October has
come and
gone.
And most of
November too.
The 2014
Mulligan Tour
season
officially
wrapped up on
November 15th
with Joe Robar
winning the
Runny Nose
Open.
His 1-under
par 71 beat
Erik Meland by
1-stroke and
Greg Kline by
2.
Twelve players
braved the
cold weather -
temperatures
hovering just
above the
freezing mark
- as the Runny
Nose Open
returned to
its cool roots
after several
mild events.
Back in early
October the
Skins Games
played out at
the Golf Club
of Mt
Brighton.
Kevin
Eshkanian set
a new Skins
Game record by
winning $68 in
taking the
East Skins
Game
title.
Rich Dunmore
won the
Central Skins
Game with $30
and Tim Markel
won the West
Skins Game
with $28.
Team
Management
kept the
President's
Cup with a 6
to 3 win over
Team Labor at
Copper Creek
GC on October
12th.
Team Labor
took 2 of 3
matches in the
opening
best-ball
format and
then Team
Management
took 2 of 3 in
the alternate
shot
session.
Tied at 3
going into the
scramble
matches, Team
Management's
Tom & Barb
Hoelzle won
their match
4&3
against Scott
Freude and
John
Lennane.
Bill Gordon
& Tim
Jakubowski
then closed
out a close
match 2&1
over Doug
Billiau &
Mike Shafer
and Erik
Meland &
Rich Dunmore
eked out a
1-up win over
Ray Collins
& Jon
Heikkinen to
finish the
scoring.
Team
Management -
2014
President's
Cup Champs
Bill Gordon,
Tom Hoelzle,
Barb Hoelzle,
Erik Meland,
Rich Dunmore
and Tim
Jakubowski
Erik Meland
won the MT
Skills
Challenge on
Oct 19th at
Riverview
Highlands with
47
points.
Meland
finished
first, second
or third in
every event in
collecting his
2nd Skills
Challenge
title.
Team East won
the Division
Bell for the
first time on
Oct 26th at
Farmington
Hills
GC.
Captain Tom
Hoelzle (74)
led the way
with Tim
Jakubowski
(74), Ron
Hiestand (75)
and Joe
Brandenburg
(82) combining
for a 21-over
305
total.
Team Central
(315) finished
in 2nd place
and the
defending
champs, Team
West, finished
3rd (318).
2014
Division Bell
champs
Tim
Jakubowski,
Tom Hoelzle,
Ron Hiestand
and Joe
Brandenburg
Commissioner's
Cup back in
Central hands
September
28, 2014
Team Central
won the
Commissioner's
Cup for the
6th time in 10
years beating
Team West 14 ½
to 9 ½ at the
Gailes course
of Lakewood
Shores
Resort.
Captain Greg
Kline won his
singles match,
running his
Comm Cup
singles record
to 10-0-0, and
secured the
12th point of
the 2014
Matches.
Jason
Rectenwald
then secured
the Cup with
his singles
win, as Team
Central took 3
½ of the 8
points in
singles.
Team Central
took both sets
of team
matches to
build an 11 to
5 lead heading
into the
Sunday
singles.
The
reds won the
Friday team
play 5½ to 2½
and then
duplicated
that again on
Saturday with
another 5½ to
2½
advantage.
Team Central
dominated the
alternate shot
format winning
7 of 8 points
while Team
West held its
own in the
best ball
format
splitting the
8 matches.
Team
CENTRAL - 2014
Commissioner's
Cup champs
Jeff
Pasz takes
TOUR
Championship
September
13, 2014
Rookie Jeff
Pasz claimed
the 2014 TOUR
Championship
at the Polo
Fields
Washtenaw with
an even par
round of
72.
Pasz made 4
birdies and 4
bogies to
finish
1-stroke
better than a
trio of
players at
1-over
73.
The even par
score was the
2nd best tally
in TOUR
Championship
history, 2nd
only to Scott
Wyka's 1-under
71 at the Polo
Fields Ann
Arbor in 2009.
Pasz finished
his rookie
campaign in
strong fashion
with a 3rd
place at the
PLAYERS
Championship
and the
victory at the
season ending
TOUR
Championship,
the final one
slated for the
Polo Fields
for
now.
Pasz will
represent Team
Central in the
Commissioner's
Cup at the end
of the month.
Greg Kline,
the 4-time
TOUR Champion,
started strong
with birdies
on 5 of his
first 7
holes.
He went out in
33 but came
home in 40
despite
leading the
field in
putting
(28).
Mike Prieskorn
mixed 5
birdies and 6
bogies to join
the tie for
2nd.
Tim Markel
carded 2
eagles and 2
birdies and
also finished
at 1-over
73.
Gregg
Nothdurft (74)
finished in
solo 5th while
Eric Birkle
and Bill
Gordon shared
6th at 75.
