83rd Annual Pine to Palm: Thursday Spotlight

83rd PINE TO PALM

Sp tlight VOL. 69 NO. 1

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Grady Meyer of Fargo watches his tee shot on the 7th hole during his Wednesday qualifying round.

Grady Meyer repeats as Pine to Palm medalist

BY ROBERT WILLIAMS

rwilliams@dlnewspapers.com

Ben Welle put up low numbers playing exempt as the defending champion with matching 65’s, but it was Fargo native and University of Minnesota junior Grady Meyer notching his second consecutive medalist finish in the championship flight of the 83rd annual Pine to Palm tournament who was the story of the opening three days.

“It was nice to do it back-to-back but it’s just the first part of the tournament,” said Meyer. “It’s a nice little exclamation point in the first two rounds

that was a little noticeable.”

With his strategy working to the top of the leaderboard, Meyer has no plans to change up much the rest of the way, aside from pulling out driver in a couple spots.

“Be a little more aggressive in a couple spots, but nothing too drastic,” he said.

Meyer played with Welle and Alexander Kline in the lead threesome.

The group had a relaxed atmosphere between the trio and it showed on the scoreboard.

Kline finished in a tie for second with Benjamin Skogen two strokes back of the lead.

Each golfer shot identical scores of 67-70 for matching 137’s.

The threesome attacked the green on hole No. 7, a short par four.

Welle missed an eagle putt leaving a short tap for birdie. Kline and Meyer were short of the green left. Meyer got up and down easily for birdie. Kline made a par save after his chip went long.

Welle was pleased with his two-day effort shooting 12-under.

“I played extremely well these past two days, hit the ball really well,” he said. “Made one bogey today and it was a three-foot putt I missed.”

“...the real tournament starts now.”

– Grady Meyer, medalist

but the real tournament starts now.”

Meyer shot 66 Tuesday in near perfect golfing conditions and followed it up with a 69 on Wednesday on a hot, but breezy afternoon at Detroit Country Club.

“I played aggressive when I could and made a lot of putts today,” Meyer said. “The wind factor was pretty big with different lines off the tees; the greens might have been a little firmer,

Chris Swenson of Fergus Falls blasts out of a greenside bunker on the par five 12th hole.

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83rd Pine to Palm Qualifying Scores CHA MP IONSHIP # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67

Id C-001 C-050 C-011 C-153 C-145 C-076 C-005 C-072 C-066 C-132 C-015 C-164 C-174 C-085 C-078 C-053 C-042 C-155 C-083 C-040 C-056 C-017 C-030 C-088 C-165 C-027 C-074 C-175 C-161 C-127 C-018 C-055 C-182 C-162 C-142 C-071 C-080 C-168 C-008 C-082 C-003 C-102 C-069 C-100 C-135 C-052 C-146 C-143 C-070 C-139 C-058 C-004 C-092 C-151 C-138 C-075 C-007 C-032 C-019 C-031 C-126 C-086 C-137 C-049 C-067 C-147 C-057

Player R1 R2 Total BEN WELLE DC GRADY MEYER 66 69 135 BENJAMIN SKOGEN 67 70 137 ALEXANDER KLINE 67 70 137 CHRIS SWENSON 69 70 139 CONNOR HOLLAND 69 70 139 RICK KUHN 67 72 139 GREG MELHUS 70 70 140 JUSTIN DOEDEN 70 70 140 MATT RACHEY 69 71 140 PAT DEITZ 71 69 140 BRANDON SLETMOEN 68 73 141 JIM FOSS 67 74 141 NICK EVIN 72 69 141 JACOB DEHNE 74 68 142 JACQUES WILSON 73 69 142 DAVID ELLIOTT 70 72 142 BEAU HANSON 68 74 142 LUCAS JOHNSON 73 70 143 JASON HUNTINGTON 70 73 143 RILEY JOHNSON 69 74 143 NOAH LAWSON 72 71 143 BEN MALLOW 68 75 143 BRYANT BUCKELLEW 73 71 144 NICK MYHRE 72 72 144 CHARLIE DUENSING 68 76 144 CODY COOK 71 73 144 BLAKE KAHLBAUGH 71 73 144 TONY KALLEVIG 73 72 145 JACK ELLIOTT 70 75 145 ROBBIE FOSTER 72 73 145 COLE JOHNSON 71 74 145 WILL CZEH 71 74 145 NATHANIAL VARTY 71 74 145 JORDIE SIVERSON 75 71 146 MICHAEL MELHUS 73 73 146 ANDREW ISRAELSON 70 76 146 MARK HALVERSON 72 74 146 MASON KENNEDY 72 74 146 COY PAPACHEK 72 74 146 TONY VINCELLI 70 76 146 ERIK WEISS 76 71 147 CALEB KETTERLING 74 73 147 COOPER OPHEIM 74 73 147 TEDDY COX 79 68 147 BRENNAN HOCKMAN 73 74 147 BENNETT SCHROEDER 70 77 147 RYAN STEINERT 72 75 147 ROBERT WAGNER 72 75 147 PATRICK TRAYNOR 71 76 147 LUKAS DAVISON 71 76 147 MARC VINCELLI 70 77 147 LOGAN PALMER 75 73 148 BRADY ROBERTSON 74 74 148 MATT KOSTER 74 74 148 TANNER SCHNATHORST 74 74 148 RYAN VINCELLI 78 70 148 JAKE WITHAM 74 74 148 MICHAEL GREENBERG 73 75 148 ANDREW STRAND 73 75 148 BEN BRAATEN 73 75 148 DAVID TRETT 72 76 148 GUY STRANDEMO 72 76 148 ALEX KOOPMEINERS 76 73 149 TODD HILLIER 73 76 149 RYAN AMES 73 76 149 DAN CAVANAGH 73 76 149

