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First time Labor captain Phil Parent drew up the right work rules to take a convincing 6 1/2 to 2 1/2  win over Management Sunday. His 4-ball teams Elizabeth Jolliffe and Eric Kiekbusch, Paul Parent and Lance Evert, and himself with Jeff Feikens all swept the opening session to take a commanding lead, much to Management's chagrin. Management came back to split the Alternate Shot session and keep the negotiations open, with Chuck Withey and Greg Kline getting a point and Bill Gordon and Scott Wilsey getting a split with Captain Phil and Jeff. Paul and Lance took the Labor point in session 2. Jolliffe and Kiekbusch ended the debate with a 4 & 2 win in the final session. Paul and Lance completed a sweep of their 3 matches for the best record of the day. Rich Dunmore and Scott Wilsey had the last word for Management.  Phil and Jeff took 2 1/2 points for Labor and Scott Wilsey led Management with 1 1/2. Phil won with an all-rookie team! The first since the inception of the event.


Money Title to Withey
September 6, 2025
Despite an anti-climactic finish, Chuck Withey capped a strong season with the Tour money title at $227.69. The lowest winning total since 2021.


Experience Pays for Hesse at TC

Willi Hesse shot a clean card 33 on the Falcon back nine at Pine Knob to secure a Back to Back Tour Championship win.  Willi plays the course regularly and experience paid off as he carded nothing higher than a 6 on the Eagle front nine and nothing higher than a par 5 on the back. Willi's 2 under par 70 topped runner-up Chris Stalo by 4 shots. Erika Fitzpatrick took 3rd at 6 over par 78 and Jeff Klipa, Stewart Levine, Ryan Doak and Tim Markel all tied for 4th at 7 over par 79. Notables: 'Tuna' Theunissen led with 30 putts. Mike Lee led with 12 fairways to 11 for Tom W Litzler and 10 each for Helen Puffenberger and the winner Hesse. Fitzpatrick retakes the #1 world ranking from Tyler Floyd after only 2 weeks.  Tim Markel finished in the money and moved to 4th in all-time Tour Championship winnings. Hesse moves to 5th in all-time TC winnings and gets his 10th Tour victory and 6th Major win in 293 starts.



Klipa Gets 2nd Swig from the Big Cup

Saturday Jeff Klipa joined Greg Paddison as a two-time winner of the Canandian Open. Shooting the same 2 under 70 that won for him in 2018, he out played the top contenders who all suffered a 'one bad hole' moment during the day. Klipa led the field with 10 fairways hit and 7 birdies. Rich Dunmore took 2nd at 1 under par 71. Nancy Hiestand and Brian Pieszchala tied for 3rd at Even Par 72.  On course prizes went to Ken Westerman, Nancy Hiestand, Corey McCue and Rookie Steven Laing. Notables: McCue led the field with 10 greens hit. Hiestand and Chris Stalo led with 29 putts. Scorers included Nancy Hiestand with 6 birdies and an eagle, Stalo and Laing with 6 birdies, and Pieszchala with 5 birdies and an eagle. Chip-ins were recorded by Stalo, Laing, Greg Fobare, Chris Dunmore, Willi Hesse and Bob Delorey. Steven Laing finished in the money for the first time in his rookie season in his 6th start. Nancy Hiestand moved to 4th all-time in Canadian winnings while Jeff Klipa moved to 1st.   Word is that Klipa's 33rd win in his 471st start, and 3rd win of the season,  was not diminished from a watered down field after the pre-game warm up at Kevin's Garage.


Phillip Pairs Paul at BCA

Phillip Parent charged home, going 4 under on his 15th to 17th holes, including a decisive eagle to grab the lead and the win at the Breast Cancer Awareness Open with a 4 under par 67. Phil matches his brother Paul's victory in the event two years ago. They become the 3rd set of brothers to win the same event on The Tour. Chris and Rich Dunmore have both won at the Crazy Brit and Fifty Cent and Corey and Justin McCue have both won the Pineview.  Chuck Withey and Ken Westerman both birdied late to get to 2 under 69 and Kelly Scheff tied them for 2nd by matching Phil's 4 under run and capturing a berth in the Tour Championship. On course prize went to Kevin Gregoire and Helen Puffenberger earned the invitation to the All-Star Skins Game.   Notables: Gregoire and Paul Parent led with 29 putts. Farmington Hills is usually a scoring course and today was no exception. Paul scorched the back nine with a 31 and had 9 birdies overall. Greg Fobare had 8 birdies, Rod Theunissen and Mike Lee 7 and Bill Gordon 6.  Scheff had 5 birdies and 2 eagles. Ned Loving, Westerman, Withey, and Phillip had 5 birdies and 1 eagle. Phil led with 12 greens hit. Scheff led with 13 fairways to 12 for Tom W Litler and Mike Lee. 11 for Westerman, Gordon and Terri Wilder. Fobare, Erik Kiekbusch and Chris Dunmore hit 10.  Litzler, Rich Dunmore, Gregoire, Westerman and Withey all had chip-ins. Gordon made his 250th Tour start. Paul Parent finished in the money to move up to T-2 in all-time BCA winnings.  This is Phillip Parent's 2nd Tour win in his 66th start.


Chuck Withey shows of the charity funds raised to fight breast cancer.



