Over 100 golfers from the immediate area are vying for titles this weekend in the 44th annual Fort Dodge Ford Lincoln Toyota Webster County golf tournaments.

A number of new options will greet the field of participants for the Saturday and Sunday competition. For the first time, a “Legends” Division is being offered on both the men’s and women’s side for players age 70 and older. This will flank the traditional open, senior (age 50-59) and super senior (age 60-69) championship brackets for individual 36-hole stroke play at the Fort Dodge Country Club and Lakeside Golf Courses.

The women’s competition will also feature a new two-person best shot on Saturday at Lakeside. This is an alternative to the individual bracket, which is still being offered.

The men’s field begins at the FDCC on Saturday and concludes at Lakeside on Sunday, with the women following the opposite pattern.

Defending men’s champion Randy Stults (senior) is on the tee sheet, but Cole Jaeschke (open) is not. Jaeschke has a previous commitment and is unable to play.

Greg Sampson (super senior) is also not signed up as of Friday.

Previous men’s open division winners Lucas Peed, Eddy Doyle, Austin Morrow and Ryan Reeder – who followed Jaeschke in the Top-5 a year ago – are all registered.

A pair of 2023 runner-ups, Kevin Conrad (senior) and Jim Dalton (super senior), will be in action.

On the women’s side, Morgan (Byson) Hanson, who set a new overall county open division scoring record last year, is registered. Sam Kuhn, the 2023 silver medalist, is in as well.

Full Swing Financial Planning of Fort Dodge is sponsoring this year’s closest to the pin contest, which takes place on Saturday. There will be $100 winners at each of the par-3s at the respective courses.

Tee times are in nine-minute increments on the men’s side, beginning at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday at the FDCC. The women start at 8 a.m. at Lakeside on Saturday.

The championship nine for both the men’s open and senior divisions will be at approximately 5:30 p.m. on Sunday at Lakeside.

Temperatures are expected to soar into the 90s both days, with the heat index hovering around 100. Wind and rain are not expected to play a factor.

Lakeside is a par 36-36-72 layout. The FDCC is a 35-36-71.

SATURDAY’S TEE TIMES

Men’s Field, at the Fort Dodge Country Club

7:30 a.m. – Steve Huss, Kevin Ressler, Steve Schmidt, George Valdez.

7:40 a.m. – Ryan Reeder, Tony Lawler, Randy Stults, Doug Barkema.

7:50 a.m. – Cody Jaeschke, Lucas Peed, Kole Petersen.

8 a.m. – Ryan Dahlstrom, Ron Cummins, Josh Pungen, Nate Andersen.

8:10 a.m. – Daryl Short, Russ Steburg, John Albrecht.

8:20 a.m. – Ted Hanson, Dave Hanson, Jim Byson, Nick Vinson.

8:30 a.m. – Brian Langerstrom, Jarod Gross, Martin Schuh, Kyle Bickford.

8:40 a.m. – Tony Trotter, Eddie Doyle, Kyle Kopp, Dustin Jensen.

8:50 a.m. – Taylor Monson, Joe Hofbauer, Jimmy Rosenberg, Jake Nelson.

9 a.m. – Justin Faiferlick, Michael Faiferlick, Dean Stuhrenberg, Jeff Fischer.

9:10 a.m. – Tony Comp, Will Comp, Andy Russell, Matt Russell.

9:20 a.m. – Ryan Rustvold, Ryan Agnitsch, Kevin Ryan, Max Gleason.

9:30 a.m. – Dave Morrow, Austin Morrow, Jim Dalton, Greg Halverson.

9:40 a.m. – Casey Pipal, Frank Howell, Jacob Perez.

9:50 a.m. – Dave Whittington, Mason Frevert, Rylee Brown.

10 a.m. – Shane Lee, Brady Dixon, Jared Carr.

10:10 a.m. – Craig Patterson, Rick Pingel, Ted Camamo, Brian Pingel.

10:20 a.m. – John Kern, Todd Alachnowicz, Tony McClain, Aaron Brown.

10:30 a.m. – Trey Messerly, Cody Ely, Chris Ohnesorge, Kirt Nekvinda.

10:40 a.m. – Dalton Schmidt, Devin Sullivan.

11 a.m. – Kevin Conrad, Lance Utley, Kevin Roberts, Brad Baade.

11:20 a.m. – Shane Omann, Alan Nguyen.

11:40 a.m. – Bob Schill, Jim Jorgensen, Dennis Woodall.

Noon – Jason Laird, Matt Tracy, Aaron Champagne, Zach Sheets.

Women’s Field, at Lakeside

8 a.m. – Janelle Groteluschen, Brenda Hebert.

8:10 a.m. – Kelsey Felch, Deann Faiferlick.

8:20 a.m. – Lisa Coleman, Sara Potratz.

8:30 a.m. – Jolene Hays, Amy Pingel.

8:50 a.m. – Roxanne Kuhlman, Dianne Krebs.

9 a.m. – Michelle Pals, Sam Kuhn, Morgan Hanson.