# 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134

Id C-020 C-036 C-129 C-116 C-176 C-090 C-120 C-041 C-096 C-026 C-024 C-115 C-079 C-119 C-160 C-025 C-051 C-130 C-016 C-006 C-097 C-046 C-094 C-117 C-035 C-091 C-065 C-068 C-172 C-054 C-144 C-183 C-122 C-141 C-043 C-039 C-125 C-123 C-087 C-150 C-099 C-047 C-167 C-098 C-170 C-014 C-021 C-038 C-104 C-140 C-178 C-179 C-081 C-173 C-121 C-131 C-063 C-181 C-073 C-103 C-108 C-061 C-148 C-128 C-156 C-171 C-037

Player KEATON LAUSCH CAMPBELL FISHER ADAM GRONAAS TANNER KRETCHMAN LANDON OLSON TRENTON SCHWEHR KATE SMITH MICHAEL KOSIEK DANE SETHRE-HOFSTAD HUNTER MOEN SAM PALMISANO JARED COWDEN DANIEL SAYLER KARTER SMITH MIKE CAVANAGH SAM HENDRICKS SCOTT NOWAK ANDREW COOK TREVOR SWANGLER CADE MONTPLAISIR CASEY STAVENGER STEVE RANDALL BLAKE ANDERSON MATT BEKKERUS ROBBIE STOCKER JOHN SUND JAMIE LESSARD AARON SMITH ALEX GABRIEL PAYTON JOHNSON BROCK ELLINGSON TYLER FRENZEL JORDAN PETERSON TANNER LANE GRAYSON KLEIN REGAN STEEN PAUL SCHNEIDER ANDREW PASSANANTE KOREY LORENZ ERIC HARRIS DAN SCHILLER AUSTIN RENE NICHOLAS GLASS BROOK BERGH RILEY PETERSEN ANTHONY MOLZAHN BRANDON OLSON JAKE PEARSON TRAVIS INGSTAD HAILEY BONER MATT RUBIS JON RUBIS AARON SUNRAM JOEY DREIER JASON PETERSON HUNTER HALVORSON JACK KLUGE CAMERON HAGER TODD SINNER CHRIS HARRIS GAGE STROMME AUSTEN STROM ROB GOFF TAYLOR HENDRICKSON NATALIE ROTH JOSH STEEN RILEY HOLLAND

R1 R2 Total 73 76 149 71 78 149 71 78 149 76 74 150 75 75 150 79 71 150 74 76 150 78 72 150 77 73 150 68 82 150 76 75 151 76 75 151 79 72 151 75 76 151 75 76 151 74 77 151 78 73 151 77 74 151 72 79 151 76 76 152 76 76 152 75 77 152 75 77 152 75 77 152 74 78 152 79 73 152 74 78 152 77 75 152 77 75 152 76 77 153 75 78 153 78 75 153 77 76 153 76 78 154 75 79 154 79 75 154 79 75 154 73 81 154 76 79 155 76 79 155 80 75 155 80 75 155 76 80 156 79 77 156 78 78 156 78 78 156 78 78 156 79 78 157 79 78 157 78 79 157 80 78 158 75 83 158 75 83 158 79 79 158 74 84 158 78 80 158 77 81 158 80 79 159 79 80 159 78 81 159 77 82 159 76 84 160 81 79 160 81 79 160 80 80 160 80 80 160 79 81 160

# 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150

Id C-033 C-044 C-163 C-093 C-118 C-095 C-045 C-136 C-105 C-154 C-149 C-166 C-159 C-064 C-106 C-084

Player PATRICK MCCLELLAN ZACH SKLEBAR AARON SPARBY SHAY RIDL NATHAN KAPAUN AARON OLSON TRISA HUTCHINSON MATHEW SCHIRADO BRIAN MAHONEY TIM SANFORD TYLER OLSGAARD AJ BATES HUNTER MOTTINGER JOSH LESSARD MATT GRENZ JAYME GRONNEBERG

R1 R2 Total 77 83 160 76 85 161 80 81 161 80 81 161 79 82 161 78 83 161 78 83 161 78 83 161 79 83 162 79 83 162 81 82 163 80 84 164 78 86 164 79 87 166 81 86 167 81 87 168

MID-AM CHAMPIONSHIP # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

Id M-01 M-03 M-13 M-07 M-10 M-21 M-04 M-08 M-05 M-19 M-27 M-24 M-09 M-17 M-25 M-11 M-14 M-06 M-18 M-16 M-28 M-26 M-22 M-23 M-12 M-15 M-29 M-02

