St. Louis showed the golf world another terrific tournament with a big crowd watching at the Ascension Charity Classic where a record score was established.
Steve Flesch won the championship with a course-record round of 9-under 62. He finished 19 under across the three rounds for a 3-stroke win. Flesch matched his career-low on the PGA Tour Champions with the 62 that helped him move from a two-shot deficit to the victory at Norwood Hills Country Club.
“It’s a funny game,” Flesch said after the tournament. “You never know when something is going to click. But man, this week it all came together.”
The win was a family affair; Flesch’s son, Griffin, was his caddy. Griffin was also on the bag for Fred Couples when Couples won on the PGA Tour Champions.
“We just had a ball out there, and man, I’ll tell you – winning with him on the bag is the most important thing for me,” Flesch said. “It’s a career clincher for me, honestly.” Flesch finished at 19-under 194.
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Kevin Sutherland finished second, at 16 under par, with three solid rounds. Brett Quigley and Y.E. Yang tied for third, at 13 under. In the first two years of the tournament, the best winning score was Padraig Harrington’s 14-under in 2022.
It's been a busy month – here's what else has been happening:
Missouri Senior Amateur
Sean McQueary, of Springfield, won the 34th annual Missouri Senior Amateur Championship that was held at Algonquin Golf Club.
A total of 119 male golfers aged 50 or older competed in two rounds of stroke play for the championship title. In the Championship division, McQueary finished at 3-under 139 with rounds of 72 and 67. Tom Barry, of St. Louis, was the runner-up, shooting 140. Don Kuehn, of Kansas City, was the champion of the Super Senior division at 1-under 141. Terry Souchek, of Columbia, Ill., won the Net division with a 10-over, 152.
St. Louis Metropolitan Senior Amateur
Paul Neeman won the George F. Meyer trophy that goes to the winner of the St. Louis Metropolitan Amateur Championship.
Neeman, of Persimmon Woods Golf Club, won the 31st annual tourney by shooting a two-day total of 4-under 140 at St. Clair Country Club in Belleville, Ill. Neeman and David Bremer were tied 3-under par after the first round. Neeman finished his second round with a 1-under. No other players were able to catch Neeman.
Defending champion Brian Lovett, of Bellerive Country Club, wound up with a total of 1-under to be the runner-up. Bremer, of Persimmon Woods Golf Club, finished the championship at 4-over – good for third place.
Other division winners include Jim Mauze as the 50-59 Gross Champion; Josh Goldman as the 50-59 Net Champion; Kevin Erxleben as the 60-64 Gross Champion; Mark Lamoreaux as 60-64 Net Champion; Patrick Idoux as the 65-69 Gross Champion; Kent Plotner as the 65-69 Net Champion; R Amos as the 70-plus Gross Champion; and Schooner Fitzgerald as the 70-plus Net Champion.
Southern Illinois Amateur
Kyle Weldon, of the Metropolitan eClub, is the Southern Illinois Amateur Champion.
Weldon, a Parkway South and Kansas State graduate, led the tournament at 3-under par after the first round at Green Hills Golf Club. Weldon had five birdies, which helped place him at the top of the leaderboard.
In the second round, Weldon shot 1-under to finish first and won $350 with his 4-under total. Brandon Bullard, of Green Hills Golf Club, came in second at 2-under.
The senior division players played 27 holes over the two days. Tony Nolfo, of the Metropolitan eClub, won by one shot with a 100 to win $250. Joseph Malench, of the Metropolitan eClub, finished second.
STLDGA Senior Championship
David Pfeil, of The Legends Country Club, captured the St. Louis District Golf Association’s Louis Cassett Senior Championship. The tournament was held at Lake Forest Country Club in Lake St. Louis.
“I’m so happy,” said Pfeil, who was the runner-up in 2019. “You play in a lot of golf tournaments, and you don’t win very many. The competition was good, and it was a lot of fun.”
Pfeil shot a two-day total of 144 with rounds of 73 and 71. He finished with a one-stroke victory. Coming in second was Jim Greenstein, of Meadowbrook Country Club. Greenstein opened with a 77 but shot a 68 in the second round to come up just short.
Brian Lovett, of Bellerive Country Club, and Patrick Riordan, of Meadowbrook, tied for third at 148. Joseph Correnti, of Country Club of St. Albans, tied for fifth with last year’s champion Paul Neeman.
The top five finishers earned qualifying spots for the Jim Jackson Invitational at Algonquin Golf Club. That tournament is set for Oct. 14 to 15.
In the Super Senior division, Robert Trittler, of Persimmon Woods Golf Club, won his sixth championship. Defending champion Tony Brown did not compete this summer.
Trittler, 73, shot a 72 and a 74 to win the division. Dale Steinback, of Westwood Country Club, finished second with a 151. Both Trittler and Steinback qualified for the Jackson Invitational.
STLDGA Parent/Child Championship
Kyle and Kathy Glennon, of Country Club of St. Albans, won the Salomon Parent/Child Championship at Whitmoor Country Club in Weldon Spring.
The Glennons won a three-hole playoff. They shot a 3-under 69. Bob and Clayton Cissell, of Bogey Hills Country Club, also shot a 69. Kathy Glennon rolled in a birdie putt from just off the green to win the playoff.
In the 35 and older flight, Dennis and Steve Osborne of Bogey Hills Country Club won by one stroke over Troy and Dick Halterman, of Whitmoor Country Club. The Osbornes shot a 70.
Todd and Hudson Linnenbringer, of Persimmon Woods Golf Club, won the 13 and under flight, with a 76. Terry and Bryce Shultz, of Meadowbrook Country Club, won the 14-15 flight with a round of 70. In the 16-17 flight, Dustin and Carter Ashby, of Winghaven Country Club, finished first with a 69. In the 18-23 flight, Gordon and Gordon Jr. Walker posted a 70 to win.
Amateur women’s golf
Brooke Biermann, of Wildwood, completed a solid summer when she reached the Round of 32 at the Women’s Western Amateur.
The tournament was played at the White Eagle Golf Club in Napierville, Fla. Biermann, a Lafayette graduate who is a junior this fall at Michigan State, lost 1-up to Casey Weidenfeld, of Pembroke Pines, Fla. Weidenfeld will be a redshirt sophom*ore this fall at Auburn.
Biermann entered match play after finishing 27th in stroke play. Weidenfeld, who played in the U.S. Women's Amateur Championship for the second time last month, wound up sixth in stroke play.
Bellerive will host the34th Metropolitan Amateur Championship
The Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association has revealed Bellerive Country Club will be the host site for the 2024 Metropolitan Amateur Championship.
The club has previously held two Metropolitan Amateur Championships. “The Metropolitan Amateur Championship is the region's most coveted amateur title,” says Curt Rohe, executive director at MAGA. “We are elated to have Bellerive Country Club back as host of the 34th edition."
Bellerive Country Club hosted the Metropolitan Amateur Championship in 1996 and again in 2009. The 1996 Metropolitan Amateur Champion was Tom Barry and the 2009 Champion was Skip Berkmeyer. The defending Champion in 2024 will be Bellerive Country Club member Peter Weaver.
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