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Klipa Charges to Cherry Creek Victory
May 10, 2025 Troy at
Cherry Creek GC

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, after only 1 week,
Corey McCue cycles back to the
#1 World Ranking, ahead of Erika
Fitzpatrick. Neither played this
week, but McCue lost fewer
points than Fitzpatrick from
events that expired after 2
years.
Major Goes to a Playoff
May 3, 2025 Romulus at
Links of Gateway

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
April 27, 2025 Dexter
at Hudson Mills Metropark

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
April 26, 2025 Auburn
Hills at Fieldstone

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
April 13, 2025
Superior Twp at Hickory Creek

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
April 12, 2025 Salem
Twp at Salem Hills

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
April 6, 2025
Rochester Hills at Blackheath

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
April 5, 2025
Ypsilanti at Pine View

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
March 30, 2025
The
threat of weather may have thinned the
field for Q-School 2. But regardless,
Joseph Gordon took Rookie medalist for the
2nd day by a wide margin. Michael Thacker,
Terri Wilder, Kelly Scheff, Anthony Dean
and Patrick Patterson all worked to set
their Mulligan Tour Handicap Index.
Veteran Chuck Withey medaled again also
ahead of Phil Parent.
QS-1 A Good Warm Up
March 29, 2025
Reasonably warm temps
greeted Q-School 1 participants on
Saturday and a strong 24 person field
turned out. The newest Tour Rookies
were led by Joseph Gordon who took
medalist by 2 over Jesse Wilkerson,
who began Q-School last year. Other
newbies included Michael Thacker,
Anthony Dean, Cindy Parravano, Terri
Wilder and Patrick Patterson.
For the veterans, Chuck Withey brought
is Arizona A game back to Michigan to
take Medalist by 2 over last year's
rookie Kurt Klinker.
Season Opener Approaching
March 15, 2025
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
Time to sign up!
March 9, 2025
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
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