Division Money Titles Settled
Chuck Withey rides T-2 Players Finish to Central Money Title
Tyler Floyd and Withey hold leads to take West and East Titles


Greg Kline Completes Tri-fecta

Greg Kline became the first Tour player to have won all three division championships in his career on Sunday. After 5 runner up finishes in the late oughts and early teens, including an epic 15 hole playoff loss to the GodFather, Tom Sachs, and 21 years after his first try, Kline got the job done at Washtenaw Golf Club. Kline made 3 birdies in the middle of the back nine to get the lead away from Chuck Withey and Mike Prieskorn and made a strategically executed par on the 18th to secure the win at 1 over par 73. Prieskorn and Withey tied for 2nd at 2 over par 74. Phillip Parent and yesterday's winner Jeff Klipa tied for 4th at 76 4 over par.  Notables: Withey had 5 birdies and an eagle and tied Prieskorn for low putts at 32. Helen Puffenberger hit 10 fairways. Prieskorn, Klipa and Scott Wilsey had chip-ins. Withey scored his 100th Top-4 Finish on Tour. Jeff Klipa finished in the money to hold on to 3rd in all-time players winnings. Kline padded his #1 position. Kline gets his 11th career Major win and first Major since 2012. For Greg this is his 28th Tour win (2nd all-time) in his 380th start.


Klipa Flips Script at East Champ

Stewart Levine jumped to the lead, going 4 under par in his first 3 holes at Tanglewood, and played just steady enough the rest of the way to survive the last hole heroics of Noah Kline. Kline finished with an Albatross on the 18th to vault to 2nd only 1 shot back. Levine finished at Even par 72 to Kline's 1 over par 73. Chris Dunmore tied Paul Parent for 3rd at 4 over par 76. Notables: Levine had a chip-in to compliment a 6 birdie 1 eagle day. In addition to his big bird, Noah had 5 birdies and 1 eagle. Jeff Cubel led with 27 putts. The top four finishers were all 1st time money winners in the West Championship.  Stewart is finishing his sophmore season strong with his 2nd win and 1st Major win in 34 starts.



Young Floyd Tops Parents

In a 25 year first for the Ugly Pants Open, the event went to overtime with Tyler Floyd, Defending Champ Paul Parent and Ugly Pants winner Phil Parent all tied at 2 over par 72.  Tyler birdied his 16th hole to hit the number and Phil birdied and Paul eagled their 18th hole to match Tyler. In the playoff, all three started with a bogey on the opening hole of 4. Tyler and Phil got an edge on the 2nd hole and were tied going to the final hole, where Tyler sunk the final putt for a walk off birdie.  Michael Thacker took 4th at 3 over par 73.  On course prize went to Don Ward and Dave Oliver earned the final West Division Skins Game invitation of the year. 
Notables: Don Ward led with 29 putts. Winner Floyd hit 12 greens to Helen Puffenberger's 10. Thacker got 4 birdies and 2 eagles. Greg Kline and Ward had chip-ins and Patrick Patterson recorded 2.  Greg Kline finished in the money to hold the 4th all-time winnings place, just ahead of Tyler Floyd who moved to 5th place, behind all-time leader Barb Hoelzle.  Tyler gets his 10th win in 107 starts and matches Eric Birkle with 4 wins for the season. 


Hiestand Hot at Diablo

Nancy Hiestand booked 3 birdies at the turn holes 9,10 and 11 and started tasting the salsa. But Jeff Pasz birdied four of the final five holes including the 18th to rally for a tie with Hiestand at 4 under par 68. The event went to a toughly laid out 4 hole aggregate playoff.  Hiestand managed 2 pars on the first and last holes to finally grab the salsa from Pasz who could only collect 1 par. Phillip Parent took 3rd at 3 under par 69 and Rich Dunmore was 4th at 2 under par 70. On course prizes went to Phil Parent and Erika Fitzpatrick.  Notables: Pasz led with 11 greens hit and logged his 10th 2nd place finish of his career. Helen Puffenberger and Ken Westerman hit 11 fairways to 10 for Ron Hiestand and Scott Wilsey. Dunmore had 7 birdies and an eagle. Pasz and Phil Parent had 7 birdies the winner Nancy had 6 birdies and a chip-in. Tommy O'Neill and Jonathan Barnes had chip-ins also. Barnes led with 27 putts to Phil Parent's 29 and Barnes finished in the money with a round of 15 pars and 3 bogeys. Nancy gets her 2nd win in a week and is the 4th different woman to win the Little Diablo Western Swing. This is her 4th Tour win in 63 starts.


Winner Hiestand and CEO Chuck Withey proudly present another donation check to English Springer Rescue America.



Nancy Hiestand is Back at the Shack

After 2 full seasons without a win, Nancy Hiestand is back in form to win the Tee it up for Reese and Brooke CaddyShack Classic. Nancy had 6 birdies and 2 eagles to get to the lead on the back nine and post a number of 6 under par 66. Lance Evert mounted a late charge with a birdie on 17, but dropped back on the final hole to take 2nd at 5 under par 66, in an event where the women's and men's par are 72 and 71. Chuck Withey capped a fine weekend with a 4 under par 67 for 3rd. Event host Helen Puffenberger(69) tied Rod 'Tuna' Theunissen(68) at 3 under par for 4th place.  On course prizes went to The Kipster, Rick Floyd, and Nancy Heistand.  Eric Kiekbusch earned the East Skins invitation. Sponsor Helen provided her usual plethora of off course prizes that went to Jeff Pasz, Jeff Klipa, Patrick Patterson, Tuna, Shane Witkowski, Rick Floyd, Willi Hesse, and Jeff Graunke.  Notables: Tom W Litzler scorched the back nine with 10 putts for a total of 27. But Ray Collins tied the total 27 with 12 on the back nine. Kevin Gregoire defended his title with 29 putts.  Joe Brandenburg had 9 birdies and 2 pars in a roller-coaster round.  Puffenberger had 7 birdies and an eagle. Evert and Tuna had 6 and 1. Jeff Pasz had 5 and 1 and Withey had 6 birdies. Puff, Commissioner Dunmore and Paul Parent all had chip-ins.  Nancy Hiestand successfully played her way in to the Eastern Championship in 2 weeks, an event she won in 2020. This is Nancy's 3rd Tour win and first non-major victory in 62 starts.


