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AUG 4- 6 AT THE LEGEND AT MERRILL HILLS | CHAMPIONSHIP RECAPWSGA Junior Boys Championship | Sponsored by Culver’s

We hope you will enjoy this special edition ofWisconsin Golfer highlighting the WSGA JuniorBoys Championship sponsored by Culver’s.

The event is one of the longest running Wis-consin State Golf Association Championshipsand is a great showcase of all of the talentedjunior golfers in the state. Several players in thefield are already committed to continue to playgolf at the collegiate level, and this week alsoprovided some great exposure for the youngerplayers hoping to catch the attention of collegecoaches.

This year’s champion, Sam Madsen, will havehis name engraved on the trophy alongsidepast champions Steve Stricker and Mark Wil-son. That’s some pretty good company.

The Legend Clubs have a great deal of passionfor junior golf as you will read more about onPage 12, with a thriving junior golf program aswell as hosting an annual AJGA event to provide

top junior golfers in the state national exposure.A special thanks goes to The Legend Clubs co-

owner Jack Gaudian and the staff at The Legendat Merrill Hills for making this a special week forall of the participants. I also would like to rec-ognize the WSGA staff and volunteers for all oftheir hard work and the members of The Leg-end Clubs for their support of the event.

The participants also enjoyed some perksthroughout the week courtesy of Culver’s, in-cluding a tournament hat with the Culver’slogo, Culver’s coupons, and it doesn’t get muchbetter than the frozen custard players enjoyedafter their final round. Craig and Curt Culverhave both been great supporters of the WSGAand junior golf.

For more Wisconsin golf news, watch youremail for the upcoming September/Octoberissue of Wisconsin Golfer.

— Rob Jansen, WSGA Executive Director

WSGA Junior Boys ChampionshipA SPECIAL LOOK BACK

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All three medalists from this spring’s WIAAState Boys Golf Championships were inthe WSGA Junior Boys field.

Kaylor Steger, who won the WIAA Division 1title for Oak Creek in June, shot 70-69-79–218and tied for third place this week.

Christopher Colla, WIAA Division 2 medalistfrom Winnebago Lutheran Academy, shot 76-69-79–224 at The Legend at Merrill Hills to tiefor 10th place. A member at Whispering SpringsGC in Fond du Lac, Colla also made a strongshowing at the State Amateur Championship inJuly, tying for 15th place.

WIAA Division 3 medalist Thomas Longbella of

Chippewa Falls McConnell shot 71-71-78–220and finished in a tie for fourth place. Longbella,who also made it to match play at the U.S. Jun-ior a couple of weeks ago, plays out of EauClaire G&CC in Altoona.

Also in the field this week was Harrison Ott ofWestmoor CC in Brookfield. Ott, who finishedwith scores of 75-76-71–222, won two AmericanJunior Golf Association tournaments in as manyweeks in July, including Wisconsin’s annualevent, the McArthur Towel & Sports Future Legends. Ott, who also won an AJGA title lastAugust, has moved into the top 60 on theAJGA’s Polo Golf Rankings.

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CHAMPIONS IN THE FIELD

Harrison Ott Kaylor Steger

WEATHER IMPACTS TOURNEYThe weather turned nasty Monday afternoon at

The Legend at Merrill Hills, and the storm impacted the rest of the schedule for the WSGAJunior Boys Championship.

Players were removed from the course at 1:15p.m. on Monday, and many competitors still had-n’t teed off for the opening round. So the firstround was completed Tuesday and most of theregularly scheduled second round was alsoplayed. However, since some players were still onthe course when play was suspended at 8:17p.m. Tuesday, the annual long drive contest tradi-tionally held Tuesday night was not held this year.

The second round was completed Wednesday,as was the full third round, under beautiful sum-mertime conditions.

Players hang out in the clubhousewaiting for the weather to clear.

WHISPERING SPRINGS TOPS TEAMSWhispering Springs in Fond du Lac won the Jun-

ior Team Championship, which pits the top threeplayers from WSGA-member clubs during the firsttwo rounds of the WSGA Junior Boys Championship.

Whispering Springs was represented byChristopher Colla, Patrick Treichel and Brady Sarauer, who combined to shoot 454 over the firsttwo rounds. Blackhawk GC in Madison finishedsecond at 456.

Click here for complete scores.

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Sam Madsen

Kaylor Steger

Chapin Orr

Eddie WajdaMitch Wittmann

ThomasLongbella

Tyler Church

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Madsen manages game, wins Junior BoysGEORGETOWN RECRUIT FINISHES JUNIOR GOLF CAREER IN STYLE

Sam Madsen, who will head off to begin his freshman season at Georgetown University in a fewweeks, won his final junior golf tournament Wednes-day. And it was a was a big one – the WisconsinState Golf Association Junior Boys Championshipsponsored by Culver’s.

