10:55 AM – And we’re back

It was a fantastic Saturday at Teachers yesterday, and now we’re here on Sunday to play out the 2011 Missouri Open.

The cut was LOADED, the looks were easier than expected, and the scoring was sick to say the least.

Here’s how the top qualifiers ended up.

Mark Stenmark -132

Graig Kinzler -130

Jeff Harlow -128

Rodney Roberts -128

Marc Muklewicz -127

Sean Gervais -127

Ryan McCook -126

Jeff Lannen -125

Andy Haas -124

Paul Tayloe -123

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Qualifying Update – 7:54 PM

A lot going on here and games are coming in. We’ve had a few people finish already, but it’s hard to tell who’s in and who’s out right now.

Setups have been somewhat easy and the scores have been super-low.

Your top qualifiers on each course (minus Grizzly right now)

Laurel Park – Graig Kinzler -27

Alpine Run – Jeff Harlow -29

Timber Bay – Andy Haas -27

Falcon Sands – Graig Kinzler -27

At the Top – Laurel Park

Tight shootin’ and sick scores. This cut is going to be tough…

3: 48 PM - Shelby, aka “Gimmethatbox,” has already purchased more than 300 shots for the bar today. This is clearly going to end well…

3:42 PM – Alpine Glory for Harlow

Golden Tee world champion Jeff Harlow just dropped a -29 on Alpine. Allow me to offer of a collective, “Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn.”

3:06 PM – Laurel Park Qualifier

Strong scores on a pretty easy setup. There are a handful of players who are in the clubhouse with a -27, but right now IL’s Graig Kinzler leads them all with 55,000 GSPs.

1:24 PM – Your Field is Set (For Reals This Time)

95 total players versus the 90 mentioned earlier. I blame the stragglers…

12: 50 PM – Your Field is Set

Massive turnout at Teachers. 90 total players are signed up and paid making this one of the largest tournaments in recent memory.

12: 27 PM

The calcutta is underway. For those unfamiliar with how the calcutta works, players purchase other players (or themselves) and predict who will win a tournament. With such a giant field, this could take a while…

Stay tuned, qualifier coming up (somewhat) soon.

11:40 AM

Oh, and yes, “Dannyboy” Beall did bring giant cardboard cutouts of five Golden Tee players. One is behind the bar, others are being passed around, and you can imagine some of the other things being done to these. (We will leave it at that)

Awesome…

11:03 AM

Good morning.

After a long/fun/tiring/awesome/oh-man-my-head-hurts Friday night, we are back at Teachers for the tournament on Saturday. The 5-course qualifier will take up most of the day, and we’re expecting anywhere from 60-80 players.

Should be a fun day, and we will post updates here as we get ‘em. Stay tuned.

/orders bloody mary

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Friday: 3:45 PM

And we’ve made it to the bar…

This place is jam-packed already, which means this place will be overloaded by this evening. Play with the Pros gets underway shortly and I will do my damnedest to pick up tips before I crash and burn in the qualifier tomorrow.

Good time,

-ak

Friday: 1:03 PM

So… this weather? Well, we made it!

In terms of live events, the 2011 Missouri Open might just be the biggest tourney of the year, and pretty much all of the big guns will be here with their eyes set on an impressive top prize. Not sure that this will help out my chances of qualifying or moving deep into the bracket (if at all), but should be quality entertainment when I get bounced.

We’re in town now after a smooth (ha) morning drive and will be heading to the bar to take in Play with the Pros. Some of the game’s best players will be passing along tips and advice to players that signed up ahead of time. Should be very interesting and maybe we can pick something up just in time.

Cheers.

-ak

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