Round 1 of the Ozark Invitational

POPLAR BLUFF -- The first round of the 64th Ozark Invitational started with a boom (of thunder) Saturday morning and is in progress now at Westwood Hills Country Club.

The 6,248-yard course had 4 inches of ran fall on it between Friday night and when play started, softening up greens and making a muddy mess of everything else. Players were able to lift-clean-and-replace their ball for the first time in the tournament since the opening round in 2006.

After the rain, the wind picked up -- averaging 10 mph with gusts up to 30 -- and the sun came out.

The last group teed off at 3:30 p.m., two hours after their scheduled tee time. The day started an hour and 30 minutes late and was interrupted for 20 more minutes due to a thunderstorms. Play resumed for good just after noon.

16 players are still on the course.

64th MICHELOB OZARK INVITATIONAL

At Westwood Hills Country Club, Yardage: 6,248; Par: (36-35) 71

Championship Division

(68 -3)

(69 -2)

Skip Berkmeyer, St. Louis 35-34 -- 69

Jeff Johnson, Ballwin 35-34 -- 69

(70 -1)

Carr Vernon, Poplar Bluff 35-35 -- 70

(71 E)

Wayne Fredrick, Springfield 33-38 -- 71

Brett McCauley, Poplar Bluff 35-36 -- 71

(72 + 1)

Ryan Chandler, Kenton, Tenn. 35-37 -- 72

Greg Ford, Paducah, Ky. 37-35 -- 72

Scott Harvey, Greensboro, N.C. 39-33 -- 72

Neil Vanleeuwen, Tarpon Springs, Fla. 34-38 -- 72

Jeff Chandler, Kenton, Tenn. 38-34 -- 72

(73 +2)

Ben Brumitt, Poplar Bluff 36-37 -- 73

Ben Godwin, Poplar Bluff 40-33 -- 73

Chance Holden, Dexter 36-37 -- 73

Bob Meeh, St. Louis 36-37 -- 73

Lane Pippen, Ocean Springs, Miss. 36-37 -- 73

Derek Rahlmann, Collierville, Tenn. 37-36 -- 73

(74 +3)

Buddy Allen, Pevely 37-37 -- 74

Luke Chailland, Doniphan 36-38 -- 74

Jarred Green, Silva 40-34 -- 74

Tyler Hillis, Poplar Bluff 37-37 -- 74

Tim Holmes, Springfield 36-38 -- 74

Scott Kirchoff, Wentzville 37-37 -- 74

Darren Lundgren, Grover 38-36 -- 74

Scotty McClellan, O'Fallon 37-37 -- 74

Todd Metz, Hattiesburg, Miss. 38-36 -- 74

Mark Monroe, Springfield 37-37 -- 74

Matt Murray, Overland Park, Kan. 37-37 -- 74

Ronnie Strong, Jackson 38-36 -- 74

Jason Waddell, Poplar Bluff 42-32 -- 74

(75 +4)

Travis Mitchell, Springfield 39-36 -- 75

(76 +5)

Brevin Giebler, Cape Girardeau 38-38 -- 76

(77 +6)

Tom Barry, St.Louis 40-37 -- 77

Joe Craigmyle, Springfield 38-39 -- 77

Ryne Fisher, Columbia 37-40 -- 77

Trent Hillis, Poplar Bluff 36-41 -- 77

Justin Robinson, Cahokia, Ill. 40-37 -- 77

John Shock, Poplar Bluff 38-39 -- 77

(78 +7)

Lucas Black, Columbia 40-38 -- 78

Sam Bass, Doniphan 36-42 -- 78

Joseph Christian, St. Louis 39-39 -- 78

Chris Dale, Rogers, Ark. 41-37 -- 78

Bob Englehart, Jackson 40-38 -- 78

Nathan Fredrick, Springfield 40-38 -- 78

Jon Key, Burlington, Ky. 39-39 -- 78

Chris Love, Poplar Bluff 41-37 -- 78

Steve Shock, Poplar Bluff 41-37 -- 78

Bill Wynn, Nixa 41-37 -- 78

(79 +8)

