Uniontown, PA – Despite stormy weather and muddy course conditions that had shooters slipping and sliding at the most recent ASA event in London, KY, 9-time ASA Shooter of the Year, Levi Morgan, pulled out his second ASA win of the 2016 season. Unfortunately, the strong winds and heavy rain never let up which led to a complete wash out of Sunday’s second round. Ultimately, with a break in the weather, it was six shooters accounting for the top five scores from Saturday’s opening round that went straight on to the final shoot off on Sunday afternoon.
“Coming off the big OPA Tournament that Samantha and I hosted two weeks ago, I finally had some time to practice ahead of this event. Maybe even a little too much,” said Morgan. “I started out Saturday’s first round really slow, in fact, I eighted my first target and didn’t shoot a 12 in the first seven targets. But then I hit a streak of five targets and suddenly I was 8-up and back in it.”
It was soon after the string of five that bad weather blew back in and caused a delay on the course. The delay put a halt to Morgan’s streak and slowed him down for the rest of the first round. Despite not shooting as well as he had hoped, Morgan finished the first round in second place, at 10-up, with the leader in at 14-up.
At the ASA outdoor 3-D event, Pro Division contestants shoot two rounds of twenty targets from unmarked distances that vary in distance up to 50 yards. The five highest scores from the first two rounds qualify for the shoot-off to decide the winner.
With the cancelation of Sunday’s second round of the Men’s Open Pro division, it proved to be six shooters in with the top five scores that headed to the shoot off. Each was spotted 200 for the missed second round. Morgan entered the shoot off at 410 and maintained his second place position until the sixth arrow, when he shot a clutch 14 to tie the leader, Joseph Goza, at 480. Headed for a 7th “extra” target, Morgan’s Gold Tip Triple X arrow soon found the 10 ring, which was good enough to best Goza’s 8, and take home the win.
“You just never know what’s going to happen in these tournaments, you just can’t give up,” said Morgan. “When I stuck that 10 I really thought I’d just lost the tournament, but that wasn’t the case this time around. All I can do is thank the Lord. He’s definitely in control, not me.”
ABOUT LEVI MORGAN: World renowned archer, Levi Morgan, is a 11x World Champion, 48x National Champion, 12x Shooter of the Year and has won the ASA Shooter of the Year title a record setting 9x in a row. He is the Host of the popular hunting show, Name The Game, which airs on the Sportsman Channel. For more information on Levi Morgan, please visit NameTheGameTV.com.
LEVI MORGAN TOURNAMENT SET UP:
BOW: Elite Victory 37
ARROWS: Gold Tip Triple X with Q2i Raptor vanes, 150 grain heads
REST: QAD HDX Tournament Prototype
SIGHT: CBE Vertex, 4x lens, .015 fiber
RELEASE: SCOTT Longhorn Pro Advantage
PEEP: Peeping Tom
