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Michigan Publinx Golf AssociationPresident: Jim Ellis
Vice President: Jason MaySecretary: Ron Weaver Treasurer: Ray Emsley
Board of DirectorsJim Bedson Chuck Deschaine Roger Duncan Kevin Klemet Paul Kolton Cleat Lindsey
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Welcome to the A-Ga-Ming Golf Resort, whereyou'll find valued stay and play packages withunlimited golf, memberships, a fairy tale weddingvenue, and so much more. The course has drawnpraise from distinguished golf critics. Golf Digestmagazine gave the Antrim Dells and Torch coursesfour stars. The magazine also named Sundance thethird best new golf course in the country for 2006and gave it 4 1/2 stars in 2009. Golfing in Michiganmagazine also said A-Ga-Ming has "the most spec-tacular views in the state."
The Torch CourseThe original 18 holes at A-Ga-Ming, renamed in
2005 for the famous lake that the course overlooks,have been re-routed to make for a more enjoyableround. The Torch is situated majestically on theridges offering spectacular views of Torch Lake andthe surrounding countryside. Playing nearly 6,700yards from the tips, the Torch is a challenging shot-makers course that favors accuracy over length.Water comes into play on 11 of the holes, as domature stands of woods throughout the golf course.The Torch is known as one of the most scenic golfcourses in all of northern Michigan.
The Sundance CourseSundance opened to rave reviews in June 2005.
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Club Car Senior OpenBedford Valley Golf Club • Bedford, MI • July 17, 18, 2012
This annual event at Bedford Valley justcontinues to be one of the favorite SeniorTournaments in Michigan. Over one hun-dred top pros and amateurs are in the fieldthis year looking to capture the title.
In the first round, three familiar names –Randy Erskine, Bob Ackerman and LeeHoutteman – shot rounds of 70, 2 under parand found themselves tied for the lead afterthe first day of competition.
Barry Redmond leads another group ofplayers, David Nolan, Tim Metko andEdward Vomastek, who shot 71. Defendingchampion Chuck Pohl found himself in a
group of seven players who shot 72, settingup a great shootout for the final 18 holes.
Second and final round action was muchlike the first day with warm but nice play-ing conditions and low scores. Nine playerswould better par and Ron Beurmann wouldlead the pack with a six under round of 66followed by Charles Bowles with fiveunder 67.
Ron started the final round two shotsbehind the leaders and finished the tourna-ment at six under and a total score of 138.
In the final group, Erskine andHoutteman got off to rough start and would
fall back to the pack but Ackerman stayedsteady but failed to capture enough birdiesto catch Beurmann.
Ron is the director of golf at the CountryClub of Jackson and his fabulous round of66 would be good enough to capture hisfirst Club Car Senior Open Title. BobAckerman would finish in second place,three shots behind Ron.
The low amateur this year was EdVomastek from Traverse City, Mich. Edshot 143 for the tournament.
In the Super Senior Division, Pete Doerr,an amateur from Coldwater, Mich., cap-tured a shot victory with a score of 150.
TOP RESULTS
Place Name Location Score1 Ron Beurmann Country Club of Jackson 1382 Bob Ackerman Bob Ackerman Golf 1413 Charles Pasco Plum Hollow Country Club 142T4 Charles Bowles Novi, MI 143T4 Tim Metko Shelby Township, MI 143T4 Edward Vomastek (a) Traverse City, MI 143T4 Lee Houtteman Grand Traverse Resort & Spa 143T8 Lynn Janson Hastings Country Club 144T8 David Nolan Van Dyke Sports Center 144T10 Barry Pearce Beacon Hill Golf Club 145T10 Randy Erskine Great Oaks Country Club 145
Congratulations Ron, Pete & Ed
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Your P.G.A. ProfessionalDirector of Instruction
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Teaching philosophy focuses onpositive communication and use
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So many times when speaking tomy clients or discussing the golfswing in a leisurely conversation do Ihear talk about swing positions at thehalfway back position or at the top ofthe back swing, but rarely do I hearpeople focusing on impact position. Imust say that as an industry as awhole we as teachers do not portraythe position of impact with enoughimportance. If we start this seasonout with a renewed focus on improv-ing our impact position, we all willbecome better golfers! Here is a pic-ture of Tiger Woods at impact. Let’stry and copy this position throughworking on a drill.
Try this drill:
IMPACT LOADER:
Get set up in your normal set upposition but lift the club face up andplace it in front of the ball on the tar-get side. Lean the shaft of the clubslightly forward while moving amajority of your weight on your leadfoot and towards your heel of thatfoot. Swing back and attempt toreturn to that position with an exag-gerated shorter than normal followthrough! It should feel like a simulat-ed punch shot that you are trying tohit lower. Hit ten of these in a rowand then take three normal swings.Repeat this practice simulation for 45minutes twice per week and you willstart to hear and feel better impact.
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An Up North Must Play For over 30 years, several of us southern players have enjoyed this
great Northern golf course just south of the Mackinac bridge.In the small town of Indian River, only 30 minutes away from
Gaylord, Petoskey, and Harbor Springs and only 15 miles south ofthe bridge, is this fantastic golf course known as the Friendliest Clubin the North.
