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UMSL golf finishes 13th at nationals, Central Missouri freshman fires one of the top scores

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The University of Missouri-St. Louis men’s golf team earned a 13th place finish at the NCAA DII Championships, held Monday-Wednesday at the Robert Trent Jones at the Shoals.  The Tritons put together a 54-hole stroke play score of 888 (293-298-297).

Sophomore Chris Ferris was the top individual finisher, finishing in a tie for 36th place with a 219 (72-76-71).  Senior Markus Lindberg wrapped up his four-year stellar collegiate career by shooting 223 and graduates as the program’s career scoring average record holder at 74.2.

Central Missouri freshman golfer Sam Parrott qualified for the NCAA National Championships as an individual and finished the last day with a -7, 65 and finished 54 holes at -4, 212. Overall, Parrott moved up 32 spots on the final day to finish in a tie for 12th place. By finishing in the top-15, Parrott earns his first career All-American award.   Parrott’s 65 was tied for the lowest round in all three rounds of stroke play and was the lowest round by a Mule this season.

UMSL men’s golf in 8th place after opening round of D-II championships. UCM freshman tied for 51st

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Senior Markus Lindberg turned in a two-under-par 70 on Monday to lead the University of Missouri-St. Louis men’s golf team in the opening round of the NCAA DII Championships. Lindberg sits in a tie for eighth place individually, four strokes off the lead, while the Tritons are eighth in the team standings, having shot 293.

UMSL Scores
T8. Markus Lindberg (70)
T25. Chris Ferris (72)
T42. Trevor Kosch (74)
T69. Reilly Ahearn (77)
T87. Miguel Maisterra (79)

Central Missouri freshman golfer Sam Parrott shot three-over-par for a first round score of 75 on the par-72 course. He is tied for 51st place after 18 holes.

All 20 teams and eight individuals at the Championships will complete in 54 holes of stroke play. Following the stroke play, an individual national champion will be declared. The top eight teams will then be placed into a bracket and seeded based on their 54-hole scores. Winning teams will advance to the semifinals and subsequently the finals to determine the 2018 national champion.

UMSL will begin teeing off at 8:25 a.m. tomorrow morning for its second round of 18.

Story and photo, courtesy: UMSL Athletics

Tiger, Kid Rock and Mark Wahlberg highlight 2018’s Legends of Golf event

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Buffalo Ridge golf course. (photo/BigCedar.com)

Bass Pro Shops founder Johnny Morris and Tom Watson announced plans for this year’s Legends of Golf event April 17 to the 22nd in Branson.  Tigers Woods will host a kids clinic and Kid Rock and Mark Wahlberg will play in a celebrity skins competition.  The tournament will include legends like Watson, Jack Nicklaus, and Gary Player.

The event will allow players to compete on the new Mountain Top Course designed by Gary Player.

Buffalo Ridge is an 18-hole public golf course situated in the heart of the beautiful Ozark Mountains. Regularly ranked among Missouri’s best public golf courses, Buffalo Ridge joins Top of the Rock as one of the hosts of the PGA TOUR Champions Legends of Golf tournament.  Originally opened as Branson Creek in 1999, the course was purchased by Bass Pro Shops founder Johnny Morris and revitalized in preparation for the first Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf tournament in 2014.

Top of the Rock Golf Course is one of the most amazing golf experiences ever developed. Johnny Morris, with the assistance of golf legends Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson, and Arnold Palmer, spent nearly 8 years crafting the Top of the Rock Golf Course out of the Ozarks landscape.  The first-ever Par-3 course to stage a PGA TOUR-sanctioned event, Top of the Rock is Missouri golf at its finest. Located high above Table Rock Lake with tranquil waterfalls, meandering creeks, and lakes and ponds teeming with bass, the course is a true celebration of nature.


