Curt Rohe of the Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association, Josh Riley of the Gateway PGA and Scott Hovis of the Missouri Golf Association discuss the collaborative effort with the Masters Tournament to launch the Drive, Chip and Putt competition for children ages 7-15.

Josh Riley, Curt Rohe, Scott Hovis and Dustin Ashby discuss how the golf industry can find new players.  Curt, Josh and Scott joined Dustin on The Back Nine Radio Show on 101.1 ESPN.

Dustin Ashby will be joined by several leaders in the golf industry on Saturday, April 27th on The Back Nine Radio Show on 101.1 ESPN.  Ashby will be joined by Curt Rohe, Executive Director of the Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association; Josh Riley, Executive Director of the Gateway PGA; and Scott Hovis, Executive Director of the Missouri Golf Association.

During a time when golf as a spectator sport is growing, the number of golfers to be considered actively playing is decreasing year over year.

Ashby and the esteemed group of guests will discuss the current state of the game along with reviewing several recent situations that involved the USGA and PGA of America.

Listen live on 101.1 ESPN Radio or on line at www.101sports.com, Saturday, 8am – 10am.

It’s the 77th playing of the Masters and as expected, the Masters has delivered.

Tom Auclair joins Dustin Ashby and the guys from Augusta National Golf Club to discuss the 77th Masters.

Dustin Ashby, Adam Frillman and Dr. Tobin Lingafelter discussed the situation with Tiger Woods on Saturday morning before round 3 of the Masters.

Andy Delehaunty, boys golf coach at Ft. Zumwalt South High School, previews next week’s high school tournament taking place at WingHaven Country Club.  Class 4 defending champion, Rockhurst will be in the field joining many of St. Louis’ top high school boys teams.

St. Louis’ best will be leading America’s finest at St. Louis Country Club in 2014 when the United States Golf Association brings the biennial competition between female amateur teams from the USA and Great Britain and Ireland.

Ellen Port, a five-time USGA Champion will captain the 2014 Curtis Cup Team in the 38th playing of the Matches. “Ellen is one of the great USGA amateur champions of the modern era,” said Dot Paluck, chairman of the USGA Women’s Committee. “She has well represented the United States in past Curtis Cup Matches, and we are proud to have her as captain of the 2014 Team.”

Port won the 1995, 1996, 2000 and 2011 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateurs and the 2012 USGA Senior Women’s Amateur. She is one of two women to win both championships, joining renowned career amateur and two-time USA Curtis Cup Captain Carole Semple Thompson, and the 11-year span between her third and fourth Women’s Mid-Amateur victories is a championship record. She was runner-up at the 2002 Women’s Mid-Amateur, and is a record four-time Women’s Mid-Amateur stroke-play medalist (2000, 2001, 2002, 2010). Port has 58 Women’s Mid-Amateur match victories, the most in championship history, and has also competed in the U.S. Women’s Open, U.S. Women’s Amateur, U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links and USGA Women’s State Team championships.

Port is an eight-time Missouri Women’s Amateur champion, most recently in 2012, the most in championship history. She is a 12-time St. Louis Women’s Metropolitan Amateur Champion, most recently in 2010, and was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame and the St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame in 2012. Port also won the 1994 Women’s TRANS National Golf Association Amateur Championship.

Port will be following the path of another legendary amateur from St. Louis, Jim Holtgrieve. It’s not everyday two amateurs from the same city will be leading the countries top amateur teams in International competition. Holtgrieve will be representing the United States in 2013 in his second stint as Walker Cup Captain.

Great Britain and Ireland won the most recent playing of the Curtis Cup Match, capturing five Sunday singles matches to take a 10.5 to 9.5 victory in 2012 at The Nairn Golf Club in Nairn, Scotland. It was GB&I’s first title since 1996 and seventh in Match history. The USA now holds an overall 27-7-3 record.

The 2014 Curtis Cup Captain will be a guest on The Back Nine Radio Show with Dustin Ashby and Dr. Tobin Lingafelter at 9am CST on 101.1 ESPN (www.101sports.com).

The University of Missouri-St. Louis men’s golf team shot a 300 on its final round of the Frito Lay-Taco Bell Intercollegiate hosted by Jackson State to finish in a tie for second place.

The Tritons, who carded an opening round of 308 yesterday, posted a team score of 608 to tie with Fairleigh Dickinson. Tennessee-Martin claimed the team title with a 576 (284-292).

Freshman David Abolt was the top UMSL finisher, tying for third place individually with a 144 (71-74). Ben Reeves of UT-Martin earned medalist honors with a three-under par 141 (68-73).

Junior Joe Atkisson placed 12th, shooting 151 (75-76), while freshman Anthony Cope tied for 13th place (78-74 – 162). Also for the Tritons, junior Justin Hyun, who was competing as an individual, tied for 25th place (76-80 – 156), while senior Chase Smith tied for 39th place (84-77 – 161). Freshman Colby Yates tied for 50th place (85-84 – 169) to round out the scoring.

UMSL returns to action March 3-4, when they host the Las Vegas Desert Classic.