Pine to Palm Spotlight - Volume 65 No. 3

vol. 65 no. 3 detroit lakes, minnesota • satUrdaY, aUgUst 13, 2011

New Head GopHer

Follow us on

1462 E Shore Drive • Detroit Lakes218.847.8192

www.firesidedl.com

Everything You’d Expect From A

Fine Dining Restaurant.

Except The Attitude.

Open 7 Nights a Week at 5pm

Detroit Lakes | 844-4ACS www.arvig.com

Welcome Pine to Palm

Open Mon.-Fri. 7am-4:45pm;Sat. 7-3:45 • Sun. 8am-1:45pm

900 Washington Ave • Detroit Lakes, MN • 847-3344

Main Street Restaurant

Any Omelette

Mon-Fri 7-11am

$639

Includes Hash Browns & Toast!

or less

Daily Breakfast Specials

$419Includes Coffee!

Serving Breakfast – til 4pm –

Spotlight79th Pine to Palm

BY BRIAN [email protected]

There were two things Moorhead’s Nick Olsgaard avoided Friday evening at the Detroit Country Club dur-ing the 79th Pine to Palm Golf Tournament at the Detroit Country Club. The first was the massive storm which was blowing in from the west, as it threat-ened his second round match against Duluth’s Troy Klon-gerbo. The second was defeat, after Olsgaard had a big time rally late in his match, erasing a three-hole deficit to Klonger-bo by winning the final four holes to win 1-up and advance to the field of 16. “My heart is still racing,” Olsgaard said after making it back to the clubhouse as the skies opened up with a down-pour. “I knew I could do it, I just had to dig deep.” Olsgaard won the Par 3 17th hole after hitting the green, while Klongerbo drove into the right side bunker to take a 1-up advantage. The pair halved 18 to en-sure the big comeback for Ols-gaard. Not 10 minutes later, play was suspended. “After winning 17, that was a big cushion after being three down at 14,” said Olsgaard, who is a sophomore on the NDSU men’s golf team. “It also was huge being able to end the match, because I didn’t want to give away the momentum I had by winning four straight holes.” That’s exactly what could have happened if the match would have lasted 10 minutes later, since four of the second-round matches were not fin-ished and will be played at 6:30 a.m. Saturday morning. Olsgaard also tore the mon-key off his back Thursday, af-ter he won his first-ever Pine to Palm match after four years of trying. “I qualified for match play

every time and this is the first year I got out of the first round,” the Bison golfer said. “So it’s a big burden off my shoulders.” Olsgaard, who is the high-est seed remaining at No. 3, has done well in match play this summer, with an All-City (Fargo) Tournament champi-onship to prove it. But he’s not overlooking anyone. “This is match play, any-thing can happen,” he added. “I’m just going to keep grind-ing.” His next opponent will be decided Saturday morning, as Brad Andvik and Patrick Lar-kin are even on the 18th hole. Another first-time Pine to Palm winner who was able to add his second victory under his belt Friday was Detroit Lakes’ Robert Wagner. The 1997 DLHS graduate, who now lives in St. Louis Park, is the lone golfer left from the host town — and Wagner was responsible for eliminating the other one. Wagner downed Detroit Lakes’ Mitch Buboltz 4 and 3, after building a 3-up advan-tage at the turn, which includ-ed back-to-back wins on holes four and five. “I felt more relaxed today and that I found my swing,” Wagner said. “I was hitting the ball on the fairway and hit a lot of greens in regulation.” Wagner played golf in high school and at Augsburg Col-lege, before giving it up for a few years. This summer he decided to focus on his game and play an-other Pine to Palm. He qualified for champion-ship match play for the first time after shooting a 148, and proceeded to beat Dan Matheson 3 and 2. “I’ve played in the Pine to Palm five or six times in high school and college and won the Pine Flight,” Wagner add-ed. “But I came in this year, believing in myself and be-

ing comfortable with my golf game.” Wagner will face the win-ner between Greg Melhus and Sam Palmisano, who were out on the course when play was suspended. One other DL golfer dropped out of contention as Laker ju-nior Austin Rusness lost to John Young 1-up. The University of Minne-sota Gopher contingent also dropped one more, after Rob-ert Bell was defeated by James Niles of Mesa, Ariz., 2 and 1. The Gopher who did ad-vance was Alex Gaugert, who downed Fargo’s Lukas Davi-son 2-up. Jon Trasamar also won, beating Ben Welle 4 and 3. Gaugert set the pace on the front nine, by sinking five birdies and an eagle, but fin-ished with six bogeys total in his round. “I had some shots where I needed to find some fair-ways better,” Gaugert said. “I wasn’t putting the best and (Davison) was sinking a lot of 10-plus putts. “I am learning the golf course better and I’m feeling more comfortable with it.” The other two matches not finished included Bob Ca-vanagh versus Parker Dire and Taylor Cavanagh against Trevor Vandelac. The three other divisions in championship play were able to make their final four bids. In the Mid-Am, defending champ Chad Niles will face Duane Siverson and medal-ist Kent Fronk will take on last year’s runner-up and 2009 champion Jay Olafson. In Senior championship semifinal action, defending champion Tim Rubis will play Scott Linnerooth and T.L. So-lien will face Rob Harris. The Super Seniors’ semi-finals will include medalist Chuck Renner playing Dr. Robert Harris and Dr. Rick Render against Tom Hanson.

