Missouri Amateur Championship - Day 1

Area golfers compete in the first round of the Missouri Amateur Championship Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at Dalhousie Golf Club.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Blake Driskell of Cape Girardeau hits out of the rough toward the sixth hole in the first round of the Missouri Amateur Championship Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at Dalhousie Golf Club.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Carr Vernon of Poplar Bluff, Mo. watches his chipshot onto the 11th green in the first round of the Missouri Amateur Championship Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at Dalhousie Golf Club.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Corey Connell of Cape Girardeau chips onto the eighth green in the first round of the Missouri Amateur Championship Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at Dalhousie Golf Club.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Brady Dixon of Mounds, Ill. putts on the sixth green in the first round of the Missouri Amateur Championship Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at Dalhousie Golf Club.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Brevin Giebler of Cape Girardeau chips onto the 11th green in the first round of the Missouri Amateur Championship Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at Dalhousie Golf Club.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Ben Cantrell of Cape Girardeau watches his tee shot on the 13th hole in the first round of the Missouri Amateur Championship Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at Dalhousie Golf Club.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com John Shock of Poplar Bluff, Mo. chips onto the 11th green in the first round of the Missouri Amateur Championship Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at Dalhousie Golf Club.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Golf caddy Mark Simmons helps his son, Travis Simmons of Jackson, line up a putt on the eighth green in the first round of the Missouri Amateur Championship Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at Dalhousie Golf Club.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Brent Holmes of Cape Girardeau hits off the first teebox in the first round of the Missouri Amateur Championship Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at Dalhousie Golf Club.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com David Babcock of Cape Girardeau putts on the ninth green in the first round of the Missouri Amateur Championship Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at Dalhousie Golf Club.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Tim Simmons of Jackson watches his drive from the 10th teebox in the first round of the Missouri Amateur Championship Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at Dalhousie Golf Club.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Travis Simmons of Jackson hits a drive from the eighth teebox in the first round of the Missouri Amateur Championship Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at Dalhousie Golf Club.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Evan Deere of Sikeston hits from the 10th teebox in the first round of the Missouri Amateur Championship Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at Dalhousie Golf Club.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Bob Meeh of St. Louis aced the 11th hole in the first round of the Missouri Amateur Championship Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at Dalhousie Golf Club. The feat caused a delay of play as the ball damaged the cup, and a new hole had to be cut on the green.

Blake Driskell's drive from the sixth teebox came to rest on top of another golf ball in the rough.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Kent Phillips of Cape Girardeau hits from the seventh teebox in the first round of the Missouri Amateur Championship Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at Dalhousie Golf Club.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Trent Hillis of Poplar Bluff watches his drive from the 10th teebox in the first round of the Missouri Amateur Championship Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at Dalhousie Golf Club.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Brevin Giebler hits from the 11th teebox in the first round of the Missouri Amateur Championship Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at Dalhousie Golf Club.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Travis Simmons of Jackson blasts out of the bunker onto the eighth green in the first round of the Missouri Amateur Championship Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at Dalhousie Golf Club.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Ronnie Strong of Jackson watches his drive from the seventh teebox in the first round of the Missouri Amateur Championship Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at Dalhousie Golf Club.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Lee Wilson of Perryville, Mo. putts on the 12th green in the first round of the Missouri Amateur Championship Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at Dalhousie Golf Club.

FRED LYNCH ~ flynch@semissourian.com Jerrod Murphy of Poplar Bluff watches his drive from the 10th teebox in the first round of the Missouri Amateur Championship Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at Dalhousie Golf Club.