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The Fortress was designed by Dick Nugent and opened in 1993. The Fortress plays to 6,813 yards from the tips with a rating of 73.6 and a slope of 138. The course, also offer's two other sets of tees, the middle set at 6,271 yards and the ladies' tees at 4,837 yards. Nugent patterned the course after the Scottish links courses where the game originated. Mounding, matted with fescue grasses, separates most of the winding fairways and will quickly swallow an errant drive, as will the rough, which course officials always keep several inches thick.

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Many of the bent grass greens are incredibly large, averaging 7,500 square feet each, leaving you some challenging putts. Water comes in to play on 10 of the holes. When Nugent finally sprinkled in 69 bunkers, including 39 on the back, he had manufactured one tough test of shot making. Golfweek proclaimed the course one of "America's Best Golf Courses" in 1993. The course's amenities have everything you'd expect from a first-class outfit. The barn-style clubhouse is home to a small restaurant/bar area and a pro shop. Outside, a covered pavilion can handle a large outing. The practice area features a separate chipping and putting green, along with a target-style range. The Fortress, a par-72 championship golf course, offers several great package deals with the nearby Zehnder's Restaurant, which is famous for its family-style dining with an early American theme and some tasty chicken entrees. Frankenmuth is also known for its multitude of specialty shops and just a few miles away, the Birch Run outlet mall offers everything a shopper could be looking for. For more information, please visitâ&#x20AC;Ś www.zehnders.com

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Michigan Junior PGA Tour Calloway JW Qualifier June 17, 2013 ~ Oak Pointe Country Club ~ Brighton Place

Name/Location

Score

Points

Baker Stevenson

100

Nick Park

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Zachary Dowling

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Michigan Publinx Golf Association- 2013 Business Meetings Date

Event

Time

Location

January 10th

Board Meeting

6:30 PM

Pontiac C.C.

March 7th

Board Meeting

7:00 PM

Pontiac C.C.

April 1st

Deadline Team Rosters

April 15th

Deadline For Membership

April 18th

Board Meeting & Members

7:00 PM

Pontiac C.C.

May 8th

Deadline Michigan Medal

June 6th

Board Meeting

7:00 PM

Pontiac C.C.

July 9th

Deadline For SMP

July 11th

Board Meeting

7:00 PM

Pontiac C.C.

September 12th

Board Meeting

7:00 PM

Pontiac C.C.

October 26th

MPGA Annual Meeting

8:30 AM

Pontiac C.C.

October 26th

Board Meeting

9:30 AM

Pontiac C.C.

December 5th

Board Meeting

6:30 AM

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* TRAVERSE CITY * But let’s face it: the universe is full of welldesigned golf courses. A truly world-class golf destination needs to offer something more. Something genuine. It has to be a real place with its own story, its own flavor, its own soul — and it has to offer a golfer something special once he or she leaves the course. That’s what sets Traverse City apart. Situated on beautiful Grand Traverse Bay in Northern Michigan’s wine country, Traverse City has long been treasured for its serenity, its beauty, and its unique mixture of relaxation, adventure and natural splendor, with miles of beautiful beaches and lakeshore vistas. Its restaurants have given it a reputation as one of America’s up and coming “foodie” towns (Bon Appetit magazine has listed it among the top five in the nation.) and its vineyards are producing some of the best wines in the country. The beer is pretty good, too; Draft magazine calls it one of America’s emerging beer towns! Ancient glaciers carved the deep clear lakes and dramatic hills that give golf in Traverse City its breathtaking natural setting, and the finishing touches on its 17 golf courses were added by the likes of Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Jerry Matthews and Tom Weiskopf.

