2016 Old Warson Cup Field Finalized to Kickoff Season
The “official” kickoff to the MAGA Tournament Season takes place May 14-15 with The Old Warson Cup. Old Warson is the permanent home to the Association’s match play championship and the name was changed to “The Old Warson Cup” in 2013.
Sixteen of the St. Louis areas top amateurs will compete for the Old Warson Cup. These 16 players were invited based on their finish on the 2015 MAGA Player of the Year Point Standings. Five-time Match Play Champion Skip Berkmeyer (The Legends CC) finished as the 2015 Player of the Year and will come in as the #1 Seed. Berkmeyer was Runner-up in 2015 to Cy Moritz (pictured below right), it was his 5th Runner-up finish to go along with his 5 titles. Berkmeyer will face off against Steven Souchek (The Prairies GC) in the Round of 16.
Sam Migdal (Aberdeen GC), will be the #2 Seed. Migdal had a great 2015 season finishing as Low Amateur in the MAGA Open. Migdal will get Old Warson CC member Toppie Hogan in Saturday’s first round.
2015 Metropolitan Amateur Champion Jimmy Siegfried (Metropolitan GC) comes in as the #3 Seed. Siegfriend is currently on the golf team at the University of Missouri and had that remarkable final round last year at Boone Valley to force a playoff with Berkmeyer to capture the Amateur title. He will face Chad Niezing (The Legends CC) at 8:00am of Round 1.
Rounding out the top 4 seeds is Chris Kovach (Metropolitan GC). Kovach was the St. Louis District Champion in 2015 and will get Patrick Riordan (Normandie GC) on Saturday morning at 7:20am.
Here is the full slate of Round of 16 Matches for Saturday morning:
7:00am Skip Berkmeyer (1) vs. Steven Souchek (16)
7:10am Ted Moloney (8) vs. Tony Gumper (9)
7:20am Chris Kovach (4) vs. Patrick Riordan (13)
7:30am Phil Caravia (5) vs. Tim Jasper (12)
7:40am Sam Migdal (2) vs. Toppie Hogan (15)
7:50am Ryan Eckelkamp (7) vs. Ryan Sullivan (10)
8:00am Jimmy Siegfried (3) vs. Chad Niezing (14)
8:10am Nick Arman (6) vs. Bob Hanneken (11)
Quarterfinal matches will be played in the afternoon on Saturday. Sunday morning the Semifinal matches will begin at 7:00am with the 18-hole final match beginning approximately 11:30am.
Follow all the matches via the MAGA website from the outset Saturday morning. Spectators are welcome to attend the matches and see the area’s top amateurs contend for the 2016 Old Warson Cup!
For all of the Pairings, Match Play Bracket and Match Results, visit the Plaza Motors MAGA Scoreboard!
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