Pine to Palm Spotlight - Vol 67 No. 2

81st Pine to Palm

Sp tlight vol. 67 no. 2

detroit lakes, minnesota • FRIday, august 9, 2013

SUPER SENIOR

MID-AM

CHAMPIONSHIP

Kent Spriggs

Jon Trasamar

Clint Nelson

Flight Medalist

Nate Zerface

Honor y t e i c o S Medalist

SENIOR MEDALIST

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Former Pine to Palm champions advance

Elder players keep youth movement in check

BY BRIAN WIERIMA

brianw@dlnewspapers.com

With the look of the Pine to Palm Golf Tournament getting younger and younger each year, there still is a good balance of age and wisdom scattered throughout the field of 64.

That was very evident Thursday during the first round of the 81st Pine to Palm match play at the Detroit Country Club, as all four former champions claimed victory over their much younger counterparts.

It started with the return of the 2000 champion Chad Skarperud, who hasn’t played in the Pine to Palm in at least seven to eight years and continued with victories by 2010 champ Todd Hillier, two-time winner Rick Kuhn and 2003 champion Greg Melhus.

All four are past the age of 35 and all have been tough outs during match play, no matter how good or young their opponents have been.

“I think with the older guys, we have an easier time brushing off a bad shot, we don’t let one bad hole bug us,” Melhus said. “I just think we are more patient and never take anything for granted.”

For Skarperud, his 2000 championship match win over Tony Vincelli 2-up ranks right with his 1993 Birchmont title.

His run that year was marked by how he wore his tennis shoes during play, which were both untied. He also was 28 years old when he won the Pine to Palm.

Things have changed.

“I tie my shoes now,” Skarperud laughed. “But going back to 2000, I remember just taking it one shot at a time and one day at a time. I learned you can’t worry about who you play, you just need to stay in the moment.”

Skarperud used that formula to top 2011 champion Connor Holland 3 and 2 Thursday in the first round of match play.

Ironically, Holland became the youngest Pine to Palm champion at the ripe ole’ age of 17 when he scored the silver trophy in 2011.

The duo exchanged birdies through hole three, where Skarperud eventually took a 1-up lead at the turn.

An eagle on 12 upped the lead to 2-up, which came on a 220-yard punch-draw shot out of the rough, which landed within two feet of the cup.

Skarperud extended his lead to 3-up, this time sinking a 35-40 foot putt on the 14th green.

“It was a real nice match today,” Skarperud said.

“I’m very good friends with Connor’s dad, Paul, and this was the first time I played golf with Connor. So it was a fun day.”

Bill Carlson of Fargo, N.D., blasts out of a greenside bunkeron the 2nd hole of Detroit Country Club during championship match play Thursday afternoon.

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Former Pine to Palm champion Chad Skarperud of Fargo, N.D., watches his approach to the 9th green during his Thursday match against Connor Holland of West Fargo.

Skarperud won the match 3 and 2.

Jim Lehman of Alexandria rolls a birdie attempt on the par three 8th green during Thursday’s match against Philip Haug of Fargo.

For the 37-year-old Melhus, he was able to cling to a 3-up advantage after hole 14 against Fargo’s Brock Ellingson and clinch it on the 18th green, winning 2-up.

Melhus had a streak of three bad holes on 14 through 16, before recovering with a birdie on 17 to go back up 1-up.

He was able to land his approach shot off the 18th fairway within five feet of the cup, as Ellingson’s long putt pushed passed to ensure the win to Melhus, who is playing in his 19th Pine to Palm.

Nathan Anderson of Oxbow, N.D., rolls in a birdie putt on the 2nd green during Thursday’s match play.

“I have three kids and a full-time job, so I don’t get to golf as much as some of these younger guys,” Melhus said.

“So that makes it that much more fun to compete and battle with them here.

“We older guys just have to go out and hope for the best.”

Thus far, the best is coming out, as Hillier – who became the oldest champion at 51 – won 3 and 2 over Michael Kosiek.

Two-time Pine to Palm champion Kuhn, who was 22 years old for his 1991 title

and 35 in 2005, downed Nick Myhre 1-up to advance to the second round.

Even 33-year-old Detroit Lakes’ native Robert Wagner was triumphant, after he survived his match and clinched it on the 18th green to win 1-up over Caleb Ketterling.