Shoppers are drawn to the city’s tree-shaded and pedestrian-friendly downtown, where a decade of thoughtful restoration and renovation has yielded beautiful results: scores of fascinating boutiques, restaurants, coffee shops and galleries, and lots of places to sit and relax. (Meanwhile, the Grand Traverse Commons, a former mental asylum, offers some shopping and dining adventures of its own, as do the nearby villages of Suttons Bay, Bellaire, Leland and Glen Arbor.) There’s a wide variety in the lodging choices open to golfers, too. You can stay in a fullservice resort right at the edge of the fairway, of course. But you might prefer to stake out a spot on the beach at one of the town’s many waterfront inns, find a quiet hideaway in a hilltop vineyard chateau or rent a secluded cabin in the woods. When that summer sun finally goes down, there’s still plenty to do. Nightlife in Traverse City can be an evening of cool jazz in a downtown restaurant, some cutting-edge rock in a Union Street bistro, or some gaming fun in a local casino. It’s easy to see why this “Golf Coast” of the Midwest has been awarded the #12 spot in Golf Digest’s list of the World’s Top 50 Golf Destinations, and has been called “America’s

Summer Golf Capital” by Golf Magazine. Just last year, it was ranked #7 in the Top 10 Golf Cities in the U.S. Strange but true: Traverse City is a great place to play golf, because there’s so much more to do than just play golf!

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Mid-June brings thoughts of The Masters and as an amateur, one way to get there is to capture a U. S. Public Links title. USAPL qualifiers will soon be in the past as the USGA has decided to retire this championship, making the final championships (2013 and 2014) something special for the winners. Laurel Hill Golf Club in Lorton, Va. is the venue for this year’s championship to be held July 15 through the 20. This year, Cedar Chase hosted the only Michigan qualifier.

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Rules of Golf Quiz - June 1. Mike’s ball lay against an out of bounds fence. He has no shot, so he goes to the non-golf course side of the fence and strikes the fence, moving the ball. What is the Ruling? a. Mike has proceeded properly and the stroke counts. b. Mike has not proceeded properly and incurs a onestroke penalty for moving his ball in play and must replace it. c. Mike has not proceeded properly and incurs a onestroke penalty for moving his ball in play, but does not have to replace it.

does so and the group is ready to tee off when Mike arrives. What is the Ruling: a. Mike incurs a two-stroke penalty for substitution, even though he didn’t play any strokes with the new putter. b. Mike has proceeded correctly and incurs no penalty. c. Mike has incurred a two-stroke penalty for substitution because the new putter he took from the trunk was not one of the clubs he had selected for play. 6. Jason scores 4 on the 6th hole. His fellow-competitor and marker puts down a 5. At the scoring table the players check their cards. Jason turns in his card and leaves the table. When he gets to his car, it dawns on him that he actually had a 4 on the 6th hole and returns to the scoring table. What is the Ruling? a. The score of 5 stands as the scorecard was turned in and official when Jason had left the scoring area. b. Jason can change his score to a 4 with the committee and markers consent because the results of the competition have not been announced. c. Jason can have the committee change the score after explaining the circumstances of the scorecard.

2. Larry, when starting the 3rd hole, plays from outside the teeing ground. He then takes 3 more strokes before ending up on the putting green. His fellow-competitor tells him that he has to go back and correct from the teeing ground or will be disqualified if he tees off at the next hole. Larry must go back and play correctly from within the teeing ground, incurring a two-stroke penalty playing from outside the teeing ground, but no additional penalties for the strokes he played from outside the teeing ground. True / False 3. Joe arrives at the putting green and his ball is 3 feet from the hole. Because of the early morning rain, the cup is full of water. Joe doesn’t want to have to stick his hand in all that water after holing out, so he removes water from the cup with his hand, careful not to touch the inside of the cup. He then putts the ball and heads to the next tee. What is the Ruling? a. There is no penalty if Joe does not touch the cup while doing this, as that would be considered touching his line of putt. b. There is a two-stroke penalty under Rule 13-2 for improving his line of putt by removing water. c. There is a two-stroke penalty under Rule 13-2 for improving his line of putt and another two-stroke penalty for touching his line of putt.

7. A player’s ball lies in a water hazard. The player approaches the ball and takes a couple of practice swings in the hazard, touching long grass growing in the hazard. The player incurs a two-stroke penalty for touching grass growing in a hazard. True / False 8. Paul’s .ball lies in the fairway and he is between clubs for his next stroke. The local Rule for distance measuring devices is not in effect, so he couldn’t use his laser. However; there is a player who has an afternoon tee time walking with the group and using a laser to check yardages. Paul asks the player to measure the distance from his ball to the hole. The player does so. Paul is disqualified. True / False 9. A player’s ball lies in a water hazard. Which of the following would not constitute testing the Conditions of the Hazard. a. Placing his clubs and bag in the hazard. b. Leaning on a rake while waiting for his turn to play. c. Marking the position of the ball by pushing a tee into the ground behind the ball. d. Placing his towel on the ground in the hazard.

