Spotlight - Thursday

Spotlightvol. 64 no. 1 detroit lakes, minnesota thursday, august 12, 2010

The 2009 Pine to Palm Champion Tom hoge

Pine to Palm

BY BRIAN [email protected]

For the 17th time in the 78 years of the Pine to Palm Tour-nament, the two-day qualifier ended with multiple medalists at the Detroit Country Club. After St. Paul’s Wade Wal-ters shot a 66 Tuesday, thus winning lowman honors after the first day of qualifying, he shot one-under par 70 for a fi-nal score of 136. Fargo’s Ben Freeman played the opposite, after he carded an even-par 71 the first day, he then came with his best game Wednesday with a six-under par 65 to earn co-medalist laurels with Walters. For Walters, his third try in the Pine to Palm, inking his name in the tournament’s sto-ried history is an honor. “I’m very satisfied with get-ting medalist honors,” Wal-ters said. “I came into it look-ing at it as two tournaments, one stroke play and the other as match play. “It’s very rewarding get-ting my name up on the med-alist board on the clubhouse. That was my one goal when I came here, getting my name up on one of those boards, be it either for winning medalist or winning it all.” Freeman already knows the feeling of seeing his name

on the Pine to Palm boards, af-ter he won the championship in 2008 when he beat Brandon Hartzell 4 and 2. “It feels good finishing on top of qualifying, but that’s done now, it doesn’t matter much for match play,” Free-man said. “I’d love to win it again, I know I have to just keep plugging away.” Ironically, one of the main reasons the 27-year-old Wal-

ters is playing in the Pine to Palm is his cousin, who hap-pens to be the player Freeman beat for his championship in 2008 — Hartzell, who also qualified for match play with a 146. “Brandon told me I have more game here at the Pine to Palm than he had when he made the championship in 2008,” Walters said. That showed at least in the

qualifying rounds, as Walters shot for a field-low 66 Tuesday and basically had only one bad hole Wednesday. Walters had the opportu-nity to play with defending champion Tom Hoge, who shot a rousing 65-66 for a ter-rific 10-under par 131 in his practice rounds. “His resume’ speaks for itself,” Walters said of Hoge. “It was fun playing in the same group with him and it was a chance to see him play for the first time, just in case we have to play each other in match play.” Walters was even par after nine, after he re-bounded from a bad shot in the rough behind a tree on hole nine. He was able to loft a shot over the tree and complete the birdie bid with a 20-foot putt. Walters was sitting at three-under par by the 14th hole, but a double bogey on 15 set him back a bit. “I also missed a short birdie putt on 16, but was able to fin-ish out with two pars on 17 and 18,” Walters said. “I thought I could come close to shooting another 66, especially after be-ing three-under par after 14.” Freeman made birdie on two of the three par five holes, while making eagle on 16 to key his 65 Wednesday. But for the most part, Free-man’s game was steady, as he sunk the majority of his putts. “It was good to go out and have a good round and get a good feel for the course,” Free-man said. “Now, I just have to take it one hole at a time and never count out an opponent, because I’ve learned in match play, you’re never out of it.” Travis Ross, who is a ju-

nior on the New Mexico State men’s golf team and hails from Crookston, came in with a 139 after he carded a three-under par 69 Wednesday. He tied with former Uni-versity of Minnesota golfer and two-time Pine to Palm champion (1991 and 2005) Rick Kuhn, who shot a consistent 69-70. Needless to say, all the oth-er 63 golfers are well aware of

No. 1 seed Hoge, who has been playing lights out as of late. Some of his conquests this summer included winning his second consecutive State Amateur championship and qualifying for the U.S. Ama-teur a couple of weeks ago. His 131 stroke play score in his practice rounds shows that Hoge hasn’t slowed down at all. “I’ve been hitting the ball well the last three to four weeks,” Hoge said. “I just hope to keep it going through six matches this week.” Hoge hit 16 greens in regu-lation Wednesday during his second practice round, which he said he will need with an-other tough field at the Pine to Palm. “The field is great and prob-ably as strong as it has been since I’ve been playing,” Hoge said. “The course is in great condition, too.” Overall, a total of six former

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Walters and Freeman are co-medalists

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WAde WALTeRS watches his tee shot on the par four 13th hole Wednesday.

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“It’s very rewarding getting my name up on

the medalist board...”Co-medalist Wade Walters


FORMeR PINe TO PALM cHAMPION Ben Freeman grits his teeth as he watches his tee shot headed towards the bunker in front of the green on the short par four seventh hole. His ball bounced over the bunker and rested short of the green. Freeman went on to shoot a 6-under par 65 Wednesday to take co-medalist honors with Wade Walters.

Hoge remains hot, even in practice rounds

Pine to Palm champions quali-fied for championship match play, including Hoge, Free-man, Kuhn, Corey Blenkush (2007), Greg Melhus (2003) and Russ Newman (1992 and 1994). Detroit Lakes will also be well represented, as five for-mer Lakers made the cut, which was 148. Ben Bergquist shot a 69 Tuesday and a 74 Wednesday for a final 143, while Ryan Kuehne fired a final 145, Tan-ner Lane a 146, Nic Wagner a 147 and Adam McArthur a 148. McArthur survived a 14-man playoff for the last 11 spots, which took place after the Championship qualifying round. For Kuehne, his goal is to make it past the first round after making the cut the last three years in a row. “The last couple of years, I had some tough draws in Russ Newman and Jim Strandemo (two-time Pine to Palm cham-pion),” Kuehne said. “But I’m hoping to take that first step now and make it out of the first round.” Lane will be using his Pine to Palm Tournament experi-ence as his last gusto of sum-mer, before he reports to the Junior League USHL hockey team Fargo Force in a couple of weeks. The high school senior shot a 74-72 for a 146 to qualify for match play. “I’m not looking to do any-thing stupid and just shoot for pars,” Lane said of his outlook for match play. “I don’t want to get down early and try to put the pressure on my oppo-nent.” The first round of Champi-

onship match play will start Thursday afternoon, with the first group teeing off at 12:15 p.m. Big playoff fills final 11 spots There were 14 golfers with a score of 148 fighting for the final 11 spots Wednesday eve-ning. The 11 golfers who sur-

vived the playoff included Coy Papachek, Jon Stecher, Jon Miller, Connor Holland, Phil-lip Haug, Adam McArthur, Jeff Lamp, Nick Gillam, New-man and Mitch Buboltz. The three who lost out were Matt Rubis, Chris Clark and Nick Schaefer.



TOM HOGe watches his 300-yard monster tee shot on the par four 13th hole during a practice round Wednesday afternoon. His tee shot landed about 30 yards short of the green, where he chipped up and putted in for birdie.


PAT deITz of Fargo hits an approach shot to the par five 12th green during Wednesday’s Pine to Palm qualifying.

