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St. Louis, MO - As we close out another year, we are reflecting on the 2024 season and the memorable moments it provided. Another year of growth was upon the Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association, proving that this is a golf region. 
 

The Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association saw a rise in its membership in 2024 with over 25,200 golfers utilizing the handicap system. There was no shortage of interest in playing the game with over 670,800 rounds of golf being recorded in GHIN (not to mention the rounds not recorded). Junior golfers are rising and more than 1,100 are tracking their game with a GHIN handicap. Have no fear if you are not a scratch golfer, you are not alone! In fact, the rough average Handicap Index for the Metropolitan is a 15.6. So whether you shoot par or 102, post those scores and shoot what you shoot. There’s no judgement here! 

Every year it is a battle to see which club’s members will post the most rounds. And seven clubs poured in over 25,000 rounds each. Whitmoor Country Club came out on top this year with 35,402 rounds. Not too far behind is the Country Club of St. Albans with 34,430 rounds. Posting over 26,000 rounds are Norwood Hills Country Club and Persimmon Woods Golf Club. And rounding out the top seven are Old Hickory Golf Club, The Legends Country Club, and Meadowbrook Country Club.  

This was another memorable year for championships in the Metropolitan. In 2024, we upgraded the Metropolitan Junior Amateur to a three day event in the hopes of earning U.S. Junior and Girls’ Junior exemptions for our Champions in the future. There was also a first for the association when we had to postpone the Metropolitan Women’s Amateur due to a sinkhole. In June, we joined in the celebration of the 100th SIGA Championship, which is a remarkable championship feat. Then, there was the Metropolitan Amateur Championship at Bellerive Country Club, bringing in monumental interest. We had a record breaking number of entries with 241, forcing players to participate in a qualifier to earn their spot in the championship field. Overall, it was another fantastic championship year, and we are proud to etch new names onto the Metropolitan trophies. Congratulations to all of the Champions from this year and those that qualified for national championships.  

2024 Champions 

Old Warson Cup - Chris Kovach	Metropolitan Amateur - Justin Bryant	Metropolitan Open - Ryan Cole
Metropolitan Junior Amateur - Harper Ackermann	Metropolitan Girls’ Junior Amateur - Sarah Hyten	Metropolitan Open Low Amateurs - Blake Skornia & Tyler Linenbroker
Metropolitan Women’s Amateur - Manon Labeur	Senior Old Warson Cup - Brian Hall	Metropolitan Senior Amateur - Skip Berkmeyer
Metropolitan Four-Ball - AJ Porter & Ryan Sullivan	Metropolitan Senior Four-Ball - Buddy Allen & Brian Lovett	Metropolitan Senior Net Four-Ball - Bill Slantz & Chuck Schranck
Robert A. Shogren Cup - Team Metropolitan	Thomas O. Sobbe Cup - Glen Echo Country Club	East Side Amateur - Blake Skornia
Senior East Side Amateur - Brian Lovett	Southern Illinois Amateur - Joe Migdal	Senior Southern Illinois Amateur - Kirk Viehl
100th SIGA Championship - Luke Lasley	100th SIGA Championship Women - Isa Flores	100th SIGA Championship Junior - Micahel Brees
100th SIGA Championship Senior - Tom Portner	100th SIGA Championship Super Senior - Greg Stewart	9-Hole Championship Gross - Wes Allard
9-Hole Championship Net - Justin Zhang	9-Hole Championship Senior Gross - Rich Kuess	9-Hole Championship Senior Net - Chris Scaglione
9-Hole Championship Super Senior Gross - Matt Hall	9-Hole Championship Super Senior Net - Steve Klopfer	Women’s Amateur Flight A - Liz Little
Women’s Amateur Flight B - Jillian Tedesco	Junior Amateur 15U - John DeLuca	Junior Amateur 13U - Houston Tiefenbrunn
Senior Amateur 50-59 Gross - Eric Fogleman	Senior Amateur 50-59 Net - Dave Gambino	Senior Amateur 60-64 Gross - John Chastain
Senior Amateur 60-64 Net - Matt Hall	Senior Amateur 65-69 Gross - William Schmidt	Senior Amateur 65-69 Net - Crist Dubis
Senior Amateur 70-74 Gross - James Seeley	Senior Amateur 70-74 Net - Ken Caldwell	Senior Amateur 75+ Gross - William Wunderlich
Senior Amateur 75+ Net - Tom Leahy	Amateur Series Championship - Gus Maloney	Amateur Series Championship Women’s - Liz Little
Amateur Series Championship Net - JJ Jasper	Amateur Series Championship Senior - Dan Mallon	Amateur Series Championship Senior Net - Mike Petty
Amateur Series Championship Super Senior - James Oslica	Amateur Series Championship Super Senior Net - Larry Laramie	Tony Stevens Cup - McLeansboro Golf Club #1