Schedule of events:

Tuesday, April 17 – Pro-Am

Top of the Rock & Mountain Top

  • Gates open at 8:00am
  • Play starts at 8:30am (shotgun start at both courses)

Wednesday, April 18 – Pro-Am

Top of the Rock & Mountain Top

  • Gates open at 8:00am
  • Play starts at 8:30am (shotgun start at both courses)

Thursday, April 19 – First Round

Buffalo Ridge

  • Gates open at 8:00am
  • Play starts at 8:30am

Friday, April 20 – Second Round

Top of the Rock & Mountain Top

  • Gates open at 8:00am
  • Play starts at 8:30am (tee times at both courses)

Saturday, April 21 – Third Round

Top of the Rock & Mountain Top

  • Gates open at 8:00am
  • Play starts at 8:30am (tee times at both courses)
  • Family Fun Day featuring an appearance from trick-shot artists Dude Perfect.

    Championship Sunday, April 22 – Final Round

    • 7:00am – Gates open
    • 8:15am – First wave of Champions Division play begins
    • 9:30 – Skins Game Shootout featuring Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Lee Trevino, and a celebrity to be named soon. Kid Rock played last year…who will it be this year?
    • 12:20 – Second wave of Champions Division play begins
    • 5:00 (after conclusion of play) – Champions crowned

Samantha Cornelius named MGA’s Junior Girl’s Player of the Year

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Samantha Cornelius

The Missouri Golf Association announced Samantha Cornelius of Hamilton, Missouri as this year’s Junior Girl’s Player of the Year.. Samantha is a junior at Penney High School and a member of the high school golf team. She was also the 2016 Junior Girl’s Player of the Year.

She was selected as a member of the MGA Southern States Junior Cup Match Team and was the champion of the Ken Lanning Turkey Creek Junior Tour twice.

“I started the 2017 golf season with three major goals: Repeat as MGA player of the year, win the Junior Match Play Championship and get invited back to the Southern States Cup,” Cornelius said. “Two out of the three isn’t so bad!”

Cornelius had many accomplishments at this summers’ Missouri Junior Tour. She earned second at the Tanglewood event, third at the Rolling Hills, Oak hills and Deer Chase events and fourth at the Lake Valley event. In addition, Samantha finished sixth at the MJGA Junior Amateur Championship at the Jefferson City Country Club. She tied as a medalist at the MJGA Junior Match Play Championship at the Eldon Country Club and made it to the
quarter final round.

This season, Samantha won every meet and tournament for her high school golf team. She was the District 6 champion and runner up in sectionals. She went on to place seventh in the state in Class 1.

“It’s an exciting honor to be MGA Junior Girl’s Player of the Year,” Cornelius said. “To me, this means I worked hard and never gave up on trying to be better. I love the competition the MGA brings. The special opportunities I have been given by the MGA are something I will always remember.”

Rankin, Berkmeyer and Port named to the MGA Hall of Fame

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Judy Rankin

The Missouri Golf Association is delighted to announce the 2017 MGA Hall of Fame inductees.
This year, the Board of Directors, along with many friends and family, will be honoring three
players, including, Judy Rankin, Barbara Berkmeyer and Ellen Port.

Mrs. Judy Rankin of Midland, Texas (originally from St. Louis) won the Missouri Amateur
Championship when she was just 14-years-old and went on to win it again two years later. She
was low Amateur at the 1961 U.S. Open and turned pro a year later at age 17. Her first LPGA
win came in 1968. Throughout her career, Rankin won 26 events, finished top ten on the
money list eleven times and was the first to win over $100,000 in a season on the LPGA tour.
She earned LPGA Player of the Year twice (1976, 1977) and won the Vare Trophy for the lowest
scoring average three times. She went on to captain the Solheim Cup teams in 1996 and 1998.
Mrs. Rankin has been a golf commentator for ESPN and ABC. She became the lead LPGA analyst
for the Golf Channel and a professional advisor for the magazines Golf Digest and Golf for
Women.

