Pine to Palm Spotlight – Vol 64 No. 3

Spotlightvol. 64 no. 3 detroit lakes, minnesota saturday, august 14, 2010

A New LookPiNe to PALm

Pine to Palm

Saturday, August 14th, 20102

BY BRIAN [email protected]

It’s been quite the ride this summer for Detroit Lakes se-nior Tanner Lane. First, his hockey career literally blasts off after being drafted by the USHL’s Fargo Force, committing to play with the WCHA’s University of Ne-braska-Omaha men’s hockey team and being selected by the NHL’s Atlanta Thrashers. Friday — which inciden-tally was his 18th birthday — was another notch in a wild summer for Lane, but it didn’t come on the ice. Lane posted the first upset of the Pine to Palm Golf Tour-nament, after toppling co-medalist and former tourney champion Ben Freeman 1-up. Lane’s eight-foot downhill par putt on hole 18 clinched the match and sent Freeman packing. The future Fargo Force forward also will have fa-miliar company Saturday in the round of 16, as his cousin Adam McArthur also reserved a spot after beating James Ford 3 and 2. The two cousins were play-ing in the same group Friday and will be playing in the same foursome Saturday, as well. “That’s pretty cool being able to play with Adam,” Lane said. “And it was definitely a great birthday today.” Lane’s win was keyed by his ability to hang close to Freeman early on, then win the crucial hole late. Lane lost the second hole to a birdie by Freeman, but after that, there wasn’t a hole exchanged until hole 12, when the Detroit Country Club member evened the match. “That was key, because Ben was making a lot of birdies and pars and I didn’t get too far behind,” Lane said. Hole 14 became a decisive one, as Lane took his first lead 1-up with a birdie. After the two golfers halved 15, Freeman had a very rare hiccup, missing a short birdie putt after Lane sand blasted a shot near the cup to ultimately halve the hole. “He never misses those kind of putts,” Lane said of Freeman. It was a grand finale on 18, as Lane ended up short of the cup, with an uphill putt and Freeman was chipping above the hole. Lane’s putt went long, while Freeman put his chip shot within two feet, but that set up the DL golfer’s clutch putt from eight feet out — which he drained for the win. “Those are the types of putts you need to make to beat a golfer like Ben,” Lane add-ed. McArthur finished much earlier than the Lane-Free-man duo, after jumping out to an early lead and maintaining it, before ending the match on hole 14.

“I really had to grind to-day, because I wasn’t play-ing my best,” said McArthur, who like Lane, will be making their first Sweet 16 appear-ance. “I took advantage of the openings he left me.” McArthur is playing in his third Pine to Palm, after quit-ting golf last year, but he’s glad he gave it another shot. “I sold my clubs and every-thing last summer,” McArthur said. “It’s just nice to come back home and play well.” The cousins will be play-ing a pair of Moorhead up and comers, as McArthur will face Ben Welle and Lane will play Max Hosking. The two elders who quali-fied for Pine to Palm match play will be making yet anoth-er appearance in the round of 16. The eldest, 51-year-old Todd Hillier, advanced with a pair of wins over Tanner Jones Thursday 7 and 6 and John Young 4 and 3. It’s his second trip to the third round and he realizes his long game doesn’t compete with the younger golfers, but it’s his short game which is dangerous. “I can’t hit it as far as the younger guys, I accept that,” Hillier said. “But I go out and try to just hit the fairways and greens. There’s no reason to be intimidated with how far those younger guys can hit it.” Two-time Pine to Palm champion 40-year-old Rick Kuhn remains a very tough out, as he eliminated each of Mitch Buboltz 4 and 3 in the first round and Adam Gro-naas 6 and 5. “I love Todd!” Kuhn pro-claimed after hearing the older Hillier also won Friday, thus making him the oldest one left in the tournament and not Kuhn. “I’ve been play-ing solid this week. But every