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PINe TO PALM MedALISTS

1931—Paul Cook, Bismarck, 691932—Paul Cook, Bismarck, 72-72—1451933—Pat Sawyer, Minneapolis, 66-70—1361934— Fritz Carman, Detroit Lakes, 71-70—

1411935—Virgil Roby, Minneapolis, 67-72—1391936— Al Rindy, Grand Forks, and Ernotte

Hiller, Crookston, 1481937—Bobby Campbell, Duluth, 691938—Johnny Buck, Detroit Lakes, 691939—Palmer Kize, Redwood Falls, 671940—Don Peddie, Minneapolis, 711941—Al Rindy, Grand Forks, 691942-43—No tournament1944—Ed Cox, Bismarck, 721945—Chuck Betcher, Red Wing, 701946—Ben Dablow, St. Paul, 671947—Gordy Soderberg, Minneapolis, 701948—Paul O’Leary, Bismarck, 681949—Dr. O.C. Nord, Grand Forks, 701950—Bob Leonard, Fargo, 1401951— R. J. Atkinson, Kansas City and Dick

Spangler, Lincoln, NE, 1421952—Neil Croonquist, Minneapolis, 1371953—Jack Webb, Spirit Lake, IA, 1371954—Jack Webb, Spirit Lake, IA, and John Olsen, Duluth, 1361955—Jerry Burns, Hastings, 1401956— Jim Moeller, Holdenville, OK, and Eddie

Langert, Mpls., 1391957—George Lee, Humboldt, IA, 1431958— Jack Rule, Waterloo, IA, 1321959— George Lee, Humboldt, IA, and Chuck

Courtney, LaJolla, CA, 1401960—Frank James, Grinnell, IA, 1381961— George Cram, Jr., Bismarck, Frank

James, Grinnell, IA, Gene Dahlbender, Atlanta, GA, and Bud Chapman, Min-neaplis, 137

1962—George Cram Jr., Minot, ND, 1371963—Richard Killian, Houston, TX, 1361964—Bob Jerhoff, Billings, MT, 1431965—Bob Dahm, Fargo, 1391966—Mike Morley, Minot, ND, 1381967—Robert Davis, Cedar Falls, IA, 1411968—Al Ostberg, Faribault, 1411969— John Maroni, Minneapolis, and Doug

Gillam, Fargo, 1411970—Al Ostberg, Faribault, 1411971—Mike Fermoyle, Minneapolis, 1401972—Bill Waryan, Minneapolis, 1381973—Jim Ihnot, Minneapolis, 1351974—Terry Moores, St. Paul, 1391975— Tom Hoffman, Mankato, Dr. Rick Ren-

der, Bloomington and Craig Stein, Moorhead, 141

1976—Terry Moores, St. Paul, 139

1977—Rick Benshoof, Detroit Lakes, 1371978—R.J. Smiley, Garrison, 72-68—1401979—Scott Harris, Roseau, 67-68—1351980—Tom Lehman, Alexandria, 69-66—1351981—Kirk Snider, Hastings, 67-69—1361982—Bob Dahm, Fargo, 1381983— Pat Herzog, Alexandria; Gary Johnson,

Mahnomen; Jim Lehman Jr., Alexandria, 142

1984—Pat Herzog, Alexandria, 1341985—Jim Sorenson, Bloomington, 1381986— Pat Herzog, Alexandria, and Mike Pod-

olak, Fargo, 1341987—Mike Podolak, Fargo, 1381988— Jon Christian, Albert Lea, and Mike

Podolak, Fargo, 1371989—Terry O’Loughlin, White Bear Lake, 1381990—Pat Herzog, Fergus Falls, 1371991–– Todd Hallett, Eden Prairie, 134; Mike

Podolak, Fargo, 1341992— Mike Podolak, Fargo, 135; Dave

Morberg, Kalispell, Mont., 1351993— Mike Podolak, Oxbow, 1361994—Rob Harris, Eden Prairie, 1361995—Tim Graves, Oklahoma City, 1381996—Adam Dooley, Albany, 1371997— Martin LeMusurier, Minneapolis,

68-67—1351998— Andrew Hoff, Portland, Ore., 69-68—

1371999— Mike Podolak, Oxbow, N.D., John

Carlson, Bagley, and Tim Rubis, Fargo, all with 67 (Championship qualifying llimited to 18 holes due to inclement weather conditions.)

2000— Patrick Beste, Sauk Centre, 64-70—134

2001—Andy Doeden, Fargo, 69-63—1322002—Josh Persons, Fargo, 65-71—1362003—Jeff Lamp, Fargo, 63-67—130 (Record)2004 — David Schultz, Fargo, 69-66 — 1352005 — Kane Hanson, Detroit Lakes, 70-63

— 1332006 — Clayton Rask, Otsego, 69-63 — 1322007 — Cameron White, Plymouth, 65-65 — 130 (ties record). 2008 — Tim Fiechtner, Fargo, 68-68 — 136 & Mark Robinson, Cardington, Ohio,

67-69 — 1362009 — Tom Hoge, Fargo, 62-70 —132;

Clinton Boutelle, Cody, Wyo., 67-65 — 132

2010 — Wade Walters, St. Paul, 66-70 —136; Ben Freeman, Fargo, 71-65 — 136.



Even a deluge of rain Tues-day, during the first day of qualifying for the Pine to Palm Golf Tournament at the De-troit Country Club, couldn’t cool off Wade Walters’ game. After a heavy downpour late in the first round caused about an hour’s delay, Walters restarted his game by making eagle on hole six on a five-foot putt, and capped his five-un-der par round with a birdie on seven and a pair of pars on eight and nine to finish on top of the field of 178 golfers with a five-under par 66. “The greens were soft (with the rain) and I was able to at-tack the pins,” Walters said of his game. The 27-year-old St. Paul

Como High School graduate shot 33 on each nine, while making four birdies and the eagle. “I putted well,” Walters said. Walters’ group was the very last one in, with twilight de-scending on the Detroit Coun-try Club. Before Walters came in with his 66, two golfers were hold-ing the lead with their three-under par 68’s, Mahtomedi’s Sean Barrett and Plymouth’s Andy Stahlman. Barrett — who will be a se-nior on the St. Thomas men’s golf team — almost was unable to even compete in his second Pine to Palm Tournament. After getting lost on the way to the DCC, Barrett just made his tee time by 15 min-utes and was able to shake off

any nerves early with a birdie on the first hole. “I had just enough time to take five practice putts and then tee off,” Barrett said. “But I put the ball in play off the tee and hit a lot of greens to have a lot of good birdie putt looks.” Barrett is a co-state cham-pion from the 2006 Minnesota Class 2A state high school meet. Stahlman, who is a fresh-man on the St. John’s Univer-sity men’s golf team, shares second-place honors with Bar-rett after he fired a 68. There was a five-golfer pile-up for third place, as Kenny Rucker (Eau Claire, Wis.), Matt Rubis (Fargo), Pat Deitz (Fargo), Rick Kuhn (Bismarck, N.D.) and Detroit Lakes’ Ben Bergquist all carded a two-un-

der par 69. Kuhn is a two-time Pine to Palm champion in 1991 and 2005, while Bergquist has played all his life on the DCC links. Bergquist was shooting even par before the squall hit, but finished with two birdies to score his two-under par round. The DL native isn’t a stranger to Pine to Palm Tour-nament play, and is now in a very comfortable position for making the field of 64 match-play cut. “I’m not going to do any-thing new (Wednesday), just go out and play golf on this course like I know how to,” Bergquist said. “I like my po-sition I’m in. You just go out the first day of qualifying not trying to shoot yourself in the

foot.” Defending champion Tom Hoge used his practice round to perfection by shooting a six-under par 65. But Hoge’s score will not count, since he gets the au-tomatic No. 1 seed in match play, which begins Thursday. The second day of qualify-ing takes the lowest 148 scores and ties, and will be trimmed down to the final field of 64 af-ter today’s (Wednesday) round two. The Pine to Palm Long Drive Contest was Wednesday evening, instead of Tuesday, because of the rain.

Walters shoots low on 1st day of qualifying

PHOTOS BY BRIAN BASHAM/SPOTLIGHT

cLINTON BOuTeLLe watches his tee shot to the seventh hole during Wednesday’s cham-pionship qualifying.