For many of us, and I can speak first hand, we have had the pleas-ure to visit this beautiful course on an annual basis and watch thetransformation into a true championship caliber golf course.
For several years it was just a nice small town northern golf coursecarved out of the woods above the Indian River with very challeng-ing greens. It was just a great place to relax, play some golf and enjoythe river, lakes and nature.
Like many golf courses with a desire to improve, many holes start-ed to be redesigned. Holes were lengthened, dog legged and sometrue risk/reward shot opportunities were strategically designed.
During all these transformations, the green complexes just keptgetting better and in some ways are the real teeth of this golf course.The Indian River plays a big part in scoring on these greens andknowing where the river is at all times will be a big part of your suc-cess.
In addition to the course changes, several years ago a beautifulclubhouse was designed and constructed just above the ninth green.As the course developed so did the adjacent real estate propertieswhere beautiful homes were placed along “some” of the fairwaysoffering a real calm, surreal, peaceful setting.
The club has recently opened two newly remodeled holes (#4 and#17) and in August of this year Indian River Golf Club will gainsome new exposure hosting the 16th GAM Women’s Senior StateChampionship. The exposure will undoubtedly create future opportu-nities for this club with more championships or qualifiers and publicattraction.
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Rules of Golf Quiz - July
1. Bill’s putts his ball and sees that it is headed off the greenand into an adjacent lateral water hazard. He stops the ballfrom entering the lateral water hazard and declares the ballunplayable and replaces it on the putting green where thelast stroke was played from. What is the ruling?a. Bill incurs a two-stroke penalty and his ball is in play.b. Bill incurs three penalty strokes and his ball is in play.c. Bill is disqualified for a serious breach of Rule 1-2.
2. Which of the following is a wrong ball?a. A player’s ball that is no longer in play.b. Another player’s ball.c. An abandoned ball.d. All of the above.
3. In stroke play, a player discovers at the 5th hole that he iscarrying more than 14 clubs. What is the Ruling?a. There is a two-stroke penalty and it is added to the hole
where the error was discovered.b. There are four penalty strokes and they must be added to
the last two holes where the breach was discovered.c. There are four penalty strokes and they must be added to
the player’s 1st & 2nd holes.
4. A player’s ball lies very close to a bush that has sharpthorns. His stroke will require him to back into the bush.He places his towel over the bush to protect himself. He hasproceeded correctly. True / False
5. Bill’s ball lies in a greenside bunker about 2” from Mike’sball. Mike’s ball has a twig touching his ball. Bill asksMike to lift his ball as he may hit it. Mike marks and picksup his ball. Bill makes his stroke and Mike’s lie is alteredand his tee and the twig go flying. It is Mike’s turn to play.How must he proceed.a. Mike must re-create the lie and place his ball in that lie
and replace the twig.
b. Mike must estimate the lie, drop the ball and replace ornot replace the twig.
c. Mike must re-create the lie and place his ball in that lieand may replace the twig.
6. In match play if a player’s ball in motion after a stroke isdeflected or stopped by a ball in play and at rest, the play-er must play the ball as it lies and there is no penalty. True / False
7. Jay’s tee shot ends up in a water hazard. He makes a strokeat the ball and it goes into deeper water. He had a good lie,so he decides to drop the ball in the water hazard at thepoint he last played his stroke. The ball takes a bad bounceand rolls into a bad lie. Jay doesn’t think he can play theball from this position. How may he proceed.a. He may take relief from the water hazard and drop a ball
outside the hazard,keeping the point where the ball lastcrossed the margin of the hazard and the hole and drop Aball on that line. His next stroke will be his 5th stroke.
b. He may return to the tee and play from there and his nextstroke will be his 5th Stroke.
c. Jay may use either option.
8. Larry plays from the tee and his ball heads toward sometrees on the left. He declares and plays a provisional ball,with the same results. Now his is frustrated and tees upanother ball and plays it without saying anything. He goesforward to search for the balls. He does not find his origi-nal ball, but finds the provisional ball. He plays the provi-sional ball and abandons the 3rd ball played from the tee.Larry has proceeded correctly. True / False
9. A player’s ball lies in a lateral water hazard. He declaresthe ball unplayable and drops the ball two club-lengthsfrom where it originally lay. The player has proceededincorrectly. True / False
10. Jay’s ball is on the putting green. He walks to the hole andsees that it is nearly filled with water. He removes thewater, without touching the hole or hole-liner. What is theruling?a. Jay is penalized two strokes for breach of Rule 13-2.b. Jay proceeded correctly and incurs no penalty.c. Jay incurs three penalty strokes, one for touching line of
putt and two strokes for breach of Rule 13-2.