4. Player A, whose ball is farthest away from the hole, putts and as his ball is moving toward the hole, Player B thinks the ball might strike the flagstick that has been removed and laying on the putting green. He picks up the flagstick. Player B incurs a penalty from removing an obstruction that might influence the ball. True / False 5. Mike finishes the 9th hole and before going to #10, he decides that the putter he used on the front 9 caused him to 3 putt 4 greens and he is going to change it, even though he has 14 clubs. He goes to his car and exchanges the putters. When he gets back to the cart, one of his fellow-competitors tells him that he doesn’t think that he can change putters. They drive to the tee and are waiting for the group ahead of them to move out of the fairway and Mike decides he better get his original putter back. He

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Greater Lansing Amateur Golf Association

Jersey Giant ~ Mid Michigan Match Play Championship Groesbeck Golf Course • Lansing Mi • June 1 – 2, 2013 Cool weather returned to Michigan, just in time for the Jersey Giant Mid Michigan Match Play Championship adding another element for this match play event. Forty players teed it up on Saturday and qualified for a seat in one of the flights for the match play competition. After three rounds of match play, Zach, Patrick, Justin, Larry & Patrick emerged as the winners in their respective flights.

Open Division - Championship Flight Zach Rosendale

Defeats

Carson Castellani

5&4

Defeats

Aaron Luttig

4&3

Defeats

Zeke Fletcher

4&3

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Randy Mastin

2&1

Defeats

Jim Schmidt

1 Up

Open Division - First Flight Patrick Wassner

Open Division - Second Flight Justin Terry

Senior Division - Championship Flight Larry Meirndorf

Senior Division - First Flight Patrick Parker

GAM / Senior Match Play Championship Travis Pointe Golf Club ~ May 28-31, 2013 Like many senior events, this championship has really grown in popularity and you need to sign up fast if want to be in the field. The senior division had over 100 players and the super seniors had over 35. This tournament is short, sweet and fast, so you better get off to a good start if you want to qualify for the match play field of 32 or 16 for the super seniors. With good conditions, Bill Zylstra set the pace â&#x20AC;&#x201C; firing a round of 67 (medalist) followed by Jeff Knudson with 69. The field was paired down to the top 32 and the list of qualifying players is pretty impressive. Besides Zylstra and Knudson, Randy Lewis, Ian Harris, Greg Reynolds, Mike Fedewa and Ray Emsley (defending champion) all qualified and these players have all made their mark through the years as top amateur players. The super seniors fired some pretty strong rounds as well, with Pete Doerr capturing the medalist honors with a round of 75 followed by John Lindholm with 76. In the first round of match play, Zylstra had a very tight match, winning in 21 holes over John Armstrong. In the second round, Zylstra ran into a very hot Jerry Blake who won his first match 4&3 and then finished off Zylstra 4&2.

Randy Lewis also ran into a buzz saw, getting beat in the first round 7&5 by Mike Sequite. At the end of the second round, all four ( Zylstra, Knudson, Richart & Lewis) the top four seeds had been eliminated from competition, proving again that anything can happen in match play competition. In the super senior division, Pete Doerr won his first round match 4&3 and all four (Doerr, Johnson, Lindholm & Gasper) of the top seeds advanced into the second round. In the senior division, fifth seed Mike Raymond and 10th seed Greg Reynolds got on a roll and made into the final match where Mike and Greg had a closely contested match, with Mike Raymond coming out on top winning in 20 holes. The same kind of action took place in the super senior division where John French (10th seed) and George Dillon (11th seed) tiptoed through their matches to face each other in the final match. After 19 holes of competition, it was George who took home the trophy.