PINe TO PALM GOLFeR RYAN HARTWeLL, right, takes a relief drop behind the 18th green under the watchful eye of rules judge Greg Potvin, left, after his ball came to rest in the mud between the cart path and grass during Wednes-day’s flight quali-fying.

TRAvIS ROSS talks to his ball after missing a putt on the 13th green Wednesday afternoon. He shot a 3-under par 139 to take the fourth seed going into Thursday’s match play.



Concordia College men’s and women’s golf coach Duane Siverson is practicing what he preaches. Siverson did what he always does when out on the links dur-ing his two qualifying rounds for the Mid-Amateur Division in the Pine to Palm Tourna-ment, Monday and Tuesday at the Detroit Country Club — he made pars. Siverson — who also was Concordia’s men’s basketball coach for 17 years — played for par, and it was more than good enough to earn Mid-Am medalist honors with a final two-under par 140, after shoot-ing an even 71 Monday and two-under 69 Tuesday.

“When I play, I’m a grinder, par is my goal,” said Siver-son, who bested Detroit Lakes’ Mike Seelye by two strokes for medalist laurels. “I’ve had rounds with 18 pars. They call me a conservative player, but I just want to stay away from trouble.” Siverson didn’t find much trouble during Tuesday’s two-under par round — and when he did find it, he got out of it. Two sand shots saved a pair of pars on holes eight and 17, while he added a string of three consecutive birdies on five through seven. “After I made birdie on holes five through seven, I saw two guys in the group in front of us push their tee shots out of bounds on eight,” Siverson said. “So I held onto my shot

and hit the bunker, but I was able to lay it 12-feet below the hole and save par. “I felt after that, I could make the rest of my shots.” Siverson made birdie on 16 to go back to two-under par, then saved par on 17 after landing in the bunker and put-ting his sand shot six feet from within the cup. “I was driving the ball well and kept the ball in play all day,” Siverson added. The Concordia golf coach returns to the Pine to Palm af-ter about a 15-year layoff. He competed in Championship play and was a regular mak-ing the cut for match play, but never advanced past the third round. “Now, I’m just going to keep my wits and stay focused

(in Mid-Am match play),” said Siverson, who will carry the No. 2 seed, with defending champion Jay Olafson gain-ing the automatic No. 1 seed. “Like I tell my college kids when they ask how to play match-play — just go out and make par.” Siverson claims the second-ever Mid-Am medalist laurels in the Pine to Palm, after Otis Hesteness of Mission, Texas, won the inaugural Mid-Am honors last year. Hesteness made the cut of 16 for match play after shoot-ing a 10-over 150. Seelye just missed earning medalist honors after shooting a one-under par 70 Tuesday, after his one-over 72 Monday. “I am very happy shooting one-under (Tuesday),” Seelye said. “I’ve been playing well lately. The Mid-Am is wonder-ful for our age of guys, too. We still can play with the young golfers, but it’s hard to stay consistent against them all week.” Perry Piatz was the only other golfer to shoot a two-un-der 69 during Mid-Am qualify-

ing, carding his Monday. Piatz shot for a hole in one on hole 14 to key his two-un-der score. He finished with a five-over par 76 Tuesday and will carry the sixth seed into match play. The field of 16 is set to tee it off for match play, starting Thursday.

Mid-Am scoresFinal 2-round qualifying scores (top 16 qualify for match play): Jay Olaf-son (def. champ), Duane Siverson 71-69-140; Mike Seelye 72-70-142; Bob Cavanagh 72-71-143; Scott Linnerooth 70-73-143; Perry Piatz 69-76-145; Chad Niles 72-75-147; George Strand 71-76-147; AJ Greff 75-74-149; Kent Fronk 70-79-149; Keith Aasen 77-72-149; Wade King 77-72-149; Craig Stein 73-77-150; Otis Hesteness 76-74-150; Miles Schacher 78-73-151; Brad Sol-heim 79-75-154…Missed cut: Thomas Solien 79-75-154; Paul Uithoven 76-79-155; Thomas Liudahl 79-76-155; Tim Carlson 75-81-156; Bill Schommer 81-75-156; Eric King 78-79-157; Aaron Burnside 82-76-158; Jay Peterson 78-80-158.

Siverson notches Mid-Am medalist honors

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#6 Perry Piatz

#11 Keith aasen

2010 Mid-Am Champion

2010 Pine to Palm Mid-Am Championship

Otis Hesteness

became the first-ever Pine to Palm Mid-Am medalist

in 2009, firing a three-over

par 145 in qualifying

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#1 TL SoLien

#16 ron burnSide

#8 Larry oLin

#9 john hagge

#4 john SchwankL

#13 Tim rubiS

#5 mike STirLing

#12 dan w eLTon

#2 john STromSTad

#15 burke kiger

#7 conrad LopeS

#10 ron gaLuSka

#3 cLinT neLSon

#14 rick crawford

#6 Spencer cLark

#11 rob harriS

2010 Senior Champion

2010 Pine to Palm Senior Championship

Stromstad is new Senior’s medalist record holder


The Pine to Palm has a new Senior’s medalist record after Bismarck’s John Stromstad shattered the old mark with his six-under par 65. And he credits his strong play to the shiny part of his golf ball. Stromstad’s 65 eclipsed Robert Wer-nick’s three-over par 68, which he set in 1999, and it’s all due to a little tip former University of Minnesota golfer and instructor Perry Andrisen gave him this summer. “This July 1, Perry gave me the best tip I ever received in my 50 years of playing golf,” Stromstad said. “He told me to see the shiny part of the golf ball and keep my eye on it. It sounds easy, but it has helped me keep my eye on the ball and really helps me keep my focus.” In Stromstad’s case, proof is in the pudding. After taking Andrisen’s tip to heart, Stromstad went on to win the All-State Tournament in Bismarck and the North Dakota Seniors Championship. So after his recent success, Strom-stad decided to take his game on the road to a tournament he has admired since his younger years. “I played in the Pine to Palm in 1969 and always wanted to come back,” the Senior’s medalist said. “This is the best golf I have played in my entire life.” Obviously, it was the best Senior’s golf round the Pine to Palm has ever

seen. Stromstad’s round started golden, with an up-and-down game on his opening hole 10. He kept rolling right along by making birdie on holes 11 and 12. He recovered from a bogey on 13 with par putts on holes 14-17, and then took birdie on 18 to go 2-under at the turn. A birdie on two, after just coming up short on his 15-foot eagle putt, con-tinued his hot streak. He capped his history-making round with birdies on eight and nine. “I was counting the numbers be-fore I started playing and figured a 77 would be close to making the cut,” Stromstad said. “I just wanted to avoid the big numbers, but I have never hit the ball better and further than I have been lately.” Even after a long absence from the Pine to Palm, Stromstad came back with a fury and now will see his name on the medalist list board on the De-troit Country Club clubhouse. “It’s awesome,” Stromstad said. “It was a good day.” The closest anyone came to Strom-stad’s 65 was Fargo’s Clint Nelson’s two-over par 73. John Schwankl and Mike Stirling each finished with a 74 to tie for third. The Senior’s field of 16 had a clean cut of a seven-over par 78, with three tying for the bottom three positions in Rick Crawford, Burke Kiger and Ron Burnside. Defending champion T.L. Solien

will hold the No. 1 seed and Stromstad will carry the No. 2 seed. The 16 championship qualifiers include: Solien, Stromstad, Nelson, Schwankl, Stirling, Spencer Clark, Conrad Lopes, Larry Olin, John Hag-ge, Ron Galuska, Rob Harris, Dan El-ton, Tim Rubis, Crawford, Kiger and Burnside. Senior championship match play will start at 8:40 a.m. Thursday morn-ing on the first tees.