*Quiz Answers on Page 12
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Answers: (1) Answer: C. Decision 1-2/0.5 – He is disqualified for a serious breach of Rule 1-2; (2) Answer: D. Definition of Wrong Ball; (3)Answer: C. Decision 4-4a/10; (4) Answer: False. Decision 1-2/10; (5) Answer: C. Rule 20-3b(iii) and Decision 20-3b/8; (6) Answer: True. Rule 19-5a; (7) Answer: C. Decision 26-2/1; (8) Answer: False. Decision 27-2a4. When original ball was not found, the third ball played from the tee with-out announcement of it being a provisional ball rendered the provisional ball lost. Larry would lie 5 with the third ball played from the tee. He alsoincurs an additional two-stroke penalty for playing a wrong ball; (9) Answer: False. A player may declare his ball unplayable anywhere on thecourse, except when it lies in a water hazard.; (10) Answer: A. Decision 16-1a/4
*Quiz Answers from Page 10
2012 Publinx Team PlayThrough July 20th - 2012
EAST
Team Wins Loses Ties %Black River 8 1 0 0.889Greystone 2 7 1 0 0.875Sycamore Hills 7 1 0 0.875Orchards 5 1 0 0.833Bald Mountain 5 2 0 0.714The Glaciers 5 3 0 0.625The Fountains 5 3 0 0.625Blackheath I 5 4 0 0.556Fieldstone 3 4 0 0.429Greystone 1 3 5 0 0.375Boulder Point 3 6 0 0.333Romeo 1 6 0 0.143Twin Lakes 1 6 0 0.143Pontiac Municipal 0 8 0 0.000Blackheath II 0 7 0 0.000
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Team Wins Loses Ties %Lyon Oaks 5 1 0 0.833Fellows Creek 4 1 0 0.800Dunham Hills 4 1 0 0.800Green Oaks 3 3 0 0.500Cattails 2 3 1 0.417Rouge 2 3 1 0.417Fox Creek 2 3 0 0.400Preserve 2 3 0 0.400Gol. Fox/Miles of Golf 2 4 0 0.333Salem Hills 1 5 0 0.167
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Results of the Genesee County Amateur Golf Championship are infor 2012! The 36-hole stroke play tournament played on June 23and 24 offered an Open Division (any age), Senior Division (50-62)and a Super Senior Division (63+). Up to eight spots were awardedto the 2013 Genesee County All Star Tournament. The tournamentis in its fifth year and is played at IMA Brookwood Golf Club inBurton each year.
In a dramatic finish, Dominic Genovesi tied with Ryan Grangerwith a two-day score of 150 moving the Open Division into a two-
person playoff starting at the first hole. Genovesi won on the firsthole and was named 2012 Open Division Champion. Terry Martinwas the Senior Division Winner with a 144 and Larry Hogard wonthe Super Senior Division with a 147.
If you need any additional information, please contactDiane Wojciechowski at (810) 249-7060
or email [email protected].
OPEN DIVISION / PLAYERS NAME SCOREDominic Genovesi* 150 *Won in a one-hole playoffRyan Granger 150Tony Campbell 151Eero Nurmi 152Michael Voelck 152Chris Diehl 153Jon Walraven 155Kody Kenny 155Andrew Morgan 156Rob Bincsik 157Bill Morgan Jr. 157Tyler Webb 157Chris Dotson 159Caleb Jones 161Jeff Whiteley 161Zach Marvin 162Matthew Hyslop 163Thomas James 163Michael Moore 163Adam Jones 164John Raymond 165Edward Sinclair 168Rick May 170Greg Pattinson 170Tim Michaels 171John Tallieu II 174Ron Ruff 175Kory Ezell 179Andrew Estes 179Isaac Keener 180Spencer Bailey 181Matt Carver 210Paul Ostby DQMark Ehrke N/C
SENIOR DIVISION (50-62)Terry Martin 144Jeff Barnes 145Mark Novak 147Mark Pickering 156Mike Parker 157Matt Wiley 159Mark Holderbaum 160Mark Grantham 161Marv Riley 161Steve Ostby 162Matt Halbach 164Tim Voelck 164Tim Millis 164Mike O'Hara 164Tom Szymanski 167Scott Gripentrog 169Ken Mayer 171Chuck Keirns 180
SUPER SENIOR DIVISION (63+)Larry Hogard 147Steve Presser 151Gerald Ritchie 155Jim Novar 157Tom Clement 158John Worsham 158Tom Day 159Tom McCabe 160Larry Carpenter 165Ken Moorhouse 166Gene Boegner 167Ed Pruitt WD
A two-way tie in the Open Division results in a dramatic one-hole playoff!
Genesee CountyAmateur GolfChampionship
New places, faces, friends and champi-ons were all part of the 2012 MichiganPublinx State Match play Championship!
For the first time ever the Publinx SMPChampionship was contested in the MotorCity, home of the Michigan Publinx GolfAssociation. The history of this champi-onship is long and deep with a rich traditionof players and great tournament locations.
This year a new chapter will be added tothe history of the tournament. With the tour-nament held in the Rochester/Auburn Hillsarea (Twin Lakes Golf & Swim Club andBlack Heath Golf Club) the field saw a num-ber of new first time players, a bigger fieldand some new exceptional talent.
Traditionally this tournament draws someof the top talent in the state and this year wasno exception with Greg Davies, Bill Zylstra,Jason May, Kevin Klemet, Eric Spencer andmany others in the field.
The first two days of the 36-hole qualify-ing found players shooting some excellentscores. Jason May turned in two fabulousrounds of 65 and 70 to claim “MedalistHonors” with a total score of 135 in theOpen Division.