Saturday, August 13th, 20112

BRIAN BASHAM/SPOTLIGHT

PAT DeITz of Fargo sinks a birdie putt on the 10th hole during Friday’s match play against Dan Cavanagh of Perham. Deitz won the match 1 up.


ROBeRT WAGNeR, left, watches his drive on the ninth hole during Friday’s championship match play. Parker Dire, right, of Bismarck, N.D., watches his tee shot to the eighth green Friday afternoon.

Storms end 2nd round prematurely; 4 matches left


NIck OLSGAARD contorts his body in an attempt to make his ball draw on his approach to the ninth green Friday.


HOTEL SHOREHAM

1/2 mile N. of Detroit Country Club847-9913

SORRy,wE’RE OpEN!

HOTEL SHOREHAM

~ 847-9913 ~pIZZA SHOp

~ 847-9894 ~

☞

Have lunch with us!

★ OpEN DAILy ★at 11:00 am

~ KARAOKE ~Every Thursday Night

Saturday,August 13

8p.m.-Midnight☞

MARK LARSON/SPOTLIGHT

THe RuTLedGe AwARd wINNeR was Greg Potvin. Pictured are (L to R) Gerri Rutledge, Greg Potvin, Marcia Potvin and Jim Sinclair.

POTvIN IS RuTLedGe wINNeR

Dr. Bob Harris – father & grandfatherResidence: formerly of Roseau now lives in Boynton Beach, Florida-82 years oldAccomplishments:*2011 Pine to Palm - Qualifying Score in Super Seniors – 75 He is playing in semi-finals today.*USGA Senior Championship Runner-up 1992(six time quali-fier)*Minnesota’s Father-Son Tour-nament- 12 time winner-5 times with John, 3 times with Rob, 1 time with Mark, 3 times with ScottNational Father-Son Tourna-ment Champions with John in 1974*Champion of Northland Invi-tational –Duluth in 1993*He has shot his age 641 times*Played in Pine to Palm in 1944 at age of 15 and shot 151 in 36 hole qualifying but missed cut* 1950 University of Minnesota Gopher Hockey Captain

John Harris – son of Phyliss & BobResidence – MinneapolisAccomplishments:As an amateur:*1974 Big Ten individual cham-pion as an individual*1987,1989, 2000 Minnesota State Amateur Champion*1988,1990,1991,1992,1999 Mid-Am Champ*1993 U.S. Amateur Champion*1995 U.S. Sunnehanna Ama-teur*1997 On Porter Cup teamAs a professional:*Walker Cup(1993 & 1997 win-ners & 1995 & 2001 participants)*He was the second leading scorer on the Gopher golf team and helped the team to win the Big Ten Championship in 1974.*Won the Commerce Bank Championship in June of 2006-1st championship win*finished 50th in the 1994 Mas-ters Golf Tournament in 1994* has earned $3,073,236.00 in his pro career

Rob Harris –son of Bob & PhylissResidence –Eden PrairieAccomplishments:*1974 NCAA Hockey Champi-ons for U o M Gophers*1976 – played on Olympic hockey team in 1976*U.S. Amateur qualifier at the age of 17*Pine to Palm Medalist in 1994 with rounds of 67-69 – 136*1975 University of Minnesota Gopher Hockey Captain*He has played in 26 Pine to Palm Tournament

Scott Harris – son of Bob & PhylissResidence- MinneapolisAccomplishments:*1979 Pine to Palm Medalist -67-68 -135*Two time Minnesota State Players Champion

Nancy Harris – daughter of Bob & PhylissResidence – Marshall, Minne-sotaAccomplishments:*Minnesota State Amateur Champion – six times*3 time State Match Play Champion*State Four Ball Champ*Minnesota Player of the year – 1993*Public Links Champ in 1993*1984 made final four in USGA Public Links*Selected to the University of Minnesota Hall of Fame in 2009*Played in the first Minnesota State H.S. Golf Tournament in 1979 finished third in as a Ro-seau Ram. Four year state high school participant.

Chris Harris – son of John & JeniferResidence – London, United KingdomAccomplishments:*Played H.S. golf for Edina High School*Played college golf at Duke University in Durham N.C.

Katie Harris - daughter of John & JeniferResidence: MinneapolisAccomplishments:*Played in five state high golf tournaments for Edina H.S.