1967— Ed Printz, Omaha, and E.E. Kaiser, Fargo—75

1968— Nick P. Soteroplos, Minneapolis, and E.E. Kaiser, Fargo—78

1969— Ed Printz, Omaha—741970— Ed Printz, Omaha—711971— Ed Printz, Omaha—701972— E.E. Kaiser, Fargo; Al Erickson, Minneapo-

lis; Leo Flaming, West Fargo; Cliff Hanson, Minneapolis; and Ed Printz, Omaha—80

1973— B.J. Porter, Minneapolis—761974— George Stone, Edina—731975— George Stone, Edina—751976— George Stone, Edina, and Charles Blan-

kenship, Omaha—771977— Gene O’Brien, Faribault—761978— John R. Goff, Fargo—731979— Gene O’Brien, Faribault, and Dick Davies,

Albert Lea—771980— Al Jensen, Bagley—741981— Howard Barr, Bloomington—731982— George Stone, Edina—761983— Gene O’Brien, Faribault, and Barney Ger-

vais, Fergus Falls—741984— Howard Barr, Bloomington—731985— Rodney Adolph, Red Wing—731986— Gene O’Brien, Faribault—731987— Gene O’Brien, Faribault—721988— Al Jensen, Bagley—751989— Ray Bode, Underwood, and William

Swanston, Fargo—741990— William Swanston, Fargo—741991–– Jim Hendrick, Vidor, Tex.–731992— Rodney Adolph, Red Wing, and Brendan

Donnelly, Fargo—771993— Chuck Schumacher, Perham—711994— Jim Hendrick, Beaumont, Texas—731995— Jim Smith, Fargo— and Gene Quast,

Knoxville—761996— Robert Wernick, Rancho Mirage, Calif.—

691997— Gerry Douglas, Bemidji — and Harvey

Borseth, Corcoran — 721998— Vern Steinmetz, River Falls, Wis.—721999— Robert Wernick, Rancho Mirage, Calif.—682000— Ted Hatlen, Detroit Lakes—702001— James “Lank” Larson, Fargo; Clint Nelson,

Fargo; Gerry Douglas, Hernando, Fla.; Joe Mayer, Bemidji—72

2002— Pat Vincelli, Burnsville—712003— Tom Hanson, Detroit Lakes—702004— James “Lank” Larson, Fargo—692005— Doug Gillam, Eden Prairie,—702006— Dan Elton, Moorhead and Tim Rubis,

Fargo— 692007 — Dr. Rick Render, Bloomington — 70. 2008 — Clint Nelson, Fargo, and Pat Vincelli, Stu-

art, Fla — 712009 — William Blake, Detroit Lakes —722010 — John Stromstad, Bismarck, N.D., — 65 (new record).

Pine to PalmSenior Medalists

Fires a 6-under par 65 to shatter Wernick’s 1999 mark of 68

John StroMStad broke the Pine to Palm Senior’s medalist record with his 65.



A precarious start to Chuck Renner’s Super Senior quali-fying round Wednesday, made him to think about Detroit Lakes’ other big attraction — fishing. Three straight bogeys start-ed Renner’s round, which led him to start thinking what type of bait he should use on the lake Thursday. Luckily for Renner, instead he started trying to correct his swing and it worked to near perfection, as he recovered from his three-over par start to win the first-ever Super Se-nior’s medalist laurels with a two-over 73. “The start was pretty pa-thetic,” Renner said. “I was kind of thinking of fishing al-ready tomorrow since I didn’t think I would be in match play. “But I just was able to cor-rect my sloppy lower body (mechanics) and that set ev-erything right. Everything I was aiming at, I was hitting.” Renner made par putts on 16 and 17 on his front nine, and recovered for a nice birdie on

18 after driving into the trees. “I hit underneath a branch and it landed one foot from the cup for birdie,” Renner said of 18. “That at least helped me neutralize one of my bogeys.” Renner made par on his first two holes after the turn, made bogey on three and made a par putt on four. He missed a long uphill eagle putt on five, finishing with birdie and sunk another one on seven on a putt about 10-feet above the hole. Winning the first Super Se-nior’s medalist honor, was a nice recovery after last year’s first-round exit in Senior’s play after he lost to Dan Elton 1-up in 19 holes. It was his first year he played in the Pine to Palm. “It was nice to come back to win medalist honors,” Renner said. Renner will have the No. 1 seed and face John Lieser, who shot a qualifying score of 79. Lieser was the 1971 Pine to Palm champion. Ted Hatlen (76) of Detroit Lakes will face William Erick-sen (78). In the bottom bracket, James “Lank” Larson (75) will

take on Owen Germundson, while Paul Krueger of DL (75) will play Ron Smedshammer of DL (78). The newly-created Super Senior Division had 27 golfers competing in it. Super Senior match play will start at 8:40 a.m. on tee 10 Thursday morning.

Renner recovers from slow start

2010 Pine to Palm Super Senior Championship

#1 chuck renner

#8 john lieser

#4 ted hatlen

#2 james “lank” larson

#7 owen germundson

2010 Super Senior

Champion

#6 william ericksen

#3 paul krueger

#5 ron smedshammer

ChuCk RenneR becomes the first Super Seniors med-alist.

Wins first-ever Super Senior Division medalist laurels with a two-over par 73 chip shotschip shots

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Total Pine to Palm registration up by 12 from 2009 at 441

n The official registration total for the 78th Pine to Palm is 441, up 12 players from last year. A breakdown of the divisions show there are 178 in the Championship Flight, down 8 players from last year. There are 135 in the Numbered Flights, down 9 from 2009. The inaugural year of the 2009 Mid-Am had 22 com-petitors, this year we have 41 in the Mid Am up 19 players, al-most double the players from 2009. The Senior Flight has 60 competitors, down 17 from last year since we added the Super Seniors this year which has 27 golfers (65 years & older) playing in the first year of this division.

n Tom Hoge, defending Pine to Palm champion recently won the Minnesota State Amateur Championship for the second straight year. Hoge, a senior at Texas Christian University fired a 1 under par 71 on the final day to finish at 205 (11 under par.) Eleven players who have played in the Pine To Palm fin-ished in the top thirty. These include Cameron White, Greg Melhus, Terry O’Loughlin, Tom Strandemo, Adam Dooley, Russ Higgins, Scott Gustafson, Dave Carohers, Johnny Larson, Cory Blenkush and Ben Freeman.

n Clayton Rask, 2008 Pine To Palm Medalist(69-63=132) but then lost to Chris Braaten of Detroit Lakes in the Sweet Six-teen(1 up) has been playing on the Canadian Professional tour for three years. Rask won the Minnesota Open last month pick-ing up the $9,000 first place check. A graduate of the University of Minnesota where he was first team All Big Ten and had the lowest stroke average(72.94) on the team. Rask, a resident of Otsego, Mn, was a four year letter winner at Elk River H.S. He finished third in the State Class 2AA High School Golf Tourna-ment in 2001 & 2003.

n Josh Persons, 2002 P to P Medalist with a (65-71-136), won the Dakotas Tour Hillcrest Tournament in Yankton S.D. last Sunday with rounds of 66,67,66,67 to finish 22 under par. Per-sons earned the $21,000 first place check. Kane Hanson 2005 Pine to Palm Champion finished tied for 6th finishing at 12 un-der par. Persons is playing on various tours around the coun-try. The Fargo native is sponsored by long time veteran of the Pine to Palm, Dick McConn who has played 41 times in this tournament and the recipient of the 2009 Rutledge Award.