Jeff Klipa,
one of only 3
players with a
chance to win
the 2014 Money
Title entering
the TOUR
Championship,
finished T-8
($5.00) and
repeated as
the Tour's
leading money
winner
finishing the
2014 season
with $191.20
in earnings.
Jeff
Pasz - 2014
TOUR Champion
Six
threesomes
inaugurate the
new Menage a
Trois
Classique
September
6, 2014
It was only
appropriate
that the first
winners of the
Menage a Trois
Classique
produced a
"come from
behind"
victory.
Mike
Prieskorn,
along with
sister-in-law
Karen
Stockdale and
friend Barb
Rothfuss,
birdied 5 of
the last 6
holes to
finish at
4-under 68 and
a 1-stroke
win.
The "balanced
threesome"
made 1 bogey
(hole #2) and
11 pars in the
first 12 holes
until starting
their birdie
binge
Another
balanced
threesome,
with Tour
members Jeff
Klipa, Lenna
Blanton and
Kathy
Kowalczyk,
made 5 birdies
and 12 pars.
A
double-bogey 6
on the 7th
hole was the
difference as
the threesome
settled for
2nd place with
a
tournament-appropriate
final score of
69.
Seth Erskine,
Mike Nicholas
and Dawn
Macleod
finished 3rd
at 2-under 70.
Charlie
Roy, Steve
Bisson and
Mike Lum, the
only
"grotesque
threesome" in
the field
finished 4th
at 71.
Barb,
Mike and Karen
- 2014 Menage
a Trois
Classique
champs
Joe
Brandenburg
takes EASTERN
Championship
in a playoff
August
30,
2014
Joe
Brandenburg
birdied the
18th hole at
the Glacier
Club to tie
Jeff Klipa at
5-over par 77
and force a
playoff for
the 2014
EASTERN
Championship.
Nine holes
later,
Brandenburg
added his
first career
major title to
his resume,
and with his
3rd win of the
season, he
claimed the
2014 East
Money Title.
The 2nd place
finish moved
Klipa to the
top of the
money
standings
($186.20) with
the final
money event
looking at the
TOUR
Championship.
A
double-bogey
on 18
relegated
Gregg
Nothdurft
(38-40 - 78)
to 3rd place.
Ray
Collins and
Tim Jakubowski
shared 4th at
8-over par.
Joe
Brandenburg -
2014 EASTERN
Champion
Charlie
Roy sets
record at
WESTERN
Championship
August
30, 2014
Charlie Roy, a
7-year Tour
veteran from
Livonia,
captured his
first Mulligan
Tour major
title by
setting a new
scoring record
in the WESTERN
Championship.
Roy painted
one of the
finer major
championship
portraits in
Tour history
by hitting 10
of 14 fairways
and 11
greens.
He netted 7
birdies
against only 3
bogies to
become the
first player
in WESTERN
Championship
history to
shoot in the
sixties.
His 4-under 68
was 4 strokes
better then
Joe Robar, the
three-time
defending
champ.
Playing in the
last group,
Robar (32-40 -
72) needed
birdie on the
home hole to
force a
playoff but
found a
triple-bogey
instead.
Jason
Rectenwald
(33-40 - 73)
finished 3rd
and Greg Kline
(33-42 - 75)
took 4th.
Charlie
Roy - 2014
WESTERN
Champion
Ed Campbell
wins PLAYERS
title
August
24, 2014
Ed Campbell's
66 at Inkster
Valley was
good for a
4-stroke win
in the 2014
PLAYERS
Championship,
his 2nd major
title of the
year.
An impressive
round that
included 7
birdies and 2
eagles set a
new scoring
record
relative to
par.
The 66 matched
the aggregate
score set by
Eric Messner
last year, but
Campbell's
6-under par
score is
better by one
in relation to
par.
Central
Division
Commissioner
Greg Kline
(35-35 - 70)
finished in
2nd place for
a 5th time at
the PLAYERS
and has placed
6th or better
in every one
of the 11
PLAYERS
Championships
that he has
entered.
Rookie Jeff
Pasz (34-37 -
71) finished
in 3rd place
and qualified
for the
Central
Commissioner's
Cup
team.
Eric Birkle
(38-35 - 73)
and Ray Nadell
(38-35 - 73)
tied for
4th.
Birkle will
join Pasz as
first time
Comm Cup
players in
late
September.
Ed
Campbell -
2014 PLAYERS
Champion
Eric Morris
dances with
the devil
August
17, 2014
Eric Morris
fired a
4-under 68 at
Huntmore GC
and beat Chris
Dunmore by
1-stroke for
the 2014
Little Diablo
Salsa Western
Swing
title.
Morris carded
6 birdies and
an eagle in
collecting his
3rd career
Tour
victory.
The win
qualified
Morris for the
PLAYERS
Championship
next weekend
and a shot at
making the
Central
Commissioner's
Cup team.
Dunmore (34-37
- 71) eagled
#18 but fell a
stroke short
of forcing a
playoff.