With no Beau Hanson available to defend his title after he qualified for the U.S. Am, the top seed was medalist Jon Trasamar.

He didn’t let the top-seeded status deter him, as he handled local favorite Austin

Rusness 3 and 2.

The lone extra-hole match went to Teddy Cox over Melhus’ twin brother, Michael, in 20 holes.

The elder guard will try and continue their march through match play, as Kuhn will face Marc Redman; Melhus is pitted against Trenton Olson; Skarperud will play Bryant Buckellew and Hillier plays the U of M’s Alex Gaugert.

Friday’s Championship tee times start at 1:28 p.m. and run through 2:31 p.m. on tee No. 1.

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Senior bracket play is highly competitive in 2013

Seelye enjoying jump to Seniors 2013 SENIOR Championship

BY BRIAN WIERIMA

day,” Seelye said.

The DL golfer was 2-up at the turn, but lost holes 10 and 11 by birdie and It was good timing last year for par by Vincelli.

Detroit Lakes’ Mike Seelye after he de- Seelye’s momentum was created cided to stay in the Mid-Am division, when he hit the greens on each of 15 where he eventually won medalist through 17, giving up putts of 10-foot or less. honors.

The silver he won was the first Vincelli hit the bunker on 16 and he earned at the Pine to Palm Golf Seelye finished it off by shooting his Tournament after many years of play- ball to within 15 feet for the win.

“The key now, is to hit the ball solid ing in the prestigious amateur event.

But for the 2013 tournament, Seelye and not give up holes,” Seelye said. “I wasn’t going to pass up his chance to need to be more aggressive making jump the Mid-Am ship and land in birdies. champion Scott the Senior’s division for his first go- Defending Linnerooth was a 4 and 3 winner around. over Moorhead’s Rick Johnson, So far, so good.

Seelye won his first-ever Senior’s while Fargo’s Tim Rubis downed Jim match after qualifying for match play Brothers 5 and 4 to set up the two for a with a qualifying score of one-over par second round meeting.

Other winners included Steve 72.

He defeated Ron Vincelli 2 and 1 Herzog with a 3 and 2 winner over and will gear up for the second round Ron Burnside, who will face threetime Pine to Palm champion Jim Friday.

“Playing one round of qualifying Strandemo, who won 4 and 3 over Dan was a real attraction to me,” Seelye Elton. said. “And no offense to the Mid-Am Medalist Rob Harris still looked golfers, but this Senior’s division tough to beat with a convincing 7 and 6 win over Rick Crawford. He will might be tougher.”

Seelye played for pars Thursday meet Mark Doyle, who toppled George against Vincelli, while making two Strand 3 and 2.

No. 3 seed Craig Stein beat Mike birdies on the day.

“I was playing pretty solid coming Stirling 2 and 1. Stein will now face into match play, but ended up taking Seelye in round two. some goofy shots on the front nine tobwierima@dlnewspapers.com

Scott linnerooth

Scott linnerooth, 4 & 3

Rick JOHHNSON jim brothers tim rubis steve herzog

tim rubis, 5 & 4 steve herzog, 4 & 2

ron burnside jim strandemo dan elton rob harris

jim strandemo, 4 & 3

2013 Champion

rob harris, 7 & 6

CRAWFORD mark doyle george strand

mark doyle 3 & 2

Craig Stein Craig Stein, 2 & 1

TBD Michael Seelye Ron Vincelli

Michael Seelye, 2 & 1

Super Seniors hits the round of eight

Sauer tries for another title run 2013 SUPER SENIOR Championship clint nelson

clint nelson, 5 & 4

John Gergen thomas wood richard mcconn william blake

thomas wood, 1 Up william blake, 3 & 2

gene hebl chuck sjostrom paul krueger chuck renner John Bartley

chuck sjostrom, 4 & 3

chuck renner, 6 & 5

2013 Champion

tom hanson steve sundby

tom hanson, 2 & 1

lance brown joe sauer

joe sauer, 2 & 1

james wolff william Hawkins

william Hawkins, 1 Up, 19 Holes

BY BRIAN WIERIMA

bwierima@dlnewspapers.com

Sauk Rapids’ Joe Sauer knows what it takes to endure the grind of winning a Pine to Palm championship, since he did it in 2008 after taking the Senior’s division with a week’s worth of consistent play.