Congratulations, Mike & George

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The Michigan Publinx Seniors Golf Association (MPSGA) 2013 State Seniors Open-Amateur Golf Championship

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Entry Deadline – Wednesday July 17, 2013 See website “mpsga.org” for additional updates

The Michigan Publinx Seniors Golf Association (MPSGA) Michigan Publinx Senior Golf Association Single Day Tournament Results Golden Fox Golf Club ~ May 23, 2013 Place 1 1 1 1 5 5

Flt A A A A A A

Player Feiten, Dan Grohowski, Mark Mlynarczyk, Jim Ward, Don Halle, Roger Kuehn, Brian

City Commerce Twp. Canton Northville Sterling Hgts. Chesterfield Twp. Ann Arbor

Score 79 77 79 78 77 81

HCP 9 7 9 8 6 10

Net Score 70 70 70 70 71 71

Place 1 2 2 2 5 5

Flt B B B B B B

Player Evans, Lafayette Bisby, Wayne DeFever, Lawrenc Gostovich, Jim Grill, Paul Kipp, Dennis

City Detroit Shelby Twsp. Bloomfield Hills New Baltimore Byron Royal Oak

Score 83 85 85 84 85 84

HCP 12 13 13 12 12 11

Net Score 71 72 72 72 73 73

Place 1 2 3 4 5 5 5

Flt C C C C C C C

Player Ouellette, Don Romeo, Dale Hicks, Harry Myers, Ron Dodd, John Hertel, Bob Merpi, Tony

City Livonia Lake Orion Commerce Twp. Livonia Farmington Hills Sterling Hgts. Shelby Twp.

Score 86 87 84 86 89 88 90

HCP 19 19 14 15 17 16 18

Net Score 67 68 70 71 72 72 72

Place 1 2 70 3 3 71

Flt D D

Player Northcutt, Mike Donnelly, Ray

City Northville Troy

Score 91

HCP 23

Net Score 68

D D

McCullough, Char Retman, Richard

Detroit Harrison Twp.

23 24

71 24

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Suggs, Jerry

Beverly Hills

Fieldstone Golf Club ~ June 4, 2013 Place 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 3

Flt A A A A A A A A

Player Mutz, Charles Phillips, Mike Green, Billy McTear, David Miller, Robert Pilon, Tom Prince, Donald Zemmer, Ron

City Clarkston Bloomfield Hills Waterford Redford Davisburg Plymouth Shelby Twsp. White Lake

Score 76 77 79 82 79 82 83 80

HCP 6 5 6 9 6 9 10 7

Net Score 70 72 73 73 73 73 73 73

Place 1 2 2 4 4

Flt B B B B B

Player Kim, Kyu Hicks, Harry Silverstein, Barry Daniels, David Evans, Lafayette

City Bloomfield Hills Commerce Twsp. Franklin Davisburg Detroit

Score 80 83 83 83 82

HCP 12 14 14 13 12

Net Score 68 69 69 70 70

Place 1 2 3 4 4

Flt C C C C C

Player Merpi, Tony Ouellette, Don Winters, Everett Kowalski, David Mercury, Joe

City Shelby Twsp. Livonia Royal Oak White lake Rochester Hills

Score 83 88 85 90 89

HCP 20 20 16 19 18

Net Score 63 68 69 71 71

Place 1 2 3 4 5

Flt D D D D D

Player Pavlat, Dan Schulte, George Donnelly, Ray Jones, Nathaniel Irwin, Richard

City Livonia W. Bloomfield Troy Detroit Plymouth

Score 87 90

HCP 24 25 29 23

Net Score 63 65 68 70 71

HCP 10 6 9

Net Score 66 66 72

93 99 94

Lakes Of Taylor ~ June 13th 2013 Place 1 1 3

Flt A A A

Player Iovan, Mark Pearson, Greg Davis, Clifford

City W. Bloomfield Royal Oak Rochester Hills

Score 76 72 81

The Michigan Publinx Seniors Golf Association (MPSGA) Continued... 3 5

A A

Reifert, Fritz Ypsilanti 79 7 Green, Billy Waterford 79 5 Lakes Of Taylor ~ June 13th 2013 (Continued)

72 74

Place 5 5

Flt A A

Player Mutz, Charles Phillips, Mike

City Clarkston Bloomfield Hills

Score 80 79

HCP 6 5

Net Score 74 74

Place 1 2 2 2 5 5

Flt B B B B B B

Player Fenby, Jerry Ash, Paul Hicks, Harry Kim, Kyu Frontier, Greg Suddendorf, Ron

