ST LOUIS JUNIOR INVITATIONAL
WELCOME TO THE ST LOUIS JUNIOR INVITATIONAL
Recognized by the MAGA, Gateway PGA and SLICJGA, the St Louis Junior Invitational welcomes the very best junior golfers from Missouri, Southern Illinois and across the USA to Norwood Hills Country Club in St. Louis, Missouri. Each year, following the Champions dinner and two days of intense competition, one player from both the young gentlemen's and young ladies' divisions will earn the prestigious championship title and will wear St Louis Junior Invitational's champions jacket. June 13-14, 2019 will mark the inaugural tournament and two player's names will be etched into junior golf history. Our Host
Norwood Hills Country Club has been known as the destination club for the best amateur golfers in the gateway region for most of the past 80 years. Originally penned as the North Hills Country Club, it slated 45 greens on property and some of the most challenging golf in the region. Norwood Hills has been home to tour pro golfers, the runner up in the U.S. Amateur, many Missouri State Champions, as well as local Gateway Champions. For the future, Norwood Hills hopes to boast that former St Louis Junior Invitational players are among those found playing on the PGA tour, the Ryder Cup, Walker Cup and maybe even the Masters.
History of Championships at Norwood Hills Country Club
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| 1931 MO State Am Championship 1936 The First National Left-Handed Championship 1938 MO State Am Championship 1936 National Left-Handed Championship 1948 PGA Championship won by Ben Hogan 1955 LPGA STL Women's Invitational 1956 LPGA STL Women's Invitational 1965 LPGA STL Women's Invitational 1972 PGA Greater St. Louis Golf Classic 1973 PGA Greater St. Louis Golf Classic 1981 MO State Am Championship 1999 Metropolitan Am Championship 2001 USGA Senior Am Championship 2008 Metropolitan Am Championship 2014 MO State Am Championship 2016 Celebrity Golf Classic with Tom Watson benefiting the Bruce Edwards Foundation for ALS Research 2017 Metropolitan Am Championship 2018 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur Championship |
1939 Women's Missouri State Am Championship
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State Champions from Norwood Hills
The Missouri Amateur Championships are among the most honored in the country, with the men's being the 6th oldest such competition. Begun in 1905, 9 have come from Norwood Hills accounting for 18 wins. And a member of Norwood Hills Country Club, either past or present, has won the championship in each decade since the club was founded.
| 1928 Elliott Whitbread | 1929 Elliott Whitbread | 1931 Bryan Winter | 1938 Sarah Guth Costigan | 1940 Bob Cochran | 1946 Betty Jane Haemerle-Broz | ||
| 1948 Betty Jane Haemerle-Broz | 1949 Betty Jane Haemerle-Broz | 1949 Jack Geiss | 1952 Jim Tom Blair | 1955 Jim Tom Blair | 1958 Bob Cochran | ||
| 1962 Bob Cochran | 1963 Marcella Rose | 1965 Bob Cochran | 1962 Barbara Berkmeyer | 1969 Marcella Rose | 1970 Barbara Berkmeyer | ||
| 1972 Don Bliss | 1974 Barbara Berkmeyer | 1975 Barbara Berkmeyer | 1983 Don Bliss |
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1986 Don Bliss | ||
| 1988 Don Bliss | 1992 Scott Thomas | 1993 Bob Beckmann | 1993 Barbara Beuckkman | 1999 Skip Berkmeyer | 2000 Barbara Berkmeyer | ||
| 2001 Barbara Berkmeyer | 2002 Barbara Berkmeyer | 2003 Barbara Berkmeyer | 2004 Barbara Berkmeye | 2005 Barbara Berkmeyer |
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| 2007 Barbara Berkmeyer | 2008 Barbara Berkmeyer | 2009 Skip Berkmeyer | 2011 Barbara Berkmeyer | 2015 Barbara Berkmeyer | 2016 Sam Migdal | ||
| 2017 Sam Migdal |
National Champions from Norwood Hills: John Kelly - 2006 U.S. Amateur, Runner-up; 2006 Missouri Stroke Play
