Resorters 2024 - Aug. 1 by Echo Press

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MEN’S MASTERS

A major shake up

2 upsets, tight matches highlight Men’s Masters

ALEXANDRIA

The Resorters Men’s Masters Championship had two big upsets in the first round of match play Wednesday before weather postponed tournament matches for other divisions in the afternoon.

Paul Peterson, the No. 13 seed, knocked off the No 4 seed, Dale Womeldorf, 4-3, who was a trimedalist in qualifying with a 1-over 72. The two others with a 72 both rolled on – Mark Pokorney and Larry Novotny

The other upset was Peter Ancona, the 12th seed, defeating the fifth seed, Norty Blanchard, 1-up

The eight winners from Wednesday’s matches are scheduled to play on Thursday at times that

are yet to be determined.

Here’s a look back at Wednesday’s matches:

Pokorney def. Siddy, 6-4

Pokorney, a 1980 graduate of St. Thomas, playing in his 11th Resorters, drilled six birdies during Monday’s qualifying round. On Wednesday, he ran into some trouble in the early going against Steve Siddy, but settled down in the back nine to win.

Both golfers bogeyed No 1, and Pokorney’s double-bogey on No 2 gave Siddy the lead. After they bogeyed the next hole, Siddy’s bogey on No. 4 deadlocked the match.

Pokorney’s birdie on No 5 gave him his first lead and swung the momentum his way

Pokorney won Nos. 6 and 7 and put him 3-up. After swapping pars on No 8,

Mark Pokorney watches his tee shot during a Men’s Masters round at the 103rd Resorters Tournament at the Alexandria Golf Club.

Pokorney’s par on No. 9 to take a four-hole lead at the turn.

Pokorney continued his hot streak by shooting three pars and two

birdies on the next five holes Siddy tried to keep up, making four pars in a row, but it didn’t dent

Men's Masters on J20

Inclement weather halts Wednesday round

Play resumes on Thursday at 6:30 a.m.

BY SAM STUVE Alexandria Echo Press

Mother nature made a big impact on Wednesday’s rounds at the 103rd Resorters Tournament at the Alexandria Golf Club

Dangerous, wind, lightning, and thunder caused play to be stopped at 1:25 p.m. on Wednesday, July 31.

Golfers waited at the course in hopes of a break in the weather to resume play, but Mother Nature didn’t cooperate, and play didn’t resume on Wednesday.

One area of the course that was hit hard was behind the 7th green and by the 8th tee box. A tree was knocked.

The Alexandria Golf Club is now focused on having the course ready for play on Thursday.

The Men’s Senior, Men’s Masters, and the Men’s Grand Masters

were the only divisions that completed play on Wednesday The Women’s Championship, Women’s Executive, Junior 13-15, Men’s Regular, and Men’s Championship began play on Wednesday but had to leave the course when the siren sounded.

The Men’s Executive division didn’t get to tee off on Wednesday, and the Junior 10-12 division had a scheduled day off.

Play will resume for all divisions on Thursday at 6:30 a.m. Golfers who began their round on Wednesday will pick up where they left off

Then, groups who didn’t tee off on Wednesday will begin teeing off at 6:40 a.m.

The Junior 10-12 division was scheduled to play on Thursday night, but that round has been postponed to Friday morning. Besides that,

Weather on J4

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MEN’S SENIOR

Top seeds tumble

Men’s senior division produces early fireworks

BY SAM STUVE Alexandria Echo Press

Not many divisions got halfway through their round, let alone finished their round on Wednesday at the Alexandria Golf Club, due to inclement weather in the afternoon.

But one division that did complete play was the Men’s Senior division.

The Men’s Senior division at the 103rd Resorters Tournament was full of surprises on Wednesday as four out of the top-six seeds were knocked off.

This includes the No 1, No. 2, and No. 3 seeds.

Heimsness def. Haugen, 3-1

Eric Heimsness pulled off a big upset early in the day by taking down the No 1 seed Chris Haugen. Heimsness, the No. 16 seed jumped out to a 2-up lead through three holes with pars on holes 2 and 3 (both par 4’s).

Haugen responded by winning holes 4 through 6 to take a 1-up lead. Haugen birdied the fourth hole (par 4) and the sixth hole (par 5).

Heimsness pared the seventh hole to tie the match.

Heimsness won hole 11 with a par, hole 12 with a birdie, and hole 17 with a birdie to win the match 3-up

McLeod def. Peterson, 4-3

No 25 seed Brant McLeod made the turn to the back nine well against the No. 24 seed Corey Peterson on Tuesday. McLeod led 1-up after eight holes but won

holes 9 through 13 to lead 5-up.