50+ YearSMark Ericksen Sr.-55Frank Winsor-54

40-49 YearSBill Swanston-47Bob Dahm-48Jim Linnerooth-43 Gene O’Brien-42 Jerry Hall-43Bob Fiechtner-40 Dick McConn-41

35-39 YearS Duane Halverson - 37Swede Ostrom - 37Bill Arnold - 37Tom Hanson - 36 Jim Strandemo - 36Russ Newman -36Mike Ericksen - 36Mike Shaughnessy - 35Jim Brothers - 35

31-34 YearSGregg Ericksen -34Bruce Lindvig - 34

Dr, Rick Render - 34Bill Hawkins - 34Ken Riesberg - 34Ron Vincelli - 34Mark Ericksen Jr. - 33Pat Vincelli - 32Jim Albertson - 32Vern Steinmetz - 32Scott Peters - 32Harold Erickson - 31Dr. Lynn Marr - 31Morrie Thompson - 32

30 YearSBob Cavanagh

29 YearSRed Jacobson Ron Gorg Baldy WaldahlBrad Swanson

28 YearS Don AndersonBob KlasBob Iversen George StrandMatt Ericksen

Pat ChristensenJim WinsorOwen GermundsonScott Linnerooth

27 YearS Gerry DouglasRod AdolphRon SmetJeff Meyer

26 YearSBarney GervaisJohn BartleyLarry OlinRick Johnson

25 YearSGerald FiechtnerMark O’BrienTrueman TryhusPaul HaugenDavid BrownMike ChristensenPaul KruegerJeff TweetonRob Harris

63 golfeRS who have Played in The Pine To Palm

foR oveR 25 yeaRS


Great qualifying golf at Pine to Palm

Photos byBrian Basham

Cameron White watches his approach shot to the 13th green bounce past the hole during Wednesday’s Pine to Palm qualifying.

CloCkWise from above: Former Pine to Palm champion Rick Kuhn, left, shares a laugh with Jeff Lamp after Lamp chipped in for birdie on the par four 13th hole during Tues-day’s qualifying round; Tanner Jones watches his tee shot on the ninth hole Wednesday; Logan Palmer rolls in a birdie putt on the par four sixth hole during Wednesday’s qualifying; Co-medalist Wade Walters repairs a deep ball mark he left in the 13th green just a few feet from the hole during Wednesday’s qualifying.


CHAMPIONSHIPTOM HOGE, FARGO, N.D. - DEFENDiNG cHAMpWADE WALTERS, SAiNT pAUL, MiNN. - 136 cO-MEDALiSTBEN FREEMAN, FARGO, N.D. - 136 - cO-MEDALiSTTRAViS ROSS, cROOKSTON, MiNN. - 139RicK KUHN, BiSMARcK, N.D. - 139JOHN YOUNG, MARiNE ON ST.cROiX, MiNN. - 140cOREY BLENKUSH, MApLE GROVE, MiNN. - 140pAT DEiTZ, FARGO, N.D. - 140BRYANT BUcKELLEW, MOORHEAD, MiNN. - 141KENNY JR RUcKER, EAU cLAiRE, WiS. - 141NOAH LAWSON, FOREST LAKE, MiNN. - 141SpENcER HiLDE, MOORHEAD, MiNN. - 142JAMES NiLES, MESA, ARiZ. - 142MAX HOSKiNG, MADiSON, WiS. - 142cLiNTON BOUTELLE, cODY, WYO. - 142THOMAS STRANDEMO, FARGO, N.D. - 142ANDREW STEiNHOFER, MADiSON, WiS. - 142SEAN BARRETT, MAHTOMEDi, MiNN. - 142LUKE DAViSON, FARGO, N.D. - 143BRANDON MYERS, MOTLEY, MiNN. - 143BEN BERGQUiST, DETROiT LAKES, MiNN. - 143MiKE HOLM, FARGO, N.D. - 144NicK OLSGAARD, MOORHEAD, MiNN. - 144JAMES FORD, pRiOR LAKE, MiNN. - 144cAMERON WHiTE, pLYMOUTH, MiNN. - 144ANDY STAHLMAN, pLYMOUTH, MiNN. - 144TODD HiLLiER, HOOpLE, N.D. - 144BRYcE MATTSON, OXBOW, N.D. - 144RYAN STEiNERT, DETROiT LAKES, MiNN. - 145RYAN M KUEHNE, DETROiT LAKES, MiNN. - 145JARED BUTLER, cHEYENNE, WYO. - 145TROY KLONGERBO, DULUTH, MiNN. - 146BRANDON J HARTZELL, SiOUX FALLS, S.D. - 146cARTER HOLMQUiST, LAKEViLLE, MiNN. - 146TANNER LANE, DETROiT LAKES, MiNN. - 146BEN cAHiLL, GRAND RApiDS, MiNN. - 146ADAM GRONAAS, FARGO, N.D. - 146TANNER JONES, FARGO, N.D. - 146JORDAN DicKEY, FARiBAULT, MiNN. - 146BEN WELLE, MOORHEAD, MiNN. - 146BRiAN O’cONNELL, MONONA, WiS. - 146MASON KENNEDY, FARGO, N.D. - 146LOGAN pALMER, HARWOOD, N.D. - 146GREG MELHUS, ROGERS, MiNN. - 147MiKE BALZER, BiSMARcK, N.D. - 147Nic WAGNER, DENVER, cOLO. - 147TERRY iii MOORES, RiVER FALLS, WiS. - 147NATE VARTY, ELK RiVER, MiNN. - 147MARc ViNcELLi, cHicAGO, iii. - 147TAYLOR HENRLcKSON, BARNESViLLE, MiNN. - 147TYLER RUSTAD, MOORHEAD, MiNN. - 147cALEB KETTERLiNG, NApOLEON, N.D. - 147pETER KRiER iii, LAKE pARK, MiNN. - 147cOY pApAcHEK, FARGO, N.D. - 148JON STEcHER, ST. LOUiS pARK, MiNN. - 148JON MiLLER, FARGO, N.D. - 148cONNOR HOLLAND, WEST FARGO, N.D. - 148pHiLip HAUG, FARGO, N.D. - 148NicK ScHAEFER, GRAND FORKS, N.D. - 148ADAM McARTHUR, BEMiDJi, MiNN. - 148cHRJS cLARK, DiLWORTH, MiNN. - 148JEFF LAMp, FARGO, N.D. - 148NicK GiLLAM, AURORA, cOLO. - 148BiLL cARLSON, FARGO, N.D. - 148RUSS NEWMAN, FARGO, N.D. - 148”MiTcH BUBOLTZ, DETROiT LAKES, MiNN. - 148MATT RUBiS, FARGO, N.D. - 148

MID AMJAY OLAFSON DEF. c, FARGO, N.D. - 20-4--24DUANE SiVERSON, MOORHEAD, MiNN. - 71-69--140MicHAEL SEELYE, DETROiT LAKES, MiNN. - 72-70--142BOB cAVANAGH, pERHAM, MiNN. - 72-71--143ScOTT LiNNEROOTH, BOZEMAN, MONT. - 70-73--143pERRY piATZ, OXBOW, N.D. - 69-76--145cHAD NiLES, OXBOW, N.D. - 72-75--147GEORGE STRAND, MOORHEAD, MiNN. - 71-76--147AJ GREFF, MOORHEAD, MiNN. - 75-74--149KENT FRONK, JAMESTOWN, N.D. - 70-79--149KEiTH AASEN, BiSMARK, N.D. - 77-72--149WADE KiNG, pEAcHTREE ciTY, GA. - 77-72--149cRAiG STEiN, MOORHEAD, MiNN. - 73-77--150OTiS HESTENESS, MiSSiON, TEXAS - 76-74--150MiLES ScHAcHER, HAWLEY, MiNN. - 78-73--151BRAD SOLHEiM, WAcONiA, MiNN. - 79-75--154THOMAS p SOLiEN, MOORHEAD, MiNN. - 79-75--154pAUL UiTHOVEN, BOZEMAN, MONT. - 76-79--155

