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2024 Selinske U.S. Masters — Round 1 Recap

Friday, September 20, 2024 - 00:15

Discs were in the air — and colliding with trees — all throughout the Triangle of the capital city of North Carolina as the 2024 PDGA Tim Selinske U.S. Masters Disc Golf Championships presented by Innova officially kicked off on Thursday.

533 players across 23 divisions kicked off the PDGA Major, named after the late Tim Selinske, a pioneer, advocate and ambassador in disc golf.

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The action was intense from the start of this Masters major.

Four divisions are tied and 17 are separated by fewer than three strokes after the first of four rounds in the Cary, North Carolina area.

Here's a look around the action:

  • North Carolina native Scott Conway represented the home state well in the opener with a clean 10-under round in the tight woods of Buckhorn. Conway leads Matthew Blakely by one stroke in MP40.
  • 2022 Selinske champion Jennifer Allen opened her tournament with a four-stroke lead over Juliana Korver in FP40.
  • Barry Schultz opened with an absolute heater at Diavolo with the only bogey-free round in MP50, which checks in with a 1057 rating. Schultz leads defending champion JohnE McCray by five strokes.
  • Blaine Faulkner has a two-stroke lead over Hank Kirwan in MP55.
  • Elaine King opened her tournament not too far from her current hometown of Durham with a 946-rated round and a six-stroke lead over Donna Barr in FP55.
  • Oklahoma's Eric Rainey aced the second hole of the Major and kept going from there for a three-stroke lead over James Elkins in MP60.
  • The first tie of the event is in FP60 between Laurie Cloyes-Chupa and Sherry Herzog. They lead Kathy Hardyman and Donna Griest by one stroke.
  • Ken Sheppard birdied the final three holes to grab a one-stroke lead in MP65 over Bobby Jones.
  • Mark Horn is the only player under par in MP70 and leads Randy Beers by two strokes.
  • North Carolina's Michele Marini leads by 12 in FP70.
  • In MP80, Pete May leads Barry Fischer by two strokes and Carlos Rigby by three.
  • It's another logjam in MA40 with Ben Banbury and Bradley Bushman leading Benjamin Wiese and Monte Bruington by one stroke.
  • Janae Chaney leads Alicia Knox by one and Mitchelle Cable by two in FA40.
  • The top seven players in MA50 are separated by two strokes with Andrew Litwinski and Justin Walther sharing the lead.
  • Kristy Holdbrooks raced out to a six-stroke lead in FA50.
  • James Huestis leads Rad Roberts by just one in MA55.
  • Kimberly Adams snagged a late birdie for a two-stroke lead in FA55.
  • John Putnam surged at the end with four-straight birdies to grab a share of the lead with Tom Raub in MA60.
  • Caryn Shearer and Janet Cranshaw are tied at the top with a four-stroke lead in FA60.
  • George Bodiroga and Steven Gouletas are tied at the top in MA65.
  • Donna Stanley started and finished clean for a one-stroke lead over Patti Adams in FA65.
  • Mark Hauser finished the front nine at Cedar Hills at 2-under and leads MA70 by two strokes.
  • Florida's Jesse Tilley leads MA75 by three strokes.

 

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