Peterson won hole 14, but McLeod’s lead proved to be too big as he defeated Peterson 4-3.

Ystebo def. Johnson, 6-5

Daniel Ystebo is the highest seed remaining in the bracket after a strong 6-5 win over the No. 20 seed Chad Johnson on Tuesday.

Ystebo, who is the No 4 seed, started his round with a birdie on the first hole (a par 4) and went on to win the first four holes. He then won the sixth hole (a par 5) with a birdie. Johnson won the eighth hole with a birdie but Ystebo won the ninth hole with a par.

Ystebo won the 10th hole (par 4) with a birdie and went on to win 6-5.

Schultz def. Ramberg, 3-2

The No. 5 seed Cory Schultz held a slim 1-up lead through 12 holes, but with birdies, he sealed a 3-2 win over the No. 12 seed Chris Ramberg. Schultz birdies the 12th hole (par 3) and the 15th hole (par 4).

Earlier in the match, Schultz won holes 2, 4, 9

and 10.

Ramberg won holes 6, 7, and 11.

Larson def. Freeman, 3-2

The reigning champion, Jon Freeman, led 3-up through four holes against the No. 15 seed Mike Larson on Wednesday morning, but Larson didn’t back down from the daunting challenge of facing the reigning champion.

Larson cut his deficit to just one hole with wins on holes five and six.

After turning to the back nine, Larson took control of the match, winning holes 10 through 14. He birdied the par 4 10th hole and the par 5 12th hole Freeman, the No. 2 seed, won the 15th hole, but Larson went on to win 3-2.

Whitbeck def. Lindberg, 1-up

The match between the No. 10 seed Joe Whitbeck, and the No 7 seed Mark Lindberg went down to the wire as they were tied heading to the 18th hole

With a birdie on the par 4 18th, Whitbeck won

the match 1-up. Whitbeck also birdied the first and second hole. He won holes 12 and 15 earlier in the match.

Lindberg won holes 3, 7, 9 and 16.

Berg def. Howard, 2-1

The No. 19 seed, Steve Berg, held off a bit of a rally by the No. 3 seed Curtis Howard to win 2-1

in Wednesday’s match play round.

Berg led 4-up heading to the back nine, but Howard cut his deficit in half with wins on holes 10 and 11. Berg and Howard traded wins on holes 14 and 15, and Berg held on to win 2-1.

Berg won the first, sixth, and eighth hole with a birdie, and the

second hole with a par. Lehman def. Hjortness, 4-3

The No 22 seed, Jim Lehman, defeated the No. 6 seed, Eric Hjortness, by a 4-3 final on Wednesday morning. The official scorecard is not yet available.

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Eric Heimsness watches his tee shot in a round at the 103rd Resorters Tournament on July 31 at the Alexandria Golf Club.

Heimsness Ystebo

Berg McLeod

Whitbeck Lehman Schultz

Larson

MEN’S GRAND MASTERS

Chelsey stays atop Men’s Grand Masters leaderboard

Robert Chelsey extends his lead on Day 2 of qualifying

BY JAKE SUTHERLIN

Alexandria Echo Press

Robert Chelsey boasted the top scores in both rounds of the Grand Masters qualifiers and led by three strokes after the first day when he posted a 4-over 75. On the second day, he tallied a 7-over 78

(tied with Randy Johnson) and extended his lead to seven strokes, finishing with a grand total of 153 strokes

Dave Harris maintained his second-place spot with an 11-over 82 on the second day and fin-

ished with a total of 160.

Johnson finished third in qualifying with a 162. He was followed by Clayton Pike (166) and Kenneth Riesberg (167) to round out the top five

The match play bracket for this division was yet

to be released at the time of this publication. This division is scheduled to resume play on Thursday. Check out the Echo Press website and the GolfGenius app for the latest Resorters Tournament tee times.

the schedule for Friday remains mostly the same except for some Men’s Masters, Junior 13-15, and Men’s Regular consolation flights being moved up by 10 minutes. These schedules are subject to change, and a new schedule will be posted on Thursday and Friday nights and will be in the Resorters paper. Thursday tee time changes at the Alexandria Golf Club Thursday 1st Tee:

6:40 a.m. - 7:20 a.m., Men’s Championship (5 foursomes left to tee off)

7:30 a.m. - 7:50 a.m., Starters Time

8 a.m. - 8:10 a.m., Men’s Senior 2nd Flight (2 foursomes)

8:20 a.m. - 8:30 a.m., Men’s Senior 1st Flight (2 foursomes)