City W. Bloomfield Brighton Commerce Twsp. Bloomfield Hills Waterford Ann Arbor

Score 79 82 83 81 83 83

HCP 11 12 13 11 11 11

Net Score 68 70 70 70 72 72

Place 1 2 3 4 5

Flt C C C C C

Player Mercury, Joe McCall, Brian Williams, Tom Miller, Mark Galsterer, Jack

City Rochester Hills Ann Arbor Royal Oak Livonia Grosse Pt Woods

Score 86 87 93 93 91

HCP 16 14 19 18 15

Net Score 70 73 74 75 76

Place 1 2 3 4

Flt D D D D

Player DeFever, Morris Irwin, Richard Kurczewski, Tom Gold, Stephen

City Shelby Twsp. Plymouth Shelby Twsp. Troy

Score 96 91 103

HCP 29 21 30

Net Score 67 70 73 75

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Publinx State Match Play Returns North In 2013 The Michigan Publinx Golf Association will return to its northern home in 2013 to contest its annual State Match Play Competition. Farwell, MI has long been considered home for the SMP where Eagle Glen and The Pines Golf Club have served as the battlegrounds to determine some of the greatest champions in the history of this fantastic event. The tournament moved south for a few years to Bedford and Rochester, MI where the tournament was held at some great venues such as Bedford Valley Golf Club and Twin Lakes Golf Club but the call from the northern atmosphere was to strong to resist in 2013. Dean Paesens and Joe Schumer (club managers) have done a fantastic job with this tournament through the years and look forward to welcoming back players from all over the state to compete again in 2013. Block off your calendar from July 26th to July 30th, get your game in shape and travel north to see if you can capture a SMP title in 2013.

Andrew Chapman Wins102nd Michigan Amateur Championship Muskegon Country Club • June 18 - 22, 2013 Christian Vozza captured the last Michigan Amateur Championship held at Muskegon Country Club in 2005. This small golf course is a true test for these amateurs. This Donald Ross course is short but the greens can be very difficult. First round action found great weather along with some good scores starting with Tom Werkmeister, the 2013 Michigan Open Champion. Tom scrambled through the first few holes but managed to turn in the best score of the opening round (70). Four players trailed Tom by one shot along with ten more players at two shots back. Thirteen more players would finish within four shots of the leader, which made the second round very important to qualify for match play. Second round action was much like the first with great weather and more solid play from the Michigan Open Champion. Tom worked his way around Muskegon Country C.C. for another round of 70 and grabbed the “Medalist Honors”. Otto Black from Pinckney MI secured second place, three shots back of Tom, followed by Mike Ignasiak from Saline at four shots and Reed Hrynewich (Muskegon) along with Alex Dombrowski (Gaylord) tied for fourth at five shots back. The top 64 players qualified for match play, looking to advance to the final match and capture this year’s championship. Some of the top “experienced” players in the state advanced to the field of 64

including Bill Zylstra the current number one senior amateur in the country, Greg Davies the 2006 Amateur Champion, Russ Cunningham the 2010 GAM Player of the decade, along with a host of young talent looking to stake their claim in Michigan golf history. First Round: Tom Werkmeister went right to work winning his match against Carson Castellani 2&1. Otto Black and Mike Ignasiak also advanced to the second round but the forth seed Alex Dombrowski was defeated by Scott Wirth in very close match (1 up). In other action Greg Davies & Russ Cunningham also advanced to the second round winning their matches 2up & 1up respectively. Second Round: Andrew Chapman put an end to the fairy tale run that Tom Werkmeister has enjoyed over the last few weeks by defeating Tom in extra holes. On the third playoff hole Andrew made birdie to closeout Tom and move into the next round. Otto Black and Mike Ignasiak are the remaining top seeds in the field recording a 1up win over Nicholas Campbell and 4&2 over Andrew Yeager respectively. Davies and Cunningham also advanced to the third round setting up a potential match against each other in the fourth round. In addition to their great accomplishments in the GAM Association both Davies and Cunningham are past champions of the Michigan Publinx State Match Play Tournament. Third Round: This round featured a lot of tightly contested matches with the exception of Mike Ignasiak who defeated Greg Davies 6&5 and Russ Cunningham 3&2 over Ryan Johnson. All the other matches were decided by margins of 2&1, 1up and extra holes. Tom Gieselman defeated Otto Black in 19 holes, leaving Ignasiak the last top seed in the field. Fourth Round: Mike Ignasiak, Tom Gieselman, Andy Chapman and Brad Bastion defeated their opponents handily setting up semi final matches featuring Ignasiak vs. Gieselman and Chapman vs, Bastion. Semi Final Matches: Ignasiak and Chapman both played very solid rounds again where they defeated their opponents 3&2 and advanced to the final round to face each other. Final Round: The final round action was the type of action you like to see. Both players battled hard and the match was extremely tight throughout seventeen holes where they stood on the final tee “tied”. On the last hole, Andrew Chapman emerged as the winner by sinking a long birdie putt to capture the championship 1up.

