournament record for the best 36-hole score.
       
"It's so exciting; I think I'm in shock," Dolan said. "I wanted to win my senior year. From 61st (as a freshman) to first is exciting."

Dolan took an early lead with an eagle on No. 3. A long tee shot left her 150 yards from the green, and she stuck her approach shot within two feet of the pin.

Then Dolan survived a bumpy stretch in which she bogeyed three consecutive holes.

"I try not to worry about it because on the next hole, anything can happen," Dolan said.

Dolan birdied No. 9 to make the turn at 1 over. She got back to even with a birdie on the par-5 12th, but she finished 2 over with her second bogey of the back nine. On 17, her putt slid by the edge of the hole.

"She only had bogeys, no doubles in the tournament," Parkway West coach Steve Baxter said. "That's how you win a tournament."

While Dolan was getting ready to eagle No. 3, Cain struggled on the hole, finding two bunkers en route to a double bogey. She followed with a bogey on No. 4 but gained a stroke back on the par-3 No. 5 after her tee shot rolled within inches of the hole and left her a six-foot putt.

Cain finished second with a 149 and joins a short list of four-time medalists, having never finished worse than 14th at state in four years.

Nerinx Hall's Kristen Hamel was fourth with a 153, Blue Springs South's Plern Proomboopa finished fourth with a 154 and Ursuline's Jacque Bardgett took fifth with a 155.

Bardgett improved 5 strokes off her first-day score and shot a 75, which went a long way in helping the Bears claim fourth as a team with a total of 697.