Erik Meland
(34-38 - 72)
and Andrew
Wilson (37-35
- 72) shared
3rd place.
Eric Morris
- 2014 Little
Diablo Salsa
Western Swing
champ
Mike
Geisser gets
first win
after extended
Go Blue
playoff
August
16, 2014
Mike Geisser
beat rookie
Willi Hesse in
a marathon
playoff to
make the 2014
Go Blue
Classic his
first career
Tour
win.
Geisser and
Hesse both
finished at
4-under 68 for
the regulation
18 at Lake
Forest GC.
The 2 then
dueled for 12
playoff holes
to decide the
winner,
trading 2-putt
pars for the
first 4
holes.
Both men
3-putted the
first sudden
death hole and
then traded 6
more 2-putts
before Hesse
succumbed with
a 3-putt on
the 8th sudden
death hole.
Eric Mullen
(32-37 - 69)
was leading
with 2 holes
to play but a
double-bogey,
bogey finish
relegated him
to 3rd
place.
Jon Heikkinen
(36-35 - 71)
birdied 2 of
the last 3
holes to
secure 4th
place.
Mike Geisser - 2014
Go Blue Classic champ
Ed
Campbell
catches the
gopher
August
10, 2014
Ed Campbell
won his 3rd
tournament of
the season,
his 6th
overall, by
finishing at
even par 72
and 1-stroke
win over Tim
Jakubowski at
the 2014
Caddyshack
Classic.
Campbell raced
out to a
5-stroke lead
at the turn
and was
6-under par
thru
10.
That start
gave Campbell
the breathing
room to
accommodate a
few errors
coming -
including a
triple-bogey
at 17.
Jakubowski
(36-37 - 73)
birdied his
final 2 holes
(#16 &
#17) but came
up a stroke
short of
forcing a
playoff.
2-time
Caddyshack
champ Charlie
Roy tied for
3rd with the
current money
leader Rich
Dunmore and
Ned Loving at
3-over
75.
Ed Campbell
- 2014 Caddyshack
Classic champ
Joe Robar
cruises to
Carrington win
August
9, 2014
Joe Robar shot
an even par 72
and won the
2014
Carrington
Classic by
2-strokes over
tournament
host Jason
Rectenwald.
A 4-time major
champ, Robar
collected his
2nd regular
Tour title to
give him 6
career wins in
7
seasons.
With 2 eagles
and 4 birdies,
Robar's
winning margin
could have
been larger,
but Carrington
GC played
tough on the
field and the
72 was the
highest
winning score
in
Carrington's 9
year history.
Rectenwald
(36-38 - 74)
has 3
consecutive
top-4's in his
tournament.
Eric Birkle
(37-38 - 75),
Mike Nicholas
(37-38 - 75)
and Chris
Dunmore (35-40
- 75) shared
3rd place.
Joe Robar -
2014
Carrington
Classic
Thomas Craig
gets first win
at Ugly Pants
Open
August
3, 2014
Thomas Craig
played the
Downing Farms
back-nine in
3-under par
and won the
2014 Ugly
Pants Open by
2 over the
defending
champ, Mike
Prieskorn.
Craig hit 5
fairways and 3
greens and led
the field with
30 putts.
He
finished at
2-over par 73,
the 5th time
in the last 9
years that the
winning score
was higher
than even par
at the tricky
Downing Farms
GC.
The win was
Craig's first
career victory
coming in his
17th start on
Tour.
Prieskorn
(37-38 - 75)
finished with
consecutive
double-bogies
on 17 and 18
or he could
have become
the 5th player
to
successfully
defend a title
this
season.
As
consolation,
he did win the
vote for the
"Ugliest
Attire Award"
and gets $40
off of his
2015
membership.
Pat Craig
(37-39 - 76)
finshed 3rd
while Andrew
Wilson (37-40
- 77) and Eric
Morris (43-34
- 77) shared
4th.
Thomas
Craig - 2014
Ugly
Pants Open
champ
Chris
Dunmore finds
Fifty Cent
title
August 2, 2014
Chris Dunmore
shot a 2-under
70 at Stony
Creek
Metropark for
a 4-stroke win
in the 2014
Fifty Cent
Classic.
Dunmore opened
with 3 bogies
on his first 4
holes but then
worked his way
back to even
par with
birdies at 6,
9 and
10.
A net-eagle at
the par-3 17th
sealed the
win, the 2nd
title in 76
career starts.
The foursome
of Gregg
Nothdurft,
David Tobbe,
Erik Meland
and Terry
Owens tied for
2nd at 2-over
74. Ray
Collins, Ron
Hiestand and
Sam Hiestand
shared 6th
with 75's.
Chris
Dunmore - 2014
Fifty Cent
Classic champ
Ed
Campbell
claims Match
Play title for
first major
win
July
27, 2014
Ed Campbell is
a Mulligan
Tour major
champion.
His 5th career
win comes in
the 2014 Match
Play
Championship
at the
Woodlands of
Van
Buren.