Barbara Berkmeyer

Barbara Berkmeyer of Norwood Hills has had a remarkable golf career. Mrs. Berkmeyer won
her first Missouri Amateur Championship at Sunset Country Club in 1964 just before leaving
college. She went on to win the same championship four more times along with earning
runner-up another four times. Between 1965 and 1988, she was a medalist in the Missouri
Amateur 10 times. In 2000, she began her run of nine consecutive Missouri Senior Amateur
Championship titles and now holds a total of 13 distinguished Senior Amateur Championships
after this year’s win. Barbara is the mother of Skip Berkmeyer who has won the Missouri
Amateur Championship three times and runner-up three times. Mrs. Berkmeyer was runner-up
in the USGA Women’s Senior Amateur in 2002.

Ellen Port, from Fox Run Golf Club, did not take up the game of golf until she was 25-years-old.
She was a star basketball player for her high school and hit golf balls for her educational fitness
class while attending Mizzou. Within the first six years of playing golf, Mrs. Port won her first
Missouri Amateur Championship. Two years later (1994), she won the Trans-Miss. This was her
first national title. By 1996, she had won more national titles than state titles, and she went on
to win the Missouri Amateur Championship seven times in 15 years. In total, Port won nine
Missouri Women’s Amateurs, seven USGA championship, four USGA Mid-Amateurs and two
USGA Senior Amateurs. Ellen played on two Curtis Cup teams and captained a third in 2014. She
now coaches the Washington University women’s golf team.

Ellen Port

This year’s MGA Hall of Fame event will take place on January 19 at the Meadowbrook Country
Club in St. Louis. Congratulations to all three inductees on an extraordinary career. We
appreciate your dedication to the game!

2017 Girls Class 2 golf championships results

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Team Results

School Score
1 St. Joseph’s Academy High School 317-306=623
2 Notre Dame de Sion High School 315-318=633
3 MICDS High School 325-322=647
4 Lafayette (Wildwood) High School 342-337=679
5 Rock Bridge High School 354-346=700
6 Camdenton High School 372-359=731
7 Carl Junction High School 376-358=734
7 Lee’s Summit West High School 360-374=734

