2026 Amateur Series Concludes
O’Fallon, MO - Another season of The Amateur Series presented by Imperial Headwear has come to completion. Six season events and a championship later, we can say who the top players of the series have been. The top 16 of each of the seven divisions were invited to play in the championship field. The divisions include: Open, Net, Senior Open, Senior Net, Super Senior Open, Super Senior Net, and Women’s Net.
After the six series events, seven golfers topped the season points standings. Those seven included Colin Hall in the Open division, Andrew Orban in the Net division, Ken Allgeyer in the Senior Open division, Ricky Gildehaus in the Senior Net division, Robert Sigmund in the Super Senior Open division, Kevin Ortyl in the Super Senior Net division, and Kelly Lenox in the Women’s Net division.
The Amateur Series Championship was a two day championship at The Falls Golf Club. Round 1 was a shotgun start at 9:00am on Monday.
Following the first round, there were seven outright leaders - one in each division. Paul Oehrlein of the USGA/MetAmateur GC led the Open division at five-over par. Tyler Bean of Aberdeen Golf Club led the Net division at net even par. Rob Reidelberger of St. Clair Country Club sat on top of the Senior Open division at three-under par, while Gregg Johannes of the Metropolitan eClub sat on top of the Senior Net division at net even par. Kevin Erxleben of Annbriar Golf Club led the Super Senior Open division at eight-over par and Tom Shrine of the Metropolitan eClub led the Super Senior Net division at net eight-under par. Maria Morrison of the St. Louis Women’s Golf Association sat at the top of the Women’s Net division at net one-under.
Players returned for the second round, ready to battle it out for the crystal. The open divisions began on Hole 1, while the net divisions began on Hole 10 beginning at 8:00am Tuesday.
In the Open division, Eric Fogleman of The Courses at Forest Park made a move up the leaderboard. Following a first round of six-over, Fogleman shot a second round of seven over for a total of thirteen-over (+13) par. Jon Myers of the USGA/MetAmateur GC also had a first round of six-over par, and coupled it with a second round of nine-over to finish in second at fifteen(+15) par. Paul Oehrlein carded a second round of twelve-over to fall into third at seventeen-over (+17) par.
The Net division leader held strong in Round 2. Tyler Bean added a round of three-over par to his score to finish the week on top with a total of net three-over (+3). David Parker of the Metropolitan eClub started the day at four-over par and improved by one stroke in the second round to end in second at net seven-over (+7) par. Jason Zack of the Metropolitan eClub had back to back rounds of four-over to finish in third at net eight-over (+8) par.
Rob Reidelberger had a fair lead after round one in the Senior Open division. Reidelberger had added a second round score of three-over to take home the hardware at even (E) par. Kevin Goalby of St. Clair Country Club was in second at fourteen-over (+14) par, while Ken Allgeyer of Sunset Country Club was third at fifteen-over (+15) par.
In the Senior Net division, Gregg Johannes managed his game to hold on to the top of the leaderboard. With a second round of one-over par, Johannes claimed the title with a total of net one-over (+1) par. Jeffrey Sullivan of the Metropolitan eClub combined rounds of two-over and four-over to finish in second at net six-over (+6) par. Curt Wooter of Grey Beard Golf Club carded a second round of even par to end the week in third at net seven-over (+7) par.
The Super Senior Open division saw some leaderboard movement. Robert Sigmund of Sunset Country Club had a round one of nine-over. He coupled that with a second round of four-over to take the top spot on the leaderboard at thirteen-over (+13) par. Bill Schmidt of the USGA/MetAmateur GC paired rounds of ten-over and four-over to end in second at fourteen-over (+14) par. James Oslica of the Metropolitan eClub was third at sixteen-over (+16) par after rounds of nine-over and seven-over.
In the Super Senior Net division, Stephen Weinstock of Westwood Country Club carded two solid rounds of net under par. A Round1 of three-under and Round 2 of three-under, Weinstock took the top spot at net net five-under (-5) par. John Epps of the Metropolitan eClub added a second round of six-under to his first round of three-over to finish in second at net three-under (-3) par. Tom Shrine started the day on top, but a second round of six-over left him to end the week in third at net two-under (-2) par.
Maria Morrison was the only lady to be under par in the first round in the Women’s Net division. She was looking to stay on top and just held on. A second round of nine-over had Morrison finish at net eight-over (+8) par to take home the hardware. Pam Lenhard of the St. Louis Women’s Golf Association added a round of five-over to her first round score of four-over to put the pressure on Morrison and end in second at net nine-over (+9) par. Denise Faus of the St. Louis Women’s Golf Association ended the week in third at net fifteen-over (+15) par.
Eric Fogleman, Rob Reidelberger, Robert Sigmund, Tyler Bean, Gregg Johannes, Stephen Weinstock, and Maria Morrison all walked away with the crystal hardware in their respective divisions.
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Congratulations to all of the winners from across the six season events:
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Event #1 at Persimmon Woods GC
Open - Ian Hollander (+4) |
Event #2 at Crescent Farms GC
Open - Tug Schwab (+5) |
| Event #3 at Spencer T. Olin GC
Open - Harper Ackermann (-2) |
Event #4 at Sullivan Municipal GC
Open - Jordan Coons (-1) |
| Event #5 at Norwood Hills CC
Open - John Eckardt (+1) |
Event #6 at Annbriar GC
Open - Peyton Holden (E) |