In the Senior Division Dale Robb wouldtake the honors, shooting 71 & 74 for a totalscore of 145. Cliff Davis would capture theSuper Senior Division with a score of 146.
The qualifying scores determined the seat-ing for the balance of the tournament, whichis match play action and where the excite-ment really begins and the eventual champi-on is crowned.
The top seeds always have a target onthere back as the players to beat and it’s verydifficult for the top seed to be the eventualchampion and this year was no exception.
The first and second round found many ofthe top seeds losing in their perspective divi-sion, Jason May (Championship), Dale
Robb (Senior Championship) and SteveSmith (Senior First Flight) only Cliff Davis(Super Seniors) and Vasko Stefanoski (OpenFirst Flight) would go deep into their divi-sions and play in the finals.
Each year there are some new players whodecide it’s time to test their game and occa-sionally there are some young talents whostart to build a name. This year Austin Hill,Deuce Sherman and Alex Zeoli each playedsome tremendous golf and will be heardfrom in the future.
As the match play action unfolded it wasAlex Zeoli who decided the time was now tobe heard from and marched his way throughthe Championship Division capturing a 6 &5 win in his first match, 4 & 3 in the second,one up in the third and fourth, 6 & 5 in thesemi final to earn the opportunity to faceEric Spencer in the final match.
Eric Spencer is a very good player whoalso won some great matches beating thelikes of Sorentino and Dagenias in his trip tothe finals.
The final match was exceptional, exciting,very close and very well played by both Alexand Eric with Alex Zeoli coming out on topwith a 2 up victory.
In the Senior Championship Division,Jeff Barnes (Columbiaville) and TomMoores (Holly) worked their way throughthe bracket of matches to face each other inthe final. Barnes beat the top seed Dale Robband then faced tough matches withMcAnulty and Ellis to face Moores who beattop competition in Martin and Sweeney. Thefinal match was a dogfight with Mooresholding the lead through much of the matchbefore Barnes mounted a charge and eventu-ally beat Moores in 20 holes.
In the Super Senior Division, Cliff Daviswas steady as a rock making his way fromthe number one seed to the finals where hefaced Dick Blank who was the second seed.Blank defeated Deshaine, Toupin and Bondbefore he faced Cliff Davis. Davis woulddefeat Blank in the final to capture the SuperSenior Title.
The Open First Flight was another greatflight with Vasko Stefanoski (ShelbyTownship) claiming the number one seed
and marching his way through the bracketinto the finals. His opponent NickVanderginst (Chesterfield) was the sixthseed. Nick and Vasko battled each other for19 holes before Nick Nick captured the tro-phy on the 20th hole.
Senior Division First Flight found PatBurns (Allen Park) stepping through thedivision defeating Mulhern, Houck andFuller to face Albert Woods (Auburn Hills)who defeated Taylor, Pratt and King. Burnswould defeat Woods 7 & 6 in the final matchto claim his trophy.
The Michigan Publinx Golf Associationteamed up with a couple of great venues(Twin Lakes Golf & Swim Club & BlackHeath Golf Club) for another great tourna-ment. Based on the participation andresponse it’s safe to say the Motor City willbe host to more State Match PlayTournaments in the future.
Congratulations toAlex Zeoli, Jef fBarnes, Cliff Davis,
Nick Vanderginst , Pat Burns
2012 Tournament Champions!
Zeoli Captures 2012 Michigan Publinx State Match Play Title!
July 27 – 31, 2012
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CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT
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OPEN FIRST FLIGHT
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SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT
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SENIOR FIRST FLIGHT
SUPER SENIOR FLIGHT
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2012 Michigan Publinx State Match Play QualifyingChampionship Division Results
Place Last Name First Name Day 1 Day 2 Total1 May Jason 65 70 1352 Hill Austin 70 69 1393 Johnson Chad 72 69 1414 Sorentino Anthony 73 69 1425 Hudson Ken 72 71 143
Saigh Joseph 68 75 143Zylstra Bill 72 71 143
8 Alvey Andy 70 74 144Benzing Weston 71 73 144Jaschuk Scott 72 72 144Quitiquit Brett 73 71 144Spencer Eric 76 68 144Zeoli Alex 73 71 144
