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VOL. 85, NO. 5 MEN’S CHAMPS
A THRILLER TO FINISH THE DAY Jones storms back to win in 21 holes as semifinals are set By Eric Morken emorken@echopress.com
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he final four is set in the Men’s Championship at the 2022 Resorters, and the path to get there from the quarterfinals was not easy for the golfers left standing. One match went to 21 holes. Zak Jones won that one in a thriller that required him to take 17 and 18 to force a playoff. Two others came down to the 17th. Nick Jarrett out of Rochester was the most dominant on the day as he won a 4-3 final against North Dakota State University golfer Nate Deziel. In the end, Gavin Cronkhite and Ryan Conn join Jones and Jarrett in the semifinals when they tee off at 6:50 a.m. on Saturday. The winners play in the championship match with the two finalists from the Executive Division starting at 1 p.m. Here is a look at how all of the semi-finalists got to this point.
Jarrett def. Deziel, 4-3
Nate Deziel was fresh off a win over topseeded Nate Adams from Thursday, but he could not carry that momentum into his match with Jarrett. Jarrett was just too good on Friday. He shot a 3-under 33 on the front and then put up three more birdies on the back to finish at 6-under through the 15 holes played. Deziel never did take a hole. Jarrett struck first with a birdie on No. 3, and then added a par win at 4. Both players birdied the par-five sixth hole, but Jarrett’s par at No. 8 helped him build a 3-up advantage at the turn. Deziel was good himself on the back nine, but Jarrett never gave an inch. Deziel birdied holes 11 and 12 only to see Jarrett match him on both. The two players halved holes 9-14 before Jarrett put the finishing touches on the win. It came with a birdie win at 17 to cap off a bogey-free round.
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Zak Jones gets a read on his line on the second hole during his Men’s Championship match in the quarterfinals on Aug. 5, 2022. Jones, out of the University of Texas Arlington, stormed back with back-to-back birdies on Nos. 17 and 18, and eventually won in 21 holes against third-seeded Gunnar Broin on Friday.
Cronkhite def. Johnson, 2-1 Gavin Cronkhite, a junior at NDSU, took down University of Minnesota golfer Lincoln Johnson of Chaska in a 2-1 final. It was a fast start that propelled him to
the win. Cronkhite got birdies on Nos. 1 and 2 that pushed him out to an early 2-up lead. He added par wins at 5 and 7 to take a 4-up advantage that he never relinquished. A birdie win at 11 helped him hold off a Johnson charge down the stretch
to advance to the semifinals.
Conn def. Cox, 2-1
Ryan Conn never folded after a slow start on Friday, and his perseverance paid off with a 2-1 win over Kyle Cox. Cox grabbed control
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early, taking the first hole on No. 3 with a par and then getting birdie wins at Nos. 5 and 8. Cox was 3-under par at that point, but he ran into trouble on 9 with a double bogey. That
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