But afterward, Madsen looked back to anotherWSGA tournament, the Wisconsin State AmateurChampionship sponsored by CliftonLarsonAllen, ashis motivation this week. His performance at theState Amateur in July motivatedhim to enter the State Junior.

Madsen was paired in the thirdround with eventual State Ama-teur champion Alex Gaugert,who won the title in his finalevent before turning professional.

“I kind of fell off in the last tworounds of the (State Amateur),and that left a bad taste in mymouth,” Madsen said. “Originally,I wasn’t signed up to play (theWSGA Junior Boys), so I decidedto play, and I had the same feel-ing. I wanted to go out with my last junior tourna-ment and win it.”

Madsen, an 18-year-old member at Blackhawk CCin Madison, opened with a bogey-free 68 in the firstround, and added a 71 in round two. That left himtied for the lead at 5 under par, tied with Kaylor Ste-ger of Johnson Park GC in Racine. Madsen and Ste-ger were in the last threesome of the final round

with Mitch Wittmann of Fox Valley GC in Kaukauna,who entered the final round one shot back.

The final round was a grind for several players atthe top of the leaderboard. Steger shot 79 Wednes-day, and Wittmann shot 80. Thomas Longbella ofEau Claire G&CC in Altoona, who entered the finalround in fourth place, shot 78.

Steger hooked his opening drive into the deepwoods and recorded a double bogey on No. 1, whichhe admitted shook his confidence a bit. In the end,

his card showed four birdies, butalso seven bogeys and two dou-ble bogeys. He recorded just fivepars on the day.

“I started finding the fairwayon the back nine,” Steger said,“but it was pretty much over bythen. I shot myself right out of it.”

Like Steger, Wittmann admit-ted to being extremely disap-pointed in his final-roundperformance. Wittmann was 1under through his first six holesWednesday before he also

started missing fairways.“I lost confidence off the tee, and that causes a

bunch of problems out here,” Wittmann said. “Andthen when I had an open iron shot, I hit the wrongspots and couldn’t get up and down.”

When asked what was the key to his victory, Mad-sen said he was able to minimize his mistakes inthe final round, which resulted in a 3-over-par 75.

“Down thestretch, I wasgetting prettynervous. It’ssomething youhave to get usedto, I guess.”

– SAM MADSEN

2013 CHAMP DEFENDS TITLESince participants have to be 18 or

younger to compete in the event, manyWSGA Junior Boys champions never getthe opportunity to defend their titles. But18-year-old Garrett Loomis did this year.

Loomis, who won by three strokes lastyear at Nakoma GC in Madison, tied for10th this year at The Legend at Merrill Hillsin Waukesha. He shot 75-74-75–224.

Loomis will begin his college career atMarquette University in September.

When he missed a fairway – and he missed several– he got his ball back into play. Perhaps most im-portantly, he made some key putts for bogeyWednesday.

Madsen made two bogeys on the back nine, thefinal one coming on the par-5 17th hole, which, asit turns out, didn’t hurt him.

“I missed a two-footer on my second putt,” Madsen said. “I think I got a little too far ahead ofmyself. It was a stupid putt to miss, but I figured Iwas still fine.”

Madsen converted a stress-free par on the 18thhole to finish at 214 and win by three strokes. Fin-ishing second was Chapin Orr of Dodge Point CC inDodgeville, who shot a final round 72. Orr finishedat 217, and Steger was third at 218.

The low round of the day was a 2-under-par 70shot by Tyler Church of The Golf Club at Cedar Creekin Onalaska. That moved Church into a four-way tiefor fourth place.

Madsen said he leaned on the tried and true “fair-ways and greens” as his strategy for the week,which worked up to a point.

“Down the stretch, I was getting pretty nervous,”said Madsen. “It’s something you have to get usedto, I guess.”

Then the new champ added: “It’s awesome towin. This is such a great tournament. It definitelygives me some confidence going into college.”

In age division competition, 14-year-old JedBaranczyk of the Wisconsin PGA Junior GC won the14 and under title. Baranczyk shot 77-82-79–238 towin the division over Alex Yost of Oconomowoc GC,who shot 77-79-85–241.

Longbella, 16, won the title in the 15-16 age divisionwith scores of 71-71-78–220. Harrison Ott of West-moor CC in Brookfield was second (75-76-71–222).

Madsen won the 17-18 division, with Orr finishingsecond.

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Garrett Loomis

(L-R) Garrett Loomis, Christopher Colla, Thomas Longbella

Zach Hentrich

Dylan Patscot

Nate Thomson

Mitch Wittmann

Harrison Ott

Adam Miller

Brady Thomas

Sam Galloway, Johnny Decker

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Ricky Kuiper

Ryan Isaacson

Nate Thomson

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The Legend Clubs co-ownerJack Gaudion, with helper, rolls

a green prior to the final round.