14 Klemet Kevin 70 75 14515 Dobrin Devon 75 71 146
Parker Joe 75 71 146Webster Samuel 74 72 146
18 Barnes Jim 72 75 147Covert Todd 72 75 147Dagenais Jerry 74 73 147Hooks Joe 74 73 147Hudson Brett 69 78 147Patterson Smith 73 74 147
24 Bailey Chris 73 75 148Brady Matthew 71 77 148Dagenais Rich 75 73 148Davies Greg 73 75 148Worrilow Charles 70 78 148
29 Fulkerson David 73 76 149Horn Mike 71 78 149Johnson Andrew 71 78 149Weaver Ronald 71 78 149
33 Bunge Harold 75 75 150Djurdjev Fred 74 76 150Magyar Thomas 74 76 150Mair John 74 76 150
37 Brickey TJ 76 75 151Jeffrey Scott 78 73 151Markovski John 73 78 151Sherman Deuce 73 78 151Zotos Ted 74 77 151
42 DeMarti Anthony 75 77 152Demarti Drew 75 77 152Mango Anthony 72 80 152
47 Emsley Ray 76 77 153Hickey Sean 76 77 153Leach John 78 75 153
48 Aldrich Kyle 76 78 154Comito Frank 78 76 154Luebke Eric 78 76 154Stevens Thomas 77 77 154Voke Kevin 77 77 154
53 Goodvich John 73 82 155Grzadzinski Mat 77 78 155Korte Matthew 80 75 155
56 Frayne Mike 79 78 157Hanes Marc 76 81 157Stadwick Leon 77 80 157 Continued on Page 20
Trevino Marco 76 81 15760 Bernhardt Patrick 82 77 159
Corrigan Matthew 80 79 159Saigh Steve 84 75 159
63 Ian Fleming 79 81 160Kozanecki Brian 83 77 160
65 McAnulty Kevin 79 83 162Stefanoski Vasko 83 79 162
67 Bouwens Ty 82 81 163LeFevre Derek 81 82 163
69 Hill Eric 83 81 164Johnson Greg 83 81 164Szymanski Robert 78 86 164Szymanski Steven 84 80 164Vanderginst Nick 81 83 164Walton Michael 78 86 164
75 Bowles Chad 83 82 16576 Gilligan Stephen 78 88 16677 Chelten Skip 84 85 169
Collins David 87 82 169McKay Kevin 82 87 169ONeill Matt 86 83 169Peplinski Michael 83 86 169Szykula Ed 87 82 169
83 Arca Angelo 87 83 17084 Perry Scott 85 88 17385 Hathaway Robert 85 89 17486 Netschke George 89 86 17587 Suchta Nick 85 91 17688 Seibert Eric 90 92 18289 Furlong Daniel 93 92 185
Morgan John 87 98 18591 Furlong Sean 99 96 195
2012 Michigan Publinx State Match Play Qualifying Senior Division Results
Place Last Name First Name Day 1 Day 2 Total1 Robb Dale 71 74 1452 Insana Gary 71 75 146
Rymiszewski Gary 74 72 146Sweeney Dave 72 74 146
5 Ronan Mark 72 75 1476 Moores Tom 73 75 1487 Sierawski Steve 75 74 1498 Hogard Lawrence 75 75 150
McAnulty Gerard 72 78 15010 Pearson Greg 72 79 15111 Martin Leo 76 76 152
Ward Don 74 78 15213 Davis Al 76 77 153
Merigan Gary 72 81 153Swanson Mark 76 77 153
16 Barnes Jeff 79 76 155Szarejko Art 75 80 155
18 Runyan Tim 79 77 15619 Palarchio Gary 77 80 15720 Ellis Jim 79 79 158
Grogan Brian 76 82 15822 Dahlberg Ron 82 77 159
Kenealy Michael 75 84 159
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Zatkoff Stanley 76 83 15925 Furlong Kevin 76 84 160
Leach Tim 78 82 160Reese Dave 78 82 160Sherman Kreg 80 80 160
29 Bedson Jim 84 78 16230 Singer Tom 77 86 16331 Prince Donald 84 80 164
Smith Steve 80 84 164Winn Roy 82 82 164
34 Woods Albert 81 85 16635 King Craig 85 85 17036 Egnash Mark 86 85 171
Fuller Bruce 85 86 171Mcfarland David 80 91 171
39 Pratt John 83 90 17340 Mulhern Tom 84 90 17441 Burns Patrick 84 91 17542 Miller Mark 86 91 17743 McCord Gary 88 90 178
Meldrum Tim 82 96 178Morris James 85 93 178
46 Luke Tom 89 92 18147 Taylor William II 89 93 18248 Houck Wally 87 98 185
2012 Michigan Publinx State Match Play Qualifying Super Senior Division Results
Place Last Name First Name Day 1 Day 2 Total1 Davis Clifford 73 75 148
Blank Dick 71 77 1483 Bond Wes 77 73 1504 Kim Kyu 78 75 153
Scheffler Del 75 78 1536 Brown Jack 80 77 157
Orsick Paul 76 81 157Schwope Bill 78 79 157
9 Wall Edwin 78 84 16210 Toupin Paul 80 83 16311 Modano Michael 82 82 16412 Schulte George 87 85 17213 Kipp Dennis 80 94 17414 Kennedy John 88 89 17715 Deschaine Chuck 87 93 18016 Kowalski Dave 90 98 188
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Jace Long (Dixon, MO) and Cheng-TsungPan (Chinese Taipei) set the scoring pace inthe first round at four under par 67.
Michigan had four players competing,Chad Johnson (Plymouth), Sam Stark(Hartland), Dean Reid (Webberville) andPhilip Gieseker from Ann Arbor.
All four players got off to a relative goodstart but faded a bit, except Chad Johnson.Chad was able to settle things down and turn
in a score of even par while Dean and Philipslipped to plus three and Sam to plus five.
Seventeen players broke par on theSoldier Hollow course in the first round,giving the Michigan players a chance tomake the field of 64, with good scores in thesecond round.
