Pro anglers to compete in pro-am fish and golf tournament at
Lake of the Ozarks
Camdenton, Mo—Top-rated bass anglers will display their
fishing and golf skills in a unique tournament Nov. 12-15 at the Lake of the
Ozarks.
Old Kinderhook lodge and golf course and Lake of the Ozarks
fishing resource website Bassing Bob will host the fifth annual 2019 Missouri
Invitational Pro-Am Fish and Golf Tournament that provides amateur fishermen a
chance to fish and golf with pro anglers. Among the fishing luminaries
returning to compete in this year’s event are former Bassmaster Classic and FLW
Cup champ Dion Hibdon, FLW All-American champions, Marcus Sykora, Jeremy Lawyer
and Brian Maloney, Major League Fishing pros James Watson and Mike McClelland,
FLW Tour pros Casey Scanlon and Dan Morehead and last year’s Missouri Invitational
champ Mark Tucker, an eight-time Bassmaster Classic qualifier. The field also
includes a host of regional tournament competitors and local fishing guides.
The festivities begin Nov. 12 at Old Kinderhook with a happy
hour, dinner, live and silent auction for pairings and rules review. Pairings are determined by the amateur
anglers bidding in the live and silent auctions for the pro anglers they want
as a partner for the three competition days.
Fishing competition days will be Nov. 13 and Nov. 15 with
weigh-ins at 4:15 p.m., each day the Old Kinderhook skating rink. The golf
competition will be an 18-hole scramble at Old Kinderhook golf course.
A guaranteed pot of more than $30,000 and many other payouts
and prizes will be determined by an accumulated points system for all three
days including total weights for two day of fishing and the scoring from the 18
holes of scramble golf. Golf will be
scored as 1/2 pound for a par, 1 1/2 pounds for a birdie and 3 pounds for an
eagle with a 2-putt maximum format per hole.
Legendary pro Dion Hibdon has competed in the tournament
every year and looks forward to the fun and camaraderie of the event. “It is
just a fun time,” Hibdon says. “I fish
against these guys and I see them every weekend but this event is just a little
more laid-back situation. Everybody is just as hard core to win it as any other
tournament but there is something about it that is just a little bit more laid
back.”
Hibdon believes the event has also helped improve his golf
game. “It is fun to jack with it a little bit,” he says. The Missouri pro credits Sam Billmeyer, a
retired Casey’s Stores executive who was one of Hibdon’s former co-anglers in
the event, with helping him become a better golfer.
The full list of pro anglers committed to this year’s
Missouri Invitational is the following:
David Ryan
Marcus Sykora
Mark Wiese
Brent Algeo
Dennis Berhorst
Jim Young
Roger Fitzpatrick
Rob Bueltmann
James Watson
James Dill
Jack Uxa
Brian Maloney
Dion Hibdon
Payden Hibdon
Lawson Hibdon
Mike Eutsler
Kelly Power
Terry Blankenship
Mike McClelland
Dirk Sluyter
Jeremy Lawyer
Brett Govreau
Dan Morehead
Justin McClelland
Mark Tucker
Andy Newcomb
Tom Silber
Doug Henzlik
Bill McDonald
Todd Goade
Shawn Kowal
Wes Endicott
Casey Scanlon
Chuck Austin
Ben Verhoef
For more information about the Missouri Invitational, visit
BassingBob.com.
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