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Amy Anderson is making quite a name for herself at the Detroit Country Club. A gallery fit for a Sunday Championship match came a bit early at the Pine to Palm Golf Tournament Thursday as over 100 people followed the opening match between Anderson and Lake Park’s Peter Krier. The attraction was Ander-son’s first trip to Championship match play as she kept writing more Pine to Palm history by winning a narrow one over Kri-er 2 and 1. It started when Anderson was the first female to qualify for the Championship field. Thursday, it was her first vic-tory in match play which made some more noise. “It’s just nice to be able to prove it,” Anderson said after her victory. “It was a close and fun match and I appreciated all the people who came out to watch the match.” Krier knew what he was about to face heading into the opening round of the field of 64. But instead of shying away and making the match the bat-tle of the sexes, he appreciated the competitive nature of the match of golfer versus golfer mentality. “It was just a great competi-tive match,” Krier said. “I was excited about the big gallery watching us. I just had a fun time and I enjoyed it thorough-ly.” The match came down to hole 17, where Anderson was able to sink a 10-foot par putt, while Krier’s five-footer just lipped out. Just like many of Anderson’s match play opponents who fell to her — including the six in the U.S. Junior Amateur — mis-takes cost them, while she stayed the course. An out of bounds shot by Krier on 16 gave Anderson a 1-up lead, thus putting more pressure on the Concordia Col-lege golfer to win 17. “She hit right down the fair-way on 16 and I tried to put a fade on mine and it went out of bounds,” Krier said. “Then I just lipped that one on 17 and it was over.” Krier made some high-pres-sure putts himself, including a 15-foot birdie putt on 13, forcing Anderson to drain her four-foot-er to halve the hole. The start was a bit slow for Anderson, as Krier took a 2-up advantage after she recorded a pair of bogeys on two and three. But a birdie on four put An-derson back on track, as the duo battled back and forth the rest of the way. As was expected, Krier was able to beat Anderson off the tee, while both played well with their greens in regulation. But the difference ended up being Anderson’s putting,

as she hit five key putts in the round from around the 10-foot distance. “Definitely, my putting was key,” Anderson added. Keeping up with a player who doesn’t make many mistakes is a tough act to follow in match play. “I just had a couple of mis-takes and she didn’t make many of them,” Krier said. “She was piping her shots right down the gut and hit almost every green.” Which Anderson’s next op-ponent — Wade Walters — can expect to see, as well. “I’m just going to keep hit-ting my fairways and putting well,” Anderson said of her plan in her upcoming match. Walters had his work cut out in the opening round by surviv-ing an extra-hole playoff with 2008 co-medalist Tim Fiechtner, to advance to the second round. One of the other highlighted matches Thursday was between co-medalist Tom Hoge — who shot a qualifying score of 10-un-der par 132 — and 2003 Pine to Palm champion and last year semifinalist Greg Melhus, who struggled some in qualifying with a 148.

Wins first match in Championship bracket play

CHAMPIONSHIP to page 3

BRIAN BASHAM/SPOTLIGHT

A large day one gallery followed Oxbow’s Amy Anderson in her match against Peter Krier. Anderson made Pine to Palm history Wednesday, becoming the first woman in the history of the tournament to qualify for championship match play.


Pine to Palm co-medalist Clinton Boutelle watches his approach shot to the par four ninth hole Thursday afternoon.

“I had a ton of pars and not many bogeys.”