8:40 a.m. - 8:50 a.m., Men’s Executive 1st Flight (2 foursomes)

9 a.m. - 9:10 a.m., Men’s Masters 1st Flight (2 foursomes)

9:20 a.m. - 9:30 a.m., Men’s Regular 1st Flight (2 foursomes)

9:40 a.m. - 9:50 a.m., Men’s Regular 2nd Flight (2 foursomes)

10 a.m. - 10:10 a.m., Men’s Championship 1st Flight (2 foursomes)

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Flight Cons (2 foursomes)

9 a.m. - 9:10 a.m., Men’s Masters 1st Flight Cons (2 foursomes)

9:20 a.m. - 9:30 a.m., Men’s Regular 1st Flight Cons (2 foursomes)

9:40 a.m. - 9:50 a.m., Men’s Regular 2nd Flight Cons. (2 foursomes)

10 a m - 10:10 a m , Men’s Championship 1st Flight Cons. (2 foursomes)

10:20 a m - 10:30 a m

Men’s Regular 4th Flight Cons. (2 foursomes)

1:35 p m - 1:45 p m , Men’s Masters Championship Cons. (2 foursomes)

1:55 p m - 2:05 p m , Men’s Senior Championship Cons. (2 foursomes)

2:15 p m - 2:25 p m , Women’s Executive Championship Cons. (2 foursomes) 2:35 p m - 3:05 p m , Men’s Executive Consolation (4 foursomes)

3:15 p m - 3:45 p m , Men’s Championship Consolation (4 foursomes)

10:20 a.m. - 10:30 a.m., Men’s Regular 4th Flight (2 foursomes)

1:35 p.m. - 1:45 p.m., Men’s Masters Championship (2 foursomes)

1:55 p.m. - 2:05 p.m., Men’s Senior Championship (2 foursomes)

2:15 p.m. - 2:25 p.m., Women’s Executive Championship (2 foursomes)

2:35 p.m. - 3:05 p.m., Men’s Executive Championship (4 foursomes) 3:15 p.m - 3:45 p.m.,

Men’s Championship (4 foursomes)

3:55 p.m. - 4:05 p.m., Starter Time Thursday 10th Tee: 6:40 a.m. - 7:50 a.m., Men’s Executive Championship (8 foursomes)

8 a.m. - 8:10 a.m., Men’s Senior 2nd Flight Cons (2 foursomes)

8:20 a.m. - 8:30 a.m., Men’s Senior 1st Flight Cons. (2 foursomes) 8:40 a.m. - 8:50 a.m., Men’s Executive 1st

3:55 p m - 4:05 p m , Men’s Grand Masters Championship (2 foursomes) Friday Junior 10-12 Rounds postponed from Thursday: 10th Tee8:50 a.m. - 9 a.m. Consolation (2 foursomes) 9:10 a m - 9:20 a m Championship (2 foursomes)

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MENS GRAND MASTERS QUALIFYING RESULTS - 1 Robert Chelsey - 153 (75, 78); 2 Dave Harris - 160 (78, 82); 3 Randy Johnson - 162 (84, 78);

Clayton Pike - 166 (80, 86);

Kenneth Riesberg - 167 (83, 84);

Tom Schoenrock - 169 (82, 87); T-7 Gary Ekdahl - 171 (86, 85); Chris Christensen - 171 (83, 88); T-9 Skip Madsen - 173 (86, 87); Michael Golden - 173 (86, 87); 11 George Mikesh - 183 (92, 91); 12 Alan Grundei - 185 (91, 94); WD - John Zoutendyk, Gary Obe e

Chelsey Johnson Ekdahl

Harris

Schoenrock Christensen

Madsen

Mikesh Golden Grundei

Pike Riesberg

MEN’S REGULAR

Sherlin shows out with seven birdies in 15 holes

Five matches yet to conclude in Men’s Regular division

BY JAKE SUTHERLIN Alexandria Echo Press

ALEXANDRIA — Only three of the eight matches in the Men’s Regular 1st flight finished before the weather delay In the three finishes, Drew Swedberg (No 14 seed) and Carson Boe (No. 12 seed) pulled off big upsets, but Josh Sherlin (No. 7 seed) stole the show with a 7-birdie performance that was well deserving of a spot in the quarterfinals.

Gugisberg 1-up through 16 against Larson No. 16 seed Zachary

Gugisberg is positioned to hold off a late comeback by No 1 seed Riley Larson in the pair’s match play after Gugisberg took advantage of a string of bogeys from Larson to build up a 4-hole lead after 10 holes.

Larson cut the lead to one with pars on holes 11, 12 and 13 and has two holes left to work with to avoid the upset.