Entered as the
#8 seed,
Campbell
vanquished
Rick
Persichetti
3&1 on
Friday and
beat the #1
seed Mike
Prieskorn in
21 holes on
Saturday.
The final four
included
Campbell, Jeff
Klipa, Jon
Heikkinen and
Tom W Litzler.
Campbell beat
Klipa 2&1
on Sunday
morning to get
into the final
against
Litzler.
In the
other
semi-final,
Litzler beat
Heikkinen,
each playing
in the Match
Play final
four for the 3
straight year,
by a 3&2
score.
Campbell beat
Litzler
6&5 in the
final while
Heikkinen beat
Klipa 2&1
for 3rd place.
Ed Campbell
- 2014 Match
Play Champion
Jack
Craig wins
Two-Stick
July
26, 2014
Jack Craig
finished
eagle-birdie-birdie
to claim the
2014 Two-Stick
Classic by
4-strokes over
Erik Johnson.
Craig
posted a
3-under 68 on
the Woodlands
of Van BUren
to tie the
record for the
lowest winning
score (Ed
Campbell,
2012) in
tournament
history.
It was Craig's
2nd career win
and earned him
a trip to the
2014 WESTERN
Championship
at the end of
August.
Johnson (37-35
- 72) was a
runner-up for
the 5th time
in his career
while still
looking for
his first
win.
Phil Johnson
(37-39 - 76)
took 3rd
place,
1-stroke ahead
of rookie
Willi Hesse
(39-38 - 77).
Jack Craig
- 2014
Two-Stick
Classic champ
Brandenburg
is Big Dog for
2014
July
20, 2014
Joe
Brandenburg
shot a 3-under
69 at
Riverview
Highlands on
Sunday to
finish at
9-under par
135 and a
3-stroke
victory at the
2014 Big Dog
Pro-Am.
Brandenburg
was one of 7
players tied
for the lead
before
starting play
Sunday
morning,
thanks to Rory
McIlroy's 66
in the 2nd
round of the
British
Open.
With 4 birdies
over the last
7 holes,
Brandenburg
surpassed
rookie Doug
Billiau and
claimed his
2nd win of the
season.
Billiau,
staked to an
opening 69 by
Rickie Fowler,
reached
11-under par
thru 13 holes
but fell back
to a matching
69 for a 138
total that was
1-stroke
better than
Erik
Meland.
Billiau moves
up to #22 on
the Money List
($42.50).
Meland
started the
day 4-strokes
back, carried
by Sergio
Garcia's
Friday 70, and
matched
Brandenburg
and Billiau's
69 to finish
at 139.
Ed Campbell
(66-75 - 141)
finished in
4th place.
Joe
Brandenburg -
2014 Big Dog
Pro-Am champ
Bill
Gordon takes
Crazy Brit
July 19, 2014
Bill Gordon
won the 2014
Crazy Brit
with 39
points, one
better than
Steve
Bisson.
One of only 3
players to
record points
on every hole,
Gordon made 7
birdies worth
3 points each,
7 pars (2
points each)
and 4 bogies
(1 point
each).
The 4th career
win for Gordon
earned the Ann
Arbor resident
a trip to the
PLAYERS
Championship
and probably
locked up a
spot on the
Central
Commissioner's
Cup team.
Bisson was
close to
sweeping the
Livonia
tournaments.
A week
after winning
the Quad-Tour
Challenge at
Fox Creek,
Bisson waited
in the
Whispering
Willows
clubhouse to
see if his 38
points would
hold
up.
When Gordon
finished with
pars on the
last 3 holes,
Bisson settled
for 2nd.
Joe Robar (36)
birdied the
18th to finish
a point ahead
of group of 5
that included
Young and Old
Tom Litzler,
Andrew Wilson,
Chris Japhet
and the Tour's
leading money
winner Rich
Dunmore
($164.00).
Bill Gordon
- 2014 Crazy
Brit champ
Barb Hoelzle
wins 2nd
Ladies title
July
13, 2014
Barb Hoelzle,
the 2010
Ladies Open
champ, shot a
10-over par 82
on the
Pheasant Run
GC that has
hosted the
Indigo Salon
& Spa
Ladies Open
for the last 4
years.
That score was
4-strokes
better than
Sue Meland and
good enough to
collect her
2nd Ladies
Open
title.
Hoelzle is the
leading female
money winner
on Tour with
over $650 in
career prize
money.
Meland (40-46
- 86) finished
in 2nd place
while rookie
Sara Japhet
(43-44 - 87)
finished 3rd
and Lenna
Blanton (44-51
- 95) finished
4th.
Despite the
small field,
the tournament
raised over
$500 for Rally
for the Cure
and the Susan
G Komen
foundation.
The Ladies
Open has
raised over
$4,000 in
tournament
history to
support breast
cancer
awareness and
research.
