Tee times listed at the bottom of this article.
The Chattanooga Men's Metro golf tournament needed a mulligan in 2017.
The three-day competition at Black Creek was originally set for July 7-9. But because of frequent rainy days leading up to the tournament, it had to be postponed.
It's now scheduled to take place this weekend. Play is set to start this morning with first tee times at 8. The same starting time goes for Saturday and Sunday.
There were 123 golfers in the original field. Tournament director Mike Jenkins was able still to fill 117 spots for this weekend.
"It didn't really hurt us, as far as numbers," Jenkins said of the postponement. "There was really no controversy. People understood. Some people had to get out because they had conflicts with this weekend. They got a full refund. We were able to pick up some others. It all worked out fine."
Each entrant will play today and Saturday. There are 38 in the senior division and nine in the super senior division. Those championships will be decided Saturday.
The players in the open division with the 25 lowest scores, plus ties, will advance to Sunday's final round. The winner is expected to be crowned in the early afternoon.
There also will be a team competition today with 15 of the threesomes representing eight local courses. That's down from what would've been a tournament-record 20 had the event been held on its original dates. It's a low-ball format with the winning team earning the Harold Lane Memorial trophy, which is kept at the winners' clubhouse for a year.
The National Weather Service is predicting sunny skies Saturday and Sunday and temperatures in the 80s all three days. However, an 80 percent chance of rain is projected for today.
This afternoon's final tee times are scheduled at 3.
"We didn't move it three weeks ago because of the weather forecast on the weekend," Jenkins said. "It was all the rain prior to that caused us to have to move it, or we were going to run the risk of tearing up the golf course. Even if we get some rain (today), I don't think we'd have a day lost this weekend. We can do some shuffling."
Contact Kelley Smiddie at ksmiddie@timesfreepress.com or 423-757-6653. Follow him on Twitter @KelleySmiddie.
MEN’S METRO
Today’s Tee Times(S)—Senior; (SS)—Super Senior; [Course represented by threesome in brackets]8 a.m.—John Lambert (S), Mitch Hufstetler (S), Freddy Simmons (SS) [Black Creek]; 8:10—Mike Borkowski (SS), Paul Fuzzard (S), Rick Mincy (S) [Black Creek]; 8:20—Neil Spitalny (S), Mike Jenkins (SS), Tom Baird (S) [Chattanooga G&CC]; 8:30—Jim Srite (S), Logan Killen, Tim Burns (S); 8:40—Matt McKenney, Blake Maum, Phil Spitalny [CGCC]; 8:50—Jabo Moore, Kyle Menke, Heath Jones; 9—Jeremy Lawson, Joe Markham, Hunter Vest; 9:10—Kip Henley (S), Jim Brett (S), Cameron Lewis; 9:20—Brian Crossman (S), Shawn Reese, Robby Hammond; 9:30—Brian Paris, Bryan Fryar, Jerry Thomas (SS) [Black Creek]; 9:40—Wil Stansell, Adam Shuford, Josh Ernest [Moccasin Bend]; 9:50—Larry McGill (SS), Ronnie Law (SS), Paul Abraham (S) [Black Creek]; 10:20—Tom Schreiner, David Walker, Winston Brown [Lookout Mountain]; 10:30—Jerry Burrell (S), Joe Scruggs (SS), Dan Brown (SS); 10:40—Matthew Ott, Ben Rebne, Evan Spence; 10:50—Kyle Haren, Greg Privette, Brian Ghormley; 11—Dee Arnold, John Loetscher (S), Shonn Weldon; 11:10—Richard Keene (S), Harry Hill (S), Bob Rice (S); 11:20—Mike Craig, Alan Seiter, Matt Clayton; 11:30—George Lloyd (S), Andrew Weathers, Oliver Simonson; 11:40—Brooks Thomas, Jeff Bennett, Mikey Feher; 11:50—David Weeks, Alexander Riddle, Zachary Riddle; noon—Larry Cross (S), Bret Douglas (S), Chip Muller (S); 12:20 p.m.—Dawson Day, Jake Campbell, Josh Wall; 12:30—Mitch Wilson, Wesley Rackley, Jacob Morgan; 12:40—Jay Potter, Sport Allmond, Ricky Honeycutt [Brown Acres]; 12:50—Frank Hollowell (S), Joe Brown (S), David Moss (S); 1—Ryan Cox, Rusty Johnson, Alex Bivens [Creeks Bend]; 1:10—Michael Wright (S), Tim Crawford (S), Peter Clement (S) [Council Fire]; 1:20—Michael Rhyne (S), Jimmy Ellis, Cres Dodd [Council Fire]; 1:30—Pat Corey (S), John Williams (SS), Grant Caldwell [Lookout Mountain]; 1:40—John Edgar, Patrick McDonald, Pat McDonald; 2—Doug Stein (S), Jonathan Xoinis, Jimmy Watkins; 2:10—Scott Patton (S), Johnny Pierce (S), Chase Deck [Creeks Bend]; 2:20—Matt Crowder, David Watts, Cody Godfrey [Chatata Valley]; 2:30—Taylor Lewis, Matt Hadden, Todd Gerez; 2:40—Jimmy White III, Richard Spangler, Jeff Greeson; 2:50—Mark Cowart (S), David McKenna (S), Oscar Scruggs (S); 3—Josh Baker, Adam Stephens, Antonio Rodriguez.