Both participants ended the day with one birdie each.

Banyai 2-up through 16 against Hoops

After matching his opponent through the first four holes of their

match, No 8 seed Kendall Banyai found himself at a 2-hole deficit in his match against No. 9 seed Chase Hoops after Hoops birdied holes 5 and 6, but Banyai won the next four holes (1 birdie) to take the lead.

Hoops steadied the ship slightly with a birdie to win hole 11 but fell two holes behind again after a bogey on hole 13.

Hoops ended the day with four birdies; Banyai finished with two Moen and Imdieke tied through 16 No. 4 seed Carson Charlie Moen carded three birdies in an

Aaron Nack attempts a putt during match play on July 31.

up-and-down match against No. 13 seed Drew Imdieke Moen built up an early 2-hole lead after

3 holes but bogeyed four of his next six and fell behind by two holes.

A pair of late birdies by Moen on holes 14 and 16 tied the match, and the

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Men's RegulaR on J20

WOMEN’S EXECUTIVE

Partial results reported in Women’s Executive

ALEXANDRIA – Here are the partial results of matches in the Resorters Women’s Executive Division before play was suspended Wednesday because of thunderstorms. They will resume play at 6:30 a.m. on Thursday

Sullivan leads Schlaak 4-up through 5 holes

Jodi Sullivan, who is seeking her fourth Resorters title, was ahead of Jill Schlaak, winning the first four holes

Sullivan, originally from Alexandria, is a former MSHSL Class AA High School State State Champion (1984) and twotime Resorters Women’s champion (1985 and 1987) and the 2018 Women’s Executive champ.

She earned the top spot in this year’s division with a round of 2-overpar in qualifying.

Amanda O’Donnell and Baker are tied

Starting from the 10th tee, O’Donnell, the 2022 champion in the division, grabbed the early lead with a par on No 10. Both golfers made par on the next hole before Molly Baker notched her first winning hole, No. 12 with par

O’Donnell took the next hole with par to regain the lead but Baker didn’t budge. She won the 14th hole with a par to even the match.

O’Donnell is the No. 8 seed while Baker is the ninth seed.

Holzemer leads Syverson by one through 4 holes

Lynda Holzemer, the 13th seed, held a slim onehole lead over Nancy Syverson, the fourth seed.

Starting from the 10th tee, Syverson struck first, taking No. 10 with a birdie Holzemer tied the

Al Edenloff / Alexandria Echo Press

Molly Jarrett, a competitor in the Resorters Women’s Executive Championship, tracks a long putt as it rolls to the cup in her match against Betsy Aldrich on Wednesday. She was very happy when it dropped right in.

match in dramatic style –an eagle on No 11. Holzemer birdied the par-5 12th hole to jump into the lead. Both golfers halved No 13 with pars Huser leads Boerboom by one through 4 holes

A birdie on No. 10 gave Geri Huser a quick lead

over Colleen Boerboom. Huser’s par on No 11 put her 2-up.

Boerboom notched her first win of the match with a birdie on No 12. Both golfers made par on No. 13, which preserved Huser’s early one-hole lead.

Huser is the fifth seed

back with a birdie on No. 13 to regain the lead and that’s when play was suspended.

Bull, last year’s champion, is the No. 2 seed in the division. Last year, she edged Betsy Aldrich in 19 holes in the final match.

Faith is the 15th seed. Tessmer-Jones leads Allyn by 1 through 4 holes

while Boerboom is the 12th seed.

Bull leads Faith by one through 4 holes

Starting from No. 10, both Krista Bull and Stacy Faith settled for bogeys. Bull’s birdie on No 11 put her in the lead but Faith rallied to tie the match with a birdie on No 12. Bull came right

Starting from the 10th tee, Tessmer-Jones took the match’s early lead with a bogey win against Andrea Allyn. TessmerJones parred No 11 to go 2-up. Allyn bounced back by matching Tessmer-Jones’ par on No 12 and then won the 13th hole with par to cut Tessmer Jones’ lead to one Tessmer-Jones is the

seventh seed while Allyn is 10th.

Jarrett leads Aldrich by 1 through 3 holes

Molly Jarrett, the 14 seed, is ahead by one over last year’s runner-up, Aldrich, the No. 3 seed. They both made par in the first two holes before Jarrett won No 12 with a birdie.

Beckendorf leads Kammann by 1 through 3 holes

Beginning at the No 10 tee, Jessica Kammann’s par gave her the first hole in her match against Heidi Beckendorf Beckendorf tied the match with a par on No 11 and took the lead with a bogey on No. 12. Beckendorf is seeded 11th in the division, while Kammann is the sixth seed.