Individual Results

Name School Rd 1 Rd 2 Total
1 Megan Propeck Notre Dame de Sion 71 70 141
2 Amber Louise Wilson Camdenton 74 69 143
3 Claire Ann Solovic Seckman 74 70 144
4 Brooke Allison Biermann Lafayette (Wildwood) 74 71 145
5 Shannon Gould MICDS 71 76 147
6 Jenna Teeter Carl Junction 74 74 148
7 Grace Aromando St. Joseph’s Academy 76 73 149
8 Grace Renfer St. Joseph’s Academy 77 74 151
9 Madeline Larouere Liberty (Wentzville) 76 76 152
10 Zoee Harrington Liberty (Wentzville) 78 75 153
11 Momo Kikuchi Pattonville 80 74 154
11 Sarah Anne Lewis Marquette 74 80 154
13 Kylie Marie Carnes Carl Junction 81 74 155
14 Lacey Snell Northwest (Cedar Hill) 77 79 156
15 Sofia Gamayo Lindbergh 81 76 157
15 Anna Iorio Joplin 79 78 157
17 Nicole Rallo St. Joseph’s Academy 82 77 159
17 Olivia Sowers Rock Bridge 78 81 159
19 Abigail Nicole Howard Liberty 81 80 161
20 Lia Johnson Notre Dame de Sion 82 81 163
20 Parker Perry MICDS 86 77 163
20 Amelia Schroeder MICDS 80 83 163
23 Caroline Giocondo Notre Dame de Sion 80 84 164
23 Mckenna Rice Lee’s Summit West 80 84 164
23 Gabrielle Elisabeth Vaoifi Fort Osage 83 81 164
26 Layke Graybill Liberty North 83 82 165
26 Barbara Mae King Notre Dame de Sion 82 83 165
28 Drew Nienhaus St. Joseph’s Academy 82 84 166
29 Lauren Gallagher St. Joseph’s Academy 86 82 168
29 Maryellen Grace Holloway Staley 82 86 168
29 Kylee Hormuth Francis Howell 86 82 168
29 Leigha Kelly Ft. Zumwalt West 83 85 168
33 Paige Sumner Sanfelippo Lafayette (Wildwood) 85 84 169
33 Jennah Marie Schell Camdenton 85 84 169
35 Hannah Aherin Ozark 84 86 170
35 Haleigh Barks Nerinx Hall 82 88 170
37 Kayla Kimbley Warrensburg 87 84 171
37 Bess Ramsey Ursuline Academy 86 85 171
39 Marisa Butler West Plains 87 86 173
39 Sierra Story Heuston Blue Springs 84 89 173
39 Helen Willis Notre Dame de Sion 84 89 173
42 Alyson Kate Goggin Webster Groves 90 84 174
42 Garrett Goltermann MICDS 88 86 174
42 Victoria Hooker Waynesville 91 83 174
42 Jordan Alyssa Marshall Blue Springs 85 89 174
42 Lauren G Muller Blue Springs 88 86 174
42 Jessalyn Shipp Platte County 87 87 174
48 Kimberly Sager Carthage 88 87 175
49 Faith Beaty Lee’s Summit West 83 93 176
49 Isabel Degrand Ursuline Academy 87 89 176
49 Sydney Hofstetter St. Dominic 89 87 176
52 Emma Oathout Webb City 90 87 177
52 Jessica Qian Francis Howell North 91 86 177
52 Samantha Lauren Swinfard Jefferson City 87 90 177
55 Caroline Lynch Nerinx Hall 90 88 178
55 Madison Moller Rock Bridge 91 87 178
55 Alexandra Nelson Helias Catholic 92 86 178
55 Kasydie Shipp Platte County 90 88 178
59 Elizabeth Grace Freeman Ozark 90 89 179
59 Marliere Toothaker Rolla 90 89 179
59 Sydney Willingham Rock Bridge 91 88 179
62 Anika Laxmi Pulumati Lafayette (Wildwood) 92 88 180
63 Jessica Fisher Francis Howell 84 97 181
63 Ashley Fite Incarnate Word Academy 90 91 181
63 Jennifer Nicole Hesterberg Parkway South 87 94 181
63 Katie Schreiner Rockwood Summit 88 93 181
67 Caroline Beykirch West Plains 98 85 183
67 Kourtney Victoria Tucker Central (Springfield) 92 91 183
69 Madelyn Orr Rock Bridge 94 90 184
70 Courtney Berghoff Parkway Central 91 94 185
70 Nicole Lynn Rezabek Camdenton 93 92 185
70 Alyssa Marie Serafin Lafayette (Wildwood) 91 94 185
70 Misheel Lauren Sodgerel Clayton 93 92 185
74 Trinity Hofstetter St. Dominic 92 94 186
74 Abbigayle Loveless Cor Jesu Academy 91 95 186
76 Madison Duff Rock Bridge 96 91 187
76 Corynn Elizabeth Mcdonald St. Teresa’s Academy 95 92 187
78 Stephanie Gabel MICDS 94 94 188
79 Audrey Collier Rolla 91 100 191
79 Madeline Jane Gentry St. Teresa’s Academy 99 92 191
79 Breeley Pilgrim Carl Junction 96 95 191
82 Hannah Scott Willard 96 96 192
83 Sadora Franklin Park Hill South 98 95 193
84 Reese Hamilton Helias Catholic 103 91 194
84 Allison Grace Harrell Lafayette (Wildwood) 95 99 194
86 Alayna Nicole Haenig Kickapoo 99 100 199
86 Quincy Mae Munsell Lee’s Summit West 94 105 199
88 Shannon Ralls Lee’s Summit West 103 97 200
89 Abby Elizabeth Nall Westminster Christian Academy 96 108 204
90 Taylor A Starr Lee’s Summit West 106 100 206
91 Kathryn Hope Finke Kickapoo 107 102 209
92 Madelyn Hill Park Hill South 109 110 219
93 Allie Marie Crowell Camdenton 120 114 234
94 Abigail Rogers Carl Junction 125 115 240
95 Madeline Coats Carl Junction 130 122 252
96 Emily Elizabeth Hunter Camdenton 126 131 257

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Migdal adds Stroke Play Championship, Meek takes Women’s Amateur Championship

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Sam Migdal

The final rounds of play at the 2017 Missouri Stroke Play
Championship took place Wednesday at the Winghaven Country Club.