Eric Harris – son of Rob & KarinAccomplishments: *Pine to Palm qualifier for six years*Played college golf at Gusta-vus Adolphus in St. PeterMinnesota*All MIAC Team in 2008*won the Augsburg Invitational in his Senior year

Jessica Blanchard – daugh-ter of Nancy(Harris) & Paul

BlanchardAccomplishments:*Qualified for 2011 State High School Golf tournament as an8th grader

Paul Blanchard – husband of Nancy (Harris)Blanchard

*Punter for the Minnesota Gopher football team from 1981-1983*son of the late Johnny Blanchard-catcher for the New York Yankees

Harris - A Family of Athletes


THe HARRIS FAMILY includes (L to R) front: Melissa Harris, Sally Harris, Reuben Price and Jessica Blanchard. Karin Harris, Mark Harris, Dr. Bob Harris, Phyllis Harris, Nancy (Harris) Blanchard, Jan Harris, Joanna Price. Back: Rob Har-ris, John Harris, Chris Harris, Eric Harris.


THe HARRIS TOuRNAMeNT GOLFeRS include (L to R) front row: Mark, Dr. Bob and Rob. Back: John, Chris and Eric Harris and Paul Blanchard.



In five attempts in the Pine to Palm Golf Tournament, Bagley’s John Carlson found some success by playing deep into match play. But in the end, Carlson quite couldn’t reach the top of the tournament by losing four times to eventual champions. Carlson certainly has done better on the grander scale of life, though, as his ascension in the golf world has landed him his dream job. Carlson was named the head coach of the University of Min-nesota men’s golf team by ath-letic director Joel Maturi, after a season of being the team’s as-sociate head coach. “Our Men’s program has en-joyed tremendous success and I am confident that John will continue to build on that tradi-tion here at the University of Minnesota,” said Maturi in an article posted on gophersports.com. It’s a position which suits Carlson perfectly and one in which he can bring stability to after the Gophers have gone through two head coaches in a short amount of time. “I’m realizing a dream,” Carlson said. “Every player who grows up in Minnesota wants to be a part of the Go-pher program. I think one of the reasons they hired me was because I was Minnesota born and golf is my passion. “They are expecting me to be in the job until I retire.” That’s definitely welcoming news for a program which has undergone some upheaval the last few years. But with the hiring of Carl-son, the Gophers hope it’s smooth sailing ahead. “I like John, he’s very or-ganized and he provides some stability to the team,” said Go-pher junior Erik Van Rooyen, who finished fourth in the Big 10 Championships as a sopho-more. “It’s good to have John, too, because he was here last year and we don’t have to go through another coaching change.” Carlson’s life has evolved around golf. He was a top prep player from Bagley, who moved on to play at the Univer-sity of Wisconsin – Madison in 1997, where he won three tour-naments and was a four-year letterwinner. “Our teams in Wisconsin were always top five, so we played some consistent golf,” Carlson added. Carlson turned professional after graduating from college, where he played on the Na-tionwide and the NGA Tours for five years. He enjoyed his pro golfing days, picking up 14 profession-al victories, but being on the road constantly finally took its toll. “I was playing in a tourna-ment in Oklahoma on July

4th weekend and I was talking with my wife and her friends on the phone,” Carlson said. “They were sitting on Lake Minnetonka having fun and I was in a casino. “That was the last straw.” After retiring from playing on the pro golf tours, he took on a job as a teaching pro at the Wayzata Country Club. In 2010, John Harris was named Director of Golf at the U of M and he hired Carlson as the associate head men’s coach. “I learned a lot under John during my time with him,” Carlson continued. Carlson was not just handed the Gopher head coaching job, as Maturi interviewed several qualified prospects over the course of the summer. But in the end, Carlson was the best bet. “It was a fair process,” the new head coach said. His young team is apprecia-tive of what Carlson brings to the table for them and in the end, it’s about one thing for them — winning. “You need to be a great re-cruiter, that’s a huge part of being a head coach,” said ju-nior Jon Trasamar. Also being a mentor, as well as teacher, is an aspect a head golf coach needs. “A coach needs to know when to separate from being a coach to being there for his players as a friend,” added Van Rooyen, who is an internation-al recruit from South Africa. Recruiting will be Carlson’s focus and he doesn’t have to go far to find top players. They are here right in his backyard. Minnesota and North Da-kota has been a good pipeline for young talent over the last decade and Carlson will also focus on the Midwest — as well as internationally.