THOMAS LiUDAHL, SHOREViEW, MiNN. - 79-76--155TiM cARLSON, pLYMOUTH, MiNN. - 75-81--156BiLL ScHOMMER, LAKEViLLE, MiNN. - 81-75--156ERic KiNG, pOWER SpRiNGS, GA. - 78-79--157AARON BURNSiDE, DETROiT LAKES, MiNN. - 82-76--158JAY W pETERSON, BiG LAKE, MiNN. - 78-80--158cRAiG BAULEY, TUcSON, ARiZ. - 81-78--159pERRY BOHL, BiSMARK, N.D. - 76-84--160MicHAEL cONNER, HUTcHiNSON, MiNN. - 82-78--160iAN McDONALD, HUTcHiNSON, MiNN. - 79-81--160TERRY HANSON, EAGAN, MiNN. - 79-84--163JEFF cLEVELAND, MiNNETONKA, MiNN. - 80-83--163FRANK cAMpBELL, LAKE ELMO, MiNN. - 80-85--165RANDY HANSON, FRAZEE, MiNN. - 78-87--165BARTON cAHiLL, MOORHEAD, MiNN. - 82-84--166TREVOR OpHEiM, FARGO, N.D. - 79-88--167

SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPT L SOLiEN, MADiSON, WiS. - 60JOHN STROMSTAD, BiSMARK, N.D. - 65cLiNT NELSON, FARGO, N.D. - 73JOHN ScHWANKL, BATTLE LAKE, MiNN. - 74MiKE STiRLiNG, FARGO, N.D. - 74SpENcER cLARK, DETROiT LAKES, MiNN. - 75cONRAD LOpES, LONG BEAcH, cALiF. - 75LARRY OLiN, EDEN pRAiRiE, MiNN. - 75JOHN HAGGE, FERGUS FALLS, MiNN. - 75RON GALUSKA, cHANHASSEN, MiNN. - 76ROB HARRiS, EDEN pRAiRiE, MiNN. - 77DAN W ELTON, MOORHEAD, MiNN. - 77TiM RUBiS, FARGO, N.D. - 77RicK cRAWFORD, SAN MARcOS, cALiF. - 78BURKE KiGER, ALEXANDRiA, MiNN. - 78RON BURNSiDE, cOLORADO SpRiNGS, cOLO. - 78RicK JOHNSON, MOORHEAD, MiNN. - 79LUTE SiMLEY, WEST FARGO, N.D. - 80RicHARD D MccONN, McLEAN, VA. - 80WiLLiAM BLAKE, DETROiT LAKES, MiNN. - 80pHiLip BAiLEY, BOZEMAN, MONT. - 80BOB JAMiSON, LAKE pARK, MiNN. - 80BRUcE cARLiSLE, FARGO, N.D. - 80KEN RiESBERG, MESA, ARiZ. - 81BiLL GRAHAM, iNVER GROVE HTS, MiNN. - 81MARK J MANcELL, FAiRMONT, MiNN. - 81RUSSELL JAHNKE, HOT SpRiNGS ViL, ALASKA - 82JOHN RUNSVOLD, FARGO, N.D. - 82JEFF TWEETON, pERHAM, MiNN. - 82MARK ERicKSEN JR, ciNciNNATi, OHiO - 84JAMES cHRiSTENSEN, LAKE WALES, FLA. - 84JiM BERGESON, BARNESViLLE, MiNN. - 84MARK KOSiN, FARGO, N.D. - 84RONALD ViNcELLi, SpiRiT LAKE, iOWA - 84ScOTT pETERS, MApLEWOOD, MiNN. - 84WiLLiAM G HAWKiNS, BONiTA SpRiNGS, FLA. - 84JiM BROTHERS, OXBOW, N.D. - 84BRiAN TORGERSON, MOORHEAD, MiNN. - 84JiM HiNSON, FRAZEE, MiNN. - 84BOB THERiAULT, EDEN pRAiRiE, MiNN. - 85JOHN BARTLEY, FARGO, N.D. - 85VERN STEiNMETZ, RiVER FALLS, WiS. - 86TiMOTHY DODD, DETROiT LAKES, MiNN. - 86WALLY THUNE, DANA pOiNT, cALiF. - 86DR. BUZZ RAYMOND, GOLDEN VALLEY, MiNN. - 87pAT M cHRiSTENSEN, MiNNEApOLiS, MiNN. - 87DEAN HERMANSON, DETROiT LAKES, MiNN. - 87STEVE BATES, FARGO, N.D. - 87RicK KALLHOFF, FARGO, N.D. - 87LEROY SEiM, DETROiT LAKES, MiNN. - 88MiKE cHRiSTENSEN, ELK pOiNT, S.D. - 88RANDY BURNSiDE, DETROiT LAKES, MiNN. - 88RicK THEiSEN, MApLE GROVE, MiNN. - 89JEFF WALLiN, MANHATTAN BEAcH, cALiF. - 89STEpHEN M BOLOGNA, ST cLOUD, MiNN. - 91DUANE HALVORSON, NEW HOpE, MiNN. - 93GERALD QUiRK, SAVANNAH, GA. - 95BiLL RONDANO, MiNNATONKA, MiNN. - 101DON O BRADFORD, VENicE, FLA. - WDDOUG GiLLAM, DETROiT LAKES, MiNN. - WDJEFF THUNE, cHANHASSEN, MiNN. - WDJiM TWETTEN, ScOTTSDALE, ARiZ. - WDKEViN TABERY, WOODSTOcK, GA. - WDLYNN DONNER, FOUNTAiN VALLEY, cALiF. - WDRicK SMiTH, FARGO, N.D. - WDTHOMAS A WOOD, ST. LOUiS, MO. - WDTOM HANSON, DETROiT LAKES, MiNN. - WD

SUPER SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

cHUcK RENNER, pHOENiX, ARiZ., 73JAMES LARSON, FARGO, 75pAUL KRUEGER, DETROiT LAKES, 75TED HATLEN, DETROiT LAKES, 76WiLLiAM ERicKSEN, ALTA, iOWA, 78RON SMEDSHAMMER, DETROiT LAKES, 78OWEN GERMANDSON, ScOTTSDALE, ARiZ., 79JOHN LiESER, ST. cLOUD, 79TOM HANSON, DETROiT LAKES, 80RON SMET, OKEEcHOBEE, FLA., 81BOB DAHM, FARGO, 81THOMAS pEDERSON, EAU cLAiRE, WiS., 81JiM WOLFF, GOODYEAR, ARiZ., 82pETE LYSAKER, WAUBUN, 82DR. RicK RENDER, BLOOMiNGTON, 85RON KERSHNER, AUDUBON, 85JiM BAKKEN, DETROiT LAKES, 85LARRY VORHEES, OMAHA, NEB., 86GUY HATLiE, MANHATTEN BEAcH, cALiF., 86LARRY DOEDEN, FORT MYERS, FLA., 87LYNN MARR, FARGO, 87DAViD THOMAS, BATTLE LAKE, 93JERRY HALL, cHASKA, 93TERRY JORGENSON, OMAHA, NEB., 93JiM ALBERTSON, BLOOMiNGTON, 93DENNiS MODRicH, LAQUiNTA, cALiF., 94JiM GAiLFUS, FARGO, WD