year I play in the Pine to Palm, those younger guys are just getting better and better, their ball striking is outstanding. “When you play those elite guys, you have to go out and make birdies. But I’m not in-timidated playing them, I just go out and do what I do.” With two rounds scheduled tomorrow, one in the morning and the second starting at 2:31 p.m., fatigue will affect the older golfers more. “If I advance that far (to the final eight) and play two rounds, I’m going to be dead tired, I won’t lie,” Kuhn said. “But the key is to keep your fundamentals good and pay attention to what your body is telling you.” Kuhn will face Spencer Hil-de, who defeated former Pine to Palm champion Greg Mel-hus 2 and 1. The Tom Hoge train also kept plowing right along, as the defending champion shot “six or seven” under par on his way to a 3 and 2 win over Troy Klongerbo. Hoge was six-under par af-ter seven holes to build a 3-up lead. “I couldn’t hit my putts af-ter that and (Klongerbo) was playing well,” Hoge said. “He probably would have been beating anyone else with the way he was playing. But I kept driving the ball straight and went out and tried to make birdies. “But, I feel I can play bet-ter.” One of this year’s co-medal-ists did survive, as St. Paul’s Wade Walters advanced with a 5 and 3 win over Jared But-ler. All but four first-round matches were decided early Friday morning, after the first round was ended after rain de-lays and darkness.

Lane pulls off upset of co-medalist FreemanThe Pine to Palm field of 16 is set for Saturday

PHOTOS BY BRIAN BASHAM/SPOTLIGHT

TANNeR LANe watches his tee shot to the par three 14th hole during his match against Ben Freeman Friday. Lane received a great birthday present Friday, winning the match 1-up.

FORMeR PINe TO PALM cHAMPION Corey Blenkush chips up to the 11th green during Friday’s match play.

AdAM McARTHuR of Detroit Lakes had his wedge raised high in victory but squinted in defeat as his chip on to the 13th green rolls just past the hole during his Pine to Palm match against James Ford. McArthur won 3 and 2.


One of the strengths of the Pine to Palm Golf Tournament is the tradition it holds, allow-ing its patrons through its 78 years to know what to expect. But to keep that tradition strong and keeping the tour-nament a destination for golf families, changing with the times is also a necessity. Tradition is still a very im-portant virtue to the Pine to Palm Tournament Commit-tee, but change has also been a valuable tool in making the golfing experience through the week strong. One improvement is a defi-nite notice, while the second will not be seen until Sunday afternoon. When golfers and fans are sitting enjoying drinks and a meal inside the Little Easy Restaurant, they can simply look up and see the daily up-dates of Championship play on the new 51-inch flat screen television. The new addition was in-stalled by Pine to Palm Com-mittee member and technolo-gy guru Dave Johnston, while Pro Systems of Detroit Lakes donated the flat screen. It’s a first step of a poten-tial future of having a digital scoreboard format outside in the rotunda area. “That could be in the fu-ture, where we could have four to five displays of show-ing the results of the tourna-ment,” Johnston said. “There is a potential future of having all results on a digital display system.” If that day does come, the final goal would be to have all flights’ results on screens, displayed where the current scoreboard is. Currently, there are limi-tations of what results can be shown on the flat screen inside the Little Easy, be-cause for each flight — albeit named, Championship, Mid-Am, Seniors or Super Seniors — there needs to be a comput-er running results for each of

them. Logistically, that’s difficult to run. One feature which was highlighted during Cham-pionship qualifying was the estimated cut the software predicted with each score re-ported. “And in the end, the pro-jected cut was correct (148),” Johnston said. Already, a tournament champion is already inked into Pine to Palm lore with their names printed up on the clubhouse Championship board. Now, their accomplishment can be seen on the Pine to Palm Tournament Championship trophy, which is displayed in the DCC Pro Shop. All 77 champions names are etched into the trophy, with No. 78 being crowned Sunday. “Our idea came from the Jack Nicklaus Memorable Pro Tournament trophy,” said Pine to Palm Committee chair-man Bob Gorden. “It’s a good showcase for people to look at inside the clubhouse.” Another change which will be noticeable is the change from the Pine to Palm silver

punch bowl trophy to a more traditional trophy, which fea-tures a crystal golf ball, held up on two swirls of crystal, which is perched on a solid oak platform. In many cases, the punch bowl rewarded to the Pine to Palm champion is packed away, due to the high main-tenance it takes to keep care of the silver, which tarnishes easily. “We discussed it as a com-mittee that we’ve always had silver for our trophies, so we decided to try some other op-tions.” Last year, crystal wine glasses were given to runners-up in divisions. This year, a crystal wine decanter will be awarded to the consolation champion. “We received good feedback about the crystal last year, so we tried to expand on it,” Gorden said. Change has been responded to favorably with the addi-tions of the Mid-Am and Super Seniors Divisions. The Mid-Am nearly dou-bled in size, from 22 to 33 the last two years and the Super Seniors had 34 entrants in its

first year. There still will be some tinkering with each divi-sion, such as the possibility of enlarging the Super Senior match play bracket from eight to 16, but overall, both have been working out well.

