COLUMBIA, Mo. (June 25, 2025) — Veikka Viskari (Columbia) and Mitchell Revie (Kansas City) claimed stroke‑play medalist honors with matching totals of 5‑under 137 as the opening rounds of the 118th Missouri Amateur Championship wrapped up Wednesday at The Club at Old Hawthorne.
The top 64 advanced to match play, and for the first time since the 2017 championship at St. Joseph Country Club, the cut came in right on the number at 7‑over 149, with no playoff required.
Viskari, a rising junior at the University of Missouri, opened with a 68 and added a 69 in the second round. He played bogey‑free across his first nine, making three birdies before carding his only bogey of the day. A semifinalist at the British Amateur earlier this month, Viskari enters match play as the No. 1 seed on his home course — making him a tough player to beat this week.
Revie, a rising senior at Wichita State University and a native of Australia, surged into a tie for the top spot with a second‑round 66. He started strong with six birdies across his first 10 holes — including three in a row from Nos. 2‑4 — and made only one bogey on the day to secure the No. 2 seed.
Last year’s finalist, Presten Richardson (Mt. Vernon), overcame a challenging second round to finish third in stroke play at 4‑under 138. Despite a 72 today, he tallied four birdies and claimed the No. 3 seed. Meanwhile, four‑time Missouri Amateur champion Brad Nurski (St. Joseph) added a second‑round 68, making four birdies and only one bogey, to secure the No. 4 seed at 3‑under 139. The two met in last year’s championship match, and both arrive in match play with the experience and pedigree to make another deep run this week.
Caden Mickelson (Kansas City), Anson Munzlinger (Columbia), Ryan Sullivan (Imperial) and Benjamin Berger (St. Charles) shared fifth place at 2‑under 140. Mickelson posted rounds of 68 and 72, Munzlinger rallied with a 72‑68, and Sullivan followed an opening‑round 67 with a 73. Berger, the 2024 Missouri Stroke Play champion and rising junior at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, added a 69 to his first‑round 71.
Match play begins Thursday morning at The Club at Old Hawthorne, where the state’s best amateur golfers will compete for one of Missouri golf’s oldest titles.
Click here for complete results from today and match play pairings for tomorrow.
For more information about the 118th Missouri Amateur Championship, visit www.mogolf.org or contact the MGA office at 573-636-8994.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (June 24, 2025) — The state’s best male amateur golfers teed it up at The Club at Old Hawthorne on Tuesday for the opening round of the 118th Missouri Amateur Championship. The par-71 layout tested a strong field of 146 competitors, yielding only 13 under‑par rounds and setting the stage for a competitive second round and deep match‑play bracket later this week.
Last year’s runner‑up, Presten Richardson (Mt. Vernon), claimed the early lead with a bogey‑free back nine and a 5‑under 66, the low round of the day. Richardson tallied six birdies — three of them coming on the back nine — and enters Wednesday looking to build upon an already strong performance.
Ryan Sullivan (Imperial) is one shot back after carding a 4‑under 67 with five birdies and just one bogey. Meanwhile, three players are tied for third at 3‑under 68: Caden Mickelson (Kansas City), Will Boyd (California) and Veikka Viskari (Columbia). Mickelson is committed to play collegiate golf at the University of Nebraska this fall, while Boyd is a rising sophomore at the University of Central Missouri. Viskari, a rising junior at the University of Missouri and a native of Espoo, Finland, is competing on his home course.
The second and final stroke‑play round will be contested Wednesday, after which the top 64 competitors will advance to match play. In the event of a tie for the final spots, a sudden‑death playoff will determine the match‑play bracket.
Click here for full results from today’s round.
For more information about the 118th Missouri Amateur Championship, visit www.mogolf.org or contact the MGA office at 573-636-8994.
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Founded in 1905 in St. Louis, the MGA was established to conduct the Missouri Amateur Championship, originally hosted by four founding clubs—St. Louis Country Club, Algonquin Golf Club, Glen Echo Country Club, and Normandie Golf Club. In 1909, the invite-only championship expanded to Kansas City’s Evanston Club, and by 1911, the MGA became formally organized under Bonner Miller, its first Secretary and Executive Director. Since then, the MGA has grown to provide a variety of competitive tournaments, junior programs, and resources that support golfers of all ages and skill levels, continuing its mission to grow and enhance the game across Missouri.
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