ST. LOUIS (Sept. 8, 2023) – The 34th annual Senior Amateur Championship will be held at Algonquin Golf Club in St. Louis from Sept. 12-13, 2023. A full field of 120 golfers who are 50 years of age or older will gather at Algonquin to compete for the championship title.
The Senior Amateur Championship is a 36 hole stroke play competition that will take place over two days of play. The tournament is open to all male senior golfers who are at least 50 years old on the first day of the tournament, and who are members of the MGA.
The field will be split into three flights: Championship (50 and over), Super Senior (65 and over), and Net (50 and over).
The week kicks off on Monday, Sept. 11 with a practice round, where golfers will have the opportunity to warm up and prepare for the event.
On Tuesday, Sept. 12, the first round of stroke play will commence with tee times starting at 8 a.m. Each golfer will play 18 holes, aiming to shoot the lowest score. The final round will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 13, and will follow the same format, with 18 holes of stroke play starting with 8 a.m. tee times.
After both rounds, the MGA will award the winners at an awards presentation ceremony.
Included in the field is reigning Senior Amateur Champion David Rismiller, two-time Champion Wayne Fredrick (2018, 2019), and past Champions Brian Hall (2021), Kevin Handlan (2016), Scott Edwards (2009) and Jim Dunn (2000).
View the field of players and tee times here: www.golfgenius.com/pages/3924796
For more information on the Senior Amateur Championship, click here: www.golfgenius.com/pages/3924833
If you have any other questions, please contact the MGA office at (573) 636-8994 or mogolf@mogolf.org
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ABOUT MGA:
The Missouri Golf Association is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to promote the best interests and true spirit of the game of golf throughout the State of Missouri. The Missouri Golf Association was started in St. Louis in 1905 to run the Amateur Championship. Four founding clubs would be the ones in existence in St. Louis in those early years – St. Louis Country Club, Algonquin Golf Club, Glen Echo Golf Club and Normandie Golf Club. Four years later, the invite-only Missouri Amateur was held in Kansas City at Evanston Club. 1911 marked the real organization of the MGA with Bonner Miller as Secretary and Executive Director. Ever since then, the MGA has striven to provide tournaments and spaces for Missouri golfers to sharpen their skills and enjoy the game.
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