“People just have to remem-ber, if we add a flight, we need to take one away,” Gorden said. Change has been good for the Pine to Palm Tournament, but not so much to change the tradition of it.


Hermanson is good to go with seven ironn Detroit Country Club sur-

rendered six aces this spring and summer:

Mike Suckert, D.L. Middle School principal and member of the Pine to Palm committee aced the 174 yd 8th hole on April 3rd with a 6 iron.

On May 15th, Rick Kohler of Detroit Lakes placed his ball in the cup with a 6 iron on the 156 yard 14th hole. Ed Johnson of Pelican Rapids scored his ace on the 8th hole on June 22nd us-ing his 4 iron. Bruce Parmer of Fargo had his hole in one on the 175 yd, 17th hole on July 10th with his 4 iron. Last Monday, Perry Piatz in his qualifying round in the Mid Amateur here at the Pine to Palm recorded his ace on the 8th hole.

Mark Holm, Head Profes-

sional at D.C.C., scored his ace on April lst on No. 14 using his No. 7 iron. Lakeview Golf Course across the street from D.C.C. had three aces: Ed Hart-man of Detroit Lakes on the 125 yard 14th hole on June 2, with a wedge. Mark Williams of D.L. aced No. 16, 134 yards with his 9 iron on June 11th. The final ace came on July 27, by Beau Han-

son on the 125-yard second hole on Lakeview with his 9 iron.

n Mark Mancell, playing in the Maud Flight in the Se-nior division had a routine par on the 8th hole yesterday. His drive went left, hit a tree and headed out of bounds. He took out his provisional ball and put it in the cup. It wasn’t a hole in

one but helped him win the hole in his match.Dean Hermanson sTorY:

Dean Hermanson, a 1965 graduate of Detroit Lakes H.S. is playing in his sixth Pine to Palm. He shot a 87 in Senior qualifying. Now the rest of the story, Hermanson played the entire 18 holes with one club, his six iron. His brother Ford, who owned the Ironman Golf Course gave Dean an ideal course for using just an iron. He stated that his scores at Lakeview Ex-ecutive across the street from D.C.C. are usually around par. “I carry two balls, two tees and my towel. “I’m what you call a one iron-one man scramble.” He lost his first match 4 & 3 yester-day to Vern Steimetz, a 32 year veteran of the P.P.

New look for the 78th Pine to Palm Tourney

dave joHNsToN, above, helped install the 51-inch flat screen, which displays Championship Flight results. Pro Systems do-nated the television set. (Right) The new Pine to Palm showcase trophy.

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by Mark Larson


–Sweet Sixteen Championship –

Age — 51Residence — Hoople, N.D.Occupation — Potato FarmerClub Membership — Grand Forks C.C., Detroit C.C. Plantation LaQuinta, CAQualifying Score — 71-73-144

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Age — 16Residence — MoorheadOccupation — Junior, Moorhead HSClub Membership — Village Green Meadows,

MoorheadQualifying Score — 72-72-146

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Age — 40Residence — Bismarck, N.D.Occupation — Financial AdvisorClub Membership — Apple Creek C.C. Qualifying Score — 69-70-139

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Age — 21Residence — Fargo, N.D.Occupation — Senior at Texas Christian

UniversistyClub Membership — Fargo C.C.Qualifying Score — Defending Champ

TOM HOgE

Age — 23Residence — CrookstonOccupation — Student, New Mexico State

UniversityClub Membership — Willow Run G.C.Qualifying Score — 74-73-147

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THOMAS STRAnDEMO

Age — 18Residence — Detroit LakesOccupation — Student, Fargo South H.S.Club Membership — Detroit C.C.Qualifying Score — 73-73-146