The Tour donates to the Pompe Research Fund at Duke University!


The Closer Takes 3rd Carrington Title

Chuck "The Closer" Withey birdied the 17th hole to edge out Ken Westerman by 1 shot with a 1 over par 73. Jonathan Barnes tied Tim Markel for 3rd at 3 over par 75. On course prizes went to Markel, David, Chris Stalo and Jeff 'Cubes' Cubel.  Notables: Withey led with 28 putts. Westerman hit 12 fairways and Jonathan Barnes hit 10 greens. Tim Markel made 7 birdies and Withey, Jeff Klipa, and Eric Birkle had chip-ins. Tom W Litzler finished in the money to hold his spot at 4th in all-time Carrington winnings. Chuck moves to 1st in all-time Carrington winnings with his 3rd event win. Overall this is his 18th Tour win in 371 starts.

Birkle Battles for Blue

Brian Lardin posted a number, but Eric Birkle finished birdie - eagle to grab the lead at the Go Blue. Bill Gordon had a chance to tie but the dreaded bladed wedge ended his chances. Birkle finished at 68 4 under par to Lardin's 3 under par 69. Gordon finished at 2 under par 70 and Ryan Doak got 4th at 1 under par 71. On course prizes went to Kelly Scheff with a shot inside 3 feet at #2 and to Commisioner Floyd. Notables: Birkle lives in the shadow of the UofM Campus and Gordon and Lardin both attended there (not for golf...or studying). Don Ward led with 28 putts, Jeff Klipa hit 12 fairways to 11 for Scheff and 10 for Helen Puffenberger. Tyler Floyd hit 12 greens to 10 by Birkle. Willi Hesse and Dave Oliver had 6 birdies, Lardin and Tim Markel had 5 birdies and 1 eagle, and Birkle and Gordon had 6 birdies and and eagle.  Chip-ins were made by Birkle, Rick Floyd, Brian Pieszchala and Chris Dunmore. Gordon got the 10th 3rd Place finish of his Tour career.  Lardin moves to #1 in all-time Go Blue winnings, 75 cents ahead of Birkle. Birkle gets his Tour leading 4th win of the season and 10th of his career in 226 starts.


Barnes Plays Big at Big Dog

Jonathan Barnes got spotted a T-1 start by Sam Burns and took advantage. Barnes had 3 front nine birdies and 4 more early on the back nine to pull away from the field to a 10 under par 133 total. His gross 70 round is tied for the 4th best in Tour history. Bill Gordon shot under par in his title defense to take 2nd at 7 under 136 total.  Lance Evert also went low to take 3rd at 5 under par 138.  #1 World Ranked Erika Fitzpatrick took 4th at 3 under par 140.  On course prizes went to Fitzpatrick and Puffy.  Notables: Gordon moved forward 7 spots and Evert moved up 4 spots on the day. Barnes had 25 putts to Gordon's 29. Barnes hit 10 greens. Ken Westerman and Puffenberger hit 10 fairways. Scoring was good with Joe Brandenburg getting 5 birdies and 2 eagles. Fitzpatrick 5 and 1. Gordon, Evert and Brian Lardin all had 6 birdies. Gordon, Willi Hesse and Mike Attard had chip-ins. Gordon moves to T-5 in all-time Big Dog winnngs and Brandenburg finished in the money to maintain his all-time 3rd in winnings. The Big Dog Barnes gets his 1st Tour win in his 10th start. 


Big Dog Pro Picks
Entire field will start Saturday under par thanks to Chris Gotterup. Gotterup was chosen by more than half the field and he came thru with a 2 under par 69 to set the base line for the field. Sam Burns made 6 players very happy with a 7 under par 64 to start them tied for first on Saturday.

Tom Moran duplicated his June performance at Fox Creek today at Whispering Willows, just over the fence from Fox Creek. Moran jumped out to the points lead with a front nine 30 strokes. He played par golf on the back nine and garnered enough points to hold off a host of challengers. His 41 points topped the 38 for Tom W Litzler, Elizabeth Jolliffe and Kelly Scheff who tied for 2nd. The on course prize also went to Moran and Noah Kline earned the Central Division Skins Game invitation.  Notables: Jonathan Barnes led with 27 putts to 28 for Phillip Parent. Scheff led with 9 fairways hit. Moran, Jolliffe, Parent and Patrick Patterson all had 6 birdies. Barnes, Kevin Gregoire, Scott Wilsey and newest Tour member Greg Fobare all had chip-ins.  Tom W got his 80th Top-4 Finish and moved to 3rd in all-time Crazy Brit winnings. Tom Moran got his 9th Tour win in his 338th start.



Red Hot Floyd Grabs Major Match

4 seed Tyler Floyd marched thru his bracket with relative ease to get the the Match Play final without playing the 16th, 17th or 18th holes. Tyler got wins over Eric Kiekbusch, defending champ Scott Wilsey and Rich Dunmore.    2 seed Chris Stalo, on the other hand, ground out 3 tough matches, taking an extra hole to get his first match over 15 seed Noah Kline and winning on the 18th over Tom Moran to get to Sunday and then over Stewart Levine to make the final.  In the final, Stalo ground out another match, taking Floyd to the 19th hole before relenting. In the consolation match Stewart Levine concluded an excellent first Match Play effort with a 6 & 5 win over Rich Dunmore who got to Day 2 with a 1 Up win over Willi Hesse and an upset of 1 Seed Brian Lardin in 21 Holes. Notables: Jeff Feikens and Noah Kline made their Match Play debuts, finding how tough the format is. Bill Gordon continued his role as the designated bye. Helen Puffenberger finished in the money to move to a tie for 4th in all-time Match Play winnings, while Greg Kline extended his all-time $ lead and got his 30th career Match Play win.  Tyler Floyd gets win #9 and 2nd Major win in his 105th start.