Now Sauer is attempting to add to his silver collection after qualifying for the Super Seniors match play tournament, as he took another step towards that goal after beating Lance Brown 2 and 1 in Thursday’s first round.

After getting that taste of Pine to Palm silver in 2008, the motivation to do it again thrives in Sauer.

“Absolutely,” Sauer said of the motivation he feels after winning in 2008.

“I learned how to literally take it one shot at a time. In this year’s qualifying round, I was four-over after two holes, but I was able to ride that out, too.”

Sauer scored a 79 and earned his berth in match play and he was able to get back to his consistent self in the first round.

Although he only had one birdie all round, he was even par on his first nine holes and stayed out of trouble, to help build a 3-up lead.

But it was a back-and-forth match, as Brown was able to knock down some pressure putts, as did Sauer.

“The key was I was able to get ahead and ride it out,” Sauer said.

Sauer will face Pine to Palm veteran William Hawkins, who played the only extra-holes match in the three divisions Thursday (Mid-Am, Seniors and Super Seniors).

Hawkins was able to advance over James Wolff after surviving the 19th hole and win 1-up.

Medalist Clint Nelson advanced with a 5 and 4 win over John Gergen, while defending champion Chuck Renner of Arizona, won over John Bartley 6 and 6.

For Renner, his quest of winning his fourth medalist honor in as many years went by the wayside after Nelson topped him by two strokes, but he still is proving to be a tough out.

Renner birdied the ninth hole to take a 1-up lead, then won the next two for a 3-up advantage after throwing a couple of darts near the pin.

On the third hole of the second nine, Bartley went into the bunker to give Renner a 4-up lead, followed by a solid seven iron shot out of the rough to the fringe and two putt to go 5-up.

“When I was in the rough today, I was able to scramble well and recover,” Renner said. “When he struggled, I made par or birdie.”

Renner’s putter has not been as accurate as he would like it to be, but his short game has saved him.

“I have had a hard time reading the greens and I have not made any putt of length,” Renner said. “It’s going to be tougher each match and if I don’t play better, I’ll have an early exit.”

Nelson will face Thomas Wood, who was a 1-up winner over Richard McConn, while William Blake was a 3 and 2 winner over Chuck Sjostrom.

Tom Hanson, who is Renner’s next opponent, outlasted Steve Sundby 2 and 1 to round out the first round.

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Champion jon trasamar austin rusness

jon trasamar, 3 & 2

teddy cox michael melhus

teddy cox, 1-up 20 hOLES

hunter thorsen ryan vincelli

ryan vincelli, 1 uP

tyler lowenstein nathanial varty max rosenthal sarah storandt coy papachek matt rachey matt rubis lukas davidson taylor cavanagh nick olsgaard rick kuhn nick myhre alex kline marc redman michael greenberg jack holmgren nick schaefer tanner lane dominic kieffer kyle scanlon robbie foster marc vincelli zach kappes matthew berntson

max rosenthal, 8 & 6 coy papachek, 3 & 2 lukas davidson, 1-up 19 HOLES taylor cavanagh, 1 uP rick kuhn, 1 UP marc redman, 1 UP jack holmgren, 4 & 3 nick schaefer, 3 & 2 dominic kieffer, 7 & 6 marc vincelli, 1 UP zach kappes, 3 & 2 nathan anderson, 3 & 2

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Mid-Am will be a scramble to the finish

Greff overcomes slow start to advance

BY BRIAN WIERIMA

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For A.J. Greff, his defense of his Pine to Palm Mid-Am championship was almost short lived, until back-toback birdie holes saved his 2013 tournament.

First-round challenger Eric Lundmark pulled out to a 2-up advantage on Greff after the first three holes of the opening round of the Mid-Am match-play tournament, but by the time the duo made the turn, the 2012 champion was back in control 1-up.

Birdies on holes six and seven snapped Greff’s sluggish play, as he moved on to win 2 and 1 over Lundmark.

“I got on a roll after making those birdies on six and seven,” Greff said.

“I lost 10, but chipped in from the sand on 11 and then made a couple of 20-foot birdie putts.”

Lundmark played tough, though, trailing only by one at hole 16, but Greff took 17 to end the match.

The key for Greff to repeat is to stay out of trouble, the Fargo golfer said.

“On this course, it’s important to stay on the fairways and greens and making par consistently is big,” Greff said. “I’m feeling pretty good right now, my game is coming around.”