Player R1 R2 Total KENT SPRIGGS DC SCOTT UITHOVEN 69 71 140 JAY PETERSON 71 73 144 BOB CAVANAGH 78 70 148 JON ANAS 73 77 150 PERRY PIATZ 76 75 151 PAUL UITHOVEN 79 73 152 KENT FRONK 78 74 152 WADE KING 78 75 153 JIM MIKKELSON 73 81 154 DAN PERRINE 79 77 156 JAY OLAFSON 74 82 156 BRADY OPHEIM 79 78 157 MILES SCHACHER 78 79 157 AARON BURNSIDE 78 79 157 JEFF CLEVELAND 78 79 157 THOMAS SOLIEN 76 83 159 TOM WELLE 81 78 159 TODD WAWERS 86 74 160 ERIC KING 80 80 160 ROCKY PAPACHEK 81 79 160 BRIAN BENSON 75 85 160 DAVID SOUTOR 82 81 163 DUANE GEIGER 79 84 163 TREVOR OPHEIM 80 85 165 TIM CARLSON 77 88 165 BARRY SCHMIESS 86 80 166 RANDY HILL 84 89 173

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83rd Pine to Palm Qualifying Scores SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP # Id 1 S-01 2 S-43 3 S-41 4 S-40 5 S-53 6 S-63 7 S-72 8 S-04 9 S-58 10 S-34 11 S-73 12 S-09 13 S-68 14 S-56 15 S-24 16 S-28 17 S-21 18 S-59 19 S-35 20 S-14 21 S-46 22 S-10 23 S-54 24 S-22 25 S-38 26 S-05 27 S-12 28 S-30 29 S-31 30 S-03 31 S-55 32 S-37 33 S-27 34 S-23 35 S-67 36 S-20 37 S-06 38 S-25 39 S-64 40 S-16 41 S-71 42 S-39 43 S-44 44 S-32 45 S-33 46 S-07 47 S-02 48 S-66 49 S-19 50 S-52 51 S-65 52 S-11 53 S-29 54 S-57 55 S-17 56 S-51 57 S-08 58 S-45 59 S-62 60 S-69 61 S-47 62 S-15 63 S-36 64 S-60 65 S-42 66 S-13

Player R1 Total SCOTT LINNEROOTH DC DAN ELTON 69 69 DAVID BARGE 73 73 MICHAEL SEELYE 73 73 RICK JOHNSON 73 73 CRAIG STEIN 74 74 KEITH AASEN 74 74 MARC REDMAN 74 74 TIM RUBIS 74 74 RICK SAMSON 75 75 JOHN WOXLAND 75 75 NEIL BRAATEN 76 76 GEORGE THEISEN 76 76 JIM STRANDEMO 76 76 DAVE PEARSON 77 77 CRAIG PALMER 78 78 MICHAEL CONNER 78 78 JOE DOUGHTY 78 78 BRAD SOLHEIM 78 78 MARK JOHNSON 79 79 DAN BREKKE 79 79 RANDY BURNSIDE 79 79 T L SOLIEN 79 79 MARK NORMAN 79 79 CHUCK WIGER 80 80 JIM BROTHERS 80 80 MARK ERICKSEN 80 80 MARTY FIALA 80 80 RICK NELSON 80 80 DAVID CROTHERS 81 81 PETER BOLOGNA 81 81 HANK PRIEN 82 82 JEFF FRIDER 82 82 GEORGE STRAND 82 82 JAMES WINSOR 82 82 SCOTT PETERS 83 83 JON GAFFNEY 84 84 ROB HARRIS 84 84 KEVIN TABERY 84 84 KEVIN RUUD 84 84 STEVE BATES 85 85 JOHN CONLEY 85 85 BOB JAMISON 85 85 JAMES REMER 85 85 MICHAEL KLONGERBO 85 85 ROBERT SCHULTZ 86 86 DAN SOLIEN 86 86 WALLY THUNE 86 86 LARRY OLIN 86 86 WAYNE NELSON 87 87 DAVID THUNE 87 87 RON BURNSIDE 87 87 RALPH HOOPER 87 87 MARK KOSIN 87 87 RUSS NEWMAN 88 88 TOM TREICHEL 88 88 TOM HOFFMAN 90 90 RODNEY LUDWIG 90 90 SCOT HANSON 90 90 JAMES HOVE 91 91 TOM SHOMAN 91 91 MICHAEL ERICKSEN 92 92 CRAIG BISS 95 95 RAYMOND PRIEM 97 97 STEPHEN BOLOGNA 97 97 RICHARD THEISEN 100 100

NUMBERED F LIGHTS

SUPER SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP # Id 1 SS-34 2 SS-01 3 SS-24 4 SS-07 5 SS-44 6 SS-26 7 SS-36 8 SS-10 9 SS-20 10 SS-15 11 SS-06 12 SS-23 13 SS-27 14 SS-38 15 SS-30 16 SS-35 17 SS-31 18 SS-29 19 SS-08 20 SS-03 21 SS-32 22 SS-45 23 SS-25 24 SS-02 25 SS-04 26 SS-41 27 SS-18 28 SS-37 29 SS-42 30 SS-22 31 SS-21 32 SS-17 33 SS-39 34 SS-05 35 SS-40 36 SS-19