“I can sell a lot of good things about attending the U of M and the Minneapolis area,” Carl-son said. “Minnesota has pro-duced great golfers, because we do have 15 of the best golf courses in the nation and this is where the kids are playing.” Tradition has already been set at the U of M in golf, after the Gophers won the NCAA National Championship in 2002 and took third in 2006. “Brad James did an incred-ible job with his international recruiting, along with a good mix of recruiting in Minneso-ta,” Carlson said. The Big 10 Conference is also an attraction for recruit-ing, since its one of the top con-ferences in the nation, as well. Five teams qualified for the NCAA Championships and Carlson is hoping to start building his team for another run into the nationals. “We are young with no se-niors this year, but we have plenty of young talent to get back on track,” Trasamar said. Learning the many NCAA rules is a challenge, but Carl-son has one simple answer to that one. “If you make the morally correct decision, you’ll be fine,” he said. Carlson’s time at the Pine to Palm was a positive influence during his journey towards the U of M’s head coaching job, as well. “This tournament means a lot to me and it was a chance to meet one of the great families in the Gorden’s,” Carlson said. In his new position, Carlson has become the new face of Minnesota golf. It’s a position he will relish having and one the Gophers can feel stability again on the links.

Carlson lands dream job as U of M head golf coach


uNIveRSITy Of MINNeSOTA GOLfeR Alex Gaugert rolls a putt on the par four sixth green during Thursday’s match play.

CHIPSHOTSCHIPSHOTS

by Mark Larson

Great birdie shot under strange circumstances

From the PublisherAs another great Pine to Palm comes to a close, one

of the real traditions of the tournament, “The Spot-light” daily paper, may have seen its last copy come off the press.

That doesn’t necessarily mean the end of the Spot-light. The platform of this publication, if discontinued in print, would simply move on-line. Already Detroit Lakes Newspapers publishes all the information con-tained in the print version on-line. The proliferation of smart phones and tablets will let us make it look like a newspaper on-line.

The reason for the potential changes are many. More and more of you perhaps the majority of you, are al-ready accessing the daily reports on line on your home or mobile device. Financially the publication, simply put is not profitable. It taxes the human resources of our newspaper, which does production work for six area publications. All of this together brings us to ask the question. Is it worth it? Not just in dollars and cents, but does our audience really care anymore?

That’s where you come in. Please share your opinion by emailing Brian Wierima at [email protected] or contact the Detroit Lakes Newspapers office at 218-847-3151. We’re going to give heavy consideration to what you tell us.

Dennis Winskowski, Publisher

* Tanner Jones, of Fargo in his second day of qualify-ing (Wed) in the championship flight probably had one of the greatest birdies at the

Pine to Palm in recent years. Jones hit his drive on the 18th hole and his ball carried over the trees lining the 6th fairway and hit the food trailer roof on his drive in front of the clubhouse. It then bounced on the canopy of the club-house and ended up in the edging of the flower bed,

He then was given relief by the rules committee. The scorer’s tent had to be moved and his 60 degree wedge ended up on the green, twen-ty feet below the hole. His uphill putt found the bottom of the cup and Jones had a birdie. “What a crazy birdie!” said Jones with a smile.

* Three golfers from Fargo –Colin Bork, James “Lank” Larson & Rod Stecher were inducted into the North Da-kota Hall of Fame at a reception at Oxbow Country Club recently.

Bork was 1995 Pine to Palm runner-up losing to Mark Halverson of Fargo. He also was former assistant pro at Detroit Country Club and also worked at Sun Mountain Golf in Missoula Montana. Bork is a former State Stroke Champion & Match Player champ besides being a USGA Senior Amateur Champ.

Larson claimed medalist honors at the Pine to Palm in 2001 firing a 72. He was medalist again in 2004 with a 69 and won the Senior Championship defeating Doug Gil-lam of Eden Prairie in the finals in that year. In 2003, he was Senior Runner-up losing to Scott Hiller of Marshall in the finals.

Stecher, who died in 2009 was on the North Dakota Golf Association board of directors for six years, coached golf at Dickinson High School and competed in oveer 100 NDGA events and twice won the Heart River Champion-ship.

Tanner Jones


Tim Rubis

LuKE sTANLEY

RoN GALusKA

DAN ELToN

scoTT LiNNERooTh

JEff TwEEToN

JohN schwANKL

LYNN schuLTz

cLiNT NELsoN

spENcER cLARK

JoE sAuER

T.L. soLiEN

Rob hARRis

LYNN hoLbRooK

bob ThERiAuLT

bRucE cARLisLE

Tim Rubis 2 & 1

scoTT LiNNERooTh 1-up

T.L. soLiEN 2-up

Rob hARRis 5 & 4

Tim Rubis 2 & 1

DAN ELToN 1-up (19 hoLEs)