Sullivan Aldrich Jarrett O’Donnell

Huser

Schlaak

Kammann

Holzemer

Boerboom

Bull TessmerJones Faith Allyn Baker

Beckendorf

Syverson

BY JAKE SUTHERLIN Alexandria Echo Press

ALEXANDRIA — Only one of the four quarterfinal matches in the Junior 13-15 division reported a score before Wednesday’s weather shut down play.

Top-seed Bronx Esterline and No. 8 seed Drew Schiena are tied after one

Play for all four matches will resume Thursday morning at 6:30 a.m. THURSDAY QUARTERFINAL MATCH

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Al Edenloff / Alexandria Echo Press

Al Edenloff / Alexandria Echo Press Jill Schlaak follows her drive on No. 12 in her match against Jodi Sullivan Wednesday in the Resorters Women’s Executive Championship.

WOMEN’S CHAMP

Match play underway

Amanda Woodhull hits a tee shot during the Women’s Championship division match play on July 31.

Sam Stuve / Alexandria Echo Press

Early results for Women’s Championship

ALEXANDRIA – Bad weather put an abrupt end to the Resorters

Women’s Championship opening round of match play Wednesday afternoon. Play will resume at 6:30 a.m.

Golfers were only able to get in two, three, or four holes before severe weather struck.

Here’s a look at the early results before Mother Nature

intervened: Medalist Hannah Boraas is 3-up through four holes against Caroline Monty.

McKenzee Sullivan is tied with Lauren Klick through four holes

Norah Roberts is 3-up through four holes against MacKenzie Olsen.

Jenna Westerham is 1-up through four holes against Madison Herzog. Defending champion Madi Hicks is tied with MacKayla Olsen through three holes.

Amanda Woodhull is 2-up through three holes against Cora Larson.

Catherine Monty is tied with Anaka Lysne through two holes Avery O’Donnell is

1-up through two holes against Samantha Sommers

Catherine Monty Lysne

Boraas Caroline Monty Sommers

Herzog Westerham Hicks Mackayla Olsen Larson Woodhull Sullivan Klick

O’Donnell

MacKenzie Olsen Roberts

Two pairings

hole before delay

BY JAKE SUTHERLIN Alexandria Echo Press

ALEXANDRIA — Only two of 16 pairing managed to finish their first hole of match play in the Men’s Championship division before Wednesday’s weather delay.

Top-seed Noah Holtzman trails No 32 seed James Mendel after one hole, and No. 16 seed Nick Jarrett has an early 1-hole lead over No 17 seed Jack Holtz. They will resume play at 6:30 a.m. on Thursday. Play resumes at 6:40 a.m The seven men’s championship foursomes after them tee off at 6:40 a.m. THURSDAY MATCH PLAY

ShinelikeaChampionShinelikeaChampion

Farley O’Hara

Mendel

Tukey

Lindberg

Seeling Sladek

Johnson

Gish

La. Hamak

Stensrud

Weller

Esterline

Thrune

Adams Lehman

Deziel

Adkins

Ryan Harris

Walsh Baker Bigger

Renner

Holtz

Lo. Hamak

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Medalist Bryant Black sizzles

3 former champs in the hunt

BY AL EDENLOFF Alexandria Echo Press

Editor’s note: This is the same Men’s Executive story that ran in the Wednesday issue of the Resorters paper The Men’s Executive division’s round on Wednesday was postponed due to inclement weather The Men’s Executive division tees off from 6:40 to 7:50 a.m. in foursomes.

Bryant Black of Alexandria is riding high in

In Saturday’s Swedberg Wood Products Pro-Am, Black tied for having the best amateur round (1-under par).

On Monday, his qualifying round in the Men’s Executive Division matched the weather – hot.

He blistered the Alexandria Golf Club course with a round of 34-34-68 to clinch medalist honors with a 3-under-par performance (par is 71 at this year’s Resorters because No. 11 is being worked on and was shortened from a par-4 to a par-3). Last year’s medalist was Andr Ol ho

Black

Schomer

Bisson Gease

Rentz

Pokorney Woodhull

Salzer

Saice Kvasager

gaard

Beste

Seltz

Sieve

Chapin

Crosby

Conder

O’Donnell

Sauer

Olson

Hoops

Johnson

Wessel

Top Junior 10-12 seeds aim to stay hot

Field looks to pull off some upsets

BY SAM STUVE Alexandria Echo Press

In Sunday’s qualifying round at the 103rd Resorters Tournament at the Alexandria Golf Club, Brady Boe and Odin Sherlin stood atop the

leaderboard with rounds of 4-over par.

