METROPOLITAN AMATEUR GOLF ASSOCIATION

19th Metropolitan Amateur Championship

196 Entries Received for Amateur at Bellerive

As announced yesterday, Qualifying for the 19th Amateur Championship will be conducted on Monday, July 13th at Franklin County Country Club in Washington, MO.  Groupings and Starting Times have been made and can be found by clicking on the link below. 

With fifty-two (52) exempt players filing a registration form for the Championship, 92 spots will be available at Franklin County CC.

Duke Senior Adam Long (pictured left) is the event's defending champion.

Qualifying Groupings and Starting Times



 

30th U.S. Senior Open Championship


Forty-four Players ...1 Spot at Meadowbrook


U.S. Senior Open Qualifying may be the hardest of all USGA Championship qualifying events. Forty-four Senior golfers will play 18 holes on Monday, July 6 at Meadowbrook Country Club in Ballwin, Mo., for one (1) spot in the 2009 U.S. Senior Open! 

The 2009 U.S. Senior Open Championship will be played July 30-August 2 at Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel, Ind. 

Groupings and Starting Times

62nd U.S. Junior Amateur Qualifying


Nationally Ranked Juniors Settle in at Fox Run

The AJGA Rolex Tournament of Champions is taking place this week at Dalhousie Golf Club in Cape Girardeau, which was exactly the reason why many nationally-ranked juniors found their way to Fox Run GC for the U.S. Junior Amateur Qualifying. Each of the four Qualifiers at Fox Run were also entered in the Rolex field this week. 

Ramsey Sahyoun of Reseda, Calif., (pictured at right with Stan Grossman) was the medalist over the 36-hole Qualifying at Even par 142.  Patrick Rodgers (Avon, Ind.) came in at 144 and the final two spots went to 13-year-old Jim Liu (Smithtown, N.Y.) and Anton Arboleda (La Canada, Calif.).   

The 62nd U.S. Junior Amateur Championship will take place July 20-25 at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J.

Leaderboard

4th Metropolitan Open Championship

135 Player Field Set for CC of St. Albans

The Lewis & Clark Course at The Country Club of St. Albans will again be the scene for the 4th Metropolitan Open Championship.  A field of 96 amateurs and 39 professionals will compete for 54 holes over the 7,116 yard, par 70 layout at St. Albans. Of the 39 professionals, 22 are from outside of the Gateway PGA Section as the event continues to attract attention from mini-tour professionals.

Darren Fletcher, the 2007 Champion from Arizona, will be back to join defending champion Scott Langley (pictured right) and the 2006 champion, Skip Berkmeyer. The three past champions will be grouped together for Rounds 1 and 2.   

The Championship runs July 9-11, with the field to be cut to the low 40 and ties after Round 2.  Rounds 1 & 2 Starting Times can be found below: 

Groupings/Starting Times: Rd 1 - Rd 2

10th Metropolitan Junior Championship

Mid Rivers Conlin, Goeke Claim Hardware


We are not sure if Nick Goeke and Madeline Conlin know each other;  however, they have two distinct things in common. The two juniors both play out of Mid Rivers Golf Links. On June 23, they had another common characteristic. Each came from behind to earn titles at MAGA's 10th Junior Amateur Championship, held June 22-23 at Aberdeen Golf Club.
 
In the Girls' Championship, Conlin (right) started Round 2 five shots back of lead, but stayed consistent over the two rounds to finish with rounds of 82-83 for a 165 total. Round 1 leader Gina Dellacamera was unable to match her first-round success in Round 2 and finished three shots back of Conlin at 168. With the victory, Conlin received the Barbara A. Berkmeyer Trophy and MAGA Gold Medal for her efforts.

Goeke (left), who posted a 1-under par 71 in Round 1, came from three shots off the pace set by first-round leader Tim Price, added a final-round 74 to finish at 1-over 145 for the Championship. Goeke received the James M. Holtgrieve Trophy and MAGA Gold Medal for the Championship.   


Click here for more photos from the 10th Metropolitan Junior Amateur Championship age division winners. The staff and volunteers of the MAGA wish to thank Aberdeen Golf Club for its generous hospitality in hosting the 10th Junior Championship.

Leaderboards

 

A USGA Handicap ... Do You Have One? 

There are many misconceptions among recreational golfers about the purposes of a Handicap Index. You often hear that a golfer doesn’t need a Handicap Index because they don’t play in tournaments, they aren’t good enough, don’t play enough, can’t afford one, and so on. The information below will dispel the myths and misconceptions concerning a Handicap Index.

First and foremost, a USGA Handicap Index is calculated in a way to reflect a golfer’s potential ability, not actual performance. It is not the average of all your scores! A Handicap Index is the number of artificial strokes a player receives to adjust his/her scoring ability to the level of a scratch or zero-handicap golfer. 

Read More on WHY and HOW you can get a USGA GHIN Handicap Index.  Click Here...

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