Player DON BRADFORD CHUCK RENNER DOUG GILLAM DOUG GILLUND THOMAS WOOD JOE SAUER BRUCE CARLISLE PAUL KRUEGER LANCE BROWN RONALD VINCELLI WILLIAM HAWKINS BOB CRAM PETE LYSAKER WILLIAM BLAKE KEN GASPAR TED HATLEN RICK SMITH RICHARD MCCONN BURKE KIGER BOB THERIAULT GENE HEBL GERRY HAMM STEVE SUNDBY JAMES WOLFF KEN RIESBERG DR LYNN MARR MIKE MALONEY ROBERT DAHM JOHN BARTLEY VERN STEINMETZ DUANE HALVORSON JAMES CHRISTENSEN JIM BAKKEN RUSSELL JOHNSON CURTIS LIUDAHL PAT CHRISTENSEN

R1 Total 72 72 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 77 77 77 77 78 78 78 78 79 79 79 79 79 79 80 80 80 80 81 81 81 81 81 81 83 83 83 83 83 83 85 85 85 85 86 86 86 86 87 87 87 87 88 88 88 88 89 89 90 90 90 90 92 92 93 93 98 98 100 100

NUMBE RE D FLIGHTS # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

Id F-135 F-001 F-139 F-050 F-103 F-137 F-102 F-128 F-117 F-133 F-041 F-115 F-028 F-124 F-141 F-086 F-098 F-068 F-125 F-112 F-031 F-148 F-146 F-066 F-094 F-080 F-130 F-109 F-144 F-046 F-159 F-087

Player HUNTER CLARK PETER SOLIEN MARCO SMITH MITCHELL BISS DARIN NELSON JORDAN ROSTAD JASON KARCH CHRIS SIVERSON STEVE GERMUNDSON CHASE WIEDMANN STEVE VOLLMER JOEL MITCHELL MASON OPHEIM TODD THOMPSON JUSTIN HORNE MARK MALINGEN JACK OLSON NICK NUSTAD CHRIS LARSON NATE BORMANN JOHN ELLIOTT CRAIG GAFFNEY CORY GOMPF SEAN KRUSCHKE JUSTIN STAEHR BOB LEWIS BLAKE JACOBUS JAYDEN GIMBEL TAYLOR FISKE CRAIG JOHNSON MICHAEL TOOL BRIAN ZERFACE

R1 Total 74 74 74 74 74 74 75 75 75 75 76 76 77 77 78 78 78 78 79 79 79 79 79 79 79 79 79 79 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 81 81 81 81 81 81 81 81 81 81 81 81 81 81 81 81 82 82 82 82 82 82

33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77

F-113 F-152 F-145 F-082 F-126 F-088 F-045 F-067 F-129 F-160 F-084 F-119 F-158 F-151 F-114 F-042 F-108 F-122 F-118 F-157 F-016 F-116 F-149 F-047 F-140 F-142 F-143 F-110 F-013 F-131 F-147 F-009 F-040 F-078 F-136 F-153 F-121 F-120 F-150 F-138 F-057 F-134 F-061 F-127 F-079

TREVOR JUSTESEN 82 DEREK AMBROSIE 82 TODD QUIRK 83 CARTER CZICHOTZKI 83 ROSS MICKELSON 83 TUCKER LEHR 83 JOHANN LANDMAN 83 JAEDEN PEDERSON 83 JACK MAGNESS 83 JOSH BALDOCK 84 JIM LYKKE 84 SCOTT TIETGE 84 BYRON VANGERPEN 84 DOUGLAS MILLER 85 TERRY JUSTESEN 85 MICK SAUL 85 RILEY HOLWEGNER 85 TYLER ATKINSON 86 BRIAN CLARK 86 STEVE DUENSING 86 NICHOLAS HOOPER 86 EVAN BLANCHARD 86 BRIAN GRAMER 87 BARTON CAHILL 87 DUSTIN MILLER 88 DOMINIC HORNE 88 BILL MALONEY 88 ROGER CAMPBELL 89 GARRETT GUNDERSON 89 MICAH ARNOLD 90 BILL BURGESS 90 JEFF OHE 90 RON RISHEL 90 MARK DEILKE 91 MARCUS DALE 91 LEE SCOTT 92 DENNIS ERDLE 92 JOE WAMBHEIM 93 ERNEST MOLLUNA 94 CHRIS SHOTLEY 94 PETER PALMISANO 98 SAMUEL WHITEHEAD 99 MICHAEL BOLOGNA 99 TREVER FEY 100 MIKE FORTIN 104

F U N FA C T S ABOUT GOLF FIRST 18-HOLE COURSE WAS ON A SHEEP FARM America’s first 18-hole golf course constructed on a sheep farm in Downer’s Grove, Illinois in 1892. Businessman and golf lover Charles Blair McDonald moved to this quaint town and began constructing the course with his colleagues. The Downer’s Grove Golf Course is still intact after all of these years, although its since been downsized to 9 holes.

DEVELOPMENT OF NEW GOLF COURSES IS BANNED IN CHINA China’s government placed a ban on all new golf courses several years ago. However, this hasn’t stopped cities and local communities from building them. To get around the ban, developers conveniently avoid mentioning the fact that they are building a golf course in the proposed plans.