scoTT LiNNERooTh 7 & 5

spENcER cLARK 1-up

T.L. soLiEN 3 & 2

2011 Champion

JohN schwANKL 1-up

Rob hARRis 6 & 5

bRucE cARLisLE 1-up

2011 SENIOR ChampIONShIpchucK RENNER

Tom pEDERsoN

TERRY oLAfsoN

TED hATLEN

DR. RobERT hARRis

RoN smET

RoN smEDshAmmER

LARRY DoEDEN

biLL bLAKE

owEN GERmuNDsoN

pETE LYsAKER

DR. RicK RENDER

Tom hANsoN

ThomAs wooD

DicK mccoNN

JAmEs woLff

chucK RENNER 2 & 1

DR. RobERT hARRis 1-up

DR. RicK RENDER 2 & 1

Tom hANsoN 2 & 1

chucK RENNER 7 & 6

TED hATLEN 4 & 3

DR. RobERT hARRis 1-up

biLL bLAKE 4 & 3

DR. RicK RENDER 1-up

2011 Champion

RoN smEDshAmmER 6 & 4

Tom hANsoN 1-up

DicK mccoNN 1-up

2011 SUpER SENIOR ChampIONShIp


For 42 years, Tim Rubis and Dan El-ton have been friends. Friday, the two golfing buddies had to go head-to-head in the Pine to Palm Seniors quarterfinals, as the defending champion Rubis outlasted Elton 2 and 1. “We both started out a little slow, with holes won by unforced errors,” Rubis said. “The back nine was better and no one had over a one-hole lead most of the way.” But it was hole 15 which ended up being a pendulum-swinging one, as Rubis took a 2-up advantage, after birdied 12 and won 13 on an Elton three-putt green. Elton dropped a 20-foot birdie putt on 16 and it looked as if he could pull even after Rubis drove his ball into the sand on 17. But instead, Rubis came out of the bunker beautifully, laying his sand shot six inches from the cup. Rubis will be a tough out the rest of the way, after playing 20-plus Pine to Palms and winning the Seniors title last year. “I’ve played a lot of tournament golf and I’ve learned you have to keep your focus and basically trust in yourself,” Rubis added. Rubis’ opponent in the semifinals will be Scott Linnerooth, who won 1-up on John Schwankl. The 2009 Senior’s champion, T.L. Solien, is back in the hunt after he downed Spencer Clark 2-up. His opponent will be Rob Harris, who took care of Bruce Carlisle 5 and 4 Friday. The Senior semifinals will start on tee one at 1:35 p.m.


A pair of former Rutledge Award winners faced off in the Pine to Palm Super Senior quarterfinals Friday, as the medalist kept moving right along. The Super Seniors’ final four is now set, as the field of eight was trimmed in half. Good friends and Rutledge Award winners Tom Hanson and Dick Mc-Conn played a close match, which could have gone either way. But in the end, Hanson was the semifinalist with a 1-up win over McConn. “My biggest weapon was talking politics,” Hanson laughed. “I was able to rile him up a bit and take him off his game.” McConn made eagle on hole six to trim Hanson’s lead to one hole, but the Detroit Lakes native and Zorbaz owner was able to take hole eight to go back up two and eventually stave off any comeback. The two friends have played countless of rounds together, but this is the first time Hanson and McConn played against each other at the Pine to Palm. “We are good friends and if we played 100 times, it would go 50-50,” Hanson said. This is Hanson’s 38th Pine to Palm and he loves the addition of the Su-per Seniors, as well. “I’ve been fortunate, because as I keep getting older, they keep add-ing divisions,” Hanson said. “In 10 years I’m waiting for them to add the Super-Duper Seniors Division.” Hanson’s next opponent is also a close friend, as Dr. Rick Render beat Detroit Lakes’ Bill Blake 1-up Friday. In the upper bracket, medalist Chuck Renner keeps on rolling, after a 2 and 1 win over DL’s Ted Hatlen. His next opponent will be 82-year-old Dr. Robert Harris, who toppled Ron Smedshammer 1-up. “We both had bumpy front nines, but after making the turn, we played very even,” Harris said. “I was mak-ing putts today.”

Harris, who had a qualifying score of four-over par 75, took par on each of 15 and 16, then went 1-up on 17 and halved 18. “Now I need to keep it in play, that will be key,” said Harris on ad-vancing to the championship. The Super Senior semifinals will tee off at 12:47 p.m. Saturday.

Rubis survives to defend title

Final 4 is set for Super’s

BRIaN BaSham/SpOTLIGhT

SCOTT LINNEROOTh watches his approach shot to the 11th green Friday. He beat John Schwankl 1 up to advance in Senior Championship match play.

BRIaN BaSham/SpOTLIGhT

ChUCk RENNER rolls a birdie putt on the 16th green during his Friday Super Seniors match against Ted Hatlen.

TIm RUBIS watches his drive on the 10th hole during his Friday Seniors Championship match.


