JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Dec. 28, 2023) – The Missouri Golf Association has announced its 2024 event schedule, including over 10 new events and format changes to long standing tournaments.
Over 60 events for players of all ages and genders are on the 2024 schedule. St. Joseph Country Club will host the 117th Missouri Amateur Championship, and the 94th Women’s Amateur Championship will take place at Hickory Hills Country Club in Springfield.
Significant updates and changes to the 2024 schedule are as follows:
Missouri Amateur, Women’s Amateur & Junior Champion Receive USGA Championship Exemptions
Starting this season, champions of the following three MGA championships will earn an exemption into their corresponding USGA championship:
- 2024 Missouri Amateur Champion exempt into 2024 U.S. Amateur
- 2024 Missouri Women’s Amateur Champion exempt into 2024 U.S. Women’s Amateur
- 2024 MGA Junior Match Play Female Champion exempt into 2024 U.S. Girls’ Junior
This exciting development is part of a modernized USGA qualifying model that will begin to utilize State Amateur Championships that meet certain three-year rolling WAGR Power (field strength) thresholds with another pathway into certain national championships in addition to the traditional qualifying and exemption process.
Format Change for Missouri Women’s Amateur, Mid-Amateur & Senior Amateur
Unlike previous seasons, the 94th Women’s Amateur Championship will be a standalone event, and not held concurrently with the Women’s Mid-Amateur. Instead, the Women’s Mid-Amateur & Women’s Senior Amateur will take place simultaneously at Sunset Country Club in St. Louis. The Mid-Amateur & Senior Amateur will consist of two rounds of stroke play. Players who are eligible for both events will be able to compete in both simultaneously.
Inaugural Women’s Match Play Championship
The MGA is excited to announce the inaugural Women’s Match Play Championship at Lake Valley Golf & Country Club in Camdenton! This event is open to women of all ages and there will be a Championship division and Open division. There will be one qualifying stroke play round, and then a cut to the lowest 16 scores in both divisions. Match play rounds will take place until we have our first Women’s Match Play Champion!
New Ladies Series with Three Events
The female slate of events is expanding even further this year with the introduction of the MGA Ladies Series! The series will consist of three one-day events for women of all ages. Each event will be a partner event, such as a shamble or four ball. The three sites are Silo Ridge Country Club in Bolivar, Tanglewood Golf Course in Fulton and Sedalia Country Club in Sedalia. This series will offer even more opportunities to female golfers to compete at top notch courses in Missouri.
Missouri Junior Amateur Expanded to 54 Holes
The 40th annual Junior Amateur Championship will expand from 36 to 54 holes in the 2024 season. Crown Pointe Golf Club in Farmington will host the event. After the first two rounds, a cut will be made to the lowest scorers who will compete in the final championship round.