Boe and Sherlin earned strong 4-3 wins in Monday’s first round of match play to advance to the quarterfinals.

And now, in the quarterfinals, top-seeded Boe and second-seeded Sherlin aim to hold off upsetminded George Buttweiler and Henry Whiting.

Buttweiler and Whiting earned 1-up wins over Drew Hacker and Jameson Bull, respectively, to get into the quarterfinals

Buttweiler is the No. 7 seed, and Whiting is the No 8 seed.

Boe and Whiting tee off from the 10th tee alongside the No. 4 seed Cole Winkels and the No 5 seed Brody Martinson.

Winkels earned a 3-2 win to get to the quarterfinals, and Martinson earned a 3-1 to get to the quarterfinals

Sherlin and Buttweiler face off alongside the match between the No 3 seed Mac Zauhar and No. 6 seed Graham Berg. Zauhar and Berg both won 2-1 on Monday to get to the quarterfinals.

Boe Winkels Zauhar

Whiting

Buttweiler Berg Martinson

Sherlin

5-under par

Black began his medalist round with three pars, had a rare miscue on No. 4, and settled for a bogey He parred No. 5 and got to even-par with a birdie on No 6.

From there, he stepped up his game, knocking down a par on the No. 7 Minnesota Green and followed that up with three straight birdies to go 3-under par.

Black made par on No 11 and sank another birdie, his fifth of the day, on the par-five No 12 to go 4-under. On No. 13, he ran into bogey trouble, but it was his last flub of the round. He made par on the next five holes for a 68 round – one stroke ahead of Matt Norgaard’s 69.

Other golfers who shot par or better in the Men’s Executive Division were Shay Conder with 70, followed by a trio of golfers

with 71 – Daryl Schomer of St. Cloud, Troy Johnson of Maple Grove, and Joe Sauer of St. Cloud. All those golfers are very familiar names in the division. Johnson won the division five times in a row, from 20182022. Schomer also has taken home the trophy five times (2012, 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017).

Sauer qualified for the division last year and was seeded sixth. He breezed through his first match, 6-5, but lost to the 22nd seed, Cory Schultz, 1-up. Sauer made it to the final four in 2022.

Don’t forget about Dave Christensen of Elk River. As the defending Men’s Executive champion, he automatically received the No 2 seed. Last year, Christensen made a triumphant return to the Resorters – the last time he competed in it was 1998 – and defeated Schomer 2-1 in the final.

Other notables who

made the cut with qualifying rounds of 80 or better include two former runners-up in the division, Dan Johnson (2019) and Chad Hacker (2022). Johnson shot a qualifying round of 72 while Hacker carded a 78.

Three golfers tied with rounds of 80, which forced a playoff to determine the final two spots Chad Saice and Jonathan Rentz made the championship bracket, while Paul Martinson will be playing in the flights

The 80-cut mark was the same as the 2023 Resorters.

SUNDAY’S QUALIFYING RESULTS — 1

Bryant B ack, 68; 2 Dave Christensen - (automat c, defend ng champ); 3 Matt Norgaard, 69; 4 Shay Conder, 70; 5 Daryl Schomer, 71; 6 Troy Johnson, 71; 7 Joe Sauer, 71; 8 Dan Johnson, 72; 9 Todd Gease, 73; 10 Bryan Hoops, 74; 11 Pat Beste, 74; 12 Alex Woodhul , 75; 13 Kerry O’Donne l, 75; 14 Andrew Olson, 75; 15 David Kvasager, 76; 16 Chad Bisson, 76; 17 Tony Bagneschi, 76; 18 Patrick Sieve, 77; 19 George Kadlec, 78; 20 Toby We bye, 78; 21 Andrew Johnson, 78; 22 Craig Crosby, 78; 23 Chad Hacker, 78; 24 Joe Seltz, 79; 25 Br an Salzer, 79; 26 Chris Wessel, 79; 27 Mike Rose, 79; 28 Sam Pokorney, 79; 29 Jake Wome dorf, 79; 30 Jack Chapin, 79; 31 Chad Saice, 80; 32 Jonathan Rentz, 80

Jake Sutherlin / Alexandria Echo Press A.J.Kluver lines up a putt during Men’s Regular match play on July 31, 2024.

Watching drives

Photos by Jake Sutherlin / Alexandria Echo Press

Left: Brant McLeod watches his tee shot during Men’s Senior match play on July 31, 2024 Right: Chad Johnson watches a tee shot during Men’s Senior match play on July 31, 2024

Resorters Women’s Executive Championship competitor Betsy Aldrich chips on the green in her match against Molly Jarrett Wednesday

Al Edenloff / Alexandria Echo Press Jenna Westerham chips during the Women’s Championship division match play on July 31.

