The Missouri Fore State Team has been chosen from players with top scores at the 2009 Missouri Women's Amateur Championship and past playing performance in Missouri Women's Golf Association Championships.  The 14th Fore State Championship will be held at  Auburn Hills Golf Course in Wichita, KS with teams representing Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas and Arkansas.  Oklahoma won last year's championship tying Missouri for six overall titles.  (Missouri's last win was 2006).   The tournament is a team match play format and will be played during August 10-11th with a practice round on August 9th.

MISSOURI Fore State Team 2009

 Stephany Powell – Rules
Lisa Tinkler - Captain

 (players from Missouri and Johnson County, Kansas are eligible)

1.   Chelsea Shriewer, St. Charles - Last year's Fore State Team member won the 2009 Missouri Women's Amateur Champion for the second consecutive year.  Chelsea tied the women's course record at The Club at Old Hawthorne of 66 that included a hole in one.  She qualified for the U.S. Women's Amateur this year and finishes her career at the University of Missouri Women's Golf Team with plans to pursue professional golf.

2.   Alisha Matthews, St. Louis - The 2009 Missouri Women's Amateur Runner Up is a sophomore at Southern Illinois Carbondale University and had the lowest stroke average on her team last year.  Alisha was tied with Chelsea Schriewer after the second round of the 2009 MO Women's Amateur.  Alisha is also a past victorious Junior Four State Team member.

3.   Kelly Osborne, Ballwin - A member of the 2008 Fore State Team, Kelly took third place in the Missouri Women's Amateur in 2008  at Osage National and is transferring from Penn State to the University of Missouri this fall. 

4.   Carolyn Schorgl, Leawood, KS - A 2008 Fore State team member returns entering her sophomore year at the University of Nebraska.  A member of the 2007 MO Junior Girls Four State Team, Carolyn took medalist honors that year and also won the Missouri AJGA Qualifier. 

5.   Lindsey Haupt, St. Louis - Lindsey returns to the team this year and is a Junior at the University of Missouri.  She has a history of going low at any time, winning the Peg Ludlow Award at the 2006 MO Women's Amateur for low Junior and also led the tournament after the second round at The Club at Porto Cima.

6.   Kelsey Meyer, Chesterfield - This 2006 Missouri Junior Champion plays at the University of Missouri and was one of the team members from Forest Hills Country Club that took home the 2009 Team Trophy along with Kristen Hamel at the Missouri Women's Amateur this year.

7.   Kathy Glennon, St. Albans - Previous Fore State team member is also a consistent past club champion  at the Country Club at St. Albans.  Kathy received the 2009 Overall Low Gross Trophy at Bellerive CC at The Tournament of a Lifetime sponsored by the St. Louis Women's District Golf Association. 

8.   Kristen Hamel, Chesterfield - Plays golf for the College of William and Mary and will be a sophomore this year.  She is the second woman to break 70 playing for the Tribe last year.  Kristen was a member of the 2008 Junior Girls Four State Team that defended the title for a fourth consecutive year.

9.    Katrina Choate, Fenton - A Drury University sophomore who finished tied for third place at the 2009 MO Women's Amateur Championship and is majoring in education and mathematics.

10.  Mary Kate Bird, Kansas City, MO - A junior at the University of Nebraska, Mary Kate was the 2007 Low Junior at the MO Women's Amateur Championship at Meadowbrook and was medalist at the 2006 Junior Four State Team Championship.

The Missouri Women's Golf Association has also chosen players that will represent Missouri in the USGA Women's Team Championship during Sept 1-3 at Sycamore Hills Golf Club in Fort Wayne, Indiana.