After the second round was completed,twenty players shot sub par rounds withJames Erkenbeck (San Diego, CA) takingthe “Medalist” honors with a score of 135,followed by T. J. Vogel (Miami, FL), TaylorGooch (Midwest City, OK) with scores of136 and Jace Long (Dixon, MO) with 137.
Chad Johnson from Plymouth qualifiedfor match play and tied for 33rd but the restof the Michigan connection Sam, Dean andPhilip failed to qualify for match play com-petition.
In match play the old saying “AnythingCan Happen” seems like it is always trueand in the first round Erkenbeck and Goochboth lost their first match while Long andVogel advanced to the next round. ChadJohnson also had his tournament come tothe end losing his first match to KyleBeversdorf, (Plymouth, MN).
Vogel would continue winning and moveinto the quarter-finals but Long would loseto Beversdorf who has a great run going inmatch play competition.
Vogel and Beversdorf would both wintheir quarter-final match and joining them inthe semi-finals was Kevin Aylwin from NewSmyrna Beach, FL. and Derek Ernst fromClovis, CA.
Ernst just annihilated his opponents throughthe first four matches winning 6 & 5, 5 & 4, 5& 4 and 4 & 3. Derek faced Vogel in the semiwhile Beversdorf squared off against Aylwin.
In the semi-final Vogel turned the table onErnst by claiming a 4 & 3 victory to faceAylwin in the final match who beat Beversdorf2 & 1.
The final match was decisive, short andpretty much over after the first 18 holes. Thefinal match is 36 holes to determine the win-ner but Vogel finished the first 18 holes 10 upand then closed the door shortly after the sec-ond 18 holes began. Vogel claimed the cham-pionship with a 12 & 10 victory over Aylwin.
87th U.S. AMATEUR PUBLIC LINKS CHAMPIONSHIPSoldier Hollow Golf Course • Midway Utah • July 9 – 14, 2012
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2011 State Champion, Claude Frady (L)receiving the MPSGA's George
Greenhalgh Trophy from TournamentChairman, Tom Ahern. (R)
2011 Legend Division winner, ClaudJohnston (L) and 2011 Super-Senior
Divisionwinner, Mike Phillips (R) with
Tournament Chairman, Ahern.
2011 Net winner, Ray Donnelly (R) withMPSGA President, Doug King.
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U. S. Amateur Qualifiers Results • MichiganJuly 16, 18 & 30, 2012
Lansing Country ClubName Location Score StatusChoi, Albin Toronto 132 MedalistKlava, Tyler Dublin 137 QualifiedChampine, Jeff Rochester Hills 138 QualifiedMory, Chris Haslett 138 1st AltNichols, Stephen Lansing 138 2nd Alt
Bay City Country ClubName Location Score StatusHolyszko, Justin Bay City 134 MedalistQuitiquit, Brett Highland 138 QualifiedBowser, Evan Dearborn 140 QualifiedKnutson, Aaron Lake Orion 140 1st AltEllis, Dan Negaunee 141 2nd Alt
Muskegon Country ClubName Location Score StatusDubois, Stephane Brantford 142 MedalistPatterson, Brett McMinnville 143 QualifiedBarley, Jerred Tecumseh 143 1st AltWittenbach, Kyle Lowell 144 2nd Alt
The “Michigan” U.S. Am qualifiers got underway atLansing Country Club on the 16th with two more qual-ifiers at Bay City Country Club (18th) and MuskegonCountry Club on the 30th.
These were 36-hole qualifiers on some of thehottest days of the summer!
Destination, Cherry Hills Country Club in DenverColorado.
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Place Team Score1 Hinkle/Davis 972 Rich/Holland 983 Clark/Don 101T4 Tuttle/Burt 105
McKinney/Tilma 105Johnson/Voutsaras 105
T7 Kosloski/Freund 106Meirndorf/Mastin 106Tuttle/Borges 106
Place Team ScoreT10 McCarthy/Patterson 108
Buranskas/Thielson 108T12 Eiseler/Brija 109
Crowley/Koenigsknecht 109Vuckovich/Struder 109
T15 Lee/Bohnhoff 110Volkers/Sermak 110
17 Hunt/Hunt 11218 Sawyer/Sawyer 113
2012 GLAGA Buddy Buster
OPEN DIVISION Best Alt. TotalTeam Names Ball Shot Gross TotalBeltzer, Chris & Gut, Tommy 36 37 73 146Crowley, Steve & Koenigsknecht,Dave 37 37 74 148Benzing, Weston & Fear, Frank 34 38 76 148Lee, Dave & Patterson, Smith 33 40 76 149Carey, Ryan & Carey, Timothy 38 37 76 151McCarthy, Patrick & Matson, Marc 36 36 79 151Keim, Tony & McKenna, Justin 37 37 81 155Greeley, III, Dave & Greeley, II, Dave 37 44 75 156Luttig, Aaron & Sermak, Bill 38 42 79 159Forsthoefel, Tony & Robinson, Louie 36 43 86 165Fulton, Corey & Fulton, Steve 39 44 83 166Shepherd, Chris & Shepherd, Gordon39 44 89 172Gembel, Kevin & Thompson, Curtis 41 47 89 177
OPEN DIVISION Best Alt. TotalTeam Names Ball Shot Gross TotalMastin, Randy & Meirndorf, Larry 39 35 78 152Borges, Edson & Tuttle, Gray 37 38 78 153Distefano, Gary & Garza, Andy 45 40 75 160Kelly, Scott & Marshall, Brad 40 46 86 172Russell, Steve & Russell, Tim 36 41 95 172
Rehmann Group Best Ball ~ Eldorado Golf Course6/23/2012 - 6/23/2012
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Results
Place Name Scores Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Total
1 Anthony Sorentino 69 68 70 2072 Scott Jaschuk 71 68 70 213
Jason May 65 72 76 213Ian Harris 70 74 69 213
5 Josh Bauer 66 73 76 2156 Greg Davies 74 69 74 217
Jonathan Pauli 73 70 74 217Nick Robeson 74 67 76 217
9 Tom Daigle 72 72 74 218Nick Dennis 71 74 73 218
The annual Frank Syron MemorialTournament is at Pontiac Country Clubevery Forth of July weekend. 144 of thefinest Amateur golfers in the state competein the three-day, 54-hole event.
