Cline is the tournament’s defending champion and also won it in 2006. Rainer claimed the title in 2005 and Wisdom claimed the event’s premiere flight in 1998 and 2000.

Masters Flight

After 18 holes it became pretty clear Masters Flight would be more marathon than a sprint. Despite the benign conditions, nobody broke par and 20 of the flight’s 26 players were within five shots of the lead at the end of the day.

The lead is shared by Mike Ford, Jere Peer and Brent Westfall. All three shot even par Friday morning. A group of six — Gary Bonner, Larry Johnson, Mike McCurdy, Gary Stout, Scott Ward and David Hayward — are all one shot back at 1 over. Kyle Kopp, Ryan Munson and Pat Proctor all turned in 72s and enter the second round two shots back.

First Flight

Jeff Morris posted the only under par round by a player outside of Championship Flight. It might seem like a big deal, but his 69 was only enough to get him a one-shot cushion heading into today. Greg England fired a 70 and Bill McConnell turned in a 72. Clay Horning Ameil Shadid, Mike Vaughn and Ron Waters all finished the day at 3 over, four shots behind Morris.

Second Flight

Sean Simpson plowed through Westwood Park with a 75 and will take a one-shot lead into today’s second round. As it is in most flights, Simpson’s lead is slight. David Hendrix, Alan McCalip, John Ritz and David Smelser all shot 76. Billy Boswell and Rex Moore are two shots back after both carded 77.

Third Flight

Joe Ferguson edged to the top of the leaderboard with a 74 and a one-shot advantage going into the middle round. Jeff Fugate and Darryl Overturf both shot 75. Mike Pierce and Felton Stroud were two shots off Ferguson’s pace at six over. Tim Barrett, Kenny Hines, Frank Schield and Mark Trimmer all put themselves in contention with opening-round 78s.