2024 MGA Tournament Schedule
Men’s Events
- Jefferson City Four Ball | May 4-5, Jefferson City CC
- Senior Match Play Championship | May 13-16, Tanglewood GC
- Senior Four Ball Championship | May 28-29, The Legends CC
- Missouri Amateur Qualifier | May 30, The Falls GC, O’Fallon
- Missouri Amateur Qualifier | June 3, Paradise Pointe GC, Smithville
- Missouri Amateur Qualifier | June 3, Twin Oaks CC, Springfield
- Missouri Amateur Qualifier | June 5, Westwood Hills CC, Poplar Bluff
- Missouri Amateur Qualifier | June 7, Meadow Lake Acres CC, New Bloomfield
- Last Chance Qualifier | June 12, Eagle Knoll GC, Hartsburg
- Missouri Amateur Championship | June 25-30, St. Joseph CC
- Stroke Play Championship | July 8-10, Glen Echo CC
- Parent Child Championship | July 29-30, The Club at Porto Cima
- Four Ball Championship | Aug. 10-11, Westwood Hills CC
- Mid-Amateur Championship | Aug. 24-25, Jefferson City CC
- Senior Amateur Championship | Sept. 17-18, Blue Hills CC
- Hieronymus Cup Matches | Oct. 26-27, Greenbriar Hills CC
Senior Series Events
- Highland Springs CC | April 22
- Millwood G&RC | April 23
- Norwood Hills CC | May 7
- Sedalia CC | June 17
- Mules National GC | June 18
- Twin Hills G&CC | July 15
- Carthage GC | July 16
- Lake Valley GC | July 22
- Osage National GC | July 23
- Ozarks National/Buffalo Ridge | Aug. 6-7
- Jefferson City CC | Aug. 12
- Tanglewood GC | Aug. 13
- Old Kinderhook GC Day 1 | Aug. 27
- Old Kinderhook GC Day 2 | Aug. 28
- Westwood Hills CC | Sept. 9
- Ozark Ridge GC | Sept. 10
- SS Tour Championship | Oct. 1-2, Meadow Lake Acres CC
- MO vs. KS Cup Matches | Oct. 16-17, The Club at Porto Cima
Women’s Events
- Two Lady Scramble | May 22-23, The Club at Old Hawthorne
- Ladies Series | June 4, Silo Ridge CC
- Women’s Amateur Championship | June 18-20, Hickory Hills CC
- Ladies Series | July 11, Tanglewood GC
- Women’s Match Play Championship | July 17-20, Lake Valley G&CC
- Fore State | July 29-30, Hardscrabble CC, Fort Smith, AR
- Ladies Series | Aug. 19, Sedalia CC
- Women’s Mid-Amateur & Senior Amateur | Aug. 28-29, Sunset CC
- Pink Ribbon Two Lady Scramble | Oct. 14, Jefferson City CC
Junior Championships
- Junior Match Play Championship | June 10-13, Mules National GC
- Junior Girls Four State | July 1-2, Twin Oaks CC
- Junior Amateur Championship | July 8-10, Crown Pointe GC
- Junior Amateur 13 & Under Championship | July 17-18, L.A. Nickell GC
- Southern Junior Cup Matches | July 31-Aug. 1, RTJ Golf Trail, Muscle Shoals, AL
Junior Two-Day Events
- Girls’ Spring Kickoff | March 23-24, Twin Hills G&CC
- Girls’ Shootout | April 20-21, Jefferson City CC
- Kansas City Classic | June 5-6, Paradise Pointe GC
- Arris’ Pizza Summer Showcase | June 26-27, Rivercut GC
- Imperial Junior Classic | July 23-24, Redfield GC
Missouri Junior Tour
- Eldon GC | June 4
- Oak Meadow CC | June 12
- Heritage Hills GC | June 17
- Tanglewood GC | June 19
- Lake Valley G&CC | June 24
- Oak Hills GC | June 26
- Lake of the Woods GC | July 11
- Sedalia CC | July 15
- Meadow Lake Acres CC | July 22
- Hail Ridge GC | July 24
- MJT Championship | Aug. 5-6, Redfield GC
Please note: More Senior Series and Junior Two-Day events will be added at a later date! Keep an eye out for updates.
For more information about the Missouri Golf Association and the 2024 competition season, please visit www.mogolf.org
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ABOUT MGA:
The Missouri Golf Association is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to promote the best interests and true spirit of the game of golf throughout the State of Missouri. The Missouri Golf Association was started in St. Louis in 1905 to run the Amateur Championship. Four founding clubs would be the ones in existence in St. Louis in those early years – St. Louis Country Club, Algonquin Golf Club, Glen Echo Golf Club and Normandie Golf Club. Four years later, the invite-only Missouri Amateur was held in Kansas City at Evanston Club. 1911 marked the real organization of the MGA with Bonner Miller as Secretary and Executive Director. Ever since then, the MGA has striven to provide tournaments and spaces for Missouri golfers to sharpen their skills and enjoy the game.
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