WATERLOO - Saturday featured postcard weather at the Waterloo Open.

And, as a result, several pro scorecards reflected that fact.

On a tranquil, 79-degree day, Irv Warren Memorial's golf course was ripe for pin-hunting, and Gary Rusnak wasted little time seizing the day.

The Santa Rosa Beach, Fla., resident came into the clubhouse on fire, following a final four holes that included a hole-in-one and three birdies, leading to a tournament-best first-round score of 62.

On hole No. 6, playing roughly 157 yards for tournament play this weekend, Rusnak one-hopped a 7-iron shot straight into the cup. It was his 13th career ace.

"It landed about 4 feet from the pin and hopped right in," said Rusnak, who also holed out an 80-yard approach on the second hole, still looking a little shell-shocked after his round.

As the day grew longer, lots of spectators marveled at the 28 Rusnak fired on Irv Warren's front nine.

"Holing out twice in nine holes?" Rusnak pondered. "That doesn't happen too often."

Rusnak's closest pursuers were Adam Meyer and native Iowan Sean McCarty, who both fired 65s Saturday. Bill Hoefle, Jason Preeo and Chris Cureton sit four shots back, after first-round 66s.

Saturday's cut was established at 2-under 70. The top 60 pros, plus ties, will vie for a title in today's final round. The titleist could take home as much as $35,000.

In round one, the serene weather left Irv Warren receptive for eye-opening scoring, especially early. The Open pros only had a slight breeze to contend with much of the day. The rough, meanwhile, was reasonably low. And the greens were rolling true.

Thus, several pros walked away from the scorer's tent shaking their heads, upset with scores that would typically be considered solid.

Count Waterloo native Brock Mulder among that contingent. The 1999 Waterloo West grad shot a 5-under 67, yet lamented three-putts on Nos. 7 and 8.

"I had it. I just felt like I let it slip away," groaned Mulder, who currently resides in Dallas, Texas.

Glacially slow, 5 1/2-hour rounds flustered a few pros as the day dragged on.

"It was rather slow," noted McCarty, a past U.S. Open participant. "It's tough to get in a rhythm, but there's nothing you can do about it."

The forecast calls for more pleasant weather today. Thus, the professionals' game-plan today is simple: come out firing.

"Just be patient, (and) try not to get in my own way," said first-round leader Rusnak, describing his thought-process.

"Nine holes like (Saturday's) makes me feel pretty good."

Contact Kelly Beaton at (319) 291-1456 or kelly.beaton@wcfcourier.com

Waterloo Open

Saturday

First round

Pro scores

Gary Rusnak 62

Adam Meyer 65

Sean McCarty 65

Bill Hoefle 66

Jason Preeo 66

Chris Cureton 66

Brock Mulder 67

Scott Hart 67

Jeff Sorenson 67

Gary March 67

68 - Jordan Breach, Robin Byrd, Sean Dougherty, Jonathan Jakovac, Marvin King, Daniel Licursi, William Morgan, Bryan Newman, David Schultz, Philip Walker, Alan Weant, Simon McGreal, Jerod Turner, Nicholas Mason, Jon Olson, Peter Karms

69 - Michael Belich, Rusty Grant, Neil Johnson, Brett Kaufman, Corbin King, David Ping, Jay Reynolds, Adam Kaufman, Chris Trout, Ben Pettitt, David Roesch, Guy Sciortino, Daniel Vojta, Dustin Watson, Nathan Krueger, Nathan Lashley, Gibby Martens, Bobby Wilson, John Bermel

70 - Adam Babb, Charlie Deisman, Jon Feldick, John Lieber, Adam Luehmann, Troy Martin, David Morgan, Shad Muth, Dave Narveson, Mike Plate, Steve Reilly, Brady Schnell, Kasey Scott, Kyle Spahr, J.D. Tibbits. Mike Vance, Derek Lamely, Brian Lefferts, James McLean, Chuck Moran, William Johnson, Pete Weber

The following players failed to make the cut:

71 - Matt Anderson, Darren Fletcher, Casey Harrelson, Ernie Hill, Ryan McClintock, Brett Melton, Jon Novak, Curt Saathoff, David E. Schultz, Greg Slack, Rusty Stocker, Jason Thompson, Douglas Ferris, Chris Douglas, Robert Gaus, Mike Stolarskyj, Luke Miller, Albert Crews, Joe Stansberry, Tyler Stith, Jeremy Street

72 - Adam Collins, Craig Czerniejewski, Yong Joo, John Mansfield, Barry O'Neill, Nick Schenk, Brady Swedberg, Jason Swihart, Shawn Willis, Ryan Quinn, Ernie Rose, Fred Sutton, A. J. Monticeno, Mike Lewis, Greg J. Mason, Denny Bull

73 - Chris Black, Jeremy Decko, Dustin Sloat, Mitch Thomas, Bobby West, Paul Danielson, Michael Beard, Chris Borgan, Kevin DeNike, Connie Pierce, Brian Carroll, Dale McCarty, John Perna, Joe Weber, Brian Geraty, Steve Thomas

74 - Adam Blake, Brad Clark, Brian Coe, Chad Delaney, Boyd Downey, Jacob Kimball, Andrew Medley, Cody Mueller, Matt Sevigny, Tracy Vest, Ryan Lanzen, Luke Slaymaker, Mike Radek, Kevin Ward, Matt Ewing, Hugh Wright

75 - Heikke Nielsen, Peter Sisich, Darin Fisher, Kyle Monfort, Craig Onsrud, Clint Wellhausen, Joe Demory, Stephen Enriquez

