St. Louis, MO - July 16 - Amateur golf is said to be a young man's game. The summer is long, the weather is scorching hot and the competition fierce. The greens are firm and fast, most tournaments require the players to walk and the golf courses continue to get longer and longer. But yet, it's a 64 year old atop the leaderboard at the 2010 St. Louis District Golf Association Championship.

Paul Azinger, 2008 Captain of the United States Ryder Cup team and winner of the 1993 PGA Championship; Scott Langley, who just captured the 2010 NCAA Championship; Michael Whan, LPGA Commissioner; and Jim Grundberg of Seemore Putters to talk about Zach Johnson and his amazing weekend at Colonial last week. Can I just say - life is good!

In 20 years, will Doran really care how he advanced to the National Championship? He played himself into a playoff and he didn't put a gun to Whybark's head or ask him to lay down. He wasn't provided the opportunity to flag a 7-iron from 160 yards to 3 feet to kick in the winning birdie putt. He very well may have, had he been given the chance. We won't ever know, but that's not Doran's fault. He merely did everything that was asked of him and he's now taking his game (a very good one at that) to the NAIA National Championship where he will represent his team at Olivet Nazarene. Good luck Seth, go ahead and win the damn thing.

On a calmer day at Gateway National Golf Links, it was the storm of the Gateway PGA that swept through Madison, IL at the 2010 MAGA / Gateway PGA Cup Matches. Entering the day leading 4 to 3, the Gateway PGA needed 10 1/2 points to win back the Cup from the best amateurs of the Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association.

Mark Faulkner holed a birdie putt on the 18th green at Gateway National in the last match of the day to give The GAteay PGA a 4 to 3 lead through the Four-Ball action in the annual matches pitting the best from the Gateway Section against their amateur counterparts.