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MEN’S EXECUTIVE
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Johnson, Mulvahill pulled off another underdog feat. This time it was against the 15th-seed, Sam Pokorney.
Mulvahill took an early lead with birdies on Nos. 3 and 4 and added another birdie win on the 6th hole to go 3-up, a lead he held at the turn.
Mulvahill ran into trouble on the par-5 12th hole and ended up with a double-bogey. He quickly recovered by matching Pokorney’s par on No. 13. Both men had to settle for bogeys on the 14th hole. Mulvahill took No. 15 with a par to go 3-up, but Pokorney refused to give up, winning Nos. 16 with a birdie and 17 with a par to get within one. Mulvahill was able to make par on No. 18 to wrap up a 1-up win.
Johnson def. Norgaard, 6-4
Johnson never trailed against Norgaard. He won four holes on the front with pars on Nos. 2 and 3, a birdie on No. 6, and another par on No. 7, and carried a 4-up lead into the back nine. Things didn’t get any better for Norgaard after the turn. Johnson’s birdie on No. 10 put him 5-up. Norgaard won just one hole, a birdie on No. 12, and the match ended when Johnson won both 13 and 14, going par, birdie to ice the win. Schomer def. Klein, 2-1
Schomer held on to a 1-up lead for most of the front nine. He did it with birdie wins on Nos. 1 and 6, and a par win on
No. 4. Klein, meanwhile, won Nos. 3 and 5 with birdies.
Klein stole the lead with wins on No. 10 and 11 with a par, birdie. Schomer tied it up with a par win on No. 13 and held tough the rest of the way to notch a 2-1 win.
Schultz def. Sauer, 1-up
Schultz drew first blood with a birdie on No. 1 and added a par win on No. 4. Sauer recovered with a par win on the next hole, but Schultz struck back with a par on No. 7 and a birdie on No. 8 to go 3-up. Sauer won the 9th hole and trailed by two at the turn.
Sauer won No. 10 with a par and then came through with a birdie on the 13th hole to tie the match. Schultz drilled a birdie on No. 14 to take a slim lead that held up; they both shot nothing but pars on the next four holes, which gave Schultz the victory.
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Ekdahl def. Harris, 3-2
Harris was unable to take a lead against Ekdahl but he still battled him all the way to the 16th hole.
After halving the first two holes with bogeys, Ekdahl won No. 3 with a par and added another par win on the fifth hole to go 2-up. Both men parred No. 6, and Ekdahl padded his lead with a par win on the No. 7 Minnesota Green.
WOMEN'S EXECUTIVE
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Allyn earned a birdie of her own but advanced by shooting consistent pars, leading by as many as four holes during the round.
Allyn built a 3-up lead after five holes and eventually led by 4-up after 10 holes.
O’Donnell won holes 11, 13, and 14 to cut Allyn’s lead down to 1 hole, but Allyn won the 16th hole and held on to win 2-1.
Bull def. Baker, 20 holes
In a back-and-forth round that saw both golfers notch a birdie and win five holes, the No. 14 seed Krista Bull topped the No. 11 seed Molly Baker in extra holes to cap off a full round of upsets, sending Bull into the semifinals.
Bull began the match with a 2-up lead after two holes. She birdied the 2nd hole. Baker won holes 14 and 15 to take a 1-up lead, but Bull won the 16th hole to tie the match.
Neither golfer held a lead bigger than 2-up at any point of the match.
Krista Bull’s son, Tyler, also earned a clutch victory in the Junior 10-12 division on Thursday as well.
Harris broke through with his first winning hole, No. 8 with a par, and pulled to within one with another par win on No. 9.
Both golfers bogeyed the 10th hole, and then Ekdahl took No. 11 with a par to go 2-up once again. Ekdahl ran into trouble on the par-5 12th and had to settle for a double-bogey, giving Harris an easy par win.
They both bogeyed No. 13, and Ekdahl’s bogey on No. 14 won the hole and put him 1-up. Ekdahl made par on No. 15 to go 3-up and matched Harris’ par on No. 16 to close out the match.