MULVAHILL STUNS THE FIELD

Mulvahill’s upset win means there will be a different Men’s Executive champion for the first time since 2017

By Sam Stuve Alexandria Echo Press

Since 2018, there’s been only one person who has won the Men’s Executive Championship division title at the Resorters Tournament: Troy Johnson.

But this year, there will be a different champion, as Bill Mulvahill of St. Louis Park pulled off the upset of the tournament on Wednesday by knocking off the winner of the last five Men’s Executive titles.

As the 31st seed, Mulvahill took an early lead in the first nine holes to defeat the two-seeded Johnson, 4-3. This now leaves the No. 3 seed Daryl Schomer as the most recent division left in the field with his 2017 title win.

Olson def. Nygaard, 6-5 d. Klein def. syverson, 1-up

Andrew Olson took care of business as the No. 1 seed in the field by defeating the No. 32 seed Troy Nygaard, 6-5.

After winning holes 11 and 13, Olson won holes 16 through 18 and sealed the win by winning hole 4.

With a three-hole deficit with three holes to go, the No. 16 seed Jay Syverson made things interesting with by winning holes 7 and 8 to cut Daniel Klein’s lead to 1-up. Both golfers bogeyed the ninth hole, which gave the 17th seed Klein the 1-up win.

Klein won the first two holes of the match, and while Syverson kept cutting into his lead, Klein responded well and is now on to the next round.

Petersen def. grossman, 3-2

The No. 25 seed Brent Grossman had a 1-up lead over the No. 8 seed Andy Petersen after a birdie on the 11th hole, but Petersen won the 12th hole with an eagle to even the match after three holes.

Petersen went on to win holes 16, 18, and 2 to take a 3-up lead. Grossman won hole 4, but with a win on hole 7, Petersen won the match, 3-2.

Christensen def. stout, 4-2

With three birdies on holes 10 through 12 and a par on hole 13, the No. 9 seed Dave Christensen had a 4-up lead over the No. 24 seed Breton Stout.

Stout responded by winning holes 15 and 17, but Christensen got his lead back up to 4-up with wins on holes 1 and 2.

These two each had a hole win over the next five holes, and the match ended after 16 holes.

Black def. Wessel, 8-7

The No. 4 seed Bryant Black was in a rhythm in his match against the No. 29 seed Chris Wessel. Black won eight holes out of 11

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