Interesting that your first ever was an open, most wait a few year to even try this…more due to the cost than the lack of experience. Good for you that it worked out, sounds like a great time.
I would recommend a few things…join a club could be a start or read through these again. BASS, MFBA, Silverado, ABA, and others are out there and plenty of them. Last year I fished the BASS and a handfull of team tourneys…would love to forget work and fish, then reality sets in. Two in college…changes forget work.