Friday was a great day to be playing golf in Vegas. The air was cool, the sun was warm and the wind was gentle. It makes us wonder what the hell you guys would have shot in tough conditions!
Michael Goodman (Central Coast) and Christian Medina (Atlanta) share the lead after shooting outstanding 86s. But we must remind everyone that our 2023 World Champ Lord Daniel Piotrowski was a lowly 56th after Round 1 last year. So keep delusion alive!
The Born Hairy is looking ultra competitive this year, with 104 hungry players fighting over 16 guaranteed spots in MGAWC24. Former Phoenix Chapter Leader David Colby (West Valley) fired an incredible 83 and will waltz into round 2 with a 3-shot lead over Colton Tankersley (Toledo).
Born Hairy Round 1 Leaderboard
BUS PICKUP
Same times as Friday, so not much has changed in this paragraph. No one moves between tournaments this weekend, so if you were in the Born Hairy yesterday, you’re still in it. Same with the WC.
If you didn’t show up yesterday, your name will still be on a cart Saturday. If you don’t show up Saturday, we’ll send security to your room for a wellness check.
There will be two 56-passenger busses taking you Born Hairy-ers to Arroyo Golf Club. They leave at 6:30 AM.
There will be four 56-passenger busses taking WCers to Revere. They leave at 7:30 AM. On Friday they arrived at the course at 7:30, which was a fun little surprise for us as we were setting things up. Who’s running this thing?!
PAIRINGS
The groups have been redone and are kinda mostly based on the finishing order in round 1.
The top half of each field is based on finishing order, while the bottom half has been reshuffled using a random number generator. It didn’t seem like a great idea for pace-of-play-wise to pair all the highest stroke-takers together.
The pairings and starting holes will be on the carts and there will be course staff to help you to your cart, but you can also check them out at the bottom of this page.
Both tournaments are shotgun starts. The Born Hairy starts at 8 (hopefully) and the MGAWC starts at 9.
COURSE LAYOUTS
At Revere, play the course you didn’t play yesterday. This should happen automatically as long as you end up in the cart with your name on it. If you play the same course you did yesterday, you’ll be DQed.
TEE BOXES
The tee markers for the field on all of the courses are custom made MGA tee markers. Play from those markers no matter how unfair you think El Presidente was being when he plunged them into the earth with his bare hands.
As a reminder, anyone whose entire MGA handicap and competition history for 2023 is based on senior tees, may play up at the next set of markers in front of the MGAWC and Born Hairy markers.
Any ladies whose entire MGA handicap and competition history for 2023 is based on ladies tees, may play the Bronze tees at Revere and the Green tees at Arroyo.
FOOD
Breakfast options will probably be just like they were Friday.
You will get a boxed lunch at each course with two drink tickets for the drink cart.
IMPORTANT: There will also be 2 extra drink tickets stapled to the card for each player. These are good at the closing ceremonies, so put them in your wallet and bring them with you to the Downtown Grand Pool Deck at 8 PM.
POST ROUND
We need your scorecard ASAP after you finish your round, ESPECIALLY if you think you’re near the lead.
Get those cards to the volunteers quickly and then hang out, have a beer and wait to see if we’ve got another dramatic playoff up the 18th!
Remember to take your clubs back to the hotel! If any clubs go unclaimed at the course, they will stay at the course and you’ll need to take a couple expensive uber rides to go get them.
CLOSING CEREMONIES
The doors to the Downtown Grand pool deck will open at 8 PM and we will start handing out awards around 8:30. You’ll have your drink tickets that you got at the course and there will be what I can only imagine will be an incredible spread of cheese and crackers and veggie platters (based on what we’re paying for it).
Guests are welcome, but they obviously don’t get drink tickets and we’d appreciate it if they left the food for the registered medios, since they’re the ones who paid for it.
Have a great time, tag your pics with #MGAWC23 and upload your best video clips for the MEDIOS video here.
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