NUMBERED FLIGHTScORY KRUEGER, cOON RApiDS, MiNN. - 71 - FLiGHT MEDALiSTSTEVE KLONGERBO, LAKEViLLE, MiNN. - 74BLAKE JAcOBUS, LAKEViLLE, MiNN. - 74ERicK GALT, FARGO, N.D. - 75MiKE SiMONicH, MOORHEAD,MiNN. -76cOLiN ScHiFFERMAN, SEATTLE, WASH. - 76GEORGE THEiSEN, MONTicELLO, MiNN. - 76RANDY LEVY, DETROiT LAKES, MiNN. - 76JAcOB WiTHAM, ROSEViLLE, MiNN. - 76TROY pEDERSON, SpicER, MiNN. - 76TYLER HOLLAND, OXBOW, N.D. - 77TRAViS TRApp, MOORHEAD, MiNN. - 77TAYLOR GREEN, FARGO, N.D. -77cHARLES A STOWMAN, FARGO, N.D. - 77RicK MORRiS, FARGO, N.D. - 77DAKOTA cLARK, MApLE pLAiN, MiNN. - 78BRAD LUcKE, GRAND FORKS, N.D. - 78cHRiS SiVERSON, FARGO, N.D. - 78GRiFF DAVENpORT, LAKEViLLE, MiNN. - 78JUSTiN STAEHR, WEST FARGO, N.D. - 79JOHN GOFFE, FARGO, N.D. - 79cHUcK KROSHUS, ADA, MiNN. - 79TiM BOHLMAN, GRAND FORKS, N.D. -79NicK HOOpER, BRONX, N.Y. - 79TYLER BAUKOL, DETROiT LAKES, MiNN. - 79MARK 0 JOHNSON, FARGO, N.D. - 79TONY NESS, DELANO, MiNN. - 79KEN ASTRUp, FARGO, N.D. - 79MATT SNELLER, MiNNEApOLLS,MiNN. - 79DAN LONGHENRY, NEW HOpE, MiNN. - 79ALEX ERicKSON, WEST FARGO, N.D. -79cOLE pERKiNS, FARGO, N.D. - 79RicK HUTcHiNSON, DETROiT LAKES,MiNN. - 80MARTY FiALA, FARGO, N.D. - 80cHRiS WiDME, DETROiT LAKES, MiNN. - 80WAYNE NELSON, pARK RApiDS, MiNN. - 80AARON SMiTH, GRAND FORKS, N.D. - 80cONNOR pERKiNS, FARGO, N.D. - 80DAN LYSAKER, MiNNEApOLiS, MiNN. - 80BRETT A KRUEGER, pLYMOUTH, MiNN. - 80ERiK MAGNUSON, HOpKiNS, MiNN. - 80GREG STEpHENS, FARGO, N.D. - 80NATE pETERS, MApLEWOOD, MiNN. - 80GRANT ERicKSON, BURNSViLLE, MiNN. - 80JASON SNELLER, OSWEGO, iii. - 80MARTY McDONALD, EAST GRAND FORKS, N.D. - 80DAViD SOUTOR,MiNNEApOLLS, MiNN. - 80DAViD cROTHERS, MANDAN, N.D. - 81DOUG SAYLES, cHASKA, MiNN. - 81JENNA ScHULTE, FARGO, N.D. - 81SEAN KRUScHKE, BATTLE LAKE, MiNN. - 81WiNSTON BEDFORD, ORLANDO FLA. - 81cHAD KOSiN, HOLMEN, WiS. - 81NATE BAUSMAN, DETROiT LAKES, MiNN. - 82NicK ViNcELLi, OWATONNA, MiNN. - 82JEFF FRiDER, MOORHEAD, MiNN. - 82ANDREW EVENSON, pELicAN RApiDS, MiNN. - 82

JORDAN pETERSON, BiG LAKE, MiNN. - 82ETHAN BJERKE, cHARLESTON, S.c. - 82ANDY GLASS, FARGO, N.D. - 82ERic DAHL, FARGO, N.D. - 82STEVE GERMUNDSON, EDEN pRAiRiE, MiNN. - 82cRAiG ScHROEDER, FARGO, N.D. - 83MicHAEL R ERicKSEN, KENSiNGTON, ENGLAND - 83BOB JR LEWiS, FARGO, N.D. - 83BRUcE LiNDViG, ScOTTSDALE, ARiZ. - 83RON RiSHEL, LAKEViLLE, MiNN. - 83ZAcH RiSHEL, LAKEViLLE, MiNN. - 83ALEXANDER SiME, LONG LAKE, MiNN. - 83DARiN NELSON, cHASKA, MiNN. - 83RYAN BOTNER, FARGO, N.D. - 83KEViN RUUD, TWiN VALLEY, MiNN. - 84JON STiRLiNG, FARGO, N.D. - 84TODD cARLSON, MOORHEAD, MiNN. - 84BRUcE BRYNGELSON, DETROiT LAKES, MiNN. - 84GLENN THORESON, MAYViLLE, N.D. - 84DANiEL FREEMAN, FARGO, N.D. - 84DOUG LARSEN, pHOENiX, ARiZ. - 84TYLER HENDRicKSON, WAYZATA, MiNN. - 84WADE NiELSEN, cLEAR LAKE, iOWA - 84ROB HANSON, GRAND FORKS, N.D. - 84cRAiG GAFFNEY, cRYSTAL LAKE, iLL. - 85THOMAS REYNOLDS, GRAND RApiDS, N.D. - 85DENNiS ERDLE, WEST FARGO, N.D. - 85ADAM BATES, FARGO, N.D. - 85RALpH HOOpER, VALLEY ciTY, N.D. - 85JAMES WiNSOR, iNVER GROVE HGTS., MiNN. - 85ADDiSON KRANZ, LAKEViLLE, MiNN. - 85ERic cARLSON, GRAND FORKS, N.D. - 85JEFF BARR, LAKEViLLE, MiNN. - 85TOM HARTWELL, LAKEViLLE, MiNN. - 85SEAN BELMONT, EDEN pRAiRiE, MiNN. - 85TOM TREicHEL, MApLE GROVE, MiNN. - 85JOHN BERGLUND, AppLE VALLEY, MiNN. - 85TODD QUiRK, OMAHA, NEB. - 86MATT GiLBERTSON, MOORHEAD, MiNN. - 86DAViD THUNE, FARGO, N.D. - 86MicHAEL HARTWELL, LAKEViLLE, MiNN. - 86DAVE ERicKSON, BURNSViLLE, MiNN. - 86MATTHEW LARSON, pLYMOUTH, MiNN. - 87DAVE cAMpBELL, HORAcE, N.D. - 87cHAD ZiMMERMAN, FARGO, N.D. - 87TYLER ATKiNSON, WEST FARGO, N.D. - 88DEAN LARSEN, FARGO, N.D. - 88~icHAEL AMUNDSON, FARGO, N.D. - 88TED ciHAK, DETROiT LAKES, MiNN. - 88cORY GOMpF, FARGO, N.D. - 89TYLER FRENZEL, FARGO, N.D. - 89KEViN TABERY, WOODSTOcK, GA. - 89RYAN HARTWELL, LAKEViLLE, MiNN. - 89GARRETT BARR, LAKEViLLE, MiNN. - 89ROGER cAMpBELL, HORAcE, N.D. - 89TOM SHOcKMAN, FARGO, N.D. - 89DAVE NOAH, FARGO, N.D. - 90JEREMY GREGOiRE, MOORHEAD, MiNN. - 90JiM GROETTUM, FARWELL, MiNN. - 90JASON KARcH, FARGO, N.D. - 91JEFFREY ScHNEiDER, EDEN pRAiRiE, MiNN. - 91STEVE HUBER, OXBOW, N.D. - 91MicK SAUL, JORDAN, MiNN. - 92MATT NELSEN, FARGO, N.D. - 92FLOYD MARSHALL, DETROiT LAKES, MiNN. - 92JAKE RiSHEL, LAKEViLLE, MiNN. - 92ERic WALTER, WEST FARGO, N.D. - 92TiM cZicHOTZKi, MOORHEAD, MiNN. - 93JEFF THUNE, cHANHASSEN, MiNN. - 93BiLL MODRicH, FARGO, N.D. - 93DWiGHT RASMUSSEN, RicHViLLE, MiNN. - 94GREG GEiSEN, cHATHAM, iii. - 94DARYL pEDERSEN, WiLLMAR, MiNN. - 94MARK ERicKSEN SR., ScOTTSDALE, ARiZ. - 95MicHAEL W BOLOGNA, ROSEViLLE, MiNN. - 95NicHOLAS pEDERSON, OTSEGO, MiNN. - 96TRAViS VOEGELE, WEST FARGO, N.D. - 97cHARLES S LAUER, WiNNETKA, iii. - 97TODD MONGE, MiNNETONKA, MiNN. - 98WiLLiAM WHEELER, DETROiT LAKES, MiNN. - 101BiLL RONDANO, MiNNATONKA, MiNN. - WDBRENDAN cHRiSTENSEN, TEMpE, ARiZ. - WDBRiAN URNESS, LONG LAKE, MiNN. - WDJAEDEN pEDERSON, WEST FARGO, N.D. - WDMATT cHAMBERS, FARGO, N.D. - WDpAUL STERLiNG - WDTREVOR OpHEiM - WD

