Just wanted to give a big shoutout to everyone who came out and played the season opener at Forest Park, it was a beautiful day.

Winning Championship Flight - Rodney Ramsay

Rodney was just steady eddy on the front, carding 8 pars and just one bogey on the par 3 third on Redbud. Rolling onto the back nine, he started off with a bogey and then ran a streak of three pars in a row on the back. Next was the par 3 fifth hole on Dogwood he made double and started a little bogey streak but ended his round with a Par shooting 77, +7. Nice round Rodney!!!

First Place A Flight - Steve Mccauley

Second Place A Flight - Todd Wilson

We had us a good one in the A flight today. Steve Mccauley who is fresh up from the B flight, carded three pars and nothing worse then a bogey shooting a 41 on the front. One of our new members, Todd Wilson, in his first ever Golfweek Amateur Tour event, had 4 pars on the front and also didn't have anything worse then bogey shooting a 38 to take a 3 stroke lead. Todd started the back with a triple bogey and that let Steve get right back in it. From there Todd Played some solid golf down the stretch making 5 pars in a row finishing with a total of 80, +10. Steve then went on to par 12,13,14,15,16, and then stuck it to three feet on the par 3 17th and made birdie. Steve finished with par on 18 to shoot a 77, +7 and take the Victory.

Great round gentlemen.

First Place B Flight - Phil Sherer

Second Place B Flight - Albert Delamarter

Third Place B Flight - Tom Shepherd

B flight came down to the wire today. Phil started out hotter then west Texas in August, he scored pars on four of his first five holes shooting a solid 40 on the front. Albert started off with back to back double bogeys but quickly got it right back on track making par on 4 of the last 7 holes to finish with a 42 on the front. One of our new members, Tom Shepherd stepped in and played his first stroke play tournament since high school. Started of his career at the Golfweek amateur tour with a Par. From there he carded a couple of double bogeys but still finished the front side with 4 pars and a total of 43 on the front. Albert came out on the back and made par on the tenth hole, from there he went on to card three pars on the back side with some bogey action in there to finish just one behind the leader with a final score of 83, +13. Tom came out on the back like an animal starting off with par on ten and then sticking it to ten feet on the par three eleventh and drained his birdie putt and received a super skin. Also, added a couple more pars to shoot an 85, +15 to finish third. They just didn't have enough to get Phil. Starting off on the back he went bogey, double bogey and left the door open, from there he made par on 4 of the 8 holes remaining to card a 82, +12 to edge Albert by one stroke.

Great battle guys.

First Place C Flight - Scott Nishimura

Second Place C Flight - Keith Waters

Third Place C Flight - David King

Scott came out red hot swinging that new Taylor Made Stealth driver, dropping bombs. Starting off on Redbud he made four pars to start, sprinkle a couple bogeys on holes 5-8 and finished up the front with a par on the ninth hole to shoot a 40 on the front. Kansas member and Tour Director David King made the trip across the state with 9 of the Kansas players and it made for a fun tournament. David started off bogey, bogey, par, and then carded some before finishing his front strong with a par on 8 and bogey on 9 to shoot a 43, 3 strokes off the lead. New member, Keith Waters, made a strong showing at his first tournament. Keith started of with three bogeys and then said hold my beer and made four straight pars with a couple of bogeys to follow to finish the front with 41, 1 stroke off the lead. On the back David started off with a bogey streak that dropped him out of the top two, but did make par on 17 to secure him a spot in the money finishing with a 89, +19, breaking 90 for his first round of the year finishing third. Keith played some bogey golf on the back and just left the door open enough for David to comeback and tie. The tie breaker went to Keith who also shot a 89, +19. Scott started off the back with four bogeys, he put a stop to the bogey streak with a good par on the par three fifth. On the stretch of holes coming home Scott made some bogeys to secure the victory carding a solid 84, +14 at the season opener. Way to battle out there.

First Place D Flight - Terry Cardwell

Second Place D Flight - Charlie Bieser

Terry came down from the Kansas tour for the St. Louis season opener for the second year in a row. His driver was set on kill and he delivered from the tee box all day. Making two pars and carding 5 bogeys, he finished the front with a 44 and a two stroke lead. Charles started off huge by paring the first hole to let Cardwell know he was going to be there all day. Carding 2 pars and 3 bogeys, Charles finished the front with a strong 47, three strokes off the lead. At the turn Charles came out carded a triple bogey on 10 but bounced back with a par right after that, from there he had 4 bogeys and ended his round with a par on 17 and a par on the long par 5 finishing hole, to secure the second place spot with a solid 93, +23. With it coming down to the wire, Terry made a clutch par on 17 along with some great bogey saves down the stretch to win his second consecutive season opener tournament in St. Louis with a 92, +22. Great battle today Guys.

Just wanted to say thank you to everyone who came out to the tournament from all around the Midwest. Look forward to The Falls golf club. March 20, 2022. (Sunday)

Last but not least, wanted to give a big thanks to The Hills Dental Care for adding $250 to the prize pool. We really appreciate your support and sponsorship.