U.S. Senior Amateur begins Saturday at Old Warson Country Club
ST. LOUIS, MO (September 14, 2016) -- A field of
156 will tee it up at Old Warson Country Club
beginning Saturday in the U.S. Senior Amateur. This
year will mark the second time that the U.S. Senior
Amateur has come to Missouri, the first time was in
2001 when Kemp Richardson claimed the title at
Norwood Hills Country Club.
Last year Chip Lutz, the fourth ranked
AmateurGolf.com Senior,
captured his first USGA
title as he defeated Tom Brandes 5&3 at Hidden
Creek Golf Club in Egg Harbor Township, NJ.
“It’s an amazing feeling for me because it’s one that
I have sought for quite a few years. I’ve been really
looking at and focusing on this event as not only a
comfortable place for me, but a great opportunity for
me to try to make the best of things,” Lutz who will
try and defend his title this year told the USGA.
SCHEDULE OF PLAY Day |
Format
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Saturday |
Round
One Stroke-Play | |
Sunday |
Round Two Stroke-Play | |
Monday | Round of 64 | |
Tuesday | Round of 32/Round of
16 | |
Wednesday |
Quarterfinals/Semifinals | |
Thursday | Championship |
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Old Warson CC, designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr.
and opened in 1954 is
a par-71 (35-36) track that will play at 7,061 yards.
Over the years Old Warson CC has hosted a number
of notable events, including the 1971 Ryder Cup, the
1999 U.S. Mid-Amateur and the 2009 U.S. Women's
Amateur.
PLAYERS TO WATCH Player
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Accomplishments
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Brady Exber |
From Las Vegas, NV Exber has won the 2014
British Senior Amateur and 2014 Canadian Senior
Amateur. Exber is a Southern Nevada Golf
Association Hall of Famer. | |
Danny Green |
This week Green is returning to the site of his
1999 U.S. Mid-Amateur triumph. Over the years the
Jackson, TN resident has also won 17 Tennessee
state championships and also finished as the runner-
up at the 1989 U.S. Mid-Amateur and 2011 U.S.
Public Links. He is a Tennessee Golf Hall of Famer.
| |
Randy Haag | This six-time
Northern California Golf Association Player of the
Year has played in three U.S. Senior Open's and four
Senior British Open's. Haag is from Orinda, CA. |
|
Doug Hanzel | The 2013 U.S. Senior
Amateur winner is the only player in USGA history to
make match play in the U.S. Amateur, Mid-Amateur
and Senior Amateur. Hanzel resides in Savannah,
GA. | |
Tim Jackson |
Where to begin; Jackson from Germantown,
TN,
has twice won the U.S. Mid-Amateur and he is a six-
time Tennessee State Player of the Year. Jackson has
played on two Walker Cups and in 2009 his 282 total
was the lowest amateur score in U.S. Senior Open
history. | |
Bob Kearney |
A four-time winner this year in
AmateurGolf.com ranking events, Kearney from
Houston, TX won the 1999 USGA Men’s State Team
Championship. Two years prior he played in the U.S.
Open at Congressional Country Club. |
| Stanford Lee |
The Tumbling Shoals, AK resident won the U.S.
Senior Amateur in 2007. |
| Randal Lewis |
Lewis, from Alma, MI became the oldest
U.S. Mid-Amateur winner in 2011 at the age of 54.
|
| George “Buddy” Marucci
|
The 2008 U.S. Senior Amateur champion has
also played on two Walker Cup teams. In 1995
Marucci lost to Tiger Woods in the U.S. Amateur
final. Marucci is from Villanova, PA.
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| Michael Mercier |
From Juno Beach, FL Mercier won the
Canadian Senior Amateur earlier this month. Last
year Mercier won the
2015 Wales Senior Open.
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| Paul Simson |
Simson, of Raleigh, NC, won the U.S. Senior
Amateur in 2010 and 2012 and also holds the all-time
mark for
medalist honors in event history with four.
|
| Patrick Tallent |
2014 was a banner year for Tallent as he won
both the U.S. Senior Amateur and British Senior
Amateur. Tallent resides in Vienna, VA.
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-The USGA contributed to this story
ABOUT THE U.S. Senior Amateur
The USGA Senior Amateur is open to those
with a USGA Handicap Index of 7.4 or lower,
who are 55 or older on or before the day the
championship begins. It is one of 14 national
championships conducted annually by the
USGA, 10 of which are strictly for amateurs.
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