Barb
Hoelzle - 2014
Indigo Salon
& Spa
Ladies Open
champ
Steve
Bisson wins
Quad-Tour
Challenge by 4
strokes
July
12, 2014
Steve Bisson
shot a final
round 68 at
Fox Creek GC
to finish at
12-under 273
and a 4-stroke
win in the
2014 Quad-Tour
Challenge.
Bisson's
professional
team included
Jordan Spieth
(64), Bernhard
Langer (69)
and In-Bee
Park
(72).
His 2nd career
win ('13 Crazy
Brit) kept
Mike Prieskorn
from his 2nd
win of the
season.
Prieskorn shot
a 71 for a
total of 277
to finish in
2nd place
ahead of Joe
Robar (71 -
278) and Phil
Johnson (71 -
278).
Steve
Bisson - 2014
Quad-Tour
Challenge
champ
Meland
continues
repeat trend
July
11, 2014
Erik
Meland
defended his
Red Oaks
Shootout title
on Friday -
the 4th
consecutive
tournament on
Tour that saw
the defending
champ
repeat.
Meland
qualified for
the shootout
with a 1-under
par 30 on the
nine-hole
course.
Erik Johnson
(29), Andrew
Wilson (30)
and Jeff Klipa
(31) also
qualified for
the
shootout.
Meland aced
the first hole
of the 5-hole
shootout and
followed with
4
2-putts.
Wilson aced
the 2nd hole
but 3-putted
the 3rd hole
to fall behind
by a
point.
Meland
finished with
17 points
while Wilson
took 2nd place
with 15
points.
Klipa secured
3rd place (13
points) and
Johnson
finished in
4th (12).
Erik Meland
- 2014 Red
Oaks Shootout
champ
Nadell
holds on for
Open repeat
June
29, 2014
The Lighthouse
trophy shines
again for Ray
Nadell.
The 2013
"Champion
Golfer of the
Year" has
retained that
moniker by
winning the
2014
Commercial
Underwriters
Harbour Pointe
Open with
scores of 67
and 74 at the
Majestic at
Lake
Walden.
Nadell opened
a 4-stroke
lead with a
Saturday 67
that included
4 birdies and
2 eagles and
took nearly 6
hours to
complete after
a lengthy
mid-round
weather
delay.
Nadell's
closest
pursuer was
Tom Moran, a
5-time winner
on Tour,
looking for
his first
major
title.
Moran carded 7
birdies in a
Saturday 71
and briefly
took the lead
during the
championship
round on
Sunday before
yielding to
the defending
champ with a
final round
72.
Eric Birkle
had the best
round on
Sunday (71)
and caught
Jeff Klipa to
tie for 3rd at
5-over
149.
Gregg
Nothdurft
(74-76 - 150)
finished in
5th while Doug
Billiau (77-75
- 152) and
Mike Shafer
(76-77 - 153)
finishing 6th
and 7th.
Ray
Nadell - 2014
Harbour Pointe
Open champ
Klipa
rolls lucky 68
for Casino win
June
22, 2014
Jeff Klipa
carded 5
birdies and 2
eagles to post
a 3-under par
68 and a
1-stroke win
over Rich
Dunmore at the
2014 Casino
Classic.
That makes 2
Casino titles
in 2 years at
Twin Lakes for
the Klipster -
chasing
Dunmore in the
race for the
2014 Money
Title.
Dunmore (39-30
- 69) finished
with birdies
on 5 of his
last 7 holes
but could not
overcome a
quadruple-bogie
9 on the 5th
hole.
Mike Lum
(38-32 - 70)
and Mike
Harmon (34-36
- 70) tied for
3rd place.
Jeff
Klipa - 2014
Casino Classic
champ
Dunmore
is the
Real McCoy -
again
June
21, 2014
Rich Dunmore
successfully
defended his
Real McCoy
title by
beating Steve
Bisson in a
playoff.
It was the 2nd
playoff win in
3 weeks for
Dunmore, the
Tour's leading
money
winner.
Bisson (31-37
- 68) dug a
hole with
3-putts on the
2nd and 3rd
playoff
holes.
An ace on the
4th hole made
the finish
interesting,
but Dunmore
(34-34 - 68)
calmly
recorded his
4th 2-putt to
secure the
win.
Young
Tom Litzler
(33-36 - 69)
and Tim Markel
(33-36 - 69)
shared 3rd
place.
The 2014 Real
McCoy Classic
raised over
$900 for the
Last Day Dog
Rescue.
Rich Dunmore -
2014 Real McCoy Classic champ
Prieskorn wins
Fox Hunt
June
20, 2014
Mike Prieskorn
and Jason
Rectenwald
nabbed 55
points each in
the 2014 Fox
Hunt and
needed a
playoff to
determine a
winner.
The 55 points
was the most
since Tom W
Litzler
recorded 60
points in
2006.
Rectenwald hit
11 greens - 6
on the
Strategic Fox
front nine and
5 on the back
- and added 34
putts.