78th Pine to Palm - Qualifying Scores


BY Eric StromgrEnBemidji Pioneer Sports Writer

An early mistake turned into an uncomfortable situa-tion for Eric Lilleboe.

It was his quick response that made him a Birchmont champion.

After losing the first hole of onship match to Bemidji native Kevin Krigbaum, Lille-boe rebounded to win the next three and never relinquished the lead in a 5-and-3 win Satur-day at Bemidji Town & Coun-try Club.

“This was a big win and I really had a lot of fun,” Lille-boe said. “This is a great tour-nament and it was fun to play in it with some of my friends. I really enjoyed the vacation atmosphere out here.”

Lilleboe, who will play in the upcoming U.S. Amateur, was consistent from tee to green in the title match of the 86th Birchmont.

The Okemos, Mich., native birdied the par-3 second hole, birdied the par-4 third and eagled the par-5 fourth in a flawless stretch of golf to take a 2-up lead.

“The key was getting off to that good start,” Lilleboe said. “I did have that bogey on the first hole that put me down early, but it was important to get the lead back and I was able to win the next few holes.”

The recent Ferris State graduate went 3 up when Krigbaum bogeyed the par-4 sixth after his approach shot missed left of the green.

It was a tough afternoon for Krigbaum, who played ex-ceptional golf throughout the tournament to reach his first

championship match.“I was pleasantly surprised

with how I played this week,” said Krigbaum, a 1997 Bemidji High School graduate and 2002 Bemidji State graduate. “Ev-ery day it seemed like I was playing a little bit better and I was just trying to get to the next step.”

Krigbaum advanced to the title match by defeating Matt Skarperud 1 up in one semifi-nal Saturday morning. Lille-boe advanced by defeating two-time Birchmont junior champion Sam Matthew 2 up.

One of Lilleboe’s best shots came on the par-4 eighth hole. He drained a 15-foot chip shot for birdie to go 4 up.

“It was one of the easier chip shots I had,” Lilleboe said. “I pulled the pin but I didn’t expect it to go in.”

Krigbaum won the par-5 ninth with a birdie made eas-ier when one of Lilleboe’s few wayward shots of the match sailed over the green.

Lilleboe led 3 up after the front nine.

While Lilleboe was making shots, Krigbaum scrambled to keep the match within reach. He did not hit a fairway off the tee until the fifth hole and needed to go upand-down for par on the seventh to halve the hole.

“I didn’t hit the ball as well as I did earlier in the day, but I don’t think it really would have mattered,” Krigbaum said. “Eric hit the ball really well today and didn’t leave me very many openings out there.”

After losing the ninth, Lille-boe responded once again to win the par-5 10th with a two-

putt birdie.The match went out of

reach for Krigbaum on the par-3 11th.

On the same hole where he recorded his first hole-in-one Thursday, Krigbaum hit an errant tee shot and made bo-gey. Lilleboe hit the green and made par to go 5 up.

Lilleboe’s last mistake was a three-putt bogey on the treacherous 13th green.

It allowed Krigbaum to cut into the lead for the last time when he made a regulation par to win the hole.

Krigbaum halved the 14th with an up-and-down par and Lilleboe won the match with an eagle on the par-5 15th. It was his second eagle of the day.

Lilleboe and Krigbaum shook hands on the green af-ter the cordial match, which

was played in just under three hours.

Lilleboe then walked off the green shaking hands with his father, Tim, who served as his caddy for the day.

Krigbaum’s card read even par through 15 holes. Lilleboe was 6 under.

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Eric LiLLEboE watches his tee shot on the sixth hole during Saturday’s championship match against Kevin Krigbaum.

Lilleboe outlasts Krigbaum for title

Anderson no stranger to btcc

BY Pat millErBemidji Pioneer Sports Writer

Scott Anderson lives in Dawson, Minn., but he is no stranger to the Bemidji Town & Country Club.

“I worked at Potlatch but then I had to look for an-other job and I found one in Dawson,” the boiler engineer said. “Before I moved I was a member of the Bemidji Town & Country Club for five or six years. We still have a house in Bemidji.”

Saturday in the Senior Championship match against Eric Niskanen, Anderson performed as if he never left. The two golfers staged a clas-sic battle that didn’t end until Niskanen missed a bogey putt on No. 18.

That miss gave Anderson

a 1-up victory and his first Birchmont title.

“That guy is a tough competitor,””Anderson said of Niskanen. “The difference today was luck. And I might have made one more putt than he did.”

No more than two holes separated the pair at any junc-ture and that came at No. 16 when Anderson sank a 4-foot-er for par while Niskanen was an inch short on his 6-foot par effort.

Niskanen forced the final hole when he canned an 8-foot birdie putt on No. 17 but his luck ran out on 18 when he flew the pin on his approach and found the front-left bun-ker.

Anderson opened the door by carding a bogey on 18 but Niskanen couldn’t get upand-

down from the beach and the match ended.

“This was my fourth or fifth time at the Birchmont but the first time I’ve played in the Seniors,” Anderson said. “I al-ways come to this tournament with the idea of winning. I love to compete. And I love playing in the Birchmont. It’s the best golf tournament I’ve ever played in.”

PAt miLLEr/bEmidji PionEEr

Scott AndErSon cel-ebrates as his putt on No. 4 drops during Saturday’s Birchmont Senior Champion-ship match against Eric Nis-kanen.


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GIRLs: Abby Larson, Sarah Tangen, Emily Moran, Abby Longhenry


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