Ben Freeman▼


n Bob Dahm of Fargo, a veteran of 47 Pine to Palms and competing in the the Senior Division was inducted into the North Dakota Hall of Fame on July 31st at the Grand Forks C.C. Dahm was medalist in the 1965 & 1982 Championship flight of the Pine to Palm Tournaments. He also was the 1965 All-City Champion, co-medalist at the 1973 & 1979 N.D. State Amateurs, 1975 N.D. State Amateur Champion and 1976 Birchmont Champion at Bemidji. n Tim Tingelstad, of Bemidji and formerly of De-troit Lakes and the 1983 Pine to Palm Runner-Up will be inducted into the Concordia College of Moorhead Hall of Fame for golf at Concordia’s Homecoming in Oct. n The “Tuffy Nelson Golf Classic” was held last Fri-day at Lakeside Golf Course near Perham celebrated their 25th Annual Classic. Nelson died of lung cancer

in 1985 and his son Kenny has kept the charity tourna-ment alive. This years classic was won by 2009 Pine to Palm Champion, Ben Freeman with a 3 under 69. The team of Freeman, Jordan Weir, Taylor Cavanagh and Lee Cavanagh took the team title finishing 13 under. n John Dahl, Head Professional at Oxbow C.C. in Oxbow, N.D. for the last 25 years who has won 25 Pro-Am events & Dennis Olafson of Cooperstown, N.D. and 13 year club champion at his home course were induct-ed into the North Dakota Hall of Fame at Grand Forks C.C.. n The Birchmont Invitational played at Bemidji Town & Country Club had 196 golfers in their tourna-ment two weeks ago. A breakdown of players in each division follows: Men’s Championship -70, Women’s Championshp-13, Executive-38, Senior Champion-

ship-31, Super Seniors-17 and Juniors-27. n Tryouts for North Dakota State’s men golf team will begin Aug 27th at the Fargo C.C. Participants will play 18 holes each day(Aug 27-30). Practice rounds will count toward N.D.S.U. tryouts. There is a $100 entry fee that will cover all four days of golf. Entry deadline is Monday Aug 17. For more information contact NDSU men’s golf coach Billy Iverson at (701) 793-0306

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Hoge was able to jump out early on the veteran golfer, building a 5-up advantage by the eighth hole. From there, Hoge was able to cruise to a 3 and 2 victory. “It wasn’t the nicest draw to open (match play), because Greg plays well here,” Hoge said. “I just had to make sure to keep my ball in play. I felt like I did everything I needed to do and stay consistent through the round.” Hoge finished with six bird-ies and three bogeys in the round. He will now face A.J. Olson, who downed former Pine to Palm champion Russ Newman 2 and 1. Hoge’s fellow co-medalist, Wyoming’s Clinton Boutelle, was the first Championship golfer in after he dominated playoff survivor Aaron Clausen 5 and 4. Clausen came out sluggish, falling down by four after five. The only thing Boutelle had to do was shoot for par in his first five holes to build the in-surmountable lead. “It was nice to get done early and start thinking about tomor-row’s match,” Boutelle said. “I’m comfortable with how I’ve been hitting the ball, I just need to get better with my putting.” Defending champion Ben

Freeman wasn’t complacent heading into match play, after gaining the automatic top seed. He came out strong, beating Tanner Jones 2 and 1 by out-parring him to finish the round two-under. “I had a ton of pars and not many bogeys,” Freeman said. “I was just hitting my fairways and greens. Later in the match, I didn’t make a few putts. Later in the tournament, I won’t be able to get away with that.” Another first-timer in Pine to Palm play is Frazee sopho-more Beau Hanson, who fin-ished fourth in the state Class 1A meet this past spring. Hanson had to wait his turn to play in the tournament, de-spite earning a free entry last year after winning the DCC Men’s Club tournament. But he couldn’t use it be-cause he was only 15 years-old at the time, so he gave it to his father to use. This year, Hanson again earned a free entry with an-other DCC win, but this time he was going to use it to its fullest. Hanson not only qualified, he won his first match play in distinguishing fashion in the form of a 5 and 4 win over Moor-head’s Nick Olsgaard. The Moorhead golfer had a strong qualifying score of 137, but fell behind early to Hanson Thursday. “I had a good start and was