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➤ CHAMPIONSHIP from page 2 Welle took advantage of the winds which played to his style of game and while it had an effect on some players, the defending champ found it to his liking.

“I felt like it was a pretty good wind for this course,” he said. “On five, it helps you to shape it around the dog leg and it helps with my draw.”

Welle has an interesting first round matchup against former champion (2010) Todd Hillier in a battle of Pine to Palm title holders.

Hillier won an eight-man playoff for the final position in the championship field with an eagle on the No. 1 hole.

Welle is prepared and ready to defend his title.

“It’s all about winning or I wouldn’t be here,” he said.

“I’m as competitive as anybody here.”

Fergus Falls’ Chris Swenson, a 2015 Otter graduate, was next on the leaderboard with 69-70 for a 139 for a fourth place tie with former champions Connor Holland (2011) and Rick Kuhn (1991, 2005).

“Today I was all over the place, but managed to shoot 70,” Swenson said. “Today was a lot tougher than yesterday.

The wind helped in spots.”

Swenson played with Fargo’s Greg Melhus, another former champion (2003) and Golden Gopher Justin Doeden. All three players carded second day scores of 70.

From holes 11 through 13, the group showed the consistent pairing with similar shots on each hole and similar results. Both Swenson and Melhus stared down near misses for birdies on No. 13.

Swenson and Holland tied for fourth place with scores of 139. Melhus was a stroke back with matching 70’s for a 140.

Jason Huntington rounded out the foursome cracking the top 20 with a 70-73 143.

Matt Rachey, another Gopher junior, opened play three shots back of Meyer with a 69 and shot 71 Wednesday to finish in a four-way tie for seventh place.

Rachey showcased his accuracy on hole No. 10 with a drive belted down the middle and an approach shot that stuck into the green for a fivefoot birdie.

“I didn’t hit the ball great but got the ball in the hole and got into match play,” Rachey said.

Rachey was the runner-up to Welle in 2014.

“I have a lot of confidence coming in from last year and even though I didn’t win, it’s still a great week and comfortable out here,” Rachey said.

Rachey played with Connor Holland a lefty from North Dakota State University. Holland just missed a matching birdie from the front of the green with perfect speed on No. 10. The ball slipped just right of the hole.

The other pair in the foursome Brandon Sletmoen and Riley Johnson both finished in the top 20 and were part of an entertaining group to watch.

Detroit Lakes’ Ben Mallow made a top 20 finish shooting 143. Fellow Laker Kate Smith missed the playoff and cut by one stroke carding a 150.

Seven former champs are in the field of 64, nine total remain in the tournament.

Pine to Palm results

Championship – Qualifying scores Top 20 individuals: * Ben Welle 65-65 130 1. Grady Meyer 66-69 135 2. Benjamin Skogen 67-70 137 2. Alexander Kline 67-70 137 4. Chris Swenson 69-70 139 4. Connor Holland 69-70 139 4. Rick Kuhn 67-72 139 7. Greg Melhus 70-70 140 7. Justin Doeden 70-70 140 7. Matt Rachey 69-71 140 7. Pat Deitz 71-69 140 11. Brandon Sletmoen 68-73 141 11. Jim Foss 67-74 141 11. Nick Evin 72-69 141 14. Jacob Dehne 74-68 142 14. Jacques Wilson 73-69 142 14. David Elliott 70-72 142 14. Beau Hanson 68-74 142 18. Lucas Johnson 73-70 143 18. Jason Huntington 70-73 143 18. Riley Johnson 69-74 143 18. Noah Lawson 72-71 143 18. Ben Mallow 68-75 143

Matt Rachey (right), the 2014 Pine to Palm runner-up, rolls in a birdie putt on the par four 10th green.

Defending Pine to Palm champion Ben Welle, (below), chips up to the 6th green

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CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD

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Mid-Am

Uithoven picks up his second medalist crown

BY ROBERT WILLIAMS

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The 2012 Senior medalist and champion Scott Uithoven of Belden, Miss., returned to the top of the leaderboard shooting a two-under 140 to take medalist honors by four strokes over Jay Peterson, of Lake Park, after two rounds of qualifying in the Mid-Am Division of the 83rd Pine to Palm.

Uithoven’s opening round was highlighted by birdies at holes six, 10 and 13 for the low round in the 28man division between the two days of play.

Uithoven was also the only player in the Mid-Am field to record a score under par.

Peterson shot his best round during his first 18 holes carding a 71 to go with a day two score of 73 for second place score of two-over 144.

Perham’s Bob Cavanagh, a 2014 semifinalist and the Pine to Palm runner-up from 1988 placed third rebounding from an opening round 78 which included a pair of par five double bogeys, with a one-under score of 70 on day two of play.

Defending champion Kent Spriggs will enjoy his opening round match play bye. Uithoven will square off

with Aaron Burnside of Detroit Lakes in the opening round.

Peterson will play Miles Schacher of Hawley and Cavanagh will play Fargo’s Brady Opheim.

Mid-Am opening match play matches will tee off Thursday morning.

