First green--(photo/Jefferson City Country Club)

1st green–(photo/Jefferson City Country Club)

The Missouri Golf Association had 300 amateurs attend 1 in 5 different golf courses around the state to attempt to qualify for the 2016 Missouri Amateur Championship.  After the qualifying rounds, 147 have been invited to play in the 2016 Missouri Amateur at the Jefferson City Country Club.  Practice rounds take place Monday.

The tournament will start with a 36-hole stroke play on Tuesday and Wednesday.  After the stroke play rounds, 64 players will move to the match play portion of the tournament beginning on Thursday.  The final 36-hole match will take place Sunday.

The 2016 field includes last year’s champion Mitchell Mather of Lebanon and runner-up Joey Johnson of Ozark who also won the Missouri Amateur twice.  Mather defeated Johnson 4 & 3.  This was a unique championship because the two men were teammates on Missouri State’s men’s golf team.  Other MO Am past champions competing this year include:  Wayne Frederick (1996) and Brad Nurski (2010).  Also, twenty-eight juniors will be proving they have the skills to partake in this event.  The youngest player this year is Dawson Meek (14) from Ozark and the oldest is Gerald Siemons (70) from Jefferson City.

2016 Missouri Amateur Pairings

12th tee (photo/Jefferson City Country Club)

12th tee (photo/Jefferson City Country Club)

“The Missouri Golf Association is excited about coming back to Jefferson City Country Club for the fifth time conducting the Missouri Amateur Championship. Jefferson City Country Club will be a great test for the state’s best amateur golfers who love competing on such a wonderful course,” said Scott Hovis, Executive Director of the Missouri Golf Association.

About the course:

PAR AND YARDAGE

Jefferson City Country Club will be set up at 6,982 yards for the two qualifying rounds. JCCC will play to a par of 36-36—72.  The golf course will be stretched out to 7119 yards for Match Play Portion of Championship.

 

Hole                1          2          3          4          5          6          7          8          9          Total

Par                  4          5          3          4          4          4          5          3          4            36

Yards            381     574      198      400     389     446     538      168      386  3480

 

 

Hole                10        11        12        13        14        15        16        17        18        Total

Par                  4          3          5          4          4          5          4          3          4          36

Yards             401    162      535     393       492      572     370     188      389       3502, total  6982