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Friend of the show Chris Naegel joins us to talk about qualifying for his 3rd US Open.

Hear about the trials and tribulations of being a professional golfer, how he got started in the game, and he answers the hard-hitting questions like "What's your go-to post-round meal?"

Join us as we get to know Jon DePriest.

The guys sit down with Kyle Walton of the Gimme Golf Club. Hear his fantastic story on this episode!

We're back. And with the winter months approaching, we're going to be doing the podcast every 3-4 weeks - subscribe to get notified when a new episode is uploaded!

PGA Gateway Section Award Winners

Golf Professional of the Year
Gideon Smith, Quincy Country Club

Assistant Golf Professional of the Year
Jordan McKelvy, St. Louis Country Club

Teacher & Coach of the Year
Blake Sharamitaro, Family Golf & Learning Center

Professional Development Award
Jeffrey Field, Westborough Country Club

Bill Strausbaugh Award
Larry Salsman, Osage National golf Club

Player Development Award
Blake Sharamitaro, Family Golf & Learning Center

Youth Player Development Award
Blake Sharamitaro, Family Golf & Learning Center

Patriot Award
Jon DePriest, Sunset Hills Country Club

Public Merchandiser of the Year
Adam Betz, Family Golf & Learning Center

Private Merchandiser of the Year
Curt Goss, Country Club of St. Albans

Resort Merchandiser of the Year
Andi Taylor, Margaritaville Lake Resort

Soft Goods Sales Representative
Jake Wall, Peter Millar

Hard Goods Sales Representative
Jeff Thronhill, TaylorMade

Player of the Year
Ryan Roy, Bogey Hills Country Club

Ladies Player of the Year
Ali Wells, Gateway PGA Section

Senior Player of the Year
Rob Sedorcek, Family Golf & Learning Center

Super Senior Player of the Year
Bob Gaus, Family Golf & Learning Center

Assistant Player of the Year
Matt Swanson, Forest Hills Country Club

Ryan Roy joins the show to talk all thing Bogey Hills, his summer of golf, and 5 questions with Andy.

MAGA Awards

Peter Weaver of Bellerive Country Club had an incredible summer to finish the year as the Men’s Player of the Year. Playing in four points qualifying events, Weaver won three of them. He began the summer with the Missouri State Amateur Championship. Weaver fought his way into the final match at Payne’s Valley Golf Course, where he would win 4 & 2 to be the Champion. He then played in the U.S. Amateur Qualifier, in which he played well enough to earn the second alternate spot. He followed up the state championship win nearly a month later with the St. Louis District Golf Association Griesedick Men’s Championship at Glen Echo Country Club. For a second time, Weaver showed he could contend in a match-play event by winning on the 22nd hole and earning another Champion title. Of course, his summer would not be complete without proving that he could also get it done in stroke-play. Weaver shot three rounds under par at Persimmon Woods Golf Club to hold off his competition by one-stroke at the Metropolitan Amateur Championship. Rounding out his summer as the Metropolitan Amateur Champion, Weaver earned the points to sit at the top of the Player of the Year standings. 

Paul Neeman of Persimmon Woods Golf Club played some great golf over the summer to be the Senior Men’s Player of the Year. He started the year by battling his way to a runner-up finish in the Old Warson Cup, followed by a tied for fourth finish in the East Side Amateur Senior Division. Neeman’s next best finishes of the summer came from a T-4 finish in the Metropolitan Four-Ball with his partner Brian Hall and a T-5 finish in the Cassett Senior Championship. Racking up all of these points, he was not quite finished. At the end of July, Neeman won the City Championship with a score of six-under par. A month later, Neeman took a three-stroke lead in the Metropolitan Senior Amateur Championship at St. Clair Country Club to win the championship and leap to the top of the Senior Player of the Year leaderboard.

Curt Goss tells us about his fantastic trip over the pond to Ireland and Northern Ireland which included golf at some of the most famous courses in the world.

We recap the Metropolitan Sr Amateur conducted on Tuesday, August 29 at St Clair Country Club.

And there is a tight race brewing in the PGA Gateway Section for Player of the Year honors.

Sr. Am. Champion Paul Neeman joins the show in segment 2 to talk about his big win.

Finally, we preview a few tournaments and qualifiers coming up next week.

Brief discussion on the Ascension Charity Classic.

Recaps

Metropolitan Amateur Championship + PGA Gateway Section Championship + Gateway Section Assistant's Championship + APGA Tour @ Glen Echo CC + Normandie Update

Peter Weaver (Sr., Villanova) joins the show to talk about his summer and winning the MAGA Metropolitan Amateur Championship

Previews of the USGA Mid-Am Qualifier, PGA Gateway Section Team Championship and the Sobbe Cup Playoffs

Gateway PGA Section member and all-around great guy Shawn Barnes joins the show to talk about the section, local golf, and what's going on at Gateway National. 

