Future Metropolitan Amateur Championship Sites Announced
Meadowbrook Country Club – 2020 and
St. Louis Country Club – 2021
The Metropolitan Amateur Championship returned to a public venue in 2019, Aberdeen Golf Course hosted the 29th edition becoming just the third public venue to host the areas most coveted amateur title. MAGA is excited to announce today the next two venues for where the Jim Tom Blair Trophy (pictured right) will be awarded will be Meadowbrook Country Club in 2020 and St. Louis Country Club in 2021!
Meadowbrook will serve as host of the 30th edition of the Metropolitan Amateur Championship August 6-8, 2020. This will mark the 3rd time the Ballwin country club has hosted the area top amateurs, joining Norwood Hills as the only 3-time host. Meadowbrook hosted in 2000 and 2010 so it was fitting to return in 2020 to the Club.
“Meadowbrook Country Club is excited to accept the invitation to host the 2020 Metropolitan Amateur Championship,” stated Head Golf Professional Craig Liddle. “Our membership is proud to invite the best amateur golfers in the region to compete on our championship layout. Having previously hosted this event in 2000 and 2010, we are pleased to support MAGA and look forward to an outstanding event.”
Meadowbrook members captured the Amateur title in its previous years hosted. Bob Beckmann won in 2000 and Eli Grant in 2010.
In 2011, St. Louis Country Club followed Meadowbrook as host of the Amateur and they will do so again in 2021. Ryan Penfield, coming off his career at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, would capture the title in 2011 at the Country Club.
Head Golf Professional at St. Louis Country Club Grant Masson commented on hosting the 2021 Championship, “The St. Louis Country Club is honored to host the Metropolitan Amateur Championship in 2021. St. Louis Country Club has a rich history hosting men’s and women’s professional and amateur golf tournaments. This classic Charles Blair McDonald course will offer a spectacular setting and a unique experience for the players and we look forward to a great tournament.”
The Metropolitan Amateur Champion is awarded the Jim Tom Blair Trophy along with MAGA’s Gold Medal. Brad Carpenter took home the title in 2019 at Aberdeen in record breaking performance with the lowest 54-hole total in history, 206 (-7).
The Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association is the Allied Golf Association for the St. Louis Metropolitan area, Central and Southern Illinois. It conducts eleven (11) of its own championships, ten (10) USGA qualifying rounds and its Amateur Series of events each season. Additionally, MAGA provides the GHIN Handicap Service to its 140 Member Clubs and golfers through the region and is the only authority in this region to provide the USGA Course and Slope Rating service to clubs.
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