Jamie Hathcock, Springfield 39-40 -- 79

Ron Mangold, Pocahontas, Ark. 38-41 -- 79

Tyler Stalker, Springfield 40-39 -- 79

Brad Thielemier, Jefferson City 39-40 -- 79

(( 80 ))

Charlie Adams, Newburg 41-39 -- 80

Rob Haik, Nixa 40-40 -- 80

Tanner McKinney, Piedmont 40-40 -- 80

Jerrod Murphy, Poplar Bluff 39-41 -- 80

Troy Bell, Poplar Bluff 41-40 -- 81

Shane Burkett, Jay, Fla. 38-43 -- 81

Craig Caringer, Palm Harbor, Fla. 41-40 -- 81

Mike Ivie, Poplar Bluff 42-39 -- 81

Chris Montgomery, Poplar Bluff 42-39 -- 81

Aron Persons, Poplar Bluff 42-39 -- 81

Chris Rahlmann, Poplar Bluff 41-40 -- 81

Jeff Resnik, Poplar Bluff 41-40 -- 81

Tanner Werner, Jackson 40-41 -- 81

Scott Whittaker, Springfield 42-39 -- 81

Mike Morriss, Waynesville 39-43 -- 82

Antonio Serrano, Springfield 43-40 -- 83

Tyler Berry, Poplar Bluff 40-44 -- 84

Michael Perryman, Springfield 41-43 -- 84

(( 85 ))

Jeff Davis, Springfield 43-42 -- 85

Bobby Godwin, Poplar Bluff 43-42 -- 85

David Johnson, Kirkwood 46-40 -- 86

Travis Fitzgerald, Cahokia, Ill. 45-42 -- 87

Tony Markham, Piedmont 42-45 -- 87

Shad McCue, Springfield 39-48 -- 87

Denny Reagan, Ballwin 39-50 -- 89

(( 90 ))

Justin Bliss, St. Louis 41-49 -- 90

Mike Sissum, Dudley 50-42 -- 92

Alex Vahldick, Kansas City 47-45 -- 92

(( 95 ))

((( 100 )))

Jeff Lee, Springfield -- DNS

Mike Carroll, Saddlebrooke -- DNS

TIm Liebe, St. Louis -- DNS

Senior Division

Don Bliss, Chesterfield 36-34 -- 70

Ben Cantrell, Cape Girardeau 36-36 -- 72

Ron Eilers, Columbia 37-36 -- 73

Steve Groom, Raytown 37-37 -- 74

Gerald Siemons, Jefferson City 37-38 -- 75

Walter Powell, Springfield 37-39 -- 76

Robert Trittler, Wentzville 37-39 -- 76

David Estes, Florissant 39-38 -- 77

Darrel Huisinga, Fenton 39-38 -- 77

Billy Pyland, Poplar Bluff 40-38 -- 78

John Bailey, Nashville, Tenn. 38-41 -- 79

Glenn Paulus, Lake St. Louis 39-40 -- 79

Jeff Sarni, St. Louis 40-39 -- 79

Schooner Fitzgerald, Cahokia, Ill. 38-41 -- 79

Andy Smith, Kansas City 40-39 -- 79

Ed Walsworth, Kansas City 39-40 -- 79

Tim Boyd, Eureka 40-40 -- 80

Michael Hartman, St. Louis 40-40 -- 80

TIm Horne, Piedmont 39-41 -- 80

Barry Stahl, Ellsinore 41-39 -- 80

John Kueper, Carlyle, Ill. 38-43 -- 81

Vincent LoPiccolo, Creve Coeur 38-43 -- 81

Scott Thomas, St. Louis 37-44 -- 81

Terry Souchek, Columbia, Ill. 43-39 -- 82

Dirk Teagarden, St. Louis 44-38 -- 82

Tony Brown, St. Louis 41-42 -- 83

Rocky Walther, St. Louis 42-42 -- 84

Thomas Rainwater, Jackson 43-46 -- 89

Don Johnson, Nixa 41-48 -- 89

Bill "Bedo" Jett, Maumelle, Ark. 48-42 -- 90

Richard King, Fulton 44-47 -- 91

J.T. Thompson, St. Louis 46-46 -- 92

Scott Edwards, St. Louis -- DNS