Poplar Bluff, MO - Darren Lundgren is two for two in 2009 after coming from five shots back to win the 2009 Ozark Invitational at Westwood Hills Country Club. Lundgren, along with partner Buddy Allen, won the Jack Geiss 2-man championship at Lockhaven Country Club earlier this month.

The Kansas City Country Club hosted the Missouri Mid-Amateur Championship on Tuesday and Wednesday in Kansas City, Missouri

With three players tied for the lead heading into the final round of the Missouri Senior Amateur Championship, Scott Thomas emerged as the 2008 Champion at Old Warson Country Club.

Three players shared the lead at 2-over par 73 after the course played a little tougher than anticipated. Scott Thomas of St. Louis and winner of the Metropolitan Senior Amateur last week at Norwood Hills Country Club is tied for the lead in his first Missouri Senior Amateur. The two others are Dennis Osborne of Ballwin and Mike Smith of St. Louis who is playing on his home course.

Four players, active in the Missouri Golf Association qualified for match play at the United States Mid-Amateur Championship at Milwaukee Coutry Club.

Missouri Amateur Champion, Justin Bardgett and Missouri Stroke Play Champion, Darren Lundgren team up to win the Missouri Four Ball Championship in a playoff at Blue Hills Country Club in Kansas City.

The United States Golf Association announced revisions to the Rules of Golf, placing new restrictions on the cross sectional area and edge sharpness of golf club grooves.

Mizzou women's golfers Lindsey Haupt and Madison Marcolla have qualified for the United States Women's Amateur Championship, which will be played Aug. 4-10 at Eugene Country Club in Eugene, Ore.

Darren Lundgren of St. Louis fired rounds of 67 and 71 on Friday to capture the Missouri Amateur Stroke Play Championship in New Bloomfield, Missouri. Lundgren, starting the day at 3-under, was two shots off the lead heading into the final 36-holes on Friday, chasing Matt Rau (-4), Todd Obergoenner (-4), Matt Hines (-4), Skip Berkmeyer (-4) and leader Kevin Kring (-5). "I thought the target score to win was between 10 and 12 under par, so I knew I had some work to do on Friday," commented Lundgren.

Two members of the Mizzou women's golf team picked up State Amateur Championships on Thursday. Chelsea Schriewer birdied the final hole to claim the Missouri Women's State Amateur title, while Julia Potter won her second-straight Indiana Women's State Amateur title.

Wednesday began the first 18 of 72 holes in the Missouri Stroke Play Championship at Meadow Lake Acres Country Club in New Bloomfield, Missouri. One hundred and fourty-one of the states finest Amateur golfers teed it up to begin what they hope will be the first of four full rounds of golf. "Four rounds of pure stroke play is a unique format for these players and provides them with a different challenge over three days," commended MGA Executive Director, Scott Hovis.

Top seeds play well in the round of 64 in the Missouri State Amateur Championship.

Skip Berkmeyer of St. Louis fires a sizzling 67 but Drew Lethem stays in the lead with a second round 70 to finish the stroke play portion at 6-under par.

A perfect day for golf greeted the top amateur golfers in Missouri for round one of the 2008 Missouri Amateur Championship at WingHaven Country Club. Two days of stroke play competition will determine the low 64 players who will then compete in match play until the champion is crowned on Sunday afternoon.

MGA Executive Director, Scott Hovis and past Phil Cotton Champion, Skip Berkmeyer hold a shootout in the final group on the final round of the Phil Cotton Invitational.

111 golfers registered for the local State Amateur Qualifier at the Falls Golf Club on Tuesday for a chance at earning 49 spots at WingHaven Country Club for the Championship in June. The weather was indicative of the tough spring experienced throughout the Midwest this year providing a difficult test for the competitors. The challenging playing conditions were evident in the scores as the qualifying score was two strokes above the usual cut line at the Falls.

The Missouri Golf Association launched their new Senior Series of two, one day events throughout the state in 2007 and was welcomed with open arms by golfers aged 50+. "We wanted to create a series of competitive yet casual events to give the states senior players more opportunities to enjoy friendly competition," said MGA Executive Director Scott Hovis.