There’s a lot of hardware coming to play in the Pine to Palm Mid-Am semifinals Saturday, which every golfer having won something during the three-year existence of the division. There will be a defending champion, a former champion and a pair of medalist winners playing off in the final four of the Mid-Am. Chad Niles won his second round match 1-up over Brian Benson, for the right to stay alive to defend his 2010 Mid-Am championship. He will face last year’s med-alist Duane Siverson, who was a 2 and 1 winner over Bill Schommer. In the bottom bracket, 2009 Mid-Am champ and 2010 run-ner-up, Jay Olafson advanced with a 5 and 4 win over Detroit

Lakes’ Aaron Burnside. His opponent will be this year’s medalist, Kent Fronk of Jamestown, N.D, who nipped Olafson out for low score by one stroke. It’s rounding out to being quite a finish in the three-year-old Mid-Am Division. Niles almost didn’t have the chance for a return for a second title, after falling down to Benson by three holes at the turn. “I was making bogeys on the front nine and by the time the back nine came along, I just decided to go out and have some fun,” Niles said. Benson faltered a bit with bogeys on 10 and 11 to bring Niles back to one hole. He three-putted 12 to even the match, with Niles taking hole 13 with birdie and won 14 on par. A chip-in on hole 15 saved a halved hole for Niles, as Ben-

son drove into the trees on 16 to effectively end the match. “I wasn’t playing well early, so I figured I better start try-ing for birdies,” Niles said. “I started hitting my greens and getting closer to the hole.” Niles beat Siverson last year in the quarterfinals, so he knows he will have to be more consistent Saturday. “I’m going to have to play better than I did (Friday),” Niles said. “I need to be con-sistent, which is usually my game.” Olafson is hoping for a third trip to the Mid-Am title match in as many years. He was able to take advan-tage of some mistakes Burn-side made early in the match to help build a 6-up lead at the turn. “I didn’t have any bogeys, with mostly pars and a couple of birdies,” Olafson said. “I whined many years to get this division, now that we have it, I’m having a blast.” The semifinal tees start at 1:51 p.m. on the first tee.


Chad Niles

JohN WoxlaNd

BriaN BeNsoN

doNald NelsoN

Bill sChommer

GeorGe straNd

duaNe siversoN

ChuCk WiGer

keNt FroNk

keith aaseN

CraiG steiN

thomas solieN

Jay olaFsoN

JoN aNas

aaroN BurNside

Paul uithoveN

Chad Niles 1-uP

duaNe siversoN 5 & 3

keNt FroNk 4 & 2

Jay olaFsoN 3 & 1

Chad Niles 4 & 3

BriaN BeNsoN 2 & 1

Bill sChommer 3 & 1

keNt FroNk 4 & 2

thomas solieN 1-uP

2011 Mid-Am Champion

duaNe siversoN 5 & 3

Jay olaFsoN 3 & 1

aaroN BurNside 1-uP (19)

2011 Mid-AM ChAMpionship

Mid-Am final four filled with past award winners

BRiAn BAshAM/spoTLiGhT

duAne siveRson chips up to the eighth green during Mid-Am match play Friday afternoon.

BRiAn BAshAM/spoTLiGhT

defendinG pine To pALM Mid-AM ChAMpion Chad Niles hits a long downhill curving putt on the eighth green Friday afternoon.

Saturday, August 20, 2011

Lake Park Liquor StoreHwy 10 West • Lake Park MN • 238-5888

OFF SALE: Monday - Saturday 8 a.m. - 10 p.m. • LOUNGE: Monday - Saturday 9 a.m. - 12:30 a.m.

Customer AppreciationDay• Free Food• Happy Hour All

Evening• Prizes

• “Betty Does”• No Cover Charge• Must be 21 years

of age

Good Times...Good Friends• Auto Fry hors d’oeuvres’• Pizza• Pull Tabs Mon.-Sat. 9am-3pm• All Your Favorite Beverages

• Monica Kaiser Broker/Owner 218-234-9089 • Emma Strand Realtor 218-234-0629 • Paul Restad Realtor 218-770-6865• Gregg Swanson Realtor 701-520-1196 • Velva Strand Realtor 218-234-8254 • Dave Brainard Realtor 218-863-2777


2011 Ironman Junior ClassicThursday Results

Thurs last name first name sex age city state

Championship Flight Girls 8 - 12 year old division 1st 47 45 92 Larson Naomi F 12 Detroit Lakes MN2nd 54 46 100 Larson Emily F 10 Detroit Lakes MN3rd 54 56 110 Burnside Lily F 10 Detroit Lakes MN

60 54 114 Morrison Jade F 11 Detroit Lakes MN58 63 121 Cihak Anna F 9 Detroit Lakes MN74 68 142 Price Kylee F 9 Detroit Lakes MN81 65 146 Bridgeman Kennedy F 8 Detroit Lakes MN77 75 152 Moran Emily F 8 Waubun MN

Championship Flight Boys 8 & 9 year old division 1st 39 33 72 Geiss Gehrig M 8 Bismarck ND2nd 37 36 73 Boehning Scott M 8 Fargo ND3rd 35 39 74 Bartels Parker M 9 Oxbow ND

