Skip Berkmeyer wins Missouri Stroke Play in Playoff
Skip Berkmeyer after Missouri Stroke Play victory
(Missouri Golf Association Photo)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (July 13, 2016) -- If the 36-hole final day wasn't long enough, Skip Berkmeyer needed two playoff holes to capture the Missouri Stroke Play Championship. Berkmeyer finished regulation tied with second round leader Travis Mays at 2-under.
Berkmeyer was 2-over after the first round at Dalhousie Golf Club but he was able to turn things around during the following three rounds with scores of 67-72-73. During his 5-under 67 second round Berkmeyer played bogey-free golf with five birdies.
In the final round Berkmeyer reached 2-under with a birdie on No. 12, only to give it back on the 17th. Now needing a birdie to force a playoff the Wildwood, MO resident responded, rolling in his fourth birdie of the round.
Mays, from Overland, KS, provided some late heroics as well. Sitting at even-par for the week and facing a potential double-bogey on the 16th, Mays chipped in for bogey to only drop a stroke. With a par-4 and par-5 remaining Mays knew he needed to make a move and he did as he finished birdie-eagle to reach 2-under.
Chance Holden (Dexter, MO) finished third at 2-over, Brevin Giebler ( Cape Girardeau, MO) was 3-over in third while Missouri Amateur winner Sam Migdal finished fifth at 4-over.
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ABOUT THE Missouri Stroke Play
72-hole stroke play championship, with a cut to the
low
50 and ties after the second round. Entries are open
to
male amateur golfers who are members of the MGA
and play at clubs who are members of the Missouri
Golf
Association.
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