The players would play their third round in the morning followed
shortly after by their fourth and final round of play in the afternoon.

The field of the final rounds consisted of sixty golfers competing
for the title. There was a four-way tie among Sam Migdal, Travis
Mays, Jeremy Franklin, and Alex Cusumano. Both Migdal and
Mays shot an impressive one under par (71) in the morning
round. Cusumano and Franklin were not far behind them carding
73 (Cusumano) and 75 (Franklin).

The heat only continued to increase throughout the day making
the play more difficult in the afternoon. However, Migdal bared
the heat in the afternoon and came out on top with a 69, being the
only player to break 70 this week. Midgal said that he was happy
about improving throughout the day.

“Today I just got better as the day went on. I was two over
through my first nine holes and five under after that,” Migdal said.
He was pleased to be the next family member to win the Stroke
Play Championship.

“It feels good to win. My brother (Joe Migdal) won it two years
ago so it’s good to have my name under his,” Migdal said.

Jess Meek was crowned the 2017 Missouri Women’s Amateur
Champion today at the 87th iconic event. After three days of
extreme temperatures, the ladies finished with improved scores
throughout the week.

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2017 Boys high school golf championships (FINAL RESULTS)

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Class 1
Team Results

School Score
1 Gallatin High School 330-347 = 677 (92)
2 Greenwood High School 341-336 = 677 (102)
3 Lincoln High School 340-343 = 683
4 Marceline High School 341-360 = 701
5 Westran High School 378-356 = 734
6 Salisbury High School 376-365 = 741
7 Bloomfield High School 349-397 = 746
8 Windsor High School 376-394 = 770
9 Stover High School 412-403 = 815
Individual Results

Name School Rd 1 Rd 2 Total
1 Logan Smith La Plata 76 74 150
2 Gannon Withers New Bloomfield 77 76 153
3 Max Floyd Barat Academy 79 75 154
4 Peyton Bell Bloomfield 74 82 156
4 Jett Robert Simmons Gallatin 75 81 156

Class 2
Team Results

School Score
1 Hermann High School 311-316 = 627 (89)
2 Palmyra High School 306-321 = 627 (91)
3 Bishop LeBlond High School 323-326 = 649
4 Blair Oaks High School 333-331 = 664
5 Maryville High School 343-330 = 673
6 California High School 367-350 = 717
7 Willow Springs High School 371-369 = 740
7 Saxony Lutheran High School 374-366 = 740
Individual Results

Name School Rd 1 Rd 2 Total
1 Jack Parker Father Tolton Regional Catholic 68 72 140
2 Hank Lierz Bishop LeBlond 69 72 141
3 Ross L Henson Hermann 71 73 144
4 Brooks Jungbluth Bishop LeBlond 67 79 146
5 Laithan Sublette Palmyra 72 75 147

Class 3
Team Results

School Score
1 Logan-Rogersville High School 309-305 = 614
2 Priory High School 305-317 = 622 (88)
3 Nevada High School 307-315 = 622 (92)
4 St. Francis Borgia High School 303-329 = 632
5 Pembroke Hill High School 320-326 = 646
6 Helias Catholic High School 322-326 = 648
7 John Burroughs High School 329-338 = 667
8 Notre Dame (Cape Girardeau) High School 338-346 = 684
Individual Results

Name School Rd 1 Rd 2 Total
1 Dylan Garner Cassville 72 74 146
2 Patrick Ferry Nevada 74 73 147
2 Brayden Watts Southern Boone 69 78 147
4 Nicholas Westrich Farmington 74 74 148
5 Jacob Krantz Osage 70 79 149
5 Brandon L Wagner Central (Park Hills) 74 75 149

