Jen Allen tees off throughout Day 1 of the 2023 PDGA Tim Selinske U.S. Masters Championships. Photograph: Justin Anderson / PDGA
With a report subject of 420 gamers throughout 21 divisions, the 2023 PDGA Tim Selinske U.S. Masters Championships presented by Innova received off to a blistering begin in Eugene, Oregon.
The tempo for the four-round PDGA Main was set early and, if the opening day on Thursday was any indication, the ultimate three rounds might be motion packed.
Eleven of the 21 division are separated by lower than three strokes, together with one-stroke leads for Allen Hermosillo (MP40), Jennifer Allen (FP40), JohnE McCray (MP50) and Jeffrey Wright (MA50).
James Elkins putts at Dexter State Park on Thursday. Photograph: Conrad Meyer / PDGA
Two divisions have a three-way tie for first — Jim Oates, Kevin Sofa and James Elkins in MP60 and Aaron Sturgeon, J.B. Bauersfield and Rick Bevel in MA40. In MA65, Don Altmyer and Ralph Huntoon are tied on the prime.
In MP40 on the debut of Circle Bar Golf Membership in Oakridge, Oregon, Illinois’ Hermosillo set the early tempo with a 1059-rated, 11-under, bogey-free spherical on the 8,503-foot observe. Hermosillo, who has 78 profession PDGA wins, was the one participant to birdie the ultimate 4 holes in Oakridge and added a birdie on the eleventh, which checked in as the toughest gap on the day within the 102-player subject.
Philo Brathwaite is in solo second place in MP40. Photograph: Justin Anderson / PDGA
Chris Shotwell additionally jumped up the leaderboard with a 10-under spherical, which was matched later within the afternoon by Philo Brathwaite. Shasta Criss completed sturdy and can spherical out the lead card on Friday.
Contemporary off her win on the Beaver State Fling, Jennifer Allen stored up the tempo with a 6-under opening spherical in FP40. Proper behind her at 5-under is the defending Selinske champion, Ohn Scoggins, and 2012 World Champion Sarah Hokom is 4-under. Kristy Lee, out of Victoria, British Columbia, rounds out the day-two lead card at even par, six strokes off the tempo.
Defending champ Ohn Scoggins is one stroke again after the primary spherical. Photograph: Justin Anderson / PDGA
In MP50, the reigning MP50 World Champion, JohnE McCray, has a one-stroke lead over Bend, Oregon’s Crist Garcia and a two-stroke lead over California’s Robert Bainbridge.
The A Pool — MP40, FP40 and MP50 — shifts from the golf course at Circle Bar to the woods of Dexter State Park for Friday’s spherical.
This 12 months marks the primary PDGA Main in Oregon since 2014 and the Pacific Northwest is exhibiting out early. Thirty-one gamers from Oregon and Washington are within the prime three of their divisions and 9 have the solo lead or a share of the lead.
Issues are simply getting began within the PNW.