Prieskorn Grunts Out a Win at RWB

A square jawed Mike Prieskorn ground out 2 under par on both the front and back to post a 4 under 68. He then sweated out Ned Loving's finish who graciously dropped a shot on the 18th to tie Mike. In the 4-hole aggregate playoff Prieskorn played 2 putt par golf thru the first 3 holes to get a shot up and held on thru the final hole for the win. Jeff Feikens took 3rd at 1 under par 71 and Don Ward tied Joseph Brandenburg for 4th at Even Par. On course winners of the military towels were Loving, Brandenburg, Eric Keikbusch and Kevin Gregoire.  Notables: Ward finished 4th for the 10th time in his career.  Loving finished 2nd for the 10th time in his career and had 7 birdies and an eagle. Feikens had 7 birdies, a chip-in and hit 10 fairways. Gregoire hit 12 greens to 11 for Don Ward and Thomas Mulhern.  Mike Prieskorn moves to 1st in all-time Red White and Blue winnings with his 24th win in his 279th start.



Sponsor Greg Kline accepts the Tour charity donation to Folds of Honor.


Tyler Floyd Totally Hot at C Cool

Tyler Floyd scorched the front nine at Beacon Hill with a 26, undoubtably one of the best nine hole scores in Tour history. He played the back in a ho-hum one under par to finish with the best round of the season on Tour at 11 under par 60. Jonathan Barnes took 2nd at 4 under par 67, Rick Floyd took 3rd at 3 under 68 and Willi Hesse slid into 4th at 2 under 69.  On course prizes went to the Dunmore brothers, Chris and Rich.  Notables: Kevin Gregoire made his 250th Tour start.  Hesse, Noah Kline, Helen Puffenberger and Mike Lee all hit 10 fairways. Tyler topped the field with 13 greens hit to 12 for Barnes and 10 for Puffenberger. Chuck Withey topped Tyler with 29 putts to 30. It was a scoring fest at Beacon Hill starting with Tyler's 5 birdies, 3 eagles and the 2nd Albatross of the weekend. Barnes had 7 birdies and 1 eagle as did Noah Kline. 7 birdies for Brian Pieszchala, 6 birdies for Rick Floyd, 5 birdies and an eagle for Justin McCue and Hesse had 5 birdies and the 3rd Albatross of the weekend!  Tommy O'Neill and Phil Parent had chip-ins. Tyler's Albatross was a 67 yard hole out.  Tyler moves to 4th in all-time C Cool winnings with his 8th career win in 104 starts.


Sponsor Chuck Withey accepts big donation check in memory of Christopher Cooley.



Fitzpatrick Cashes In 2nd Win

Erika Fitzpatrick shot a clean card 7 under 65 to make an easy Fifty Cent and get a 2nd win this season.  Tom W Litzler, defending champ Rick Floyd and Joe Brandenburg all tied for 2nd at 2 under par 70.  Notables: Fitzpatrick dominated the stats with 31 putts, 10 fairways hit, and a chip-in for one of 7 birdies. Helen Puffenberger matched the 10 fairways. Chuck Withey notched 7 birdies also with Brandenburg, Mike Lee and Tom Moran getting 6. Mark Lindeman had a chip-in.  Jeff Klipa led with 10 greens hit and notched the first Albatross of the season on the par 5 3rd hole. Tom W. moved to 3rd in all-time Fifty Cent winnings. Rich Dunmore finished in the money to remain #1 and Brandenburg remains 2nd. 
This is Erika's 4th Tour win in 67 starts. Erika takes back the #1 World Ranking from Corey McCue. McCue held it for 7 weeks.



Chris Dunmore Grabs the Grail

Chris Dunmore birdied the final hole to cap a clean card, 5 under par back nine and grab the Grail from Tyler Floyd. Chris' overall 8 under par 64 topped Tyler by 1. Tyler opened with a 30 on the front nine to take the lead for most of the very hot afternoon. Jeff Cubel took 3rd at 6 under par 66 and Kevin Gregoire tied Ken Westerman for 4th at 4 under par 68.  On course prizes went to Phil Parent and defending champ Tommy O'Neill. Rick Floyd earned the West Skins Game invitation.  Notables: Helen Puffenberger led with 10 fairways and had 3 birdies and 4 eagles. O'Neill hit 11 greens to Corey McCue's 10. Cubel had 9 birdies, Tyler Floyd had 7 birdies and 2 eagles, Scott Wilsey 7 birdies, Chris Dunmore 5 birdies and 2 eagles and Gregoire had 6 birdies and 1 eagle.  Tyler moved to 4th in all -time Holy Grail winnings.  Chris Dunmore moves up 8 spots in the World Rankings to 25th by getting his 4th career win in his 219th start.

Moran Matches Pros

Tom Moran Matched his Pros with an under par performance on Saturday. Tom's Friday picks got him a 4 way tie for first at 7 under par on the opening hole Saturday. Tom came thru the first 12 holes in even par to hold the lead while others faded. He then grabbed control of the tournament with a birdie eagle combo on the 13th and 14th holes and then held par again to the finish. He withstood a hard charge from Friday's winner Lance Evert who rose from 12th to 2nd, 4 shots back. Chuck Withey took 3rd and Dave Oliver, Greg Kline and Jeff Klipa tied for 4th.  Notables:  Withey took over the season money lead. Greg Kline led with 29 putts. Jeff Feikens led with 13 fairways and Scott Wilsey had 10. Oliver hit 10 greens. Evert had 6 birdies and an eagle in his run up the leaderboard.  Moran moves up 8 spots in the World Rankings to #26 and moves to 5th in all-time Quad Tour winnings. It is his 8th Tour win in 334 starts.
 