Class 4
Team Results

School Score
1 Rockhurst High School 305-305 = 610
2 Glendale High School 300-313 = 613
3 Chaminade High School 306-309 = 615
4 Rock Bridge High School 318-306 = 624
5 St. Louis University High School 321-324 = 645
6 Lebanon High School 320-332 = 652
7 Lafayette (Wildwood) High School 332-321 = 653
8 Liberty North High School 320-341 = 661
Individual Results

Name School Rd 1 Rd 2 Total
1 Joseph Patrick Terschluse Chaminade 73 73 146
2 Alexander S Locke Glendale 72 76 148
2 Jacob Douglas Propeck Rockhurst 75 73 148
4 Matt Hoemann Washington 72 77 149
5 Reilly Ahearn Ladue Horton Watkins 74 76 150
5 Hudson Dubinski Rock Bridge 73 77 150
5 Robert Dylan Enright Rockhurst 76 74 150
5 Sam Parrott Liberty 73 77 150
5 Ross Steelman Rock Bridge 76 74 150
5 Nathan Lee Woolard Poplar Bluff 77 73 150

U.S. Girls’ Junior Golf Championship coming to Missouri this July

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Boone Valley

Boone Valley Golf Club in Augusta, Mo., has been selected as the host site for the 2017 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship. The club’s second USGA championship is scheduled for July 24-29. The U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship is open to female amateurs who have not turned 18 on or before the final day of that year’s championship and have a Handicap Index® not exceeding 18.4.

“We are delighted to announce Boone Valley Golf Club as the host site of the 2017 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship,” said Diana Murphy, USGA vice president and Championship Committee chairman. “Based on the success of the 2007 U.S. Junior Amateur, we are confident Boone Valley will provide a worthy test and fun experience for the world’s best female junior golfers in 2017, and we applaud Boone Valley for its commitment to junior golf.”

Boone Valley, located about 45 miles west of St. Louis, was designed by P.B. Dye and opened for play in 1992. The course hosted the 2007 U.S. Junior Amateur, won by Cory Whitsett over Anthony Paolucci, 8 and 7. From 1996 to 2000, Boone Valley hosted the Boone Valley Classic, a PGA Champions Tour event. It also hosted the Champions Tour’s Enterprise Rent-A-Car Match Play Championship in 2001. “Boone Valley’s members and staff are honored to host the 2017 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship in the club’s 25th anniversary year,” said Rick Short, club president. “We are excited to support the USGA’s efforts and we plan to provide a memorable experience for all involved, especially these outstanding young players who are the future of women’s golf.”

Missouri State mourns death of golfer

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Missouri State University released a statement on Sunday following the death of freshman golfer Sam Holmes over the weekend.  Holmes, 19, was from Springfield and attended Glendale High School.  Holmes committed suicide on Friday, March 17.

Men’s Golf Coach Neal Stafford:
“Sam was a remarkable young man whose generosity and selflessness affected so many people. Our golf family is hurting deeply, and we will miss Sam and the joy he brought us. Our thoughts and prayers are with his parents, Tim and Mary Jane, and his sister, Mary, knowing how difficult this is for them and all of us who knew Sam.”

Director of Athletics Kyle Moats:
“On behalf of Missouri State University and the athletic department, we want to express our condolences to the Holmes family. Our golf team lost a brother, and we are heartbroken for them. Sam had a positive impact on the Bears family and touched so many lives.”

Visitation will be held at Gorman-Scharpf Funeral Home, on Tuesday, March 21, from 5-7 p.m. A funeral service will be held at The Venues, 2616 E. Battlefield, on Wednesday, March 22 at 2 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting donations be made to the Missouri State University Foundation (Meyer Alumni Center, 300 South Jefferson, Suite 100, Springfield, MO 65806), in care of the men’s golf program.

Missouri State’s only home meet of the season, the Twin Oaks Intercollegiate, will be played in honor of Sam, at Twin Oaks Golf and Country Club, Monday and Tuesday.