The Metropolitan; Volume 8, No. 1

Volume 8 | No. 1

January/February 2021

The Metropolitan AMATEUR GOLF ASSOCIATION

The game and Jay Delsing DMDs In Competition?

Playable Lie

Remembering “Denny” Walters

2021 Schedules

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INSIDE

14 16 3. Rules/Numbers 4. Curt’s Corner 6. MAGA schedules 12. Amateur Series 14. Bogeyman

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16. Shogie Cup 18. Jay Delsing 20. Playable Lie 22. Hogan’s quote

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By The Numbers

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The number of players who have won both the U.S Amateur and the U.S. Mid-Amateur in the same year.

Jay Sigel turned the trick in 1983.

At age 39, Sigel won the Amateur at North Shore Country Club on Sept. 4, 1983, and 32 days later he won the Mid-Amateur at Cherry Hills Country Club.

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The number of players that have carded an ace during competition in the Masters Tournament. The 16th hole has yielded the most holes-in-one, giving up 22. The stingiest of the lot has been No. 4, which has been aced just once, by Jeff Sluman in 1992.

This edition of Rules Quiz features an excerpt from MAGA official John Thorman’s e-book, Let’s Get It Right.

To Mark Or Not To Mark

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Dear John: My chip shot from off the green rolled to about four feet from the hole. While I was walking to my ball, another player hit a great bunker shot to about a foot from the hole and on my line of play. Of course, he still had to rake the bunker. In the interest of saving time, may I mark his ball, or should I wait for him to finish raking the bunker and walk up to mark it himself? - Etiquette

The number of players in their 40s to win major championships since the turn of the century. They include Vijay Singh 41 (2004 PGA), Darren Clarke 42 (2011 British Open), Ernie Els 42 (2012 British Open), Phil Mickelson 43 (2013 British Open), Henrik Stenson 40 (2016 British Open) and Tiger Woods 43 (2019 Masters).

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The final-round score Chris Ferris fired at Meadowbrook to come from 8 shots back to win the 2020 MAGA Amateur. Ferris, a senior at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, started the comeback with a 31 on the front nine, which included four consecutive birdies at holes No. 5 through 8.

Answer Dear Etiquette: In this situation, it may take the player a minute or longer to reach his ball. The Rules will help you save time and be courteous. In stroke play, there is no penalty if you mark and lift the player’s ball (Rule 9.6), although asking for permission is a polite gesture

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The distance in miles from St. Louis to Kokopelli Golf Club, which is where qualifying for the 2022 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship qualifying will be on Aug. 16.

Kokopelli is located in Marion, Ill., while the 2022 U.S. Mid-Amateur is sheduled for Sept. 10-15 at Erin Hills, which is in Erin, Wisc., 388 miles from St. Louis.

Addendum Match play is different. As an opponent, you must first get authorization from the player before marking and lifting his ball (9.5b Exception 1). Otherwise, deliberately moving the player’s ball results in a onestroke penalty and the ball must be replaced (Rule 9.5b).

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Curt’s Corner MAGA STAFF

Curt Rohe - Executive Director

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Curt Rohe - curt@metga.org

METROPOLITAN CHAMPIONSHIPS Amateur Championship Match Play Championship Open Championship Women’s Amateur Championship Junior Amateur Championship Senior Amateur Championship Metropolitan Cup Matches Four-Ball Championship Mid-America Junior Cup

USGA QUALIFYING ROUNDS US Open (Local and Sectional) US Senior Open US Amateur US Mid-Amateur US Girls’ Junior Amateur US Women’s Mid-Amateur US Junior Amateur US Senior Amateur US Senior Women’s Amateur US Women’s Open US Amateur Four-Ball US Women’s Amateur Four-Ball

ADVISORY COMMITTEE Scott Thomas, Chairman Dustin Ashby Tom Barry Skip Berkmeyer Chris Kovach Ryan Eckelcamp Tom Portner Curt Rohe

P.J. BOATWRIGHT INTERNS Mary O’Leary Steven Wendling John McCauliffe

Hello Members!

Well, as you read this March 1 has come which is kind of the official opening of golf season! Score posting began on March 1 AND registration for MAGA championships and Amateur Series events began.

Less than two weeks after one of the most brutal cold stretches, we are playing golf and posting scores! The golf season is getting closer and we have a great lineup of championship venues, Amateur Series venues and sites where we will be conducting USGA qualifying rounds in 2021.