Pro Results for Quad Tour

Lance Evert birdied the 8th hole of the 9 hole preliminary round to get into the top four shootout group. He then shot straight par thru the shootout to tie Rick Floyd and Scott Wilsey at the end of regulation. He continued steady at par for two more extra holes to outlast Wilsey and Floyd and take the greatest trophy in golf. Helen Puffenberger bogeyed the final shootout hole to take 4th. Barb Hoelzle birdied the 8th hole also in the prelim to make the shootout in her first event of the season.  On course prizes went to Wilsey and Barb Hoelzle. Notables:  Puffenberger tied Wilsey for fewest putts in the prelim and had two eagles to take medalist for the prelim round. Floyd, Barb Hoelzle and Chuck Withey led the Prelim for 4 greens hit. Wilsey moved to #1 in all-time Red Oaks winnings.  Evert gets his 1st Tour victory in his 15th start.



Ward Slams the Door on Seniors

Don Ward charged home with a birdie-birdie finish including a dramatic chip-in on the 18th to flip the leaderboard from Stewart Levine who had led on the back nine. Ward edged out Levine with a 2 under par 69 to Levine's 70.  Ward cleaned up all the awards for the day which may be a Tour first. He took the on course prize, had the fewest putts and earned the All Star Skins invitation! And to top it off, Ward posted his 4th gross score of 71 or lower on Tour with an Even Par 71. A pretty good day.  Tom Carroll and Scott Wilsey shot net 72 1 over par to tie for 3rd. Notables:  Carroll hit 12 greens to Ward's 10. David Martin led with 10 fairways hit. Wilsey sank 4 birdies and 2 eagles and Jeff Feikens got 6 birdies. In addition to Ward's winner, Wilsey, Dave Oliver, Nancy Hiestand, Jeff Pasz and Lance Evert all had chip-ins. Don gets his 8th Tour win in his 89th start and moves to #1 in all-time winnings in the Senior Open. 

Pasz Out Battles Barnes for HPO

Jeff Pasz had 5 birdies on the back nine to out duel Jonathan Barnes and hold on for his first Harbour Pointe Open win. Pasz' 4 under par 140 two day score was the best since 2021. Barnes finished 1 back at 3 under par 141. Tom W Litzler took 3rd at 2 over par 146 and Don Ward tied Tyler Floyd for 4th at 7 over 151.  Day 2 notables: Pasz had 6 birdies and 2 eagles for a two day total of 13 and 4. Pasz had another chip in for birdie. Pasz and Greg Kline led Day 2 with 28 putts. Brian Lardin finished in the money to retain #1 in all-time HPO winnings. Barnes led with 12 fairways hit to 11 for Litzler and 10 for Ward, Kline and Steward Levine. Barnes led with 11 greens and Ward had 10. Floyd had 9 birdies on Day 2.
Jeff get his 9th Tour win and 3rd Major in 262 starts.

Jonathan Barnes and Jeff Pasz shared the Day 1 HPO lead at 1 under par 71.

Helen Puffenberger earned the win and accomplished some Tour rarities at the Par 54. She became the 8th person in Tour history to win the same event 3 years in a row and matched Greg Kline and Tim Markel as the only players to win the same event 4 times. She shot a 2 under par 52 to nip Brian Lardin and Tim Markel by 1 shot. Tom W Litzler took 4th at one over par 55.  On course prizes went to Lardin, Puffenberger and Mike Prieskorn. Notables: Puff missed the Tour record by 1 by hitting 15 greens. Prieskorn hit 11 and Lardin 10. Lardin and Litzler led with 31 putts. Terri Wilder finished in the money for the first time in her budding career. Puffenberger moved to 3rd in all-time Par 54 winnings. Puff gets her 13th Tour win in her 287th start.


Markel a Playoff Winner in the East

Tim Markel got his first career East Division win with a playoff victory over Erika Fitzpatrick. Markel opened his round with a chip in eagle on the first hole and ran to a comfortable front nine lead. But Erika had 5 birdies on the back including 3 in a row to run down the leader and take the event to a playoff, both players finishing at 4 under par 67.  Markel again got out to a lead in the 4 hole aggregate playoff on the first 2 holes and held on for a 1 shot win.  Eric Kiekbusch and Chuck Withey tied for 3rd at 71 even par. On course prize went to Fitzpatrick and Michael Thacker earned the East Divsion Skins Game invitation.  Notables: In addition to Markel, Nancy Hiestand had a chip-in eagle and Withey and Steven Laing also had chip-ins. Helen Puffenberger hit 12 fairways and Nancy Hiestand hit 11. Fitzpatrick hit 11 greens and totaled 7 birdies while Markel had 5 birdies and 2 eagles. Ned Loving had 6 birdies and finished in the money for his title defense. Withey adds to his #1 all-time ESCC winnings while Fitzpatrick moves to 3rd and Puffenberger moves to 4th. Fitzpatrick drops to 1-1 in career playoffs.  Markel gets his 13th career win in his 327th start by squaring his playoff record at 2 and 2.


 
Commissioner Dunmore presents the Charity Classic Check.