It is a tribute to Frank Syron, who passedaway in 1969 at the age of 69. He was a tire-less promoter of the game, back in the dayswhen golf wasn’t as popular as it is now. Hewould put on free exhibitions with the topplayers of the day such as Byron Nelson,Jimmy Demaret, Ed Furgol and WalterBurkeno to encourage people to experiencethe game.
Frank Syron came to Michigan in 1918and accepted a job as a caddie master atBloomfield Hills Country Club. He movedto Orchard Lake Country Club as head Pro
in 1926. While there, among the people hetaught was the former Olympic standout andfuture three-time U.S. Women’s OpenChampion, Babe Didrikson Zaharias.
He made a big career move in 1941 whenhe and his wife purchased a run down littlecourse called Pontiac Country Club. Sixdecades later the Syron Family hosts thistournament not as a revenue booster, butrather as a testimonial to the man that start-ed it all with the love of the game of golf.
This year was much like every year withall the top players in the field, warm weath-er conditions and a very competitive finish!
At the end of the first 18 holes it lookedlike it was going to be a three man race withJason May taking the lead with a great roundof 65, followed by Bauer with 66 and
Sorentino with 69. Four other players wouldshoot rounds of 70.
When the second finished, Sorentino hada slim two shot lead over May, Bauer andJaschuk.
With nine holes left in this 54-hole tourna-ment, there was eight players close to thelead and fighting for the trophy, AnthonySorentino, Jason May, Josh Bauer, ScottJaschuk, Ian Harris, Greg Davies, JonathanPauli and Nick Robeson
Sorentino ended up taking control of thetournament by pulling away from the field,building what turned out to be a six shot leadto capture the tournament. May, Jaschuk andHarris would tie for second place.
Congratulations Anthony!
Anthony Sorentino Captures 2012 Syron Memorial Tournament
Pontiac Country Club • Pontiac Michigan • June 29, 30 & July 1
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Championship DivisionPlace Last Name First Name Score1 Klemet Kevin 692 Djurdjev Fred 703 Zylstra Bill 714 Boghikian Razmig 72
Quitiquit Brett 726 Sorentino Anthony 737 Daigle Leo 74
Hanna Randy 74Jaschuk Scott 74
10 Kibby Brian 75King Brian 75Kolton Paul 75
13 Bauer Joshua 76Comito Frank 76
15 Brickey TJ 77Chicka Ken 77Kern Matt 77
18 Alvey Andy 78Batch Steve 78Bee Ralph 78Bernhardt Patrick 78Black Dale 78Clore Siegel 78Emsley Ray 78Harte Michael 78Tally Josh 78
27 McViegh Brian 79Nimphie Rich 79
29 Barnes Jim 80Dagenais Rich 80Johnson Andrew 80Korte Matthew 80Worrilow Charles 80
34 Bailey Chris 83Buhler James 83Furlong Kevin 83Hooks Joe 83
38 Moores Tom 84Solverson Stephen 84
40 Hayward Shaun 85Rogerson Michael 85Weaver Ronald 85
43 Peplinski Michael 86Villarosa Joe 86
45 Ybarra Aaron 92
Championship “Net” DivisionPlace Last Name First Name Score1 McKay Kevin 682 Grzadzinski Mat 693 Campbell John 704 Perry Scott 715 Hermann Brian 72
Muscaro Dave 727 Grubba Matt 73
Michigan Publinx Tournament Series Championship ResultsDunham Hills Golf Club • June 24th 2012
Place Last Name First Name ScoreVanderginst Nick 73
9 Luke Tom 74ONeill Matt 74Stefanoski Vasko 74
12 Boateng David 75Markovski John 75Mikoloff Kelly 75Trammel Marcus 75
16 Bedson Jim 7617 Tranzow Jerry 7718 Szymanski Robert 7819 Crockett Richard 7920 Szymanski Steven 8021 Crosby Arturo 8222 Morgan John 84
Mulhern Tom 8424 Misovski John 86
Senior DivisionPlace Last Name First Name Score1 Ronan Mark 652 Cykowski Mark 67
Kim Kyu 674 Lam Michael 695 Owens Pete 70
Smith Steve 707 Phillips Michael 718 Bales Thomas 72
Brunning David 72Miller Mark 72Pratt John 72Pujdowski Ed 72