putting well,” Hanson said. He made an eight-foot birdie putt on three and a two-putt par on four to spark his lead. By the turn, he had built a 4-up advan-tage. “I was able to be more conser-vative after going 4-up,” Hanson added. Hanson will play Brian O’Connell, who downed Curtis Carlson 4 and 3. Two-time Pine to Palm cham-pion Rick Kuhn ended DL rook-ie Tanner Lane’s tourney with a 6 and 5 win. “I shot four or five under par and really had just one bad shot,” Kuhn said. “I’m just try-ing to survive now.” A pair of Detroit Lakes golf-ers will be advancing after 2004 champion Chris Braaten held off Bryce Mattson to win 2-up, while Ben Bergquist went the distance — and more — to beat Perry Piatz 1-up in 19 holes to move on. Braaten’s next opponent is Cameron White, who is the co-medalist record holder with Jeff Lamp (130). Bergquist will face 1995 Pine to Palm champion Mark Halver-son, who downed Kenny Rucker 2-up. Championship match play starts up Friday at 1:19 p.m. with Freeman teeing off against Todd Hillier.

CHAMPIONSHIP from 2


(Left) Former Pine to Palm medalist Cameron White blasts out of a sandtrap behind the fifth green during Thursday’s match play. (Below) Frazee’s Beau Hanson just missed his putt on the par four seventh green Thursday.

“I had a good start and

was putting well.”

Beau Hanson▼


#1 Joe Sauer

#16 T.L. Solien

#8 Paudie O’Connor

#9 Ronald Vincelli

#4 John Schwankl

#13 Bill Hawkins

#5 Mike Stirling

#12 John Bartley

#2 William Blake

#15 John Schwankl

#7 Rick Johnson

#10 Tim Rubis

#3 Jeff Tweeton

#14 Perry Clark

#6 Dan Elton

#11 Chuck Renner

T.L. Solien, 4 & 2

Paudie O’Connor, 1-Up, (19 Holes)

Bill Hawkins, 1-Up

William Blake, 5 & 3

Tim Rubis, 7 & 6

2009 Senior Champion

Mike Stirling, 1-Up

Perry Clark, 1-Up

Dan Elton, 1-Up (19 Holes)

2009 Pine to Palm Senior Championship

Defending champion loses in first round By BRIAN [email protected]

After a strong summer of practicing and polishing up his golf game, defending Pine to Palm champion Joe Sauer ran into the uncertainty of match play Thursday. As Sauer found out, match

play is a fickle thing, as a com-bination of running into a hot T.L. Solien and a sub-par game ended his quest for a repeat title after losing 4 and 2. “You have to give Tim (So-lien) credit, he had a lot of bird-ies,” Sauer said. “His driver was good and my driver stunk.” Sauer kept the match close at

the turn, trailing only by one, but Solien birdied both 10 and 11, while Sauer answered with a birdie on 12 to pull back to within two. But Solien capped a strong game by making birdies on 15 and 16 to seal the deal. “He was putting well, too,” Sauer included. After not having have to qual-ify and using a practice round as a more leisurely one earlier in the week, Sauer thought may-be the more casual play instead of having to qualify may have played a part in his sluggish play Thursday. “I would never choose to have to qualify, but I think there’s something to not having to,” Sauer said of playing with less intensity during qualifying. “I was taking shots I would have never tried if I was qualifying.” Solien will face No. 8 seed Paudie O’Connor of Las Vegas, Nev., who won on the first play-off hole against Ron Vincelli. Detroit Lakes’ William Blake is now the highest seed remain-ing after winning medalist hon-ors with his one-over par 72 and surviving his first round match against Bill Erickson. Blake downed Erickson 5 and 3 after playing a consistent round throughout his match. “I just had good, consistent play, along with some good put-ting,” Blake said. “I didn’t get into trouble and had a good short game.” Blake made two lengthy putts

to take the wind out of Erick-son’s sails, including about an 80-footer for birdie on the third hole, then sunk a 28-footer on nine to halve it with birdie. “That one was key,” Blake said of his long putt on hole nine. Blake’s next opponent is Tim Rubis, who walked away from Rick Johnson 7 and 6. In the upper bracket, Bill Hawkins won 1-up over John Schwankl. Hawkins was one of

the four survivors of the six-man playoff, which was held Thursday morning. Hawkins will face Mike Stirling, who downed John Bar-tley 1-up, as well. The Blake/Rubis winner will face Perry Clark or Dan Elton. Both won 1-up, as Elton made it through a playoff hole against Chuck Renner. Clark beat third-seeded Jeff Tweeton to advance.