Lee a Birdie Macheene at Farmington

Mike Lee posted 6 of his 9 birdies on his front nine to run out to a comfortable lead at Farmington Golf Club, and then held at par the rest of the way to coast to a 4 under par 67 and 1 shot win over defending champ Ryan Doak and Mike Geisser.  Stewart Levine made a host of players happy with a final hole bogey that tied him for 4th with Rich Dunmore, Chris Dunmore, Scott Wilsey and Bill Gordon at Even Par 71.  On course prizes went to Lee, Wilsey, the Klipster and Jeff Cubel.  Notables: Lee led with 27 putts ahead of Eric Birkles 28. Ray Collins and Greg Kline hit 11 greens. Gordon, Kelly Scheff and Collins all hit 11 fairways to 10 for Lee and Jeff Cubel. Levine had a chip-in. Ken Westerman made his 100th start. Doak takes the #1 spot in dollar winnings for the young event, ahead of Mike Geisser and Lee.   Lee is the 2nd multiple winner of the season, with his first also in the Central Division Tin Cup in April.  This is his 2nd career win in 24 starts.




Commissioner Kline presents the Tour member's donation to fight Alzheimer's. A special thanks to the Litzler family for sponsoring this tournament.



Dunmore Flummoxes the Fox

East Commissioner Rich Dunmore infiltrated the West Division and stole a Fox Hunt win with a decisive 55 points and 4 point win. Dunmore came out of the gate hitting the first 7 greens in a row and opened the back with 5 out of 6. So dominate was Dunmore that he didn't have to hit the final two greens to secure the win, which are normally key to this event.  Runner ups at 51 points were Corey McCue, Kevin Gregoire and Scott Wilsey.  On course prizes went to the best shot in each group on the 6th green. Tyler Floyd led with 27 putts followed by Bill Gordon and Dave Oliver with 29. Winner Dunmore led with 12 greens hit. Chris Stalo had 11 and Helen Puffenberger, Chuck Withey and Scott Wilsey all hit 10. After the round the room was abuzz with speculation as to how the East Commissioner was creating chaos in the West Commissioner's Cup standings. Stay tuned.


 

Tyler Floyd Soars Thru Back Nine

Tyler Floyd shot 4 birdies and an eagle on the back nine to charge to the lead at 3 under par 69. Bill Gordon rimmed out a putt that would have tied Floyd, and finished tied for 2nd with Corey McCue at 2 under par 70. Stewart Levine finished 4th at even par 72.  On course prizes went to Ken Westerman and Richie D.  Rod "The Tuna" earned the Skins Game invitation.  Notables: Kevin Gregoire led with 9 greens hit. Helen Puffenberger led with 11 fairways hit and Gordon, Noah Kline, Jeff Feikens, Chris Dunmore and Eric Birkle hit 10. Floyd had 6 birdies and an eagle overall, Corey McCue had 6 birdies and Gordon had 5 birdies and an eagle.  Tyler gets a White Ribbon with his 7th Tour win in his 99th Tour start.


O'Puffenberger Takes Irish in Playoff

Helen Puffenberger held off Eric Kiekbusch in a playoff to take the Irish Open. Both players birdied the 18th hole to finish regulation in 1st at 1 over par 72.  In the playoff they traded bogeys on the 1st and 2nd holes and Puff got par on the 4th hole to take the trophy.  Chuck Withey, Ryan Doak, and Michael Thacker finished 3rd at 2 over par 73.  On course prizes went to Jeff Klipa, Ron Hiestand, Alan Korn, Eric Birkle and Puffenberger. Long Drive went to Ron Hiestand. Fewest putts of 28 were made by Kiekbusch and Withey. Chip-in prizes went to Kiekbusch, Mike Geisser and Jeff Graunke.  Withey won the drawing from 5 players who picked Scheffler to lead the PGA 3rd round.  And lastly (whew!), the Four Leaf Clover winners for birdieing the 5th hole were Doak, Thacker, Graunke, Willi Hesse, Lance Evert and Anthony Dean.  Puffenberger and Nancy Hiestand hit 10 fairways. Geisser carded 6 birides. Kiekbusch took his first playoff loss in his 100th Tour start against 4 previous wins. Puffenberger evened her playoff record at 2 and 2 and got her 12th Tour win in her 283rd start.



Birkle Gets 3rd Win of Season

Eric Birkle birdied the 16th and 17th at the Golden Fox to get a late edge on the other contenders take his 3rd win of the season. Rick Floyd and Tom W Litzler tied for 2nd with 3 over par 75's. Jeff Pasz took 4th with a 5 over par 77.  The contenders were brutalized by the Golden Fox back nine. Birkle was the only contender to play better on the back with a 35 to get to 2 over par 74 and a 1 shot win.  On course prizes went to "Kenny G" Kevin Gregiore, Ken Westerman, Joseph Gordon and Chuck Withey. Birkle and TW Litzler led with 31 putts and Rick Flyod hit 11 fairways. Gregoire, Pasz and J. Gordon all had chip ins.  Pasz moved to #1 in all-time Dudlee's winnings.  Birkle gets his 9th Tour win in his 214th start.



The Mulligan Tour presented a check to sponsor rep Jeff Graunke for Leader Dogs for the Blind.