13 Henriksen Craig 74Pilon Tom 74Shaheen Rick 74Ward Don 74
17 Babicz Kirk 75Hurst Bill 75Jones Steve 75Kirkland Charles 75Pearson Greg 75Tesner Arthur 75Touchette Chris 75
24 Taylor William II 7625 Davis Clifford 77
Ellis Jim 77English Larry 77Meldrum Tim 77Schulte George 77
30 Dahlberg Ron 78Gunn Otha 78Harmala Doug 78Insana Gary 78Thomas Kevin 78
35 Kaspor Albert 8236 Kennedy John 86
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Championship DivisionPlace Last Name First Name ScoreNo Contest
Championship “Net” DivisionPlace Last Name First Name Score1 McKay Kevin 642 Tranzow Jerry 663 Stefanoski Vasko 674 Crosby Arturo 685 Chelten Skip 69
Grzadzinski Mat 69Mulhern Tom 69
8 Hermann Brian 70Misovski John 70Murphy Bryan 70Muscaro Dave 70
12 Perry Scott 7113 Campbell John 72
Erdmann Ron 72Markovski John 72
16 Morgan John 73Szymanski Steven 73
18 Trammel Marcus 74Wojcik Dale 74
20 Crockett Richard 75Mikoloff Kelly 75Vandenakker Michael 75
23 Grubba Matt 77ONeill Matt 77
25 Bedson Jim 78Szymanski Robert 78
27 Boateng David 79Suchta Nick 79
Michigan Publinx Tournament Series Championship ResultsBlack Heath Golf Club • July 15th 2012
Senior DivisionPlace Last Name First Name Score1 Kim Kyu 662 Hurst Bill 67
Meldrum Tim 674 Cykowski Mark 68
Ward Don 686 Davis Clifford 69
Phillips Michael 69Schulte George 69
9 Ronan Mark 70White Eric 70
11 Insana Gary 71Miller Mark 71
13 Kirkland Charles 72Pearson Greg 72Pratt John 72
16 Brady Larry 73Harmala Doug 73Pirrami Gino 73
19 English Larry 75Henriksen Craig 75Lam Michael 75Tesner Arthur 75
23 Touchette Chris 7624 Brunning David 77
Klingbeil Robert 7726 Jones Steve 7827 Mutz Charles 7928 Pujdowski Ed 8029 KennedyJohn 8130 Kaspor Albert 8531 Taylor William II 96
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Michigan Publinx Honor RollThrough July 20th, 2012
Player Total PointsAnthony Sorentino 915Joshua Bauer 678Scott Jaschuk 646Greg Davies 595Jason May 577Brett Quitquit 534Kevin Klemet 515Bill O'Connor 390Leo Daigle 370Jeff Champine 515Dave Vaclav 360Spencer Slade 335Bill Zylstra 315Erik Schleicher 260Ian Harris 252Brett Hudson 250Nick Dennis 245Andy Alvey 225Steve Fedewa 215Brad Bastion 215Sam Stark 215Razmig Boghikian 205Jon Pauli 190Andrew Johnson 174Larry Sterling 170James Uelmen 163Fred Djurdjev 160Rod Sowders 150Ron Weaver 145Rich Dagenais 140Michael Coriasso 138
Player Total PointsRandy Hanna 133Stephen Solverson 120Siegel Clore 120Nick Sears 120Jim Barnes 108Frank Comito 108TJ Brickey 87Paul Kolton 84Steve Anderson 85Edmund Kaspor 63Brian King 55Brian Kibby 55Josh Tally 40Ray Emsley 40Harold Bunge 40Todd Covert 35Charles Worrilow 29Kevin Ennis 29Gary Rymiszewski 29John Leach 29Fritz Reifert 29Matt Kern 22Ken Chicka 22Dieter Schulz 20John Quigley 20Bryan Carpenter 20Brian Donohoe 20Scott Jeffrey 20Joseph Johnson 20
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Tom Werkmeister Captures 5th Kent County Amateur Championship!L. E. Kaufman Golf Club – Grand Rapids Mi • July 7 & 8, 2012
Over 165 players competed over theweekend at L. E. Kaufman Golf Clubfor the 47th K.C.A Championship.
Tom Werkmeister was the defendingchampion with a score of 207 in lastyear’s championship. Tom did one bet-ter this year, firing a score of 206, cap-turing a five shot victory over SamWeatherhead.
Tom now has five championships tohis credit, trailing Bob Sakocius whoholds seven Kent County Amateurchampionships.
Congratulations Tom!
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Place Name Scores Total
1st Tom Werkmeister 68-69-69 206
2nd Sam Weatherhead 69-71-71 211
3rd Nate Golomb 69-74-70 213
4th Trevor Kuzee 75-75-74 214
5th Nick Boone 75-72-69 216
5th Trent Davison 68-77-71 216
5th Brian Hayward 70-79-67 216
