Juliana's Disc Golf Stuff: BHMO Results

In August of 1997, our sport lost a great competitor and a exemplary tournament director when 34 year old Brent Hambrick succumbed to Leukemia. In 1998, the sport honored Brent's Memory with the inaugural BHMO. The event is held on the course he was instrumental in creating and a course on which he has run many incredible events. Brents family is always on hand at these special events and the course is over run with spotters who are all volunteer's from the leukemia association. The event has a unique and special feel.

The event was under new management this year and there were a few changes. For instance, we played a temporary course of 18 holes as well as the original Hoover Dam course with 6 additional holes added. There were 10 pro woman. Our first round was played on the temp course. I didn't putt quite as well as I had last weekend, but it was still decent. I managed to finish one under par despite the two OB strokes I managed to take. This was not good enough to put me in the lead. In fact, I found my self in 3rd two strokes back of Elaine King and one behind Des Reading. Ruth Steele was in fourth after the first round. Shawn didn't play well in the morning. He shot 4 under with two bogies on two of the birdie holes. Despite the disappointing score, he was still only 3 strokes off the first card.

The second round was played on the original course. This course has 9 holes out in the wide open with some tricky and fast greens. The other half of the course is played through dense pine trees. Many shots are tunnel shots while the others call for throwing over the top of the trees. It requires accurate and technical shots. There are many many places that you can find yourself in serious trouble and spotters are a must. During this round I had a number of bad shots and bad holes. I was really having a hard time with slight downhill upshots into a rising headwind. I messed up all three of the ones I had and kept adding strokes. I did have a few impressive birdie saves, however, that helped to make the round fun. Both Ruth and Des had good rounds and at the end of the day I was still in 3rd four strokes behind Des and one behind Elaine. During the afternoon, Shawn nearly had an incredible round. He was driving and upshotting very well, but kept missing his putt by hitting the top of the polehole. He ended up 5 under par with 8 putts inside the 10 meters that hit basket and bounced off.

On Sunday the women's division started off tight. 50% of the field or the top 5 of us were all within 5 strokes. I played much better than the day before (if you don't count that 6) and gained back the four strokes that I lost on Saturday. After the round Des and I were tied for first and Elaine was 5 back. Shawn started his last round very well and was 4 under after 9 holes. Then he preceded to take a six then birdied one more hole out of those remaining. The two under put him in 16th.

In the final 9, the men and women played together in one group just as we did in Ann Arbor last weekend. Both divisions where close. I gained 3 strokes on Des in the first 3 holes. After the 7th hole I had a 4 stroke lead and was able to maintain it for the win.

Pro Men ( total 55)
		Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Final 9	Total
1.	Steve Rico	43	68	66	26	203
2.	Brian Schweberger	49	65	64	28	206
3.	Bamba Rico	44	67	69	27	207
3.	Steve Brinster	45	68	65	29	207
5.	Timmy Gill	47	66	67		180
6.	Ron Russell	53	64	64		181
6.	Barry Schultz	49	65	67		181
8.	George Smith	48	63	71		182
9.	Brian McCree	51	68	64		183
9.	Jim Stilgenbauer	49	68	66		183
9.	Pat Vitale	49	65	69		183
12.	Todd Branch	47	67	70		184
13.	Kevin McCoy	47	73	66		186
13.	Brad Schick	48	70	68		186
13.	Cam Todd	50	65	71		186
16.	Shawn Sinclair	50	67	70		187
16.	Carlo Pelg	54	66	67		187
16.	Nate Doss	49	69	69		187
16.	Dave Feldberg	48	69	70		187

Pro Women ( total 10)
		Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Final 9	Total
1.	Juliana Korver	53	79	73	31	236
2.	Des Reading	52	76	77	35	240
3.	Elaine King	51	79	80	31	241
4.	Lesli Herndon	58	75	80		213
5.	Ruth Steele	57	76	82		215
6.	Michelle Bovin	61	91	87		239
7.	Lisa Warner	66	86	90		242