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26th Stroke Play Championship to be at WingHaven Country Club

O’FALLON, Mo. (June 12, 2023) — The Missouri Golf Association is hosting the 26th annual Stroke Play Championship at WingHaven Country Club from Monday, July 17 to Wednesday, July 19. The championship is returning to WingHaven Country Club for the first time since 2017; this is the second time WingHaven has hosted.

Players will compete in four rounds of stroke play. After the second round, the field will be cut to the low 50 and ties. After the single rounds on Monday and Tuesday, and the 36 holes on Wednesday, the lowest scorer will be crowned the 2023 Stroke Play Champion.

A total of 132 players will take on the course at WingHaven Country Club. From the tips, the course plays 7,230 yards.

Among the field is 3-time Missouri Amateur Champion and 2020 Stroke Play Champion Skip Berkmeyer (Town and Country), 2022 Stroke Play champion and 3-time Missouri Amateur Champion Brad Nurski (St. Joseph) and 2023 Junior Amateur Champion Archer Schnieders (Jefferson City). Both Nurski and Berkmeyer will be looking to take home the championship title for the fourth time next week.  

To view golfers, pairings and tee times, visit: www.golfgenius.com/pages/3924735

For more information on upcoming MGA men’s events or any other MGA tournament, visit www.mogolf.org or contact the MGA office at (573) 636-8994.

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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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