Never Gets Old

Terry Tessary won the Missouri Senior Amateur Championship last week at St Louis Country Club for the 4th time. St. Louis Country Club has a storied history by hosting the 1947 U.S. Open, 1960 U.S. Amateur and the 1971 U.S. Women’s Amateur.

Going into the second round of play Tessary trailed former USGA Mid –Amateur Champion and Walker-Cup member Jim Holtgrieve by one shot. However with a strong finish to the house by making eagle on the 15th and birdies on 16 & 17 Tessary pulled away to a four shot victory over Holtgrieve. This was the 4th time in the last five years that Tessary took home the top honors.

The event was a huge success and we are looking for another great event next year when the event goes to Old Warson.

Until I see you on the first tee,

Scott

A Great Year!!

The first year of the Senior Series events is in the books. We had a great turn out this year and the invitations for the Tour Championship are going out in the mail today. For the most part the series went off with out any hitches, however there is always room for improvement and fine tuning. I always want to hear feedback from you, the players, good or bad. So please let me know what you think.

I just want to say from the staff and myself, Thank you to all of those that participated in the Series this year.

Until I see you on the first tee.

Scott

Final Day!

After a short night of sleep we were back at the course at 6:30am. The morning is the same routine as the day before, however we got to the golf course and I was picked up by the General Manager who took me straight out on the course to show me the storm damage from the night before. A mini storm blew through with high winds and blew over trees throughout the course and a bolt of lightning struck a deer on the 17th tee and killed it. I have never seen anything like it before. With the debris all over the course and chance of weather we had to make sure to get the players off on time and that they were safe. So the plan we came up with was to take the players that were suppose to start on hole 1 and have them start on hole 7, They would play 7 thru 9 and then go back and finish 1 thru 6 before they headed to the back. With the 6th hole beginning so close to the 10th tee it worked out just fine. We got everyone around the golf course and crowned a new Four Ball Champion, Travis Mitchell and Tyler Stalker both of Springfield shot a 61 to finish at 17 under par and win by two strokes over the Defending Champions. Mitchell and Stalker shot a smooth little 28 on the demanding back nine holes, Congrats boys and great playing!!
Once we got the results posted and the awards given out, the trailer was loaded and we are pulling out of town at 8 and heading home. Hope to make to my bed by midnight if not oh well. Back at it Monday and get ready for Thursday thru next Tuesday in Branson.

I would like to finish and say a huge thank you to the staff of Dalhousie, what a wonderful job they did for us and the players. It was a great weekend for everyone involved.

Four-Ball Championship

Today is the first round of the 2007 Four Ball Championship; this will be the longest day for us the staff. We got here at the course at 6:30 this morning. Our first job is to get the First and Tenth tee’s ready for the starters. Make sure that they have the notice to Competitors sheet and the Hole Location sheets along with the Scorecards for each group. As that is being done another part of the staff goes out on the course to check and make sure that hole locations are set in the correct places for the day, while doing this job that person will also set the tee markers for the day. All along the players are showing up for the Championship, asking different questions. It becomes very challenging at times, but we do just fine.

The rest comes after the morning wave is finishing and the afternoon waves are going out. You have to get teams to there starting tee’s and also get the morning scores checked, signed, put in the computer system and posted on the scoreboard. I would say that tonight the last groups will be finishing around 6:30 or so. Once the last group has finished then we have to get ready for the second day by making pairings, getting the scores posted on the web, printing scorecards for the next day, and sending the scores to media outlets. I would say that we will be lucky to leave the course by 8:30 or so. However, that is part of the job and I love it.

Until I see you on the first tee.

Scott

Four-Ball Practice Round

Today is Friday and practice round day here at the Four Ball Championship. The staff and I got to the course at 7:30 this morning to finish setting the hole locations for the event. After getting the locations set, we then proceeded to go out and check all the hazards, to make sure that they were marked correctly and visible for the players to see. With 174 players showing up today, it has gotten a little bit more hectic around here. The final preparation for the event is to select the teeing areas for the event. With this event having a net division we have to set two different tee locations.

The venue we are at is the Dalhousie Golf Club; it is one of my favorite courses in the state. You have to search really hard to find a course that is in better playing condition then this course and also a place that has 18 wonderful golf holes. The players are in for a real treat these next three days.

Until I see you on the first tee.

Scott