Congratulations, Andy!

Tom Werkmeister (Grand Rapids, Amateur) Wins 2013 Michigan Open Championship The Orchards Golf Club â&#x20AC;˘ June 10 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 13, 2013

Over 150 players were greeted by rain and wet soggy conditions for the first round of the Michigan Open Championship. Barrett Kelpin, the defending champion, opened the first round of defense with a nice three under par 69. Nineteen players would break par and Barrett was tied for second place with four other players, including Scott Hebert from Grand Traverse Resort & Spa and Andy Ruthkoski from Muskegon who both are former Michigan Open champions. The leader in the first round was a wellknown amateur from Grand Rapids, Mich. by the name of Tom Werkmeister. Werkmeister fired a round of 66; six under

par. Tom worked his way around the golf course hitting every green in regulation and made a few putts to turn in a great round of golf. In the second round, Tom Werkmeister turned in another fine performance with a 70 but Andy Ruthkoski fired a round of 67 to go into the third round tied with Tom at 136. Eric Wohlfield from Brighten got on a roll shooting 67 to trail Tom and Andy by one shot. Barrett Kelpin, the defending champion, was two shots back, setting up a tight race over the final two rounds. After the second round, the field was cut to the top 70 players. Twenty-four amateurs made the cut, which is almost one third of the field. Third round action found Werkmeister remaining steady and taking the out right lead going into the final round. Tom turned in a round of five under par (67) while Ruthkoski stumbled shooting 73, falling six shots behind and five shots behind Barrett Kelpin who stood alone in second place, one shot behind Werkmeister.

In the final round, Werkmeister got off to a great start capturing two birdies in the first three holes. Through six holes Tom still held the lead but only by one shot as Barrett Kelpin was right there for a chance to defend his title. After nine holes and a couple of bogies by Barrett and a bogie by Tom, Tom extended his lead by two shots. Over the final nine holes, Werkmeister remained steady, calm and with a two-stroke lead he was able to finish off the tournament to capture what might be his greatest victory ever! Tom Werkmeister has won just about every major amateur championship in Michigan and some several times but he is just the fifth amateur to ever win this open championship and the first amateur in the last 38 years!

Congratulations, Tom!

Place

Player

Club Name/Location

Total

Tom Werkmeister (a)

Kentwood, MI

275

Barrett Kelpin

Kalamazoo, MI

277

Christopher Mory

Haslett, MI

278

Andrew Ruthkoski

Muskegon, MI

278

Matt Pesta

Forest Lake Country Club

281

Clark Klaasen

Grand Rapids, MI

282

Henry Do (a)

Ypsilanti, MI

282

Matt Thompson

Battle Creek, MI

282

Joe Juszczyk

Dearborn Heights, MI

283

T10

Patrick Colburn (a)

Traverse City, MI

284

T10

John Seltzer

The Polo Fields Golf & CC

284

T10

Eric Wohlfield

Brighton, MI

284

Bailey, Dovre, Jaschuk & Sorentino Tied For Lead at the 2nd Publinx Championship Series Event at Salem Hills Golf Club • June 2, 2013 The cool weather returned for this second event but scoring was hot with players tying for top honors in the championship division. Chris Baily, Eric Dovre, Scott Jaschuk and Anthony Sorentino all shot 73 for the lead.