We recently made the exciting announcement to conduct the Robert A. Shogren Cup, an annual Ryder Cup style event that will feature the top amateurs from the area and top Gateway PGA professionals.

These matches have been conducted in the past at different times of the year and we felt this was a great way to honor everything that Shogie did for both the amateur and professional game in this region.

In addition to that great new championship, we recently announced the introduction of the Women’s divisions in the Amateur Series and Four-Ball championships. The Amateur Series will feature a Women’s Net Division and the Four-Ball will have a Women’s Division with Gross and Net flights.

What’s more, on the women’s side, a Player of the Year Point System has been created and published on the website to determine the Women’s and Senior Women’s Player of the Year.

With this issue, we embark on the eighth season of The Metropolitan, hard to believe! We plan on bringing more robust content and news to our members in 2021.

One area we are working on is opportunities to promote and advertise in the newsletter. If you have any interest in doing so, please reach out to me at curt@metga.org to discuss.

As always, thanks for reading and here is to a great 2021!

THE METROPOLITAN EDITOR Dan O’Neill

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In Memorium

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Dennis “Denny” P. Walters Dec. 22, 1944 - Feb. 4, 2021

Denny Walters always kept things in perspective - about his life and about golf. “I have had the time of my life growing this game,” he said. And the game was all the better for it.

The MAGA is saddened by the passing of Dennis “Denny” Paul Walters on Feb. 4 in Fort Myers, Fla. He was 76.

Walters was a devoted father and stepfather, a loving grandfather and the proud son of the late Dr. Charles Henry “Doc” and Doris Katherine Walters. He also was an integral piece of the St. Louis golf landscape.

Born in St. Charles, Missouri, Walters was 8 years old when he began caddying for his father at local courses like Crystal Lake Country Club, Creve Coeur Country Club, and St. Charles Golf Course. In 1962, his parents purchased the tract of land and established Bogey Hills Country Club in St. Charles. Just a teenager at Chaminade High School at the time, Denny Walters nonetheless helped renovate the clubhouse and assisted in designing and developing the initial nine holes of Bogey Hills golf.

He went on to be a four year golf letterman at Spring Hill College in Mobile, Ala., then served in the U.S. Air Force from 1968-1973, stationed at McCoy Air Force Base in Orlando, Fla. and Kadena Air Force Base on the island of Okinawa.

By the time Walters returned from the service, Bogey Hills had expanded into an 18-hole course. He became the golf professional at the club and a PGA member in 1977. Walters was president of the Gateway PGA Section from 1981-82, and served on the PGA board of directors from 1983-85.

During his term, he served as vice president of the board, worked on two Ryder Cup Committees, and played a lead role in securing the naming rights of the PGA West development. In 2000, Walters was inducted into the Gateway PGA Hall of Fame.

After giving the PGA Tour a try, Walters embraced golf course development and operations. He teamed up with real estate interests to start Whitmoor Country Club and then Missouri Bluffs Golf Club. He eventually founded Walters Golf Management, which developed and built The Links of Dardenne, Golf Club of Wentzville, and Gateway National Golf Links and eventually spread its wings to manage 11 other regional golf properties. Along the way, he created and/or directed professional tournaments in the area like the Bogey Hills Invitational, Gateway Masters and Nike (Tour) Gateway Classic.

“I wanted to enhance my career and I was trained to be a golf professional,” Walters once told the St. Louis PostDispatch. “But my one true love was working with the golf superintendents. I did that all through high school.”

In 2009, Walters sold the management company and returned to support his beloved Bogey Hills, where his daughter Angel Walters Likens continues as general manager, and his son Denny Walters Jr. is the head professional.

Walters not only loved the game, but he loved the people around it, loved passing along his knowledge and experience in management, loved his relationships with club members and golf shop operators. His influence is unmistakable at Bogey Hills, which remains a prominent piece of the St. Louis golf community 59 years after it opened.

In recognition of Walters’ vision and contributions to St. Louis golf, he was inducted into the St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame in 2019.

A celebration of Denny Walters’ life will be held at 4 p.m. on March 4 at Bogey Hills Country Club, 1120 Country Club Rd., St. Charles, MO 63303. Memorial contributions in honor of Denny’s life can be made with a check to “The St. Charles Metropolitan Golf Charities,” and donations can be mailed to Bogey Hills Country Club, 1120 Country Club Rd., St. Charles, 63303.