Klipa Charges to Cherry Creek Victory

Jeff Klipa birdied the final 3 holes at Cherry Creek to break from a pack of contenders. After playing the front nine in even par, a bad bogey on 10 motivated Jeff to chop away at his score, getting two birdies over the next 3 holes. Still in the pack of contenders, Jeff set a goal to birdie the final 3 holes, and willed it to be! He finished at 3 under par 69. Ron Hiestand finished 2nd at Even par 72. Lance Evert 3rd at 2 over 74 and Jonathan Barnes, Greg Kline, Chuck Withey and Kurt Klinker all tied for 4th at 3 over par 75. On course prizes went to Elizabeth Jolliffe and Joseph Brandenburg.   Notable stats:  Evert and Withey led with 28 putts. Ron Hiestand had 6 birdies and Evert at 6 and 2 eagles.  Klipa led with 7 birdies, 12 greens hit, and 12 fairways, ahead of Helen Puffenberger's 11 and Chris Dunmore's 10.  Withey gets his 30th 4th place finish on Tour. Barnes and Klinker get their 1st Top-4 finishes.  Ron Hiestand moved to 3rd in all-time Cherry Creek winnings and Klipa moved to #1.  After 6 top 10 finishes at Cherry Creek, Klipa wins the event for his Tour leading 31st career win in his 451st start.  And, in a twist of Tour math, 

Fully half the Memorial Tournaments played have gone to a playoff for settlement, although it's been 4 years since the last. 2025 returned to the trend with Helen Puffenberger and Erika Fitzpatrick facing off with defending champs Jeff Cubel and Chris Stalo. Both teams finished the 4 hole aggregate playoff tied still at par. But on the first extra hole the defending champs finally blinked and the title went to Puffenberger/Fitzpatrick. Both teams finished regulation at 10 under par 62 under the new adjusted handicap calculation system for Memorial Tournament competitors. Joseph Gordon and Tommy O'Neill suffered one bogey to finish at 9 under 63. Vets Jeff Klipa and Mike Prieskorn took 4th at 8 under 64. On course prizes went to Chris Dunmore and Ken Westerman. Notables: The winners posted a clean card 6 birdies and 2 eagles. Cubel/Stalo posted 9 birdies. E. Kiekbusch/Hesse had 8. The winners hit 14 greens but were topped by J.Gordon/O'Neill with 15. Delory/Westerman and Floyd/Floyd hit 12 fairways. Klipa/Prieskorn led with 25 putts. Jeff Klipa completed his Tour leading 450th Tour start. Fitzpatrick returns to the #1 World Ranking, displacing Corey McCue who has held the spot for 38 weeks.  Fitzpatrick last held the top spot in April 2024.  Puffenberger gets her 2nd Major victory and 11th Tour win while Fitzpatrick goes 3 for 3 with 3 wins and 3 major victories on Tour.
 


Birkle Repeats With Thriller Finish

Eric Birkle had one of the great bounce-back rounds in Tour history to take the Chelsea Classic title. After a disappointing 27th finish the day before, he made a final hole birdie to become the season's first double winner as well as the first double winner in the 21 year history of the Chelsea Classic. Birkle's birdie was a dramatic flip within his group as playing partner Don Ward bogeyed to finish T-2 at 1 over par 72. At the moment it may not have seemed so climactic as Birkle still trailed or was tied with 5 players on the course. But the final 3 holes at Hudson Mills proved to be a vicious finish, raining bogeys and double bogeys on the contenders including Brian Lardin who also finished T-2. One bright spot was the birdie-par-eagle finish of T.R. Litzler, who's charge fell one shot short and joined the T-2 group. On course prizes went to Birkle and Pin Lardin.   Notables: Chuck Withey finished in the money in his 350th Tour start, 4th most on Tour behind Jeff Klipa, Greg Kline and Rich Dunmore. Ward hit 11 greens to Ryan Kiekbusch's 10. Helen Puffenberger led with 10 fairways to Birkle's 9. Willi Hesse led with 6 birdies to 5 for Lardin, Mike Fox, Puffenberger, Tyler Floyd and Mike Geisser. All probably felt it wasn't enough. Corey McCue, Noah Kline and Kevin Gregoire all had chip-ins. Birkle waited 10 years for his 2nd Chelsea triumph, getting the first in 2015 at Pierce Lake.  Birkle gets his 8th Tour win in his 212th start and becomes the all-time money winner for the Chelsea Classic.


Graunke a Steady Sparty

Jeff Graunke held together on the front nine at Fieldstone and played under par on the back with an eagle and 3 birdies to hold off the field at 2 over par 74. Almost all the contenders suffered the 'one bad hole' curse including 2nd place Chuck Withey at 4 over par 76, 3rd Joe Brandenburg at 5 over par 77 and everyone who tied for 4th at 6 over par 78 including Don Ward, Brian Lardin, Tom W. Litzler, Rod Theunissen and Jeff Feikens. On course prize went to Kelly Scheff and Brandenburg earned the 1st East Division Skins Game invitation of the year. On a tough scoring day, Feikens led the field with 6 birdies. Terri Wilder hit 13 fairways to Elizabeth Jolliffe's 12 and 3 hit 11 including Kelly Scheff, Young Tom Litzler and old Eric Kiekbusch.  Ken Westerman led with 26 putts and a chip in. Interestingly, all 5 winners so far this season have been in their first start of the year. Jeff gets his 5th career win in his 118th start.


Lee Raises the Tin Cup

For the second day in a row our winner broke from the gate quickly and survived the day for the win. On Sunday Mike Lee took advantage of his winning donation to post an opening birdie on the tough par 3 17th. He went on to post 3 under par for his front 9 and rode the tough back 9 roller coaster to even par and a take a 6 shot win at 3 under par 69. Chris Stalo tied Jeff Klipa for 2nd and Don Ward tied Phil Parent for 4th at 4 over par 76.  On course prize went to Chris Dunmore and Tim Markel earned the first Central Skins Game invitation.  Lee led with an impressive 26 putts to 29 for Chuck Withey.  Helen Puffenberger hit 13 fairways to 12 by Lee and 11 for Rich Dunmore.  Lee had 7 birdies and Eric Birkle and Rich Dunmore had 5.  7 players succeeded in chipping in for the day.  Mike Lee scored his first Tour win in his 21st start.