Pine to Palm results

Mid-Am Division – Qualifying scores

Top 20 individuals: * Kent Spriggs 1. Scott Uithoven 69-71 140 2. Jay Peterson 71-73 144 3. Bob Cavanagh 78-70 148 4. Jon Anas 73-77 150 5. Perry Piatz 76-75 151 6. Paul Uithoven 79-73 152 6. Kent Fronk 78-74 152 8. Wade King 78-75 153 9. Jim Mikkelson 73-81 154 10. Dan Perrine 78-77 156 10. Jay Olafson 74-82 156 12. Brady Opheim 79-78 157 12. Miles Schacher 78-79 157 12. Aaron Burnside 78-79 157 12. Jeff Cleveland 78-79 157 16. Thomas Solein 76-83 159 16. Tom Welle 81-78 159 18. Todd Wawers 86-74 160 18. Eric King 80-80 160 18. Rocky Papachek 81-79 160 18. Brian Benson 75-85 160

Super Seniors

DL’s Bradford wins Super Senior medalist honor

BY ROBERT WILLIAMS

rwilliams@dlnewspapers.com

Last year’s Pine to Palm Super Senior division runner-up Don Bradford, of Detroit Lakes, posted a oneover 72 Monday to secure sole possession of medalist honors defeating Chuck Renner, Phoenix, Ariz., and four other golfers three shots back.

Renner, the four-time defending super senior division champion and three-time medalist ignored his exempt status as the defending champion and played to contend for medalist honors again this season.

Renner made the decision for the third straight year having shared the medalist honor last year with Detroit Lakes’ Paul Krueger, both shooting one-over 72’s, like Bradford to win on Monday.

Clint Nelson was the 2012 medalist (69).

Krueger is the only other golfer to win the Super Senior championship doing so in its inaugural year 2010 prior to Renner’s string of four.

The four-pack finishing tied with Renner were Doug Gillam, Doug Gillund, Thomas Wood and Joe Sauer all four-over to finish in a tie for second behind Bradford.

Bradford opened with four consecutive pars on the front nine, before back-to-back bogeys on holes six and seven. A birdie on the par-three eighth scratched a bogey on nine for a two-over 38 on the front.

The back nine provided more

Super Senior Division – Qualfiying scores

Top 20 individuals: 1. Don Bradford 72 2. Chuck Renner 75 2. Doug Gillam 75 2. Doug Gilland 75 2. Thomas Wood 75 2. Joe Sauer 75 7. Bruce Carlisle 77 7. Paul Krueger 77 9. Lance Brown 78 9. Ronald Vincelli 78 11. William Hawkins 79 11. Bob Cram 79 11. Pete Lysaker 79 14. William Blake 80 14. Ken Gaspar 80 16. Ted Hatlen 81 16. Rick Smith 81 16. Richard McConn 81 19. Clint Nelson 82 20. Burke Kiger 83

CHAMPIONSHIP

CHAMPIONSHIP KENT SPRIGGS

DON BRADFORD

JEFF CLEVELAND

TBD

KENT FRONK

PAUL KRUEGER

WADE KING

LANCE BROWN

BOB CAVANAGH

DOUG GILLUND

BRADY OPHEIM

PETE LYSAKER

JON ANAS

THOMAS WOOD

JAY OLAFSON

BOB CRAM

2015 Champion

Pine to Palm results

2015 SUPER SENIOR

2015 MID-AM

SCOTT UITHOVEN

scoring opportunities with a birdie on the par-five 12th hole before shooting par on the remaining six holes for one-under on the back.

Renner had strokes to make up after a four-over 40 on the front.

Renner opened bogey, bogey, double before finding a groove with par the rest of the way out.

Renner finished with an even par 35 on the back with a bogey at the par-four 11th hole negated by a birdie on the 12th.

Super seniors return to the course Thursday morning in match play.

CHUCK RENNER

AARON BURNSIDE

KEN GASPAR

PAUL UITHOVEN

BRUCE CARLISLE

JIM MIKKELSON

RONALD VINCELLI

JAY PETERSON

DOUG GILLAM

MILES SCHACHER

WILLIAM BLAKE

PERRY PIATZ

JOE SAUER

DAN PERRINE

WILLIAM HAWKINS

2015 Champion

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WEE GOLFERS TAKE ON

THE LITTLE MONSTER

Boys Division Wee Tee Tournament. L to R Max Vincelli Jack Seckely, Kru Parker, Phoenix Sather, Cash Sather, Blake McMullen, Ayden Larson, Jett Parker, Brock Burnhans and Champion Drew Simonich. (Not pictured- Breck Gatheridge)

2015 IRONMAN JUNIOR CLASSIC WEE TEE TOURNAMENT Sixteen future Pine to Palmers between the ages of 4 and 7 teed off in the heat of the day on Wednesday for the 13th annual Wee Tee Tournament at Ironman Golf Course. Despite the 90 degree temperatures, the juniors played some great golf with many pars on the scorecards. In the boys division, Drew Simonich of

Moorhead broke 40 and was crowned Champion!

Brock Burnhans , Detroit Lakes, came in second, just 3 strokes back with a 42. In the girls division, Tatum Gatheridge , Detroit Lakes, shot a 53 to claim the title. Morgan Boreen, also of Detroit Lakes, came in second with a 58.

