Day two of the Kansas City Amateur Championship saw three golfers hold on to round one leads.

Preston Fleenor added to his open division lead after his two-under, 69.

The Mizzou golfer struggled at times, carding five bogeys during the round, but bounced back to birdie seven holes, including back-to-back on No. 6 and 7, as well as, 12 and 13.

Fleenor aims to capture his first Kansas City Amateur Championship and sits at nine-under, 133.

Right on Fleenor’s heels was 2015 Kansas City Amateur champion Ryne Fisher, who blistered the course Saturday with a six-under, 65.

Fisher finished Saturday at eight-under, 134 overall.

Jay Gregory, who entered the day with a one stroke lead over the senior division, posted a four-under, 67 to expand his lead to seven strokes over Tom Leonard (one-over, 143).

Gregory enters Sunday’s final round at six-under, 136, after rolling in seven birdies Saturday.

Bob Bezek maintained his legends division lead after posting an even-71 and is currently three-under, 139 overall.

Pat Hansen currently leads the players division at 17-over, 159 overall.

View the full results and pairings here.

 

Preston Fleenor left little doubt who was in control day one at the Kansas City Amateur Championship.

The Mizzou sophomore fired a seven-under, 64 at Shoal Creek Golf Course, en route to a three stroke lead entering Saturday’s second round.

Fleenor, a former Pembroke Hill golfer, tallied birdies on six holes and added an impressive eagle to cap off his front nine 32.

Three more birdies on the back nine helped Fleenor establish a three stroke lead over Alex Springer.

In total, Fleenor carded red numbers on No. 1, 4, 7, 9, 10, 13 and 16.

Five golfers enter round two tied for third, including 2015 Kansas City Amateur champion Ryne Fisher, and 2016 Kansas Amateur Match Play champion Blake Allen.

Ed Walsworth and Jay Gregory each share part of the seniors division lead entering day two.

Both posted two-under, 69s, respectively.

Bob Bezek sits atop the leaderboard for the legends division after his three-under 68.

Pat Hansen is the sole leader of the players division at eight-over, 79. 

For results and pairings, click here.

Three strokes separated Kayla Eckelkamp and the top of the leader board entering the second day of the Prairie Invitational at Loch Lloyd Country Club.

However, three birdies on the day helped catapult her to the open division title by one stroke.

Despite shooting a two-over, 74 in round one, the former Maryville Saints’ golfer fired a two-under, 70 on day two, and finished even-par, 144 for the tournament.

Eckelkamp carded birdies on No. 8, 10 and 14.

Anna Marie Pool narrowly missed a chance at a playoff after shooting a 73 in the opening round, and a 72 to finish T2.

Kristen Samp, the low professional, also earned a T2 after rounds of 72 and 73, respectively.

Caroline Klemp took home the low junior honors, posting an eight-over, 152.

Susan Kirschenman led the field entering day two, posting an opening round 71. She eventually finished T4 with her four-over, 148.

Hwachun Yi took home the players division title, posting a 16-over, 160.

Jailyn Marshall and Jettie Bezek shared T2 honors, each carding 21-over, 165s.

For complete results, click here.

Don Walsworth didn’t hold anything back during US Senior Open qualifying at Indian Hills Country Club, including his excitement after posting his four-under, 66.

Walsworth punched his first ticket to the US Senior Open, adding to his impressive list of USGA Championship appearances including the 1994 US Open (Oakmont CC) and the 1995 US Open (Shinnecock Hills CC). He has also appeared in the 1986 US Amateur, 2004 and 2009 US Mid Amateur and 2015 US Fourball championship.

Five birdies (No. 2, 8, 9, 14 and 18) propelled Walsworth to the medalist position.

Former PGA Championship major champion Mark Brooks finished one stroke behind Walsworth, with a three-under, 67.

The current Champions Tour golfer rolled in birdies on No. 4, 8, 14 and 18.

Brooks claimed the second automatic qualifying bid from the sectional event.

Rod Nuckolls secured the first alternate position with a two-under, 68, while Willie Wood defeated Ron Streck in a two-hole playoff for the second and final alternate position.

 

Garret Clark showed little signs of trouble at Blue Springs Country Club during the Kansas City Junior Tour event.

Five birdies and one early hiccup catapulted the Kansas City, Kan. native to a four-under, 68 round and a commanding victory over the Boys 16+ division.

Clark erased an early bogey on No. 2 with birdies on No. 5 and 7, while pouring in three straight birdies on the back-nine on holes No. 12-14.

Chris Whitter and Zach Bischler finished T2 with two-over, 74s, respectively.

India Gaume continued her recent success coming off a Kansas City Junior Championship by firing a one-under, 71 to claim the medalist position for the Girls 16+ division.

Gaume birdied three holes (No. 3, 11 and 13) and erased a double-bogey on No. 9 with an eagle on No. 16.

Julia Misemer posted a second place finish with her three-over, 75, while Brianna Walker and Rosalyn Klausner each finished T3 with seven-over, 79 rounds.

The Boys 13-15 division medalist went to Jackson Likes who turned in a one-under, 71.

Likes used four birdies to offset a trio of bogeys en route to building a three-stroke lead over the runner-up.

Andy Scholz and Tony Mike Bonadonna shared the T2 position, each shooting two-over, 74.

Lauren Muller took a five-stroke victory in the Girls 13-15 division with her nine-over, 81 round.