Greff will face Perry Piatz, who downed former Mid-Am medalist Kent Fronk 3 and 2.

This year’s medalist is Fargo’s Kent Spriggs, who is also rolling at the right time.

He defeated Brian Benson 6 and

5 to advance to the second round, where he will face Detroit Lakes’ Aaron Burnside, who beat Kevin Swenson 2 and 1.

As was the case during his qualifying rounds, Spriggs’ driver was a lethal weapon for him.

“I was using my driver everywhere and it was working again,” Spriggs said. “I am still hitting the ball well and making a lot of putts.”

Spriggs made five birdies, with three of them winning holes and he never lost a hole.

He made birdie on two for the win, then took holes 12 and 13 with birdies. Spriggs maintained a commanding 4-up lead at the turn.

A motivation which still churns Spriggs is losing the Mid-Am finals last year to Greff and it pushed him through the summer to improve his game.

“I just want to keep playing well and so far, so good,” Spriggs added.

In the next bracket, Perham’s Bob Cavanagh rolled through Mitch Buboltz 5 and 3, while Joe McGinnis was a 1-up winner over Paul Uithoven.

Former champion Jay Olafson had a bye after Dave Collins withdrew, while Concordia College men’s golf head coach and former Mid-Am medalist Duane Siverson beat Jon Anas 3 and 2.

2013 MID-AM

Championship A.J. Greff

A.J. Greff, 2 & 1

Eric Lundmark Perry piatz kent fronk bob cavanagh

Perry piatz, 3 & 2

bob cavanagh, 4 & 3

mitch buboltz joe mcginnis PAUL UITHOVEN Kent Spriggs

joe mcginnis 1 Up

Kent Spriggs, 6 & 5

2013 Champion

BRIAN W BENSON kevin swenson aaron burnside

aaron burnside, 2 & 1

Jay olafson Dave collins

Jay olafson, WD

duane siverson jon anas

duane siverson, 3 & 2

Carlson outlasts Oster

Fargo golfer tops future BSU player 2-up in windy final BEMIDJI -- By the time he won the 2013 Birchmont Men’s Championship final, Bill Carlson was exhausted.

The Fargo native and North Dakota State junior golfer defeated Andover resident and future Bemidji State golfer A.J. Oster 1-up to claim his first-ever Birchmont title Saturday afternoon at Bemidji Town and Country Club.

“I felt like I was under stress for 10 hours today,” Carlson said. “It will be nice to sit down.”

Carlson couldn’t do that until the dramatic final hole. With Carlson 1-up, Oster hit the green on his second shot just 12 inches from the pin while Carlson overshot the green and had to settle for par.

“I hit my driver really good on that first shot then hit two really bad ones,” Carlson said. “The last putt I made was a lot better.”

It ended up being the championship-winner, but not before Oster missed the putt that would have sent the match to overtime.

The strong winds coming off Lake Bemidji made putting difficult all day, but No. 18 -- right along the lake -- was particularly troublesome.

“Yeah, that was rough,” Oster said. “I just couldn’t make a putt today. I didn’t putt well all week, really.”

The two needed to win intense semifinal rounds to reach the final.

Oster defeated Jeff Peltier of Bemidji 3 and 1 earlier Saturday morning to reach the final.

Carlson needed 19 holes in a sudden-death overtime semifinal round, besting Zach Israelson of Staples 1-up.

So during the final round that afternoon, it was understandable that both golfers had some trouble sinking their putts to put the match away.

“They sped up the greens and made them a lot quicker,” Carlson said. “The wind made a lot of difference on those downhill putts, so it was hard to keep them below the hole.”

Oster agreed.

“I think we both had trouble reading putts today,” Oster said. “Their greens didn’t come back all the way so the grass was moving in a different directions. It’s hard to judge downhillers because they’re fast.

They look like they move but they don’t.

“Its a mental game,” he continued. “You have to get yourself to hit them straight but you can’t.”

The two golfers were even for most of the way. Neither led by more than a hole.

Oster went 1-up on hole No. 2 but Carlson evened the score on No. 5.

The two went back and forth until No. 11 when Oster pulled even.

The score stayed that way until No. 15, when Oster hit a ball into the reeds on his second shot while Carlson placed the ball close to the pin and birdied the par-5 hole.

