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title: "2021 Men’s and Senior Men’s Four-Ball: Round One Recap"
description: Orondo, Wash. – The opening rounds of the 64th Washington Men’s Four-Ball and 27th Senior Men’s Four-Ball championships were conducted today at Desert Canyon Golf Resort in Orondo, Wash.
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# [2021 Men’s and Senior Men’s Four-Ball: Round One Recap](https://wagolf.org/news/2021-mens-and-senior-mens-four-ball-round-one-recap)

 Written by [WA Golf Staff](https://wagolf.org/news/author/wa-golf-staff) | May 14, 2021 7:00:00 AM

Orondo, Wash. – The opening rounds of the 64th Washington Men’s Four-Ball and 27th Senior Men’s Four-Ball championships were conducted today at Desert Canyon Golf Resort in Orondo, Wash.

Championship links:

**Men’s Four-Ball**

- [Full scoring](https://www.golfgenius.com/pages/2771652)
- [Final round pairings](https://www.golfgenius.com/pages/2771650)
- [Complete information](https://wagolf.org/play/championships/mens-four-ball-championship/)

**Senior Men’s Four-Ball**

- [Full scoring](https://www.golfgenius.com/pages/2801926)
- [Final round pairings](https://www.golfgenius.com/pages/2801924)
- [Complete information](https://wagolf.org/play/championships/senior-mens-four-ball-championship/)

The teams of [Reid Hatley](https://wagolf.org/news/tag/reid-hatley/) and [Jacob Koppenberg](https://wagolf.org/news/tag/jacob-koppenberg/) and [Ryan Kelly](https://wagolf.org/news/tag/ryan-kelly/) and [Tres Kirkebo](https://wagolf.org/news/tag/tres-kirkebo/) each combined to shoot 9-under 63 to sit atop the leaderboard after the first round in the Men’s championship. Both teams hold a one shot lead over the duo of [Paul Mitzel](https://wagolf.org/news/tag/paul-mitzel/) and [Johnny Carey](https://wagolf.org/news/tag/johnny-carey/).

Kelly and Kirkebo are seeking to defend their 2019 title after last year’s championship was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the Senior Men’s Four-Ball, [Tracy Quickstad](https://wagolf.org/news/tag/tracy-quickstad/) and teammate [Dan Thacker](https://wagolf.org/news/tag/dan-thacker/) combined for 6-under 66 to take a 3-shot lead. Quickstad and Thacker are seeking their first WA Golf title.

Final round play gets underway Friday, May 14th at 7:30am on the No. 1 and No. 10 tees.

The 36-hole championships are contested over two days and feature a combined full field of 96 two-man sides competing in a four-ball stroke-play format.

The Washington Men’s Four-Ball Championship was previously known as the Inglewood Best-Ball from 1956 until 1993, when in 1994 WA Golf began to administer the event and introduced the Senior Men’s Four-Ball.

The Men’s and Senior Men’s Four-Ball are two of 14 championships conducted annually by WA Golf.

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