CEO Chuck Withey displays funds raised for Gleaner's Community Food Bank. This year's $715 donation topped last year.


Duncan Dunks the Animals

Connor Duncan birdied 3 of the first 4 holes to get the lead early, then navigated the Salem Hills course in 1 under par the rest of the way to take his first Tour win. Chris Stalo finished 3 back at 1 under par 71. Michael Thacker logged the best finish of his young career at 1 over par 73. Corey McCue took 4th at 2 over 74.  McCue also secured both on course prizes with a pair of great iron shots.  Stalo and Jeff Cubel led with 30 putts. Terri Wilder led with 11 fairways to 10 for Helen Puffenberger and Tom W Litzler.  Stewart Levine hit greens. Mike Thacker led with 8 birdies to 7 for Duncan and 6 for Stalo. Jeff Pasz got the lone chip-in for the day.  Duncan gets his first Tour win in only his 5th start. 



Lance Evert sank a long birdie putt on the 2nd playoff hole to take the Zoo Animal putt off. Rick Floyd, Evert, Tom Carroll and Corey McCue all tied after the regulation 4 hole playoff. Evert and Floyd survived the first playoff hole before Evert ended it on the 2nd.




Tuna Sweet for the 2nd Time

Rod Theunissen spread 9 birdies thru his round at the Sweet Sixteen and was able to toss two bogey from his round in the best 16 hole format to card a 7 under par and top Chuck Withey's 6 birdie performance by 3 shots. Thomas Mulhern, Rick Floyd and Mike Geisser all tied for 3rd at 1 under par.  On course prizes went to Puffy and Rick Floyd.  Helen Puffenberger hit 10 fairways. Don Ward led with 28 putts.  Withey got 6 birdies and Mulhern sank 7. Mulhern edges back into the top 50 of the World Rankings. Tuna got his 4th win in a milestone 100th start. He moved up 10 spots in the World Rankings and moved to 4th in all-time Sweet Sixteen winnings. Chuck Withey's 2nd place winnings ties him for first in Sweet Sixteen all-time $ with Chris Cooley.


Birkle Pines for a Win

Eric Birkle battled Willi Hesse throughout at cool and sometimes rainy morning at the Pine View season opener. Eric edged Hesse by 1 shot with a 1 under par 71.  Ryan Kiekbusch reached the 18th in 2 and eagled the hole to edge out his father Eric by 1 for 3rd place at 3 over par.  On course prizes went to Birkle, Ryan K and Brian Lardin.  Greg Kline led with 30 putts, Helen Puffenberger led with 14 fairways hit and Birkle hit 10 greens to tie Stewart Levine with 5 birdies. Willi Hesse had 6 birdies.  For Eric this is his 7th Tour victory in 208 starts.



Tour rallies support for Bike MS.


QS-2 Beats the Weather

We are officially 2 weeks from the start of the 2025 Season.  I hope all had a good winter and are ready for spring and golf season.  Easter Sunday is April 20, so we will start the season 1 week earlier than 2024.  Q School events are on Saturday March 29 and Sunday March 31.  Q School events are a good way to start knocking the rust off your swing/game.  For returning members with more than 10 events played the Q School events do not count towards your handicap.  For new members or those with less than 10 events played Q School events will count towards your handicap. 

The registration Deadline for Q School is this Thursday, March 20.  Please send in your registration entry emails to Entry@themulligantour.com

I will get the GolfSoftware registration up and working this week but not sure it will be set up by Thursday.   

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP –

Several of you have sent in your annual membership applications but most of you still need to send them over.  The deadline for the discounted annual fee is March 25. 

SENIOR TEES –

Another start of the season item.  As most of you know we have a Sr Tee Box for those members who are 57 or older or will turn 57 by June 1, 2024.  Any member that qualifies for the Sr Tee needs to notify me that they will be playing the Sr Tees in 2025.  This is an annual registration since a member could opt out of playing the Sr Tees even though they qualify by age to play them.

Please remember this is an annual selection and you will be playing the Sr Tees the entire year. 

For those members that have not played Sr Tees but qualify based on age not every tournament has a quote “Sr Tee Box”  At some tournaments the Sr Men will play a box in front of the box that the rest of Men Members play.  That will typically be the White Tees at most courses.  Some tournaments there will not be a Sr Tee box so they will play the same tees as the Non-SR Men. Finally at some courses there will actually be a Sr Tee box that that Sr Men will play.   We have several new woman members and the reason there are not Sr Women Tee box is that women are playing from the forward tee box and courses do not offer a more forward tee box for woman to play.

If you qualify for the Sr Tee box and want to play them in 2025 please send me an email to select the Sr Tee Box. 

Charity Events – Mulligans –

Last year the Mulligan Tour donated $8902 to charities from 10 Tournaments.  Mulligans are charged at $5 per with 2 per event.  The charge is added to the Greens Fees and charged to your account if you play in those 10 events. I know some members have asked about the ability to opt out of purchase/pay for the Mulligans.  The Board did discuss this request, but we believe supporting Charities is one of the Key Values in the MT Mission.  Any member playing a Tournament that supports a Charity will be charged automatically for the mulligans.  

I hope to see all of you on the course very soon.

Thanks

Chuck

734-564-5826

The start of the season is at the end of the month.   Q School events will be Saturday March 29 and Sunday March 30.  We are already booked for Fox Creek and Whispering Willows.   Easter is Sunday April 20 so we moved all the early tournaments moved up a week.

 

Later this month I will send out an survey email to ask members some questions about possible changes to tournaments and courses.

 

2025 Annual Membership Form

 

Thanks

Chuck