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Rock, Scottsdale, AZClub Membership — Sawmill G.C., StillwaterQualifying Score — 66-70-136 (Co-Medalist)

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Age — 17Residence — Harwood, N.D.Occupation — Senior at West Fargo H.S.Club Membership — Village Green, MoorheadQualifying Score — 71-75-146

Age — 29Residence — Napoleon, N.D.Occupation — White Maid RestaurantClub Membership — Napoleon C.C.Qualifying Score — 70-77-147

Age — 19Residence — Fargo, N.D.Occupation — Student S.D.S.U. BrookingsClub Membership — Fargo C.C.Qualifying Score — 73-70-143

Age — 24Residence — BemidjiOccupation — Graduate Student, Sports StudiesClub Membership — Bemidji Town & C.C.Qualifying Score — 74-74-148

Age — 16Residence — Fargo, N.D. Occupation — Student, Hank Haney Internation-

al Junior Golf Academy at Hilton Head, S.C.

Club Membership — Oxbow C.C.Qualifying Score — 72-70-142

Age — 20Residence — Eau Claire, WIOccupation — Student U of Wisconsin, MadisonClub Membership — Eau Claire G.C.Qualifying Score — 69-72-141

Age — 22Residence — MahnomenOccupation — Student, University of St. ThomasClub Membership — Dellwoodds Hill C.C.Qualifying Score — 68-74-142

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Detroit Lakes’ Mike Seelye did his best impression of a bulldog Friday during his Pine to Palm Mid-Am quarterfinal match against Perry Piatz. The start of the match saw Piatz sink four birdies in the first five holes, which would have normally built up a nice comfortable lead in most matches. But not Friday and not against Seelye, who has been playing a hot game of golf this week. Instead of separating from Seelye, Piatz only had a 1-up advantage, which came on a chip-in birdie on hole four. “I saw him making all those birdies, but I never gave up,” Seelye said. “My putting and short game saved me. This was just a fun match, it felt like playing in a Champion-ship match play again.” Incidentally, the last time Seelye played in the Champi-onship field in 2002, then-med-alist and current pro golfer Josh Person made eight bird-ies in nine holes. “That was when I decided that playing Championship wasn’t for me anymore,” See-lye said. But Friday, the birdie-fest Piatz was having didn’t deter Seelye, instead he made his move to make the match a back-and-forth affair through-out. Piatz went 2-up after an-other birdie on six, but Seelye scored that back on an up and down on eight. “I was leaning hard on my putter today,” Seelye added. It wasn’t until hole 14 where the DL golfer pulled to even af-ter landing his seven-iron shot

to within four feet of the cup. Seelye’s first lead came on 15 when Piatz hit out of bounds, but the match went back to even with a par. After the duo halved 17, Seelye’s short game saved him again on 18, as his approach landed closer to the cup for the eventual win. “I was going to rely on my short game and give myself a chance,” Seelye included. “It feels good, it feels nice being in the thick of things again.” Seelye will face Chad Niles in the semifinals, after Niles knocked off medalist Duane Siverson 2 and 1. The defending champion Jay Olafson remained on track for a repeat, after he downed A.J. Greff 3 and 2. “I had a good, solid round with some consistent golf,” Olafson said. Another strong start cata-pulted Olafson to a command-ing 4-up lead after six holes, where he maintained and weathered a couple of Greff comebacks. “I didn’t miss too many putts and stayed out of trouble for the most part,” Olafson added. “I got in control early and didn’t have to go out and seek the pins.” Wade King will be Olafson’s semifinal opponent, after he eliminated Craig Stein 2 and 1. The two semifinals match-es will start at 2:13 p.m. on tee one.


2010 Pine to Palm Mid-Am Championship#1 Jay OlafsOn

#16 Brad sOlheim

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#9 aJ Greff

#4 BOB CavanaGh

#13 CraiG stein

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#15 miles sChaCher

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#3 miKe seelye

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#6 Perry Piatz

#11 Keith aasen

Jay OlafsOn, 3 & 2

Wade KinG, 2 & 1

Chad niles, 2-uP

miKe seelye, 1-uP

Jay OlafsOn, 6 & 5

aJ Greff, 2-uP

CraiG stein, 1-uP

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Chad niles, 2-uP

2010 Mid-Am Champion

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–Mid-Am Final Four –

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JAy OlAfsOn chips up to the the seventh green during his Mid-Am match against AJ Greff Friday.