T.L. Solien William BlakePaudie O’Connor Tim RubisBill Hawkins Perry ClarkMike Stirling Dan Elton

Solien knocks off Sauer; Blake stays alive


Senior medalist William Blake follows his putt during his Thursday match against Bill Erickson.


Paudie O’Conner tees off on the par three 14th hole during his senior championship match against Ron Vincelli Thursday.


Pine to Palm senior T.L. Solien reacts to narrowly missing a long birdie putt on the par four 15th hole Thursday. Solien knocked off defending senior champion Joe Sauer 4 and 2.


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THURSDAY RESULTS 2009 IRONMAN JUNIOR CLASSIC

BOYS 10 - 12 YEAR OLD DIVISION

CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT

33 Restemayer Max 12 Fargo ND

35 Johnson Lucas 10 Moorhead MN

35 Waverek Dakota 12 Staples MN

38 Cahill Joseph 12 Moorhead MN

38 Traynor Patrick 12 Fargo ND

39 Kahlbaugh Blake 11 Mahnomen MN

40 Spaeth Jordan 12 Waubun MN

FIRST FLIGHT

41 Cihak Isaac 10 Detroit Lakes MN

41 Clark Hunter 11 Mahnomen MN

41 Rayl Conor 12 Fargo ND

42 Freeman Zane 10 Detroit Lakes MN

42 Kahlbaugh Nathaniel 12 Mahnomen MN

42 Lindquist A.J. 10 Detroit Lakes MN

47 Busker Sam 11 Detroit Lakes MN

SECOND FLIGHT

51 Clark Lucas 10 Mahnomen MN

54 Nelson Alexander 12 St. Paul MN

65 Sonstegard Carson 12 Detroit Lakes MN

66 Blanchard Ben 10 Morris MN

66 Wimmer Tristan 10 Detroit Lakes MN

69 Price Kelvin 10 Detroit Lakes MN

73 Edvall Connor 12 Detroit Lakes MN

13 - 18 YEAR OLD DIVISION

30 1ST SEED Smith Karter 13 Detroit Lakes MN

38 2ND Crawford Brady 13 Detroit Lakes MN

51 3RD Blanchard Beau 13 Morris MN

39th Annual Ironman Junior ClassicIronman Golf Course • Thursday, Friday, August 13 &14, 2009

Some hot scores went with the hot temperatures over the 1400yd par 27 nine hole golf course at Ironman. The 10 – 12 year old boys flights are the most highly contested as Max Restemayer shot a sizzling 33 to lead all qualifi-ers. Lucas Johnson and Dakota Waverek were close be-hind with 35’s. Sydney Busker led the girls with a 41 while Adam Van Raden was the only 8 -9 year old boy to break 40. Karter Smith shot 30 heading into the finals of the 13 – 18 year old boys match play division. Karter will take on Brady Crawford in the final match Friday morning.

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The Pine to Palm Mid-Am Divi-sion had its first playoff hole Thurs-day in the opening rounds of the field of 16. It was by far the closest match of the day in the inaugural Mid-Am bracket play, as Detroit Lakes’ Aaron Burnside downed Craig Stein on the 19th playoff to win 1-up. Stein rallied to even the match by winning 18 to force the playoff, but he pulled his drive out of bounds, as Burnside made it up and down to se-cure the win. “We were both talking and we both thought we each had our best round of the tournament for us,” Burnside said. “We both played as well as we could have played.” Burnside estimated he shot around one to two-over par, while Stein was around two or three-over. The DL golfer fell down early by two, before he made birdie on six to go one-down. Burnside keyed his comeback by winning each of 11, 12 and 14, before hitting out of bounds on 15. “We were both pretty happy with how we played,” Burnside included. Burnside’s next opponent will be medalist Otis Hesteness, who contin-ued his consistent play to beat Mark Ericksen Jr. 3 and 2. The match was back and forth, as Hesteness guessed he shot around the 72 or 73 mark, while Ericksen was around the 73-74 area. “Mark was shooting well,” Heste-ness said. “My big thing was my put-ting. But I have to really credit my caddy Greg Troland for helping me out.”