Prieskorn hit
10 greens - 8
of them on the
back nine -
and carded 35
putts.
The 2 traded
2-putts for
the first 3
holes of the
playoff, but a
Rectenwald
3-putt on the
4th hole
opened the
door for
Prieskorn to
collect his
first win
since the 2013
Ugly Pants
Open.
Rick
Persichetti
finished 3rd
with 49 points
and rookie
Willi Hesse
took 4th with
44 points.
Mike
Prieskorn -
2014 Fox Hunt
champ
The
Godfather
takes 2nd
Senior title
June
14, 2014
Old Tom Sachs
won his 2nd MT
Senior Open in
5
years.
Out in 38,
Sachs birdied
5 of his last
7 holes to
finish at
2-under par
70.
He passed Old
Aaron Blanton
by a stroke
and claimed
his 4th career
Tour
win.
Sachs, the
oldest player
in the field,
led the field
in greens in
regulation
(9/18, tied
with Klaus
Juska).
Blanton (35-36
- 71) made 4
birdies on
Wolcott Mills'
back nine but
settled for
2nd place for
the 2nd time
in 2
weeks.
Old Dan
Gubachy (37-36
- 73) birdied
3 of his last
5 holes to
finish solo
3rd.
Old Klaus
Juska (37-37 -
74) and Old
Doug Billiau
(39-35 - 74)
shared 4th
place.
Tom
Sachs - 2014
MT Senior Open
champ
T-Mark
leaves no
doubt at Holy
Grail
June
14, 2014
Tim Markel won
the 2014 Holy
Grail by
5-strokes
after posting
a 7-under par
64 on
St.Johns' Luke
& Matthew
nines.
Carding 6
birdies and 2
eagles against
3 single
bogies, Markel
claimed his
3rd career win
in convincing
fashion.
Markel hit 5
of 13 fairways
and 7 greens
in regulation
in collecting
his 3rd career
win.
Jeff Klipa
played the
final 4 holes
in 5-under par
to secure 2nd
place at
2-under
69.
Barb Hoelzle
(35-35 - 70)
was the only
other player
to finish in
red numbers
and posted her
first top-4 of
the
season.
Rookie Scott
Freude
finished 4th
with an even
par 71.
Tim Markel - 2014 Holy Grail
champ
Jay Roc gets
2nd win on the
Strategic Fox
June
13, 2014
Jason
Rectenwald won
the Par-54
Classic with a
4-over par 58
in cool and
blustery
conditions.
Rectenwald hit
8 greens in
regulation and
needed 30
putts.
The 58 is the
highest
winning score
in Par-54
history.
Two of his 3
Tour wins have
come on the
Strategic Fox
course - he
also won the
2012 Fox Hunt.
Tom
W Litzler and
Jeff Klipa
shared 2nd
place at
59.
Gregg
Nothdurft,
Bill Gordon
and Tom Moran
shared 4th
place at 60.
Jason
Rectenwald -
2014 Par-54
Classic
Gregg
Nothdurft
joins
first-timers,
gets first win
at East Side
Charity
June
8, 2014
Gregg
Nothdurft and
Aaron Blanton
provided the
East Side
Charity
Classic with
its 3rd
consecutive
playoff on
Sunday.
Nothdurft
(36-32 - 68)
finally ended
a playoff that
required 8
holes by
making his 8th
straight
2-putt while
Blanton (35-33
- 68)
succumbed to a
3-putt.
It was the
first playoff
for both men
with the 2nd
year player
getting his
first win and
the rookie
getting his
first top-4.
Darren Hamman
(37-32 - 69)
made a run
early on the
inward nine
but settled
for 3rd
place.
Ned Loving
(38-32 - 70)
and Sam
Hiestand
(35-35 - 70)
shared 4th
place.
Gregg Nothdurft -
2014 East Side Charity Classic champ
Rich
Dunmore takes
money lead
with win at
Animal House
June
7, 2014
Rich Dunmore
outlasted
Darren Hamman
in a playoff
to win the
2014 Abacus
Animal House
Classic at
Salem Hills
GC.
A Hamman
3-putt on the
2nd hole of
the 4-hole
playoff was
the difference
as Dunmore
made four
2-putts and
collected win
# 6 in his 5th
year on
Tour.
Placing in the
money for the
6th time this
year, Dunmore
has risen to
the top of the
Money
standings with
an even
$100.00 in
prize money.
Hamman (34-36
- 70)
collected $27
for 2nd place
while Kurt
Wilhem (34-37
- 71) netted
his first
career
top-4.
Commissioner
Jeff Klipa
(37-35 - 72)
finished 4th.
Rich
Dunmore - 2014
Abacus Animal
House Classic
champ
Sam
Hiestand pops
Cherry
June
1, 2014
Sam Hiestand
carded 3
eagles on the
Cherry Creek
back nine to
finish at
3-under 69 and
a 4-stroke win
over Rich
Blanton in the
4th edition of
the Cherry
Creek Classic.