PhOTOs By BRiAn BAshAM/sPOTlighT

ChAd niles, above, blasts his drive on the par four 10th hole during his Friday Mid-Am match. Niles beat Duane Siverson. Wade King, right, watches his long curving birdie putt on the eighth green lip-out during his Mid-Am match against Craig Stein Friday.


There was bit more than just a Pine to Palm Senior quarterfinal match on the line when Clint Nelson faced Rob Harris Friday at the Detroit Country Club. There was some college pride on the line. Nelson is a University of North Dakota alumni, while Harris totes the Maroon-and-Gold as a University of Minne-sota alum, in which, are obvi-ous big rivals in the world of college hockey. “Rob came up to me and said I knew you were playing here because all of these UND tees were lying around,” Nel-son said with a laugh. “But it was a fun and competitive match.” But you can strike one up for the Sioux, as Nelson topped Harris 1-up, which was decided on one playoff hole. Nelson made quite the comeback after trailing by two holes with only two to go. So the Sioux alum went to work, winning 17 after Har-ris went into the bunker and pulled to within even on 18 after Nelson almost holed his approach shot for eagle, but settling for birdie. Nelson sunk his match-win-ning putt on the first green to win the playoff and match. “They just mowed the green, so it rolled really nice,” Nelson said. Nelson will face first-time

Pine to Palmer Conrad Lopes, who defeated Burke Kiger 4 and 3. Lopes shot solid, shooting three-over par. The upper bracket semi-final match will feature Tim Rubis and Larry Olin. Rubis used some sharp shooting on the pin to answer several good shots by Mike Stirling to win 5 and 4. “I made my putts,” Rubis said. The Fargo golfer nearly hit a hole in one on eight, as his drive went about four feet wide of the cup to win with a par. Rubis went 2-up after a par on nine. Stirling drained his five-foot birdie putt, but Rubis an-swered with a long putt of his own to halve the hole. “I felt like I won that one with that long putt,” Rubis said. Another birdie putt put Rubis 3-up, in which he fol-lowed that up by hitting the stick from 55-yards out on the next hole. Olin used a strong putter to play his way past Ron Burn-side 5 and 4. Olin will be mak-ing his first trip to the semifi-nals. Senior play will start at 1:57 p.m. on tee one.


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#8 Larry oLin

#9 john hagge

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#15 burke kiger

#7 conrad LopeS

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Larry oLin, 5 & 4

Tim rubiS, 5 & 4

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cLinT neLSon, 1-up

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Larry oLin, 1-up

Tim rubiS, 5 & 4

burke kiger, 1-up

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2010 Senior Champion

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cLinT neLSon, 3-up

rob harriS, 6 & 5

2010 Pine to Palm Senior Championship

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ConsultingClub Membership — Fiddlers Creek, NaplesQualifying Score — 75

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COnRAd LOPeS

–Senior Final Four –

Age — 64Residence — Fargo, N.D.Occupation — Sales RepClub Membership — Oxbow C.C.Qualifying Score — 73

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COnRAd LOPeS, right, approaches

the 11th green during his Senior

Championship match against

Burke Kiger Friday afternoon.

Clint Nelson, far right, chips up to

the 10th green dur-ing his Friday se-

nior championship match against Rob

Harris.

PHOtOS by bRiAn bASHAM

Nelson wins on extra hole to edge HarrisFour Seniors advance to P 2 P semifinals

LARRy OLin, left, watches his tee shot on the 11th hole dur-ing senior championship match play. Tim Rubis, right, hits his approach shot to the par four 11th green Friday afternoon.


boys 10 - 12, l to r, Blake Kahlbaugh, Cole Johnson, Adam Van Raden. 13 - 18 year old division, l to r, Joe Cahill, Dakota Waverek, Brian Clark.

8 - 12 girls division, l to r, Naomi Larson, Shelby Busker, Emily Larson. boys 8 & 9 division, l to r, Cole Hanson, Hunter Burnside, Parker Bartels.