Ice cream was the call

after golf, and we enjoyed having all the parents out supporting the players.

Thanks to my five scorekeepers who moved the players along. I am very fortunate to have had so many fine high school students throughout the years mentoring our junior golfers and making the experience even better for our kids!

GIRLS DIVISION

1st Tatum Gatheridge (7)....53 2nd Morgan Boreen (7).......58 3rd Malia Ramsey (6).........67 4th Lauren Kjonaas (6).......70 5th Tessa Witham (5).........80

BOYS DIVISION

1st Drew Simonich (7)........39 2nd Brock Burnhans (7)......42 3rd Jett Parker (6)..............50 4th Ayden Larson (7)..........51 5th Blake McMullen (7)......53 6th Max Vincelli (5)............56 7th Jack Sekely (6).............57 8th Cash Sather (7)............61 9th Phoenix Sather (7)........62 10th Breck Gatheridge (5)...70 11th Kru Parker (4)............89

Girls Division Wee Tee Tournament. L to R Tessa Witham, Lauren Kjonaas, Malia Ramsey, Morgan Boreen & champion Tatum Gatheridge

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Paskey brings momentum to Laker teammate Ben Mallow

BY ROBERT WILLIAMS rwilliams@dlnewspapers.com

Ryan Paskey was on the bag caddying for Ben Mallow Wednesday at the Pine to Palm taking a break from swinging clubs coming off a hectic summer schedule that included two wins, the final being the Birchmont junior championship in Bemidji last week.

The Birchmont is a sister resort tournament with the Pine to Palm and Resorters in Alexandria.

“I’ve always played in a lot of summer tournaments,” said Paskey. “I had three tournaments a week. June was a little bit rough but it finally came around at the end of July.”

Paskey swept four match play matches to win the title.

He opened with a blowout 6&5 win over Crookston’s Charles Eickhof.

“I just wanted to qualify for the championship,” Paskey said.

Eickhof struggled off the tee all day and Paskey took advantage for a quick victory dropping only one hole.”

“That was a huge confidence booster for the rest of the week.”

His second match was far more nerve-wracking against Bemidji’s Matthew Allen.

The pair combined for 11 score changes and Paskey never led more than 1-up leading to a 2-up lead with two holes to play.

Paskey gave one back at 17 to make it interesting before sinking a four-footer to win the quarterfinal match.

He was matched up in the

BRIAN BASHAM

Caddie Ryan Paskey gives Pine to Palm golfer Ben Mallow some putting advice during Mallow’s Wednesday qualifying round. Paskey captured the Birchmont Junior Championship last weekend, while Mallow is looking to win the championship flight at the Pine to Palm this week. semis with defending champion Brady Wright of International Falls.

“That was a bit intimidat-

BI R C HMONT GOL F

Paskey wins Birchmont Junior Championship

RYAN PASKEY of Detroit Lakes toppled Willy Jahner of Dickinson, N.D., 5 and 4 in the Birchmont Junior Championship. Paskey owned a 3-up lead after nine holes and eventually closed the match with a winning birdie on No. 13 and a winning par on No. 14.

ing knowing that he won.”

The match featured momentum shifts for both players with Paskey grabbing it

as the match reached the concluding holes.

“I grabbed it at the end and just put it away.”

The final featured a matchup with Willy Jahner of Dickinson, N.D. “That was probably one of the best rounds of golf I’ve ever played.”

It didn’t start that way.

Paskey got off to a rough start with a triple on the first hole including a lost ball in the rough.

“Throughout the whole week, I had to stay patient. It was tough to start with a triple bogey.”

Paskey shot 3-under the remainder of the round to win 5&4.

The two had played together earlier and were familiar foes.

“I had to take advantage of that and just played lights out.”

Paskey broke through with his first win of the summer taking a Junior PGA title the week prior.

“That gave me a bit of confidence and I just kept rolling.

It was awesome. That Birchmont was the most fun week ever.”

Mallow was the benefactor of that confidence with Paskey on the bag Wednesday.

“Ben struggled a bit off the tee, but it’s not going to bother him the rest of the week. He’s got a good chance as long as he stays calm.”

Mallow shot 68 and 75 to finish in the top 20 and heads to match play showdowns later this week.

“He’s just as good as those other guys out here. If he gets hot, he’s got a great chance.”

F U N FA C T S ABOUT GOLF GOLF WAS PLAYED ON THE MOON Golf is one of the two only sports to be played on the moon. On February 6, 1967 Alan Bartlett “Al” Shepard, Jr. performed a one-handed swing with a six-iron, sending the ball flying through the moon’s low-gravity atmosphere. And in case you were wondering, javelin is the other sport that was reportedly played on the moon.

LONGEST RECORDED DRIVE WAS 515 YARDS English-American pro golfer and kinesiology expert Michael Hoke Austin is credited with making the longest drive. While playing in the U.S. National Seniors Tournament in 1974, Hoke drove the ball a mind-boggling 515 yards. PGA champion Chandler Harper, Hoke’s foursome teammate, said “This is impossible, but there is a ball over here.”

ORIGINALLY, GOLF BALLS WERE MADE OF WOOD Here’s a fun fact: some of the first golf balls were made entirely of hardwood, such as beech and box trees.