40 39 79 Satter Ty M 9 Fargo ND43 39 82 Burnside Hunter M 9 Detroit Lakes MN42 42 84 Simonich Ian M 8 Moorhead MN

First Flight Boys 8 & 9 year old division 1st 47 48 95 Longhenry Mark M 9 Bloomington MN2nd 45 56 101 Tickel Carter M 9 Hawley MN3rd 52 50 102 Henke Sam M 9 Oxbow ND

59 44 103 Justesen Lukas M 8 Pelican Rapids MN61 57 118 Rogstad Carson M 7 Detroit Lakes MN69 70 139 Larson Nick M 8 Detroit Lakes MN89 78 167 Rusness Zacharia M 8 Detroit Lakes MN

Championship Flight Boys 10 - 12 year old division 1st 35 63 98 Van Raden Adam M 11 Grand Forks MN2nd 35 71 106 Unruh Ben M 11 Detroit Lakes MN3rd 37 70 107 Johnson Lucas M 12 Moorhead MN

39 78 117 Hanson Cole M 10 Grand Forks MN41 79 120 Clark Lucas M 12 Mahnomen MN40 88 128 Clark Jaycee M 11 Mahnomen MN

First Flight Boys 10 - 12 year old division 1st 43 75 118 Christensen George M 10 Fargo ND2nd 46 87 133 Tickel Satchel M 11 Hawley MN3rd 48 89 137 Justesen Carter M 11 Hawley MN

49 89 138 Brooks Eli M 11 Detroit Lakes MN46 107 153 Krueger Micah M 10 Detroit Lakes MN53 101 154 Beisner Micah M 11 Detroit Lakes MN

2011 IRONMAN JUNIOR CLASSIC

2011 Ironman Classic ResultsF R I DAY, Au g u s t 1 2 , 2 0 1 1 • I R o n m A n g o l F C o u R s e

Hunter Clark defeated Blake Kahl-baugh 1 up to win the 13 to 18 year old Boys Division. Medalist Nathan-iel Kahlbaugh won the consolation match. Naomi Larson’s consistent play of 47 – 45- 92 earned her the 1st place tro-phy in the Girls 8 to 12 Division. Sis-ter Emily came in second, while Lily Burnside came in third.

Consistent play by Mark Longhenry, 47 – 48-95, earned him the 1st place tro-phy in the Boys 8 to 9, 1st Flight divi-sion. The flight of the tournament was the Boys 8 to 9 Championship Division. Seven year old Gehrig Geiss’ good play on the last three holes, birdie, par, bo-gey stole the 1st place trophy from Scott Boehning (2nd) and Parker Bartels, who

was our first round leader but settled for third. Gehrig shot 39 the first day but roared back with the low round of 33. George Christensen’s 75 today lapped the field of the 10 to 12 year old divi-sion’s 1st flight. Satchel Tickel came in second and Carter Justesen came in third. Adam Van Raden shot 63 (32-31)

to run away with the Championship Flight of the 10 to 12 year old Division. Ben Unruh, the first day medalist, came in second, while Lucas Johnson came in third. Thank you again to the participants and families who came out to Iron-man the past two days. The competi-tion was fun, but the camaraderie and friendship will last forever!

GIRLS 8 tO 12: (l-R) lily Burnside 3rd, emily larson 2nd, naomi larson 1st.

BOyS 10 tO 12: (l-R) lucas Johnson 3rd, Ben unruh 2nd, Adam Van Raden 1st.

BOyS 8 & 9: (l-R) Parker Bartels 3rd, scott Boeh-nig 2nd, gehrig geiss 1st.

13 tO 18: (l-R) nathaniel Kahlbaugh 3rd, Blake Kahlbaugh 2nd, Hunter Clark 1st.

FIRSt FLIGht BOyS 10 - 12: (l-R) 3rd Carter Justesen, 2nd satchel tickel,1st george Chris-tensen

FIRSt FLIGht BOyS 8-9: (l-R) 3rd sam Henke, 2nd Carter tickel, 1st mark longhenry

CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT- AGES 13 - 18Consolation Bracket