Victoria Klausner earned runner-up with her 16-over, 88, while Martha Saferstein rounded out the top 3 with a 19-over, 91.

Ben Slicker led the prep boys with his seven-over, 43 9-hole round, while Eden Shipp claimed the girls prep division with her 23-over, 59 9-hole score.

The next junior tour event is July 6 at River Oaks Golf Course.

For full results from the junior divisions at Blue Springs CC, click here.

Prep results from Blue Springs CC are found here.

Minor Park played host to the largest junior tour field of the year, testing over 90 junior and prep division golfers.

Joe Bultman took advantage of the shorter yardages and fired a two-under, 68 en route to a Boys 16+ division title.

Birdies on No. 2, 6, 12 and 13 led Bultman to the lowest score of the day.

On the girls side of the tournament, Brianna Walker nailed down a Girls 16+ title with a four-over, 75.

Walker collected birdies on No. 7 and 11, which helped her hold off Molly Saporito and Julie Misemer.

Saporito and Misemer each shot five-over, 76, respectively.

Andy Scholz took home the Boys 13-15 division with a one-over, 71.

Scholz managed to roll in birdies on No. 8, 12 and 13.

Faith Hedges captured the Girls 13-15 division with her eight-over, 79.

The next Kansas City Junior Tour event is June 30 at Blue Springs Country Club.

For complete results from Minor Park, click here.

The Kansas City Junior Championship crowned two champions Friday at Adams Pointe Golf Club.

While Jett Simmons claimed his first boys’ division title, India Gaume captured her second junior championship in three years.

Gaume fired off a first-round two-under, 70 to post a commanding four-stroke lead over eventual girls’ division runner-up Julia Misemer (six-over, 150 total).

Friday, Gaume held off the field with a three-over, 75, recording a one-over, 145 total score.

Taylor Black claimed third place with her nine-over, 153 total.

Gaume won her first title in 2014 at Hillcrest Country Club.

Simmons began Friday’s final round four strokes off the lead and out of the final pairing, but countered his opening round 76 with a one-under, 71.

Sam Parrott fired round of 75 and 74, 149 overall to take the runner-up position, while Ethan Wegner rounded out the top three with a six-over, 150 overall.

For complete results, click here.

Matt Barry and Colby Yates found themselves in familiar territory Tuesday at Canyon Farms Golf Club.

The duo won The Heart of America Championship in 2014, and aim to repeat in 2016 as teammates.

Over the course of two days, at Staley Farms Golf Club and Canyon Farms GC, the former University of Missouri-Saint Louis golfers fired off rounds of 64 and 68, en route to a two-day 11-under, 132 total.

However, Barry and Yates needed five playoff holes to outlast the teams of Alex Higgs and Park Ulrich, as well as, the senior division champions Mark Addington and Steve Groom.

On the fifth and final playoff hole, Barry sank a well-placed tee shot on No. 5 for eagle, sealing the tournament victory for he and his teammate.

All three teams punched their ticket to August’s Heart of America Championship at Milburn Country Club. The tournament is Aug. 8-10.

The Heart is much different now, than in year’s past.

Over the winter, the Kansas Golf Association and the KCGA teamed up to create a new format where 16 KGA and 16 KCGA teams must qualify for the bracket style tournament.

The KCGA qualifying teams and seeds are as follows:

1. Matt Barry/Colby Yates
2. Mark Addington/Steve Groom
3. Alex Higgs/Park Ulrich
4. Gage Ihrig/Conrad Walcher
5. Ed Walsworth/Don Kuehn
6. Matt Kelley/Andy Kelley
7. Mark Worthey/Dave Kirschbaum
8. John Platz/Jeff Bell
9. Tim Hendrix/Michael Hillyard
10. Ward Zerger/Kurt Lorenzen
11. Pierce Moling/James Henderson
12. Ian Schneider/Chris Beaubien
13. Don Walsworth/Tripp Walsworth
14. Pete Robbins/Dennis McCormack
15. Travis Holt/Patrick Roth
16. Kevin Handlan/Bill Hanger

For more information on this year’s Heart of America Championship, click here.

For complete results and scores from the KCGA qualifying tournament, click here.

The Kansas City Junior Tour got off to a shining start at Lawrence Country Club June 7.

Jessica Parker, of Fairway, Kan., fired a seven-over, 77 en route to her Girls 16+ division title, sinking birdies No. 13, a 265-yard par 4, and No. 18, the 298-yard par 4.

Parker leaned heavily on her length off the tee to take advantage of the 4,800-yard course.

Jackson Likes, of Olathe, Kan., posted the tournament-low round of five-over, 75. and claimed the Boys 13-15 age division medalist position.

Likes also rolled in two birdies, his first on the 136-yard, par 3 No. 2 and again on the 309-yard, par 4 No. 15. The Olathe junior was in full control on the course’s par 3s as he parred three of the four holes in addition to his early birdie.

Cannon Miller, of Kansas City. Mo., Zach Bischler, of Parkville, Mo., and Nathan Shull, of Lees Summit, Mo., all tied for first in the Boys 16+ division with 12-over, 82s, respectively.

Victoria Klausner won the Girls 13-15 division with her 29-over, 99.

Prepster Myles King claimed the prep division with a 13-over, 48 9-hole score.

The next KCJT event is June 9 at Paradise Pointe Golf Complex on The Posse. Pairings for the juniors can be found here, while the prep division pairings are here.