 

2024 USGA Qualifiers/Participants

2024 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball - Joe Migdal & Sam Migdal	U.S. Open - Chris Naegel
U.S. Open (through to Final Q) - Joel Sylven	U.S. Open (through to Final Q) - Devon Liberty
U.S. Open (through to Final Q) - William Postlethwaite	U.S. Senior Women’s Open - Kathy Glennon
U.S. Junior Amateur - Trigg Lindahl	U.S. Women’s Amateur - Brooke Biermann
U.S. Women’s Amateur - Gracie Piar	U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur - Kathy Glennon
U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur - Ellen Port	U.S. Mid-Amateur - Sam Migdal
U.S. Mid-Amateur - Sean Brennan	2025 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball - Eva Brown & Sarah Hyten
2025 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball - Skip Berkmeyer & Brad Nurski	2025 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball - Joe Migdal & Sam Migdal

 

Other National Championship Qualifiers

2024 Drive, Chip, & Putt Final Champion - Madison Pyatt	2024 Drive, Chip, & Putt Final - Caden Fehr	Notah Begay III Junior Golf National Championship - Cole Packingham
Notah Begay III Junior Golf National Championship - Sarah Hyten	Junior PGA Championship - Avery Arendell	Junior PGA Championship - Samuel Ottwell
Junior PGA Championship - Sarah Hyten	Junior PGA Championship - Harper Ackermann	IMG Academy Junior World Championship - Cole Packingham
IMG Academy Junior World Championship - KC Lenox	IMG Academy Junior World Championship - John DeLuca	IMG Academy Junior World Championship - Daniel Marquitz
IMG Academy Junior World Championship - Liam Martin	IMG Academy Junior World Championship - Henry Glarner	IMG Academy Junior World Championship - Boston Cook
IMG Academy Junior World Championship - Haley Castello	Steph Curry's Underrated Golf Tour - Eva Brown	2025 Drive, Chip, & Putt Final - Joshua Hooper

 

Awards Presented

Meritorious Service Award - John Kueper	SIGA Distinguished Service Award - David Perkins
Player of the Year - Sam Migdal	Women’s Player of the Year - Manon Labeur
Senior Player of the Year - Skip Berkmeyer	SIGA Player of the Year - Jeff Gray
SIGA Senior Player of the Year - Tom Portner	Host Private Facility of the Year - Bellerive Country Club
Host Public Facility of the Year - Gateway National Golf Links	Host Golf Professional/Staff of the Year - JD Auping (Bellerive CC)
Host Superintendent/Staff of the Year - Chadd Fetter (Bogey Hills CC)

 

The future continues to look bright for area junior golfers. We are proud of the junior members who have committed to play at a collegiate level after graduation in 2025:

Annabelle Bush - Drake University	Addison Kenney - Eastern Illinois University
Reese Kite - Loyola University Chicago	KC Lenox - Lindenwood University
Avery McLaughlin - University of Richmond	Hannah Mottert - University of Central Missouri
Morgan Withington - Sacred Heart University	Yelena Williams - Centre College
Harper Ackermann - University of West Florida	William Bomkamp - University of Illinois Springfield
Kash Cantrell - California State University Monterey Bay	Jacob Hall - Southeastern University
Konnor Kueper - Niagara University	Sam Ottwell - Illinois State University
Mason Lewis - Southern Methodist University	River Stilley - University of Cincinnati

 

We are proud to serve this ever growing golf community and look forward to the years to come. Congratulations again to the Champions of the season and we hope to see you again in 2025. Thank you to each and every one of our members for another great year! You are the reason we do this and we could not be more grateful for you!