Thurs last name first name sex age city

Championship Flight Girls 8 - 12 year old division 1st 45 51 96 Larson Naomi F 11 Detroit Lakes2nd 53 51 104 Busker Shelby F 8 Detroit Lakes3rd 52 56 108 Larson Emily F 9 Detroit Lakes

71 59 130 Cihak Anna F 8 Detroit Lakes73 75 148 Price Kylee F 8 Detroit Lakes74 79 153 Schneider Viktoria F 8 Eden Prairie

Championship Flight Boys 8 & 9 year old division 1st 43 43 86 Hanson Cole M 9 Grand Forks2nd 45 46 91 Burnside Hunter M 8 Detroit Lakes3rd 46 47 93 Bartels Parker M 8 Oxbow

47 54 101 Holt Brandon M 9 Grand Forks56 49 105 Longhenry Mark M 8 Bloomington60 46 106 Westra Colton M 8 Fargo53 54 107 Henke Sam M 8 Oxbow65 72 135 Tangen Caleb M 8 Detroit Lakes

Championship Flight Boys 10 - 12 year old division 1st 29 69 98 Kahlbaugh Blake M 12 Mahnomen2nd 33 69 102 Johnson Cole M 12 W. Fargo3rd 36 70 106 Van Raden Adam M 10 Grand Forks

36 73 109 Johnson Lucas M 11 Moorhead37 79 116 Foley Joe M 12 Brainerd

First Flight Boys 10 - 12 year old division1st 41 76 117 Unruh Ben M 10 Detroit Lakes2nd 43 83 126 Paskey Ryan M 10 Detroit Lakes3rd 41 98 139 Cihak Isaac M 11 Detroit Lakes

46 95 141 Justesen Carter M 10 Detroit Lakes47 97 144 Brooks Eli M 10 Detroit Lakes

Second Flight Boys 10 - 12 year old division1st 48 95 143 Busker Sam M 12 Detroit Lakes2nd 50 99 149 Beisner Micah M 10 Detroit Lakes3rd 58 110 168 Krueger Micah M 9 Detroit Lakes

63 112 175 Keeley Sam M 10 Grafton65 110 175 Nelson Alexander M 11 Minneapolis69 112 181 Price Kelvin M 11 Detroit Lakes

Comfortable tempera-tures and sunny weather brought great golf and great scores to the 40th annual Junior Classic. Joe Cahill defeated Da-kota Waverek in match play in the 13 to 18 year division. Joe has been a bridesmaid the past few years so he is happy final-ly being the champ. Blake Kahlbaugh fol-lowed up his 29 on Thurs-day with an outstanding 18 hole score of 69 Friday to win the Championship flight of the 10 to 12 year old boys. This is our pre-mier flight with great young golfers honing their craft. Ben Unruh who thought he had to cancel because of a dentist appointment Thursday had no pain as he blitzed the first flight of the boys 10 to 12 division with scores of 41 and 76. Cole Hanson wins by 5

strokes in the 8 to 9 year old boys division shooting a pair of 43’s. In the girls 8 to 12 year old division, Naomi Lar-son cruised to victory winning by eight shots. Shelby Busker overtook Naomi’s sister Emily to win second with a nice second day score of 51. Ironman is a nine hole par 3 golf course that has enough difficulty that it

attracts all age groups. It is a great golf course for the young kids to work on scoring and tournament golf while they prepare for other competitions and hopefully someday becoming a Pine to Palm Champion. Yes, we are proud that we had Tom Hoge out here many years ago. It is fun to see them excel in the game, the greatest game- golf.

sun shines on 40th ironman Junor ClassicGreat golf, great scores on day two

CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT- AGES 13 - 18Consolation Bracket

1 Kate Smith 33Brian Clark Kate Smith

8 Brian ClarkBrian Clark Joe Cahill

4 Joe Cahill 39Kylee Helling Joe Cahill

5 Kylee Helling 43Brian Clark Joe Cahill3rd place 2 Dakota Waverek 37 Champion

Nathaniel Kahlbaugh Dakota Waverek7 Nathaniel Kahlbaugh 47

Nathaniel Kahlbaugh Dakota Waverek3 Tommy Weurtz 37 Runner Up

Cierra Waverek Tommy Weurtz6 Cierra Waverek 46


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