Alan Wagner is the co-leader in MP40 after the first round at the U.S. Masters. Photo: Hayden Henry / PDGA Media

Alan Wagner has now gotten off to strong starts in both PDGA Majors in the Masters field this year.

Now, his goal is to keep it going.

Wagner jumped out to a share of the lead on Thursday as the 2022 PDGA Tim Selinske U.S. Masters Championships got underway in the Quad Cities.

“Pretty good start,” said the Montrose, Iowa native. “I did pretty well at Worlds to start too, so hopefully I can hold it together a little better this time.”

Wagner opened the 2022 PDGA Masters World Championships with the hot round and held the lead through two rounds earlier this year in Peoria, Illinois before stumbling into a 10th-place finish.

Wagner has MP40 wins this season at the Des Moines Challenge and emerged from a six-way tie for first with the win at the Ledgestone Open.

“Just keep my head down and do what I’m doing – not trying to do anything special, just make my putts, keep it safe, keep it straight,” Wagner said.

He’s joined by Andrew Brown as a co-leader through the first of four rounds at Camden 2 in Milan, Illinois.

Defending champion Brad Schick is one stroke off the lead after the first round. Photo: Conrad Meyer / PDGA Media

Chasing them down, just one stroke back, are Brad Schick, the defending U.S. Masters champion, and Joe Rovere, the reigning Masters World Champion. Seven more players are within three strokes as well.

Wagner is off to a strong start along with several others in the Quad Cities, but the work is just now starting.

Ohn Scoggins dominated the first round and lead by five strokes. Photo: MarKing / PDGA

Around the Quad Cities

• A few days removed from a 7th-place finish at Pro Worlds, Ohn Scoggins, the 2022 FP40 World Champion, is off to a commanding lead. Scoggins fired a 3-under opening round and leads Sarah Hokom by five strokes. Kimberly Giannola and Stephanie Vincent round out the lead card.
• In MP50, Barry Schultz got off to a blistering start with the hottest round in the entire tournament at Camden 2. Schultz (-11) leads Jay Yeti Reading and Robert Ryan by six strokes. Timothy Kremer (-4) rounds out the lead card.

Barry Schultz tees off at Camden 2 in Milan, Illinois. Photo: MarKing / PDGA Media

• It’s the same story in FP50 as Juliana Korver (E) built a huge lead – six strokes – through the first round. Sandy Gast (+6) and Barrett White (+8) are on the lead card.
• Wisconsin’s Thomas Hausmann (-6) held off Quad Cities pioneer Jeff Harper (-4) and defending champion Doug Williams (-2) with a 6-under round at Middle Park in MP55.
• In MP60, Eric Rainey’s title defense got going well with a 6-under round at Middle Park. He leads Jeff Fielder by two strokes and three players at 3-under.
• Florida’s Pam Reineke leads Kathy Hardyman by three strokes in FP60.
• Geoff Hungerford and Norway’s Terje Rørmark are tied for the lead in MP55 at 2-under. Chuck Kennedy is third a 1-under.
• Dr. Rick Voakes turned in a 972-rated opening round and leads MP70 by four strokes.
• Sylvia Voakes is leading FP70 by a sizeable margin.
• The race is tight in MA40 with Michael Lonergan and Justin Schandelmeier tied at the top a t1-under. Travis Brown and Will Russell are just a stroke back at even par.
• In FA40, Amy Meyer leads Renet Woodard by three strokes.
• Ben Champion shot 38 points above his rating and leads Steve Ganz by one stroke in MA50. They’re clear of third place by at least three strokes.
• In FA50, Angela Rueter has a three-stroke lead over Debbie Polkinghorne.
• Tom Trindad Jr. leads Jay Carson by one stroke in MA55 and Scot Estep and Jerry Breitbach are two strokes off the lead at plus-2.
• The one-stroke margin continues in MA60 as Scott Conner leads Curtis Shriver in MA60.
• Mark Hauser shot a 961-rated round in MA65 and leads Don Altmyer (-2) and Jim Knudson (-1) in MA65.
• In MA70, Vic Theado has a two-stroke lead over Wes Steer.

Coverage Plan

Media will be out in force for the 2022 Tim Selinske U.S. Masters. Look for daily news, social media, photos and video, as well as post-production coverage of FP40 and MP40 divisions from Ace Run Productions and Terry Miller available on the PDGA YouTube channel beginning Thursday, September 29.