“That hurt me,” Oster said. “I knew he was going to two-putt so I had to get up and down.”

“There were reeds right behind ball, so I couldn’t get good contact with it. I had to give it a whirl but it was going to be tough.”

Oster ended up bogeying the hole and giving Carlson the 1-up lead with three holes to play.

“I thought I played well on 16, 17 and 18,” Oster said. “I just didn’t make a putt. That was rough.”

On 16 and 17 both golfers shot par, which set up the dramatic finish.

Carlson, who won the Junior Championship in 2008, was glad to

get it over with and finally taste victory in the Men’s Championship division.

“I haven’t really done that much (in the men’s division),” he said.

“This is the first year I’ve played well.

“There was a lot of pressure on me this time around. It’s the championship match so you put a lot of pressure on yourself. There’s a lot of people watching. So I was nervous. but I was able to keep myself calm enough to win.”

Carlson said he plans on returning next year to defend his title.

Oster will also likely return next year for the Birchmont. But he’ll also be a mainstay at the Bemidji Town and Country Club -- he’ll be joining the Bemidji State golf team this fall.

“It was great to have all these BSU people around here,” he said. “They were all cheering me on in the finals, that was nice. It was a lot of fun.

“I love this course, too. It suits well for my game. I just have to figure out the greens a little more and I should be able to score real well.”

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Left: Ben Unruh, Detroit Lakes, medalist in the 13-15 year old division with a 30. Right: Scott Boehning, Fargo, ND, medalist, Boys 10-12 year old division with a 31.

44th Annual Ironman Junior Classic 2013 Ironman Classic

hELD AT THE Ironman Golf Course • Thursday, August 8 The 44th Annual Ironman Junior Classic began early Thursday morning with 8 golfers in the 13-18 year old Open Division playing their 9 hole qualifying rounds to determine their seed in the Championship flight. Ben Unruh, Detroit Lakes, was the medalist with a 30. With their positions established, the golfers played 2 rounds of match play in the afternoon with the finals to be held on Friday morning. In the Championship showdown, Ben Unruh will take on Willy Tickel, from Hawley to determine Champion and Runner-Up. In the consolation bracket, Co Mconn will take on Mason Opheim. Both players are from Fargo, ND. For the first time ever, the Boys 8 & 9 year old division had five golfers under the age of 8 attempting the competition. Jack Justesen from Hawley MN, Jack Randall from Lawrence, KS and Nolan Witham from Roseville, MN played their way into the Championship flight while Nicholas Tobkin from Detroit Lakes and Owen Vincelli from Brandon South Dakota will play in the First Flight. Max McQuillan from Oxbow, ND leads the 8 & 9 year old division with a 41.

Scott Boehning from Fargo, ND, has a 5 stroke lead on the field in the Boys 10-12 year old division with his medalist score of 31. It will be a fierce competition as Hunter Burnside from Detroit Lakes, Ty Satter from Fargo and Ian Simonich from Moorhead all are tied for second with 36. Eighteen holes of golf on Friday will be added to Thursday’s nine hole score in order to determine the winners of each flight.

In the girl’s 8-12 year old division, Emily Larson from Detroit Lakes and Tonya Berg from Fargo, ND tied for low round honors with 47.

Falyn DeBoer and McKenna Mallow, both from Detroit Lakes are within reach of placing with their scores of 52 and 53.

The Ironman Junior Classic will wrap up play on Friday to be followed by the annual Parent Child Scramble on Saturday at 8:00 a.m.

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Match play moments - Photos by Brian Basham -

Adam Gronaas of Fargo, N.D., blasts a shot out of the greenside bunker of the 8th hole at Detroit Country Club during Thursday’s Pine to Palm match play (above). Gronaas beat Trevor Swangler of Fargo 6 and 5 to advance in match play Friday. Nick Schaefer of Byron, bites his lip as he narrowly missed an eagle putt on the par four 7th green Thursday (right).

Zach Kappes of Moorhead watches his drive on the par five 5th hole during Thursday’s match play against Matthew Berntson (above). Kappes won the match 3 and 2. Pine to Palm medalist Jon Trasamar of Blue Earth, chipped in this shot for birdie on the 8th hole Thursday (left). Caddie Chris Widme and golfer Alex Gaugert look over Gaugert’s birdie putt on the 7th green during Thursday’s match play (right).