The “Net Division” found John Misovski claiming the trophy with a net round of 66, followed by Dave Muscaro with a net score of 70. In the “Senior Division,” James Mlynarczyk claimed the honors for the day with a net score of of 65, followed by Don Ward with 67.

CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION 33 Place 1

Name Bailey, Chris Dovre, Eric Jaschuk, Scott Sorentino, Anthony Johnson, Joseph F. Olejniczak, John Zylstra, Bill Dagenais, Jerry Djurdjev, Fred Quitiquit, Brett Sterling, Larry Comito, Frank Dagenais, Rich Emsley, Ray Alvey, Andy Barnes, Jim Davies, Greg Weaver, Ronald Brickey, TJ Ennis, Kevin Kolton, Paul May, Jason Nimphie, Richard Rymiszewski, Gary Daly, Stuart Keskitalo, Ken Klemet, Kevin Korte, Matthew Solverson, J. Paul Catto, Shawn

Score 73 73 73 73 74 74 74 75 75 75 75 76 76 76 77 77 77 77 78 78 78 78 78 78 79 79 79 79 79 80

38 40 41 43

53 54

Jordan, Ken Blair, Chris Harte, Michael Johnson, Joseph Leitch, Brad Solverson, Stephen Boghikian, Razmig Herczak, Ron Whatley, Craig Jones, Dwaine Moores, Tom Palarchio, Gary Pioch, Dean Worrilow, Charles Batch, Steve Bowles, Chad Clore, Siegel Lucaj, Luc Allan, Karl Bright, Nicholas Furlong, Kevin McComb, Matt Bent, Ryan

80 81 81 81 81 81 82 82 83 84 84 85 85 85 86 86 86 86 87 87 87 88 90

NET DIVISION Place 1 2 3 5

Name Misovski, John Muscaro, Dave Langenderfer, Matt Whiteaker, Kyle Stefanoski, Vasko

Net Score 66 70 72 72 73

Place 6

13 14

18 20 22 24 25

Place 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 13 15

NET DIVISION (continued) Name Net Score Crockett, Richard 74 Mikoloff, Kelly 74 Perry, Scott 74 Mianowski, Peter 75 Morgan, John 75 Szymanski, Steven 75 Trammel, Marcus 75 Oneill, Matt 76 Camp, Scott 77 Grzadzinski, Mat 77 Hermann, Brian 77 Ku, Kim 77 Szymanski, Robert 78 Vanderginst, Nick 78 Mulhern, Thomas 80 Suchta, Nick 80 McKay, Kevin 81 Pikora, Michael 81 Bedson, Jim 83 Luke, Tom 84

32 34

37 38 40 41

SENIOR DIVISION Name Net Score Mlynarczyk, James 65 Ward, Don 67 Pratt, John 68 Pilon, Tom 69 Reifert, Fritz 69 Klosowski, Tim 70 Thompson, Brad 70 Bee, Ralph 72 Harmala, Doug 73 Mutz, Charles 73 Insana, Gary 74 Yoo, Hyun 75 Ahern, Tom 76 Davis, Clifford 76 Cykowsk, Mark 77 Kaspor, Albert 77 Kirkland, Charles 77 Lam, Michael 77 Moline, James 77 Schulte, George 77 Shaheen, Rick 77 Bennett, Wayne 78 Ellis, Jim 78 33

Jawor, Ted Pirrami, Gino Touchette, Chris Pearson, Greg Phillips, Michael Pujdowski, Ed Smith, Steve White, Eric December, Thomas Taylor, William II Dahlberg, Ron Hurst, Bill Kim, Kyu Gunn, Otha Babicz, Kirk Jones, Steven Hoover, Charles Morris, James

79 79 79 80 80 80 80 80 81 81 82 82 82 85 86 86 88 90

2013 Michigan Publinx Team Play through June 19th, 2013

EAST SIDE STANDINGS Team Bald Mountain Orchards Sycamore Hills The Fountains Blackheath Glacier Club Fieldstone Blackheath2 Pontiac CC Glacier Club1 Pontiac Municipal Greystone Black River Twin Lakes Devilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ridge

Wins 7 5 5 5 1 2 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0

Loses 0 0 1 2 2 4 2 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 5

Ties 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0

Percentage 1.000 1.000 0.833 0.714 0.667 0.667 0.600 0.333 0.333 0.300 0.250 0.200 0.200 0.200 0.000