Hiestand, the
teenaged son
of Ron
Hiestand - the
2012 EASTERN
Champ,
collected his
first win in
just his 8th
start on Tour.
Blanton (36-37
- 73) adds
this 2nd place
finish to his
win at the
Pine View
Classic and
climbs to 3rd
on the Money
Standings
($56.00).
Tim
Jakubowski
(34-40 - 74)
gets solo 3rd
place while
Rich Dunmore
(37-38 - 75)
posted his 5th
top-4 of the
year and is
2nd on the
Money List
($64.00)
Sam
Hiestand - 2014
Cherry Creek
Classic champ
Ed
Campbell wins
Dudlee's
Plymouth Open
for 4th career
title
May
31, 2014
Ed Campbell
eagled the
18th hole to
win the 2014
Dudlee's
Plymouth Open
by 2-strokes
over rookie
Jeff Pasz.
Campbell
followed a
front nine 35
with a back
side 30 to
finish at
5-under
65.
He netted win
#4 in his 51st
start on Tour
and has at
least 1
victory in
each of his
first 3 years
on Tour.
Pasz, making
only his 5th
start on Tour,
shot a 33-34 -
67 and was the
only other
player to
finish in the
red.
Dave Oliver
finished in
3rd with an
even par
70.
Tom Sachs took
4th at 2-over
72.
Ed Campbell
congratulated
by host
Karl Carter
Charlie
Roy gets white
ribbon
May
24, 2014
Charlie Roy
converted 5
birdies in his
first 11 holes
to build a
5-stroke lead
and then held
on for a
3-stroke win
at the 2014
Strokes on a
Rope as he and
the rest of
the field
exhausted
their
string.
Roy posted a
1-over 72 and
earned the
white ribbon
signifying a
first win in
the Tour's
"string &
scissors"
tournament.
Defending
champ Dave
OIiver tied
for 2nd with
Mike
Prieskorn.
Oliver
triple-bogied
the 15th to
fall back and
Prieskorn
double-bogied
the
18th.
They finished
at 75,
1-stroke ahead
of Rich
Dunmore who
earned solo
4th.
Charlie
Roy - 2014
Strokes on a
Rope champ
UPS
delivers first
win for Birkle
May
18, 2014
Eric Birkle
shot a 1-under
par 70 on
St.Johns' Luke
& Matthew
nines to win
the 2014 UPS
Store Golf
Classic by 1
over Klaus
Juska.
Birkle hit 8
of 13 fairways
and 9 greens
in regulation
in carding 5
birdies and an
eagle.
A 2nd year
player from
Ann Arbor,
Birkle earned
his first win
in his 16th
career start
and punched
his ticket to
the PLAYERS
Championship
in late
August.
Juska (38-33 -
71) led the
field in
putting (29)
and tied for
most greens in
regulation
(11/18) with
Ray Nadell who
finished 3rd
(37-35 -
72).
Rich Dunmore
(38-35 - 73)
finished 4th.
Eric
Birkle - 2014 UPS Store Golf Classic
champ
Akunuri
and Carter
earn 2nd Green
Towels in 4
years
May
17, 2014
Sam Akunuri
and Karl
Carter won a
3-way playoff
to secure
their 2nd
Memorial
Tournament
title in 4
years.
It was
Akunuri's
1-putt on the
first sudden
death hole
that sealed
the victory.
Akunuri
and Carter
birdied 2 of
their last 3
holes to
finish at
2-under 70 and
forge the tie
with the teams
of Rick
Persichetti
and Kelly
Arnold (34-36
- 70) and Jan
Cepiga and Rob
Lopez (32-38 -
70).
Three teams
shared 4th
place just
1-stroke short
of joining the
playoff.
This
is the 4th
career win for
Carter and the
2nd for
Akunuri, both
in their 6th
year on Tour.
Sam
Akunuri and Karl
Carter - 2014
Memorial
champs
Steve
Villerot wins
Sparty by 4
May
10, 2014
Steve Villerot
was nearly
flawless at
Fieldstone GC,
shooting a
34-31 - 65 to
take the 2014
Sparty Classic
by 4 shots
over Erik
Meland and
Gerry
Sawchuk.
Villerot led
the field in
greens-in-regulation
(11/18) and
carded 6
birdies and an
eagle with
only one
bogey.
The 7-under 65
sets a new
scoring record
at the 5-year
old Sparty in
the first year
at the new
host course.
Meland (32-37
- 69) had 5
consecutive
birdies on the
front nine to
get into
contention but
double-bogied
his final
hole.
Sawchuk (34-35
- 69) played
his last 8
holes in
5-under par to
forge the tie
for 2nd place.
Charlie
Roy (35-36 -
71) and Eric
Morris (36-35
- 71) tied for
4th while
Klaus Juska
(35-37 - 72)
and rookie
Mike Shafer
(30-42 - 72)
shared 6th
place.