Todd Schaefer isn’t a stranger to Mid-Am play, after being a contender in the Bemidji’s Birchmont Execu-tive Division year in and year out. Schaefer advanced to the quarter-finals after topping Matthew Erick-sen 2 and 1. He will face Jay Olafson, who downed Duane Geiger 4 and 3. Schaefer’s match was even through five, before he won hole six, lost seven and took a 1-up advantage by taking hole nine. “We both played the last 10 holes well,” Schaefer said. “There were a lot of pars, it just was a good match.” Schaefer’s tide-turning moment came on a 120-yard punch out of the trees on hole 14. He put his shot within five feet of the cup to steal the momentum the rest of the way through. The 47-year-old Schaefer has been a big proponent of adding a Mid-Am Division and is expecting the num-ber of golfers to go up in the future. “A lot of guys who have played the tournament for 25 years and were around the 40 year old mark, had to wait until they turned 55 to play again (in the Seniors),” Schaefer said. “So the Mid-Am is a good filler in between. I think this will only get bigger and better. “It’s fun playing against a group of guys the same age and the same level of competitiveness. It’s not a do or die attitude.” In the bottom bracket, second seed Scott McNealy beat Peter Bologna 3 and 2. Thomas Solien was a 3 and 2 winner over Randy Hanson. No. 3 Kent Fronk defeated Scot Moores 6 and 4, while Jim Davidson ended Frank Campbell’s tourney with a 3 and 2 win.

Mid-Am Division heats up, as field trimmed to 8


Jim Davidson chips up to the 15th green during his match against Frank Campbell Thursday.

Burnside wins first playoff

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The Pine to Palm Committee consists of 23 dedicated volunteers to make sure this very large & successful tournament runs smoothly during the seven day event.Here is a list of these talented individuals in their varied responsibilities:Andy LiA - Media (KDLM radio-1340 AM) - 37 yrs.GreG Potvin - Rules, Rutledge Award & 25 year dinner coordinator - 34 yrs.Jim SincLAir - Rules & Trophies - 30 yrs.Steve Sundby - Ball Spotters - 30 yrs.nAncy GrAbow - Scoreboard - 30 yrs.Gordy GrAbow - General Chairman (10 yrs) & Scoreboard(20 yrs) - 30 yrs.mArk LArSon - Media (“Tradition” magazine & “Spotlight” newspaper & Long Drive Contest - 28 yrs.bob Gorden - General Chairman & Rules - 20 yrs.Jim brufLodt - Asst. Chairman & Playoff Umpire - 20 yrs.mArk HoLm - Head Professional & Rules - 19 yrs.Anne woodLAnd - Timing, pairing & scoring - 14 yrs.bruce woodLAnd - Head Starter & Lakeview Tourney coordinator - 12 yrs.bob bekkeruS - Club President - 10 yrs.briAn wierimA - Media (D.L. Tribune Sports Editor, Spotlight” newspaper & “Tradition” magazine -9 yrs.dAve JoHnSton - Technology Manager-Website & Timing, pairing & scor-ing - 9 yrs.diAne Gorden - Registration - 7 yrs.tAuniA & mike Suckert - Phone & Information - 6 yrs.mike meteLAk - Rules - 3 yrs.Jeff SkoGmo - Chief Ranger & Head Marshall - 2 yrs.dArwin LindSey - Grounds Superintendent - 2 yrs.kArrin HAwkinS - Timing, pairing & scoring - 2 yrs.becky dePree - Timing, pairing & scoring - 2 yrs.LindA moSeS - Rules - 1 yr.