Loses 0 1 2 2 1 1 3 3 4 4 3 5

Ties 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Percentage 1.000 0.833 0.667 0.667 0.625 0.500 0.500 0.400 0.333 0.200 0.125 0.000

WEST SIDE STANDINGS Team Gateway The Jackal Dunham Hills Lyon Oaks Fox Creek Green Oaks Salem Hills Moose Ridge Golden Fox Lakes of Taylor Flushing Valley Whitmore Lake

Wins 5 5 4 4 2 1 3 2 2 1 0 0

Michigan Publinx Golf Association 2013 Honor Roll Standings Through June 19, 2013 CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION: Last Name Davies Schleicher Daigle Boghikian Zylstra Emsley May Jaschuk Bastion Brickey Uelmen Hooks Quitiquit Sorentino Hudson Bernhardt Anderson Vaclav Kibby Worrilow

First Name Greg Erik Leo Razmig Bill Ray Jason Scott Brad TJ James Joe Brett Anthony Brett Patrick Steve Dave Brian Charles

Points 150 120 110 95 95 73 73 73 73 50 50 50 50 50 11 11 11 11 11 11

NET DIVISION: Last Name Trammel Misovski Misovski Mulhern Crosby Zoller

First Name Marcus John Lou (Ljupco) Thomas Arturo Chris

Points 120 120 120 120 85 85 Continued on Page 34

Michigan Publinx Golf Association 2013 Honor Roll Standings Through June 19, 2013 NET DIVISION: Last Name Szymanski McKay Markovski Bedson Wojcik ONeill Mianowski Perry Szymanski Luke Muscaro Vanderginst

First Name Steven Kevin John Jim Dale Matt Peter Scott Robert Tom Dave Nick

Points 70 70 70 58 58 50 45 38 38 10 10 10

SENIOR DIVISION: Last Name Insana Ward Cykowski Brunning Morris Phillips Pujdowski Hoover Yoo Bee Davis Reifert Pearson Smith Ellis Pratt Kaspor

First Name Gary Don Mark David James Michael Ed Charles Hyun Ralph Clifford Fritz Greg Steve Jim John Albert

Points 135 135 100 100 100 78 78 65 65 65 50 50 50 38 38 15 15

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Mid Michigan Golf Tour Hawk Hollow Golf Club • Bath Michigan • June 2, 2013 The Mid Michigan Golf Tour would like to thank all the players that participated in their first Mid-Michigan Golf Tour event at Hawk Hollow Golf Course. They sincerely hope that you enjoyed yourself and that you will consider competing in their future events. Below you will find the results of the tournament (place, name, gross score, net score, points earned). Congratulations to Dale Choma (3735—72), champion in the OPEN division—a very strong round under the tough conditions. The NET division champion, Rick Long (83 less 17—66) had an exciting finish. Rick holed out on #9 (his last hole) for an eagle 2 to win his division by one stroke over Rick DeSantis.

OPEN DIVISION: Place 1 T2 T2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Name Score Dale Choma 72 Kevin Frank 75 Tony Keim 75 Ed Meyer 78 Ryan Tomlinson 82 David Struder 84 Ryan McCaffey 86 Josh Szedlak 87 Doug Nelson 90 Andrew Vuckovich 91 Gavin Schmidtmann 98 Sam Smith 101

Points 25 18 18 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 0 0

NET DIVISION: Place 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 T8 T8 T10 T10 12 13 T14 T14 16 T17 T17

Name Rick Long Rick DeSantis Fred Mahoney Mike Stevenson Mike VanSetters Nick Gondek Ronald Stevenson Terry Woods Craig Helwig Mike Hodgkiss John McDermott Dave Seehase Corey Densmore Chuck Ricklefs Dale Griffith Dexter Evans Dennis Fellem Anthony Bader

Score 83 74 78 84 82 93 93 85 85 89 91 88 104 100 94 98 106 111

Net Score 66 67 69 70 74 75 77 78 78 79 79 82 83 84 84 90 92 9

Net Point 25 20 16 12 10 8 6 3.5 3.5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0