These balls appeared during the 14th century and remained in use until the 17th century. Of course, a typical wooden golf ball would only last for a few games before it needed to be replaced.

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Sponsors keep Spotlight going This issue of the Pine to Palm “Spotlight” daily newspaper is made possible by the sponsorship and financial support of long time Pine to Palm enthusiasts Tom Hanson, Owner of Zorbaz Pizza and Mexican Restaurantz and Mike Gunderson owner of Gunderson Real Estate Company.

The long-time business partners also own Hangun Properties, a real estate firm with properties in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Arizona. Gunderson is the managing partner.

Together they forged an alliance with the Detroit Lakes Newspapers that insures the “Spotlight” will

continue to publish daily during the tournament into the foreseeable future.

Their sponsorship insures readers that the daily bracketing and results will be arriving at the clubhouse and other normal drop spots by 8 a.m.

Thursday thru Sunday morning.

Information collected for the publication of the Spotlight will also be posted daily to dl-online.com.

The Spotlight would also not be possible without the efforts of Detroit Lakes Newspapers’ employees, Brian Basham, Sara Leitheiser and Robert Williams, who spend many hours per day on top of their regular jobs to put out the publication.

BRIAN BASHAM

Former Pine to Palm champion Connor Holland of West Fargo watches his drive on the par four 11th hole.

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Seniors

Elton unseats Rubis for Senior medalist

BY ROBERT WILLIAMS

rwilliams@dlnewspapers.com

Moorhead’s Dan Elton was the only golfer under par winning the Senior division with a two-under score of 69 for medalist honors.

David Barge of Fargo, Detroit Lakes’ Michael Seelye and Moorhead’s Rick Johnson tied for second place four strokes back at two-over 73.

Johnson was the 2014 runner-up to Scott Linnerooth, of Bozeman, Montana, who returns to defend his title.

Elton headed to the ninth tee box at even par after a bogey on the parthree third hole and a birdie on the other par-three of the front nine, the eighth. Elton posted a one-over 37 after a bogey at the par-four ninth hole.

He caught fire late on the back nine after a bogey on the par-five 12th hole.

Three consecutive birdies on hole Nos. 13-15, led to a fourth birdie - a two at par-three hole 17 to come in with a three-under 32.

The defending medalist, 2013 champion and 2011 runner-up Tim Rubis carded a 74 to finish in a fourway tie for fifth place with Craig Stein, the 2013 runner-up to Rubis, Keith Aasen, and Marc Redman.

There were 67 competitions in the Seniors division in a field of more than 450 total golfers at this year’s Pine to Palm.

Seniors begin match play Thursday morning.

Linnerooth will open against Michael Conner of Hutchinson.

Redman, from Eagan, takes on Rubis. Seelye plays George Thiesen of Monticello.

Johnson plays Mayville’s Neil Braaten. Elton squares off against Dave Pearson of Cambridge.

Bismarck’s Keith Aasen will face West Fargo’s Rick Samson. Barge will play Jim Strandemo of Savage and Craig Stein of Moorhead plays John Woxland of Mayville in the final match.

Pine to Palm results

Senior Division – Qualifying scores

Top 20 individuals: * Scott Linnerooth 1. Dan Elton 69 2. David Barge 73 2. Michael Seelye 73 2. Rick Johnson73 5. Craig Stein 74 5. Keith Aasen 74 5. Marc Redman 74 5. Tim Rubis 74 9. Rick Samson 75 9. John Woxland 75 11. Neil Braaten 76 11. George Theisen 76 13. Dave Pearson 77 14. Craig Palmer 78 15. Mark Johnson 79 15. Dan Brekke 79 15. Randy Burnside 79 15. TL Solein 79 19. Chuck Wiger 80 19. Jim Brothers 80 19. Mark Ericksen 80 19. Marty Fiala 80

2015 SENIOR

CHAMPIONSHIP SCOTT LINNEROOTH MICHAEL CONNER MARC REDMAN TIM RUBIS MICHAEL SEELYE

GEORGE THEISEN RICK JOHNSON NEIL BRAATEN DAN ELTON DAVE PEARSON KEITH AASEN RICK SAMSON DAVE BARGE JIM STRANDEMO CRAIG STEIN

Jason Huntington chips up to the 4th green during Tuesday’s qualifying round.

JOHN WOXLAND

2015 Champion

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Qualifying shots Photos by Brian Basham

BEAU HANSON of Frazee, left, and Ben Mallow of Detroit Lakes, right, share a laugh on the 5th tee box Wednesday (above). Alex Kline of Ramsey, Minn., chips up to the 7th green during his Wednesday Pine to Palm qualifying round (below)

FORMER PINE TO PALM CHAMPION Greg Melhus hits out of a sandtrap on the 12th hole Wednesday afternoon (above).

Brandon Sletmoen watches his drive on the 11th hole during Wednesday Pine to Palm qualifying (left).

CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT GOLFER Kate Smith, left, and her caddie, Maddie Herzog, right, share a laugh while waiting to tee off on the par five 12th hole during Tuesday’s qualifying rounds (above). Former Pine to Palm champion Rick Kuhn rolls a putt on the 6th green Wednesday afternoon (right).