76 - Zach Doran, Jake Iverson, Ryan Kinseth, Josh Lubbers, Jay Story, Monte Meyer, Justin McCarraher, Matthew Baird, Michael Crowley

77 - Jordan Arnold, Shelby Chrest, Skip Holton, David Craft, Richard Flores, Erik Toftner, Brian Buie

78 - Emanuel Worley, Greg Mason, Chris Arpy-Austin, Dan Ganahl, John Shawver

79 - Cody Eberl, Chris Toftner, Anthony Olson

80 - Shaun Pederson

81 - David Games

86 - Drew Steckel

90 - Nathaniel Martin

WD - Courtney Cox, Stevie Holmes, Mark Baker, Justin Barkley

DQ - Todd Rodemich

Seniors division

David C. Schultz 68

Mike Hook 69

Garry Rippy 69

Bobby Wilson 69

Chuck Moran 70

Dave Narveson 70

Bill Sakas 70

Albert Crews 71

Skip Tredway 72

Bobby Olds 73

Jack Rule 73

Steve Thomas 73

Mitch Thomas 73

Joe Ward 74

Gary Updegraff 75

Mark Lemon 75

Tom Hendrix 75

Paul Halpine 76

Skip Holton 77

David Curwen 80

Gary Lockie 80

Terry Govern 81

Today's tee times

6:48 a.m. - Charlie Delsman, Jonathon Feldick

6:57 a.m. - William Johnson, David Morgan

7:06 a.m. - John Lieber, Shad Muth, Mike Plate

7:15 a.m. - Peter Weber, Adam Babb, Brian Lefferts

7:24 a.m. - Kyle Spahr, James McLean, Ryan Ratchford

7:33 a.m. - Jack Rule (s), Skip Holton (s), Gary Updegraff (s)

7:42 a.m. - Ben Powers (a), Cedric Bertin (a), Brook Maher (a)

7:51 a.m. - Eric Anfinson (a), John Danielson (a), Tyler Johnson (a)

8:00 a.m. - Micheal McCunniff (a), Eric Cannon (a), Matt Lowe (a)

8:09 a.m. - Steve Nelson (a), Marc Cahalan (a), Dan Swomlay (a)

8:18 a.m. - Jake Webber (a), Chris James (a), Eric Sipple (a)

8:27 a.m. - Terry Govern (s), Gary Lockie (s), David Curwen (s)

8:36 a.m. - Paul Halpine (s), Mark Lemon (s), Joe Ward (s)

8:45 a.m. - Tom Hendrix (s), Steve Thomas (s), Mitch Thomas (s)

8:54 a.m. - Robert Olds (s), Skip Tredway (s), Joseph Stansberry (s)

9:03 a.m. - Chuck Moran (s), Albert Crews (s), Jim Scheppele (s)

9:12 a.m. - Bill Sakas (s), Dave Narveson (s), Frank Schmidt (s)

9:21 a.m. - Garry Rippy (s), Bobby Wilson (s), Sam Aossey (s)

9:30 a.m. - David Schultz (s), Mike Hook (s), Dan Naughton (s)

9:39 a.m. - Adam Luehmann, Mike Vance, J.D. Schlotterback (a)

9:48 a.m. - J.D. Tibbits, Brady Schnell, Andy Hoffman (a)

9:57 a.m. - Steve Reilly, Ted Scott, Brandon Hartzell (a)

10:06 a.m. - Derek Lamely, Troy Martin, Erik Feldick (a)

10:15 a.m. - Dusti Watson, Daniel Vojta, Tim Van Wyngarden (a)

10:24 a.m. - Chris Trout, Nathaniel Spencer, Brock Worley (a)

10:33 a.m. - Gibby Martens, Corbin King, Reid Turner (a)

10:42 a.m. - Brett Kaufman, Neil Johnson, Chris Streff (a)

10:51 a.m. - Michael Belich, Guy Sciortino, Craig Arthur (a)

11 a.m. - David Roesch, Jay Reynolds, Andy Wass (a)

11:09 a.m. - David Ping, Ben Pettitt, Blake Hibben (a)

11:18 a.m. - Nathan Lashley, Rusty Grant, Daniel Holterhaus (a)

11:27 a.m. - John Bermel, Aaron Krueger, Joe Urbanek (a)

11:36 a.m. - Jerod Turner, Alan Weant, Justin Schulte (a)

11:45 a.m. - Philip Walker, Kasey Scott, Jordan Weber (a)

11:54 a.m. - Peter Karmis, Nicolas Mason, Cody Flatt (a)

12:03 p.m. - Daniel Licursi, Jason Beach, Nathan Leary (a)

12:12 p.m. - Jon Olson, Bryan Newman, Niel Doak (a)

12:21 p.m. - William Morgan, Simon McGreal, Troy Hoffman (a)

12:30 p.m. - Marvin King, Jonathan Jakovac, Todd Larson (a)

12:39 p.m. - Sean Dougherty, Robin Byrd, Josh Black (a)

12:48 p.m. - Jeff Sorenson, Scott Hart, KC Doland (a)

12:57 p.m. - Brock Mulder, Gary March, Cole Peevler (a)

1:06 p.m. - Jason Preeo, Bill Hoefle, Todd Mavis (a)

1:15 p.m. - Chris Cureton, Adam Meyer, Keith Jungen (a)

1:24 p.m. - Gary Rusnak, Sean McCarty, Derek Bohlen (a)