Sam Stuve / Alexandria Echo Press

MEN’S MASTERS

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Pokorney’s lead. Siddy’s double-bogey on No 14 ended the match and gave Pokorney a 6-4 victory

Mike Herzog def. Lee, 2-1

It took Mike Herzog, the No 9 seed, 17 holes to defeat the No. 8 seed, Vern Lee

It was a close contest from the get-go.

Hezog won three holes on the front – a birdie on No 1, a par on No 5, and a par on No. 9. Lee won two holes – a par on No 3 and a par on No. 8.

Both golfers halved Nos 10 and 11 with par and Herzog’s birdie on the par-5 12th put him 2-up Lee’s bogey on the next hole was costly, handing Herzog a three-hole advantage Lee drew to within two by making a birdie on No 14 only to drop the next hole with a bogey. Lee made it interesting with a clutch birdie on No. 16 to draw within two again, but both golfers could only bogey No. 17, which gave Herzog a 2-1 win

Peterson def. Womeldorf, 4-3

Womeldorf couldn’t find a rhythm against Peterson. He parred the first hole, double-bogeyed No 2, and bogeyed the next five holes

Peterson, meanwhile, matched Womeldorf’s par on No. 1 and was able to win Nos. 2, 4, 6 and 7 to go 4-up Womeldorf finally got a win with a par on No 8 but he trailed by three at the turn.

Peterson’s bogey on No 10 dropped his lead to two. They halved the next three holes, going par, birdie, par, before Peterson broke through with a birdie on No. 14 to go 3-up. Peterson iced a 4-3 win with a par on No. 15.

Ancona def. Blanchard, 1-up

To give an idea about how close this match was, even an eagle wasn’t a sure thing. Both Ancona and Blanchard carded 3s on the par-5 12th hole.

After halving pars on the first two holes,

Blanchard took the first lead with a par on No 3

Ancona answered with a par win on No 5 only to lose the next hole to Blanchard’s birdie Both golfers settled for bogeys on No 7 and 8 and Blanchard’s par on No. 9 put him 2-up at the turn Blanchard’s bogey on No. 10 cut his lead to one. They halved the next five holes with bogey, eagle, double-bogey, par and par Ancona took advantage of Blanchard’s bogey on No. 16 with a par to square the match Then, on No 17, Ancona took his first lead with a par and then matched Blanchard’s par on the final hole to preserve a 1-up victory

Empanager def. Engstrom, 4-3

Empanger, the 2023 champion who is seeking his 11th Resorters title, trailed only once against Brian Engstrom. It happened on the first hole when Empanger bogeyed

Engstrom’s doublebogey on the next hole evened the match. After swapping pars, bogeys and pars on Nos. 3, 4 and 5, Empanger took the lead with a par on No. 6. His par on No 8 put him 2-up, a lead that he held at the turn

Engstromran into more bogeys on the back nine –Nos 10 and 11, and a double-bogey on No. 12. Empanger calmly made par on all three of those holes to go 5-up Engstrom stopped the bleeding with a par win on No 13, but that was his final hurrah. They halved the next two holes to preserve a 4-3 win for Empanger.

Vanyo def. Ward, 2-up

In a match filled with momentum swings, Rick Vanyo outlasted Jackson Ward

Vanyo took the early lead with a birdie on No 1, but Ward erased that with a par win on the next hole and jumped into the lead

with a bogey win on No. 3. Vanyo tied the match with a par on No. 4 and matched Ward’s bogey on No. 5 and his par on No. 6. The 7th hole went to Vanyo, who made par. The two golfers halved the next two holes to give Vanyo a one-hole lead at the turn

Ward’s birdie on No. 10 tied the match Both golfers shot nothing but par on the next three holes It was still anyone’s match. Vanyo took the lead for the third time with a birdie on No. 14 and added a par win on the next hole to go 2-up.

It wasn’t over yet, however. Ward won the 16th hole with a par and trailed by just one with two holes to play Vanyo made a clutch birdie on the par-3 17th hole to go 2-up and matched Ward’s par on No. 18 to take a hardfought win

Novotny def. Sauer, 5-3

Novotny never fell behind against Ray Sauer He birdied the first hole and held that lead until adding another birdie win on No. 4 to go 2-up. Novotny took No 6 with par to pad his lead to three.