#1 otis Hesteness

#16 mark ericksen Jr.

#8 craig Stein

#9 Aaron burnside

#4 todd Schaefer

#13 matthew J. ericksen

#5 Jay olafson

#12 duane Geiger

#2 Scott mcnealy

#15 Peter bologna

#7 randy Hanson

#10 thomas Solien

#3 kent fronk

#14 Scott moores

#6 frank campbell

#11 Jim davidson

otis Hesteness, 3 & 2

Aaron burnside, 1-up (19 Holes)

todd Schaefer, 2 & 1

Scott mcnealy, 3 & 2

thomas Solien, 3 & 2

2009 Mid-Am Champion

Jay olafson, 4 & 3

kent fronk, 6 & 4

Jim davidson, 3 & 2

2009 Pine to Palm Mid-Am Championship


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SIXTH FLIGHTdAVId THUNE dEf. dAVId CROTHERS 5 & 4CORY GOMPf dEf. JAMES RAYMONd 7 & 5dOUG LARSEN dEf. dAVE COULOMBE, 3 & 2KEN ASTRUP dEf. BRENT BOUTWELL, 2 & 1

SEVENTH FLIGHTWAYNE NELSON dEf. KURT THERIAULT, 2 UPCOdY CEdARBERG dEf. WAdE NEILSEN 4 & 3JENNA SCHULTE dEf. dREW KELLY, 2 UPBEN LANGWORTHY dEf. MARK LESSIN, 3 & 2

EIGHTH FLIGHTMATT GILBERTSON dEf. JOHN BERGQUIST, NSAARON SMITH dEf. RALPH HOPPER, 4 & 2BRETT KRUEGER dEf. GREG STEPHENS, 6 & 5THOMAS REYNOLdS dEf. dOUG WYNKOOP, 4 & 2

NINTH FLIGHTNICK VINCELLI dEf. BRENNEN TRACY, 4 & 3TROY PEdERSON dEf. ROGER CAMPBELL, 2 UPBEN SCHAEfER dEf. BRAdY OPHEIM, 5 & 4ROB GRAMER dEf. CHUCK KROSHUS 1 UP 21 HOLES

TENTH FLIGHTJEff fRILdER dEf. JASON WATELANd, NSRICKY HUTCHINSON dEf. NATE ZERfACE, 2 UPMIKE dOBBERSTEIN dEf. JEREMY GREGOIRE, 1 UPKEVIN RUUd dEf. CRAIG SCHROEdER, 5 & 4

– 2009 pine to palm Flights Results –


In what started as a modest goal of topping her 2008 quarterfinal finish in the U.S. Girls Junior Amateur golf tour-nament, quickly spawned into a whirl-wind of success for 17-year-old Oxbow, N.D., golfer Amy Anderson. The Anderson Whirlwind Tour now has landed smack dab on the 77th Pine to Palm Golf Tournament, as the 100-plus person gallery following her first Cham-pionship match Thursday can attest to. Anderson started the month of July as a little-known home-schooled golfer, who had qualified for her second consec-utive U.S. Girls Junior Amateur tourna-ment. Even in her mind, winning the entire thing was almost out of the question. “I looked at all those good players in my bracket and I thought I would never make it,” Anderson said of her U.S. Ju-nior Am bracket. “People told me at the end, that it was the toughest path of all the brackets.” By the time the little known golfer from a small North Dakota town was done, there was a trail of beaten down nationally-ranked opponents in her wake. First, Anderson’s name was put into the limelight when she won medalist laurels after shooting a three-under 141. But then after victories over AJGA veterans and U.S. Women Open qualifi-ers Alison Lee and Victoria Tanco, peo-ple started noticing Anderson. She defeated the 2008 top-rated Ju-nior golfer Tanco of Argentina 2 and 1, despite falling three down early by the seventh hole. “It was kind of funny that I was al-ways down after the seventh hole, it nev-er failed,” Anderson laughed. In the semifinals, Anderson faced Co-lumbia’s Luz Alejandra Cangrejo, where she probably faced her biggest adversity of her career in the form of a three-hole deficit with four to go. After chipping away at Cangrejo’s lead, finally getting it down to a one hole deficit, she made her “one-in-100 shot” on hole 18 to force an extra hole. Both golfers hit the fairway on the 18th, while Cangrejo put her approach shot on the green for a downhill putt. Anderson flopped her approach on the fringe, 15-feet away. Cangrejo putted her ball within five feet of the hole, making it look like dire straits for Anderson. “I knew I had to chip in to win the

