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The 103rd Missouri Amateur Championship will take place at Twin Oaks Country Club in Springfield MO June 22-27th, 2010. Last year the tournament that was held at St Joseph Country Club, concluded with a final championship match that made Missouri Amateur history. Skip Berkmeyer, St. Louis, took the title of Missouri Amateur Champion exactly 10 years after his first victory in the tournament. Runner up Justin Bardgett, St. Louis, fought hard to the end and took Berkmeyer to the 37th hole. This was not the first time this pair had met in this tournament, 2008 was witness to the same final pairing but a different champion was crowned. Bardgett defeated Berkmeyer in 2008 at Winghaven Country Club in O’Fallon MO.
This 2010 championship will take place on a course that can only offer challenges to the 162 players that will tee off for their first round Tuesday June 22nd.
Twin Oaks Country Club has hosted this tournament three times before with championship wins from Tom Watson (1970), Don Walsworth (1985) and Michael Lutzig (2002). This year’s field will see past champions that include; Chuck Greene, Connor McHenry, Don Bliss, Ben Godwin, Wayne Fredrick and defending champion Skip Berkmeyer who will compete for the title once again. Other local talents can be seen from college players like; Jack Courington, Will Hogan, Jordan McLaurin, Jay McBride, Sam Steelman and Thomas Hay. Tournament play will start from both Holes 1 and 10 with tee times from 7:30am. The final round will conclude 36hole match play on Sunday June 27th, 2010.
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