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As Covid-19 vaccinations increase at the beginning of the year, there is hope things can get back to normal sooner than later. But one way or another, amateur golf will prevail. To that end, tthe Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association released its 2021 schedule of championships and hosting facilities and - as usual - a number of highlights are to be found. Leading the way is the 31st playing of the MAGA Amateur Championship Aug. 5-7 at historic St. Louis Country Club.

The championship was last conducted at SLCC in 2011 and produced a memorable final round, as former SLCC caddie Ryan Penfield out-dueled Skip Berkmeyer down the stretch. Penfield captured the title with his three-day score of 1-over par 214, testament to the challenge presented by the Charles Blair Macdonald masterpiece.

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Also new for 2021, all Amateur Series information can be found on the Amateur Series portal, where Registration, Event Information, Tee Sheets, Scoring Results and Season Long Point Standings are presented all in one place.

Click on the links at the bottom of the schedules for both 2021 USGA champonship qualifying and Amateur Series events.

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DMDs decision is not stri The Bogeyman Dan O’Neill - Editor (Editor’s note: This story appears courtesy of Morning Read (www. morningread.com) First, let’s be totally honest, this isn’t entirely about pace of play.

We’re talking about the Professional Golf Association of America, which according to its website is “is made up of nearly 29,000 PGA Professionals who are ready to help you further your love for the game of golf.” They are some of the finest people you might ever meet and, no doubt, they predominately are in the business of golf because they love the game.

But on the grass roots level, more than any other sport, the game is a business.

That’s not a condemnation, just the truth.

So when we discuss range finders and a decision by the PGA to allow distance-measuring deviceso in its championships, let’s keep things in proper perspective. It’s not entirely about pace of play. Because if it is, red flags are being thrown all over the field.

After all, as we like to say in these pandemically-punctuated times, follow the science. More specifically, follow the scientists. Talk to professional caddies and professional players and you’re going to get - at best - a split decision.

Some may profess range finders speed up the game. Just as many, if not many more, will say they slow things down.

To be clear, we’re not talking distance measuring devices in the hands of weekend duffers here, that’s a different lab altogether. But there is no conclusive evidence to show range finders speed things up for the average pay-for-play participant.

That said, like clubs, balls, gloves, towels, shirts, bags, shoes, hats, wind shirts, rain pants, head covers, lessons and swing aids DMDs are product. The PGA holds terrific championships every year; it also holds The PGA Merchandise Show, the Disney World of golf commerce, the Super Bowl of equipment and apparel.

The PGA Show and PGA membership shops are chock full of things to help further your love of the game of golf. And you might bet dollars to divots that you’ll find a DMD or two among them. No shame in it, tons of people buy them. A lot of people bought long putters, too. And back in 2013, when the U.S. Golf Association and The Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews issued the anchoring ban, no one was more opposed to the idea than the PGA. 14

This isn’t to assert the association is completely disingenuous, it’s to assert some pragmatism. PGA members are in the business of golf. If something is bad for business, by golly, it’s probably bad for golf, and vice-versa.

So, will the use of DMDs at professiona championships improve pace of play - questionable. Will it hurt business to see top-ranked professionals on television peering through range finders? Heck no. So let’s be totally up front about what’s at work here.

And while we’re being honest, let’s also acknowledge that it’s hard to imagine the opinions and conclusions expressed in this space could hold any less weight with those embracing DMDs. For the general public, the horse left the barn a while back. For professionals, the PGA just foamed the runway, and it seems only a matter of time before the others touch down.

That said, what has happened to sports and what has happened to this game? A Palmer once said “Golf is deceptively s and endlessly complicated; it satisfie soul and frustrates the intellect. It is a same time rewarding and maddening – game mankind has ever invented.”

The game was founded on these things, uncompromising things, things withou The game is not meant to be wholly defi ball. It is supposed to tap into more, i reward. Testing those determinations i part of the satisfaction.

The best of golf ’s architects have gone considerations and influence those fa well, to expose those who don’t. Local to be advantageous. But influence and front pocket of your golf bag; check th now for sale in the pro shop, right next Today, if golf was a state driver’s lice autonomous car. No worries on par

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s, Arnold The PGA Championship will be conducted May 17-23 on the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island. And DMDs are welcome. simple es the at the pace, for the sake of business, sports are all too willing to punt tradition and – and it is without a doubt the greatest compromise values.