Steve Villerot -
2014 Sparty Classic champ
Tin
Cup half full
for Graves
May
4, 2014
Borgia Graves
built a modest
lead at the
2014 Train
with Tami Tin
Cup and then
held on for a
2-stroke win
Sunday as
strong winds
blew the
scores
upward.
Graves made 4
straight
birdies
starting at
hole #8 to
take the lead
from Greg
Kline.
But
triple-bogies
at 12 and 14
made it close
as Graves
finished at
4-over 76
while Kline
(33-45 - 78)
and Rich
Dunmore (39-39
- 78) tied for
2nd.
Mike Prieskorn
(41-38 - 79)
finished alone
in 4th.
This is win #2
for Graves as
he starts his
2nd year on
Tour.
Last year's
Big Dog Pro-Am
winner now has
an invitation
to the 2014
PLAYERS
Championship
with his
victory here
at Hickory
Creek.
Tami Bealert
with Borgia Graves, the 2014 Train
with Tami Tin Cup Champ
Mullen
wins
Chelsea
Classic
May
3, 2014
Eric Mullen,
in his 2nd
year on Tour
and making his
6th career
start, won the
2014 Chelsea
Classic last
Saturday at
Calderone
Farms GC.
Mullen
carded 7
birdies and an
eagle in
shooting 34-38
- 72 to win by
2-strokes over
Tom R Litzler,
Erik Meland
and Bill
Gordon.
Mullen's
victory
continues a
trend of first
time winners
on Tour.
After a
record 11
first time
winners in
2013, the Tour
has 2 more
first timers
in the first 3
events of
2014.
Litzler (35-39
- 74) was
leading the
tournament
until a costly
triple-bogey
at
#15.
Meland (40-34
- 74) made 4
birdies on the
back nine but
could not
overcome a
slow
start.
Gordon (38-36
- 74) made a
charge with
birdies at 13
and 14
followed by an
eagle at
15.
A double-bogey
at the home
hole dropped
him back into
the tie for
2nd.
Eric Birkle
and Don Morris
tied for 5th.
Eric
Mullen - 2014 Chelsea Classic champ
Joe
Brandenburg gets
first career win
in a Sweet Sixteen
playoff
April 27,
2014
Joe Brandenburg, a 5th
year pro from Clinton
Twp., collected his
first career win at
the 2014 Sweet Sixteen
on Sunday.
He needed overtime to
make the win official
as he and Charlie Roy
both finished at
6-under par after
throwing out their 2
worst holes in the
regulation
18.
Brandenburg beat Roy 9
to 10 in the 4-hole
playoff.
Brandenburg carded 3
eagles and 3 birdies
and threw out one of 4
bogies and his double
bogey at #7 to post a
6-under for 16 score.
Roy also had 3
eagles and 3 birdies
on the windswept
Blackheath course and
finished at 6-under
after throwing out a
triple-bogey and one
of 4 bogies.
Ray
Collins, Steve Dent
and Lenna Blanton tied
for 3rd at 4-under
par.
Joe
Brandenburg - 2014
Sweet Sixteen champ
Rich Blanton
takes Pine View Classic
for 2nd Tour win
April 26, 2014
Rich Blanton finished
eagle-birdie-birdie on his final 3
holes to come from behind and win
the 2014 Pine View Classic on
Saturday. Blanton overcame an
opening triple-bogey on his
starting hole (#18) to finish at 2-over
par 74 and a 2-stroke win over
Kelly Arnold, Phil Johnson and
Mike Pearcy. It was
Blanton's 2nd career win (2012
East Side Charity Cl)
in 20 starts on Tour.
Arnold (34-42 - 76) hit 7 of 18
greens but played 5-over on his
final 8 holes. Johnson
(35-41 - 76) was tripped up by
Pine View's tough #12 thru #14
holes (+5) while Pearcy (42-34 -
76) had more trouble on the
traditionally easier front side.
Rich Blanton -
2014 Pine View Classic champ
Tour
continues to sponsor on-line fantasy
games
March 21, 2014
The Mulligan Tour invites members to
participate in 2 on-line fantasy golf
games. The ESPN Best Ball
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Mulligan Tour 2014
February 1, 2014
A
particularly harsh winter has many
Michigan golfers yearning for their
favorite pastime. Unless a
trip south was in the winter plans, most
golfers can only dream of the new season
ahead. Winter must
eventually give way to Spring, and when
it does the Mulligan Tour will open it's
16th season of competition.
The season opens in less than 3 months
with the Pine View Classic on April 26.
The
annual membership fee remains the same
for the 6th straight year.
And again, the $120 membership fee is
discounted ($100) if paid before April
1st.
The
Mulligan Tour will have an exhibit at
the Michigan Golf Show (March 7-9 at the
Suburban Collection Showplace in
Novi). Stop by and
visit. There will be a 2 for 1
membership special for new members.
Click on www.michigangolfshow.com
for details on the annual golf show.