Local Golf Coverage for St. Louis

Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association Championship winner McKenna Montgomery joins the show to talk about her victory. She dishes knowledge on what works for her on the golf course, and what she has in store the rest of the summer.

We also take some time to preview the upcoming USGA Qualifiers - the U.S. Amateur and the U.S. Sr. Amateur - that will be taking place the week of July 16. We also preview the 99th Southern Illinois Golf Association Championship being conducted in Mt. Vernon, IL.

Plus, the guys have their usual fodder.

Mike Leech joins C+C to discuss the Mississippi Valley Golf Course Superintendents Association.

Another big show after taking a week off to charge our batteries - and to let Goss run his M/G at CC of St. A. 

US Jr Am qualifier recap from Spencer T. Olin.

Bubba Chapman joins us to talk about winning Boys Jr Am Championship at Sunset CC.

His female counterpart Avery McLaughlin drops by to talk about winning the Girls Jr Am Championship at Sunset CC as well.

Final segment includes a wrap of the 9-hole Championship at Ruth Park and a Gateway PGA section update.

It's US Open week, and after an eventful first round, our USGA "Insider" Curt Rohe gives us a breakdown of what happended today at LACC and what we might see this weekend at the US Open.

Mike Suhre, Head PGA Professional at Oak Brook Golf Club in Edwardsville, joins the show to talk PGA Jr League, owning and operating a family-owned 27-hole golf facility, the history of league play, and his other passion projects.

We wrap the show up with a recap of friend of the show's Brooke Biermann's first round at the LPGA Meijer Classic in Grand Rapids, MI, a preview of the MAGA Jr Championship Preview, and a recap of the stroke play event conducted by the Gateway Section this week at Spencer T in Alton.

Jerome Harris, CEO & Founder of Urban Golf of Greater St. Louis joins the show to talk about the upcoming camps for urban youth at Normandie Golf Club.

Camps start on June 12 with over 200 kids enrolled. Powered by Gateway PGA Reach with support from the PGA of America, the camps hosted by ugolfstl introduce golf to urban youth who might not otherwise be introduced to the game.

Camps include range, course, and putting green practice and lessons, caddy training from the Western Golf Association, and other community leaders presenting at the camps to show young people what success could look like to them.

Website - ugolfstl.org

Twitter/Insta - ugolfofstl

Facebook - urbangolfofstl

Brooke Biermann (Sophomore, Michigan State) joins the program to talk about her individual and team's NCAA Regional win at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens, FL.

Brooke also recaps her sophomore year at Michigan State, an invitation to play in an LPGA Tour Event in Grand Rapids, MI and what she has going on this summer.

Curt Rohe talks amateur series.

Curt Goss talks jr golf, Drive, Chip and Putt.

The guys start the show recapping the Celebration of Life for the late, great Jay Randolph, Jr. Curt Rohe was in attendance. The guys share some of their favorite Jay stories.

Korn Ferry Tour member Chris Naegel joins the guys to talk Metropolitan Open, where he shot a tournament record 62 on Day 2. Naegel has a new looper, and we talk about preparing for the US Open. Naegel will try to qualify for the US Open in Columbus on June 5. We also talk to Naegel about any run-ins he may have had with the newest social media hit Michael Block - who also hails from St. Louis.

The guys spend the last segment discussing the final day of the Metropolitan Open, hosted at the Country Club of St. Albans, and put on by the Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association. We recap the Gateway PGA Match Play Championship held this past week at St. Clair Country Club. Congrats go out to Sam Lee.

Quick hellos to start the show. It's a busy week in STL golf.

Dan Lloyd, head superintendent at the Country Club of St. Albans, joins C+C to talk about preparations for the Metropolitan Open.

Our own Curt Rohe recaps the Metro East Am and the US Open local qualifier - both conducted at Gateway National Golf Links. C+C recap what's been going on at Metropolitan Open this week.

Joined on this episode by (newly turned professional) Curtis Brokenbrow to talk about his win at the St. Louis Publinx Tournament at Forest Park. 

Captains Brett Moomey (Pros) and Tony Gumper (Ams) join C+C to talk all things Shogren Cup held 5/6 and 5/7 at Bellerive CC.

Local collegiate golfers fare well in Palm Beach Gardens, FL at PGA National.

Shogren Cup Preview - Amateurs from the Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association and the professionals from the Gateway PGA tee it up this weekend at Bellerive CC for the Ryder Cup style matches to honor Shogie. Deep dive in segment 2.

C + C talk to Max Kreikemeier, senior at Missouri State, and winner of the Old Warson Cup.

C + C played at St. Louis CC on Sunday in the Mississippi Valley Superintendent's Association cup (Curt Rohe is a member), and the #hawk was up!

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