Endlessly complicated… maddening… intellectual? How about Golf for , self-examining things, genuine things, Dummies? ut shortcuts, things organic and sincere. fined by the skill of hitting a little white Boots on the ground and investigative research are what make good caddies i.e. sensation and perception, risk and invaluable to a championship contender. Webb Simpson’s caddy Paul Tesori is supposed to be part of the challenge, suggests DMDs are the other end of the spectrum. “I think it rewards caddies who haven’t done their homework,” he told Golf Digest. e to great lengths to incorporate those How can a sport that rules against giving or asking advice, that prohibits acilities, to favor those who use them a caddy or partner from standing behind a player to help direct a putt, knowledge and tactile experience used allow books that provide precise measurements and devices that give exact d knowledge can now be found in the distances? This isn’t what the satisfying soul of golf is about. he batteries before you tee off. Favor is This is shortcuts and cheat sheets. This is the Cliffs Notes version, the crossword t to the yardage books. puzzle with the answers at the bottom. This is double-runner skates for the ense test, you’d be allowed to use an Stanley Cup playoffs, training wheels for the Tour de France. rallel parking. Today, in the name of And let’s be totally honest, it’s not entirely about pace of play.

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MAGA, Gateway PGA create Shogren Cup match-play event The Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association and Gateway PGA Section are proud to jointly announce an annual competition where the top amateurs and professionals will compete in a Ryder Cup style format. The championship will be named the Robert A. Shogren Cup honoring Bob Shogren who passed away in March, 2020.

After a successful career with as a creative director at Maritz, “Shogie,” as he was affectionately known, became an ambassador for both the amateurs and professionals in our region.

He spent 30 years as a rules official, serving both the MAGA and the PGA, capping his career by serving on the rules committee for the 2018 PGA Championship at his home club, Bellerive Country Club.

Celebrating that association, the inaugural Shogren Cup will be conducted on May 23-24 at historic Bellerive.

“A match-play championship between area amateurs and pros has been played off and on over the years,” said MAGA executive director Curt Rohe. ”The golf associations agreed to revive the collabarative competition and give it a proper name in honor of Shogie. The Shogren Cup continues to fortify a strong relationship between the region’s two leading golforganizations,”.

Shogren Cup teams will be comprised of the top amateurs from Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association and professionals from the Gateway PGA Section. The rosters will be selected from the associations’ Player of the Year standings and captains’ picks.

Executive Director of the Gateway PGA Section Ali Wells added, “Always a favorite event for our area PGA Professionals, we are excited for the return of these matches showcasing the best of competitive golf and collaborative partnerships”.

MAGA has purchased a beautiful Victorian Sterling Silver cup (pictured at right) from Nicholas Winton in London. The cup, which dates back to 1895, is being engraved “The Robert A. Shogren Cup” with the association logos in London to have in time to be on display at Bellerive for the inaugural match.

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What I cherish about a gam (Editor’s note: A graduate of St. Louis U. High, Jay Delsing played golf at UCLA with Corey Pavin, Steve Pate and Tom Pernice. He went on to a PGA Tour career that included 565 career starts and 25 years. He is currently the host of “Golf with Jay Delsing” on 101 ESPN Radio.)

As I sit here typing, I realize I have been involved through love, hate and general enthrallment - with the game of golf for over 47 years. Undoubtedly, this thought is a function of my age. But every day I think about how fortunate I have been to have the opportunities I have had, and literally marvel at what a societal powerhouse this game is.

Rantings of an old dude who’s sustained too many 3 putts? Maybe. But did you know that the PGA Tour donates more money to charities every year than the NBA, MLB, NFL and NHL combined?

And that’s to say nothing about what the USGA and PGA of America contributes.

In 2019, the PGA Tour raised $204.3 million. That record figure brings the total monies raised over the years to $3.05 billion. Staggering. If you were present for the 100th anniversary of the PGA Championship at Bellerive Country Club n 2018, you may be able to understand. The PGA of America operates their championship separately from the Tour, but the charitable commitment is similar.

The formula is that 50% of all money raised stays home. This means that when the bleachers are removed and the trucks are gone, as one friend who works at the PGA Tour headquarters in Jacksonville put it, “a huge bucket of money“ is there for the host organization to distribute to worthy local charities.

As another example, take the Waste Management Open in Phoenix, played last month. During nonpandemic years, the event raises more than $15 million per year for children’s hospitals, homeless shelters… you name it. The “Valley of the Sun” has living, breathing proof of the many benefits it has

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realized from hosting a PGA Tour event. Meanwhile in St. Louis, Hale Irwin and Joe Buck - who took over Hale’s charitable golf event 20 years ago - have literally built wings onto the already worldrenowned St. Louis Children’s Hospital.