hole,” Anderson said. “I ended up chip-ping it in from 10-12 feet away, a shot that came straight from the Lord.” That was more than enough to push the match into a playoff hole, where Cangrejo shanked her drive into a haz-ard, thus giving Anderson a berth in the finals. “I just kept playing my game and just stayed patient with it,” Anderson de-scribed her amazing comeback. The finals were not as intense, as An-derson blew away Kimberly Kim, the 2006 U.S. Women’s Amateur champion and who was playing in her fourth USGA final. Kim couldn’t keep up with Anderson’s accurate fairway shooting and her darts on the green which resulted in six to 10 foot birdie putts — which resulted in a going-away 6 and 5 win for the Oxbow golfer. “Mentally, I was prepared to lose in the finals,” Anderson included. “It wasn’t that I was hoping to lose, it was just that I didn’t want to get my hopes too high. “After winning it, I didn’t feel like I won an event like that. It really still hasn’t sunk in yet.” But Anderson started to realize win-ning a prestigious tournament like the U.S. Girls Junior Amateur, changed things up in her life a bit. “I’ve had a lot of interviews and a lot more media attention,” she added. “It’s weird playing in tournaments and some people recognize you.” The Pine to Palm Tournament has felt the touch of Anderson, as well. She became the first female to qualify for Championship match play and a day later, the first to win a match after she beat Peter Krier 2 and 1 Thursday. A gallery which is usually seen on Sunday for the championship match, was following Anderson Thursday. “It’s amazing,” said two-time Pine to Palm champion Rick Kuhn. “She can make it in match play. She hits the ball well and she has a great short game. She’ll be tough to beat.” Her brother, Nathan, has been a big part of her success. Both were winners for four years in the Ironman Junior Tournament, which runs parallel to the Pine to Palm the same week. “Nathan is one of the reasons I started playing golf,” Amy said. “I saw how hard he worked at it to be good. He is such a perfectionist and he still says he can be better than me. “So that drives me to be better, be-cause I know I can get better.”

One challenge Anderson has to take on during the Pine to Palm week, is she has to tee off from the same tee box as her male counterparts. Although her length isn’t as long, An-derson can make up for it with her dead-ly accuracy in her short game, as well as her putting. Her consistent fairway golf can allow her to be patient and wait for opponent to slip up, then capitalize on it — which is an effective method in match play. “I can drive the ball about 260-270 yards average, but what I try for is hit-ting it straight,” she said. “Length isn’t all too important, but being straight is really important.” Of course, she can also draw from her U.S. Girls Junior Amateur experience as

she delves into Pine to Palm match play history. “First, I just want to win a match, then take it one match at a time,” she in-cluded. “I was down so many times at the U.S. Girls Junior Amateur, that I learned how to be patient. I just learn never to give up.” She will be attending NDSU this fall and play for the women’s Bison golf team. Anderson will also be instructed by her personal coach, Dale Helm, who will be an assistant on the Bison squad. No matter how far Anderson can play into Championship match play the rest of the week, the Pine to Palm Tourna-ment will have her footprints on it — and all for the better.

patience is a virtueAnderson wins USGJA title


Amy Anderson rolls in a birdie putt to win the par four fourth hole Thursday.


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