1. Nathaniel Kahlbaugh 35

Nathaniel Kahlbaugh Blake KahlbaughRunner Up

4. Blake Kahlbaugh 38

Nathaniel Kahlbaugh Hunter Clark3rd place Champion

2. Willy Tickel 37

Willy Tickel Hunter Clark

3. Hunter Clark 38

(1) Todd hillier

(4) beau hanson

(16) ausTin rusness

(13) greg melhus

(8) james niles

(5) parker dire

(9) philip haug

(12) connor holland

(32) erik weiss

(29) dan maTheson

(17) john young

(20) sam palmisano

(25) caleb keTTerling

(28) bob cavanagh

(24) david TreTT

(21) Tyler rusTad

(64) Teddy cox

(61) miTch bubolTz

(49) jordan priem

(52) mich schaefer

(57) sam worwa

(60) shane osT

(56) mike brodsho

(53) maTT parker

(33) Thomas welk

(36) roberT wagner

(48) eric harris

(45) Tanner jones

(40) roberT bell

(37) coy papachek

(41) oliver boeckel

(44) kyle jandro

james niles 2 & 1

Teddy cox 5 & 3Thomas welk 1-up

john young 1-upausTin rusness 1-up (19)

james niles 1-up

philip haug 2 & 1

miTch bubolTz 1-up

greg melhus 5 & 4

Tbd

Tbd

parker dire 4 & 3

connor holland 3 & 2connor holland 7 & 6

Tyler rusTad 4 & 2

Thomas welk 2 & 1

john young 2 & 1

roberT bell 5 & 4

oliver boeckel 1-up

oliver boeckel 3 & 2

roberT wagner 3 & 2

roberT wagner 4 & 3

sam palmisano 6 & 5

bob cavanagh 1-up

UPPER

BRACKET

FINAL • SUNDAY, AUGUST 14 • 2:45PM

jon Trasamar 3 & 2jon Trasamar 4 & 3

mike balzer 6 & 5mike balzer 3 & 2

alex robb 4 & 3alex robb 3 & 2

nick olsgaard 5 & 4nick olsgaard 1-up

brad andvik 1-up

lukas davison 2-up

dan cavanagh 1-up

Taylor cavanagh 1-up

ben welle 5 & 4

kenny rucker 3 & 2

kyle beversdorf 5 & 4

Troy klongerbo 2 & 1

paTrick larkin 3 & 2

alex gaugerT 4 & 2

alex gaugerT 2 up

paT deiTz 1-up

paT deiTz 1-up

(2) erik van rooyen

(3) nick olsgaard

(14) brad andvik

(7) mike balzer

(6) lukas davison

(10) alex robb

(11) gordon diekman

(31) charlie braniff

(18) ben welle

(19) jack higginson

(26) kenny rucker

(27) alex gaugerT

(23) kyle beversdorf

(63) Trevor vandlac(63) Trevor vandlac 1-up

(50) jon Trasamar

(58) jon rubis

(59) ryan sTeinerT

(55) mike huber

(54) dan cavanagh

(34) Taylor cavanagh

(47) Tim fiechTner

(46) paTrick larkin

(39) mox gunderson

(38) charlie erickson

(42) andy sTahlman

LOW

ERBR

ACKE

T

(15) bryanT buckellew

(62) bryce maTTson

(30) Troy klongerbo(35) jack ellioTT

(51) zackery lowensTein

(43) lee cavanagh(22) paT deiTz

OPEN 7 DAYSA WEEK

10AM-8PM

www.lakeshirts.com

20%Off

any regular priced item

Expires 8/14/11

China Buffetall You Can eat Buffet120 items Daily

We serve Soft & Hard Ice Cream

218-847-2222218-847-2222

317 E. FRAZEE ST. E. • DETROIT LAKESAcross from Central Market

Sunday - Thursday 11am to 10pm Friday & Saturday 11am to 11pm

Largest Selection & Best Price in Town • Students, Senior & Child DiscountsCrab Legs on Friday & Saturday Dinner Buffet & Sunday All Day

Mongolian Grill and Stir-fry Barincluded with Buffet everyday

1 2 3 4 5

China Buffet of Detroit Lakes Only

Must present coupon. Dine-in only. Not valid with any other discounts. Expires 9/10/11.

two for:

$9.99Lunch Buffet

Beverage included

1 2 3 4 5



two for:

$12.99Dinner Buffet

Beverage included

1 2 3 4 5



$4.99 $6.69Lunch Buffet Dinner Buffet

1155 Hwy. 10 East, Detroit Lakes, MN 56501 218-847-2121 | 1-877-251-9348 | www.holidayinndl.com

Holiday Inn on the Lake

Receive a FREE Pint Tap or Domestic Bottle or Rail Drinkwith the purchase of an entree.

Coupon must be presented at time of purchase. One coupon per person per visit. Offer is not valid with any other offers, coupons, or discounts. Expires 8/19/11.

Enjoy patio side dining and cocktails on the shores of Big Detroit.

Newly Remodeled

Daily breakfast, lunch and dinner

specials

Welcome GolfersOpen 7 Days a Week @ 6aM

218-847-31442 Miles N of Hwy 10 oN 59 • Detroit lakes

59C-Store,

Cafe & Moteler

2011 PinE TO PALm ChAmPiOnshiP FiELd

Tbd

Tbd

Pine to Palm Spotlight - Volume 65 No. 3

Documents

Transcript of Pine to Palm Spotlight - Volume 65 No. 3