That’s right, wings!

Dan Dierdorf and Bob Costas have focused their charitable attention on Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital, with similar results. Their main fundraiser every year is a golf event. I hope you never need to visit the ER at Cardinal Glennon, but if you do you will see it is aptly named after the NFL Hall of Fame lineman Dierdorf.

Why is Dan not hosting a pickup or flag football game to raise money? Hmmm? That is just a glimpse of a really big and thriving machine. Golf - at both the amateur and professional levels - has worked charitable wonders.

At the same time, the game has played a profound role in my life. My introduction to golf came in 1973 when, as a 12-year old, I began caddying at Norwood Hills CC , just a wide-eyed kid in search of something to help me accomplish my dreams.

That is, I wanted to be a professional athlete.

With my father, Jim Delsing, being a major league player, baseball was a natural choice. But there was nowhere to play after the church league ended. A handful of games and one practice a week was not going to cut it. At Norwood Hills, I was introduced to the caddie yard, where I learned how to swear (which I still do at a high level). I also learned to gamble, clean toilets, sweep parking lots and carry a bag for - at least what I thought - was a higher class of people, people I otherwise had no business meeting or knowing.

My dad would drop me off when the sun came up every summer morning on his way to work and then scoop me back up come sundown. I learned to work hard, love being alone, and fall madly and

deeply in proved, lege and importa way.

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dult I have also discovered, like many things hat you love, your heart can get terribly and disappointed. Robert F. Kennedy once nly those who dare to fail greatly can ever greatly.” I didn’t feel I was being daring, I in love with the game. I learned quickly morrow is/was always a new day, with new ities. about the financial impact the game has literally millions of families and I smile. I tiniest hand in that. I think of my life and in the game, the ups and downs. I think he fact I didn’t become the best player in the didn’t set the world ablaze with 18th hole cs at major championships, as I imagined . I didn’t achieve many of the other things oungster’s brain concocted while spending ss hours alone, hoofing hills and chasing nd slices. I think about all those things, and

t my daughters growing up, traveling, meetw people and assaulting every swimming d hotel breakfast room we encountered. I f the time we spilled a 15-pound bag of cat rectly in front of the manager of a “no pets ” hotel, and I laugh out loud. I think of the s a teenager that I got to spend with my dad ther on the lousy muni golf course that we t was awesome. And it was. think about a 60-year-old dreamer (me), t to live a life he imagined but probably eserve. m grateful, so very grateful. what is so great about golf.

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Playable Lie What is it ball, you ask of me, consubstantial with this tree, nestled in your soft surrounding, comfortable but not belonging?

Why must you ask persistently, as if these things were meant to be, as if the world would be too simple, round and smooth instead of dimpled?

When was this evil plan embraced, to persecute the human race, to advocate adversity and banish serendipity?

Who on earth shall ever know, dare I move you with my toe?

This day was going oh so well, until aside this tree you fell.

But wherein lies the satisfaction, strength or honor in such action?

I know ball, as you hug this tree, You only ask humility.

- O’Neill

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“The most important shot in golf is the next one.” .

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MAGA welcomes P. J. Boatwright Interns

The MAGA is grateful each year for the opportunity to hire interns through the PJ Boatwright Internship grant provided by the USGA. This is an invaluable program Allied Golf Associations around the country are able to take advantage of and provide opportunities for young men and women. Please meet our 2021 Boatwright interns.

Mary O’Leary – Communications Intern Mary is completing her senior year at the University of Missouri, pursuing a Bachelor of Journalism degree in Strategic Communication. She is a native St. Louisan and learned of the Boatwright program through her cousin, and former MAGA intern, Nick Wojciechowski. Mary will be with MAGA for 3-months.

Steven Wendling – Operations Intern Steven is a junior at the University of Missouri, studying Accounting. He is from St. Louis and went to Priory High School where he played golf. Steven has played in MAGA championships in the past. He will be with us for 3-months.

John McCauliffe – Operations Intern John is a senior at the University of South Carolina where he will graduate in May studying Sport and Entertainment Management. He is from Glenwood, MD and has always had a passion for golf. John will be with MAGA for 5-months and his mother went to Washington University here in St. Louis.

Welcome aboard!

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