The Endicott Open was held in Saint Louis, Missouri at the Endicott Park Disc Golf Course on Sunday, March 25. With 90 disc golf players in this PDGA sanctioned C-tier event, it was Ben Callaway and Bryan Johnson who both emerged winners in the open division with final scores of 4-under par.
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K.C. Dermody
Callaway is from Davenport, Iowa and had several wins in the same division last year, including the Coca Cola Classic and the Hub City Open. Following in another tie at third place, was Alan Wagner and Santos Montoya, both scoring 1-under par, while Brian Abernathy and Michael Robinson finished in a tie for fifth place, both with a final score of 2-over par.
George Smith of Columbia, Missouri dominated the masters division scoring 11-under par, a full eight strokes ahead of second place finisher, Michael Austin of Springfield, Illinois coming in with a final score of 3-under par.
Smith had several impressive wins in 2011, including The Memorial Championship in Scottsdale, Arizona and last year's Endicott Open. Tim Sullivan and Blake Needles captured third place in yet another tie, with both scoring 1-under par, while Jerry Barklage of took fifth place with a final score of 1-over par.
The advanced division also ended in a tie for first place between Aaron Walther of Saint Louis and Matt Augustin, also of Saint Louis, both scoring 2-under par. Walther was the winner of the Bemis Memorial Tournament and the Capital City Challenge in 2011, both in the same division.
Rob Nahlick captured third place with a final score of 1-under par, while Derek Green of Old Monroe, Missouri and Alex Schimmelpfenning of Effingham, Illinois tied for fourth place, both scoring at even par.
Gary Suarez of Saint Louis was the winner of the advanced masters division with a final score of 5-over par, while Ron Robertson, also of Saint Louis won the advanced grandmasters division scoring 3-over par. The intermediate division victory went to Mike Waradzyn with a final score of 1-under par and Jill Wernst captured the division for the women scoring 38-over par.
Finally, it was Bryan Barklage of Saint Peters, Missouri who took the win in the recreational division with a final score of 18-over par, with Michael Barnard, Bradley Stone and Dave King finishing in second, third and fourth place respectively.
Congratulations to all the winners and competitors on a great day of disc golf!
The first time K.C. Dermody played disc golf was in the spectacular Black Hills of South Dakota. She has since become addicted to promoting the sport, and enjoys playing in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. She welcomes comments and suggestions, with the goal of promoting the sport of disc golf throughout the world. Find her on www.facebook.com/KCDermodyWriter or Twitter @kcdermody.
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