Sauer won his first hole

of the match with a birdie on No 8 to draw within two. They halved No. 9 with pars and Novotny notched two more wins, a par on No. 10 and a birdie on No 11 to go 4-up

Sauer birdied the 12th hole to pull within three but Novotny didn’t back down He matched Sauer’s par on No. 13, won No. 14 with a birdie, and closed the match out with a par win on No. 15.

Steve Herzog def. Kluver, 5-3

These two have tangled numerous times at the Resorters and this time, Steve Herzog came out on top against A J Kluver Herzog won the first two holes with pars but Kluver answered with a par win on No. 3 to draw within one Kluver’s double-bogey on No. 5 cost him the hole and he trailed by two Kluver stormed back with birdies on No 6 and 7 to tie the match but another double-bogey on No 9 gave Herzog a 1-up lead at the turn

Bogeys continued to haunt Kluver on the back nine He lost holes No 11, 12, 14 and 15 and he couldn’t cut into Herzog’s lead. Herzog was the 5-3 winner

pair will have it all to play for on Thursday morning

Boe def. Scholl, 3-2

Aided by his four birdies, No. 12 seed Carson Boe upset No 5 seed Blake Scholl. Boe opened the match with a birdie on hole 1 to take the lead and took advantage of Scholl’s bogey on hole 3 to take an early 2-hole lead. Boe added another birdie on hole 6 to extend the lead to three

Scholl’s birdie on hole 7 cut the lead back to two, but the deficit was extended back to 3 when he bogeyed hole 9 Scholl won two holes on the back nine with his second and third

birdies of the match, but Boe matched him with a win on hole 13 (par) and a birdie on hole 15. Triebenbach 2-up through 15 against Herzog

An opening hole 10 birdie set No. 15 seed Chase Triebenbach off on the

right foot in his match against No. 2 seed Michael Herzog, and he extended the lead with a par two holes later

The pair split holes 15 and 16, and Herzog pulled a win back with a par on hole 17, but Triebenbach reestablished a 2-hole lead

with a birdie on hole 2 and will look to hold onto his lead through the final three holes to pull off the upset.

Sherlin def. Dierks, 5-3

No 7 seed Josh Sherlin opened his match play against No. 10 seed Peter Dierks with a double bogey on hole 10, which lost him the hole, but that was the only time Sherlin trailed in the match as he leveled the tie with a birdie on the next hole and took the lead with a win

on hole 13 (par).

Dierks tied the match with a birdie on hole 15, but Sherlin picked up five wins with five birdies in the pair’s last nine holes to advance to the next round Sherlin ended the day with seven birdies; Dierks recorded two.

Swedberg def. Johnson, 6-5

No 14 seed Drew Swedberg built up a 5-hole lead after six holes in his match against No. 3 seed Aidan Johnson with consistent stroke play that

beat a string of early bogeys from Johnson Johnson pulled one win back with a birdie on hole 18, but Swedberg birdied hole 1 to negate it and picked up a 6-hole lead with a par on hole 2 that helped cement the win Keimig 3-up through 15 against Nack

After opening match play with a birdie on hole 10, No. 6 seed Chase Keimig has yet to relinquish the lead at any point in the match against No. 11 seed Aaron Nack Keimig finished the day with two birdies and won four holes with par putts. Nack won two holesone with a par (hole 17) and the other with a birdie (hole 4) and finished play with two birdies.

Pokorney Peterson M. Herzog

S. Herzog

Ancona Empanger

Larson Banyai Herzog Gugisberg Boe Triebenbach

Sherlin Keimig Swedberg Nack

Hoops Moen

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Left: Charlie Moen hits a shot during the Men’s Regular match play on July 31, 2024. Middle: Chase Hoops during

Right: Kendell Banyai during the Men’s Regular match play on July 31, 2024.

Drew Imdieke watches his drive during the Men’s Regular match play on July 31, 2024.

Blake Scholl hits his tee shot during the Men’s Regular match play on July 31, 2024.

Carson Boe watches his tee shot during the Men’s Regular match play on July 31, 2024.

Josh Sherlin picks up the ball with his putter

Photos by Jake Sutherlin / Alexandria Echo Press Aaron Nack putts during Men’s Regular match play on July 31, 2024.

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Avery O’Donnell tees off during the Women’s Championship division match play on July 31.

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Catherine Monty putts during the Women’s Championship division match play on July 31.

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Cora Larson chips during the Women’s Championship division match play on July 31.

Sam Stuve / Alexandria Echo Press Lauren Klick during the Women’s Championship division match play on July 31.

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Jodi Sullivan who is originally from Alexandria, tees off on No. 12 during her match against Jill Schlaak in the Resorters Women’s Executive Championship Wednesday.