When the first of The Legend Clubs – The Legendat Brandybrook in Wales – debuted in 2003, itopened with a fresh focus on families and all theywant and expect from today’s private golf club experience. The elaborate aquatic facilities at thethree Legend Clubs in Waukesha County are perhapsthe most visible manifestations of that businessplan, unless one looks to the golf course.

The Legend Clubs – a 54-hole club made up ofThe Legend at Brandybrook, The Legend at Bristle-cone and The Legend at Merrill Hills – offers abustling junior golf program with more than 300participants. The Legend Clubs provides its juniorgolfers with plenty of access to its golf courses, and the club also offers programming in summerand winter.

In season, three days a week are centered onjunior golf. Tuesdays are Junior Day, and the entireday’s tee sheet at The Legend at Merrill Hills is

devoted to juniors. A 50-player junior league playson Wednesdays, and there’s a play-with-a-pro offering on Thursdays.

In winter, the club offers a six-week session at itsindoor practice facility at The Legend at Brandy-brook, ending with a field trip to Currie Park GolfDome in Wauwatosa.

The Legend Clubs’ commitment to junior golf hasbeen recognized by the Wisconsin PGA. David Bobber, the head professional at The Legend atBrandybrook, won the WPGA Youth DevelopmentAward twice (2010 and ’14). Meantime, Paul LoCi-cero, the head pro at The Legend at Bristlecone,won the same award in 2011. They work alongsideNick Byom, the head pro at the Legend at MerrillHills, on junior programming.

“It’s a coordinated effort with all of us golf pros,”said Bobber of the club’s junior programming, “andthe membership supports it so much.”

THE LEGEND CLUBS’ COMMITMENT TO JUNIOR GOLF FITS ITS THEME

YEAR PLAYER SITE & SCORE

2013 Garrett Loomis WPGA Junior GC (215)2012 Charlie Danielson New Richmond GC (213)2011 Jack McKinney Merrill Hills CC (216)2010 Steve Sorenson WPGA Junior GC (208)2009 Mike Sorenson WPGA Junior GC (204)2008 Cody Strang WPGA Junior GC (207)2007 Max Hosking Odana Hills GC (219*) 2006 Kelly Kretz Riverview GC & CC (212)2005 Dustin Schwab Lake Wisconsin CC (216)2004 Danny Zimmerman Hawks Landing GC (205)2003 Charlie Delsman Naga-Waukee GC (201)2002 Garrett Jones Platteville G&CC (220)2001 Michael Belich Washington County GC (209)2000 Dylan Esterling Brown County GC (211)1999 Jeb Grueneberger Viroqua Hills GC (222)1998 Matt Hilton Rivermoor CC (143+) 1997 Nick Gilliam Royal Scot CC (222)1996 John Gaschke Scenic View CC (219)1995 Brett Schauer Wausau CC (219)1994 Brett Schauer Wausau CC (218)1993 Brad Nelson Blackhawk CC (223)1992 Mark Wilson Oconomowoc GC (208)1991 Brad Nelson Blackhawk CC (220)1990 Scott Seidler Indianhead GC (221)

* – Denotes playoff victory+ – 36 Holes

The Wisconsin State Golf Association Junior Boys Championship was first held at Kenosha CC in 1924, andthrough the 1970 event it was contested under a matchplay format. For most of its history, the WSGA Junior Boys Championship was also held at the same site as the Wisconsin State Amateur Championship.

Past Champions

Champions since 1990

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MichaelBelich

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1 Sam Madsen 68 71 75 214Madison - Blackhawk CC______________________________________________

2 Chapin Orr 75 70 72 217Dodgeville - Dodge Point CC______________________________________________

3 Kaylor Steger 70 69 79 218Sturtevant - Johnson Park GC______________________________________________

T4 Tyler Church 77 73 70 220Onalaska - The GC at Cedar Creek______________________________________________

T4 Eddie Wajda 75 71 74 220Brookfield - Oconomowoc GC______________________________________________

T4 Thomas Longbella 71 71 78 220Chippewa Falls - Eau Claire G&CC______________________________________________

T4 Mitch Wittmann 71 69 80 220Combined Locks - Fox Valley GC______________________________________________

T8 Harrison Ott 75 76 71 222Brookfield - Westmoor CC______________________________________________

T8 Ricky Kuiper 72 76 74 222Racine - Wisconsin PGA Junior GC______________________________________________

T10 Max Murphy 76 77 71 224Middleton - Bishops Bay CC______________________________________________

T10 Garrett Loomis 75 74 75 224River Falls - Wisconsin PGA Junior GC______________________________________________

T10 Kyle Tanriverdi 75 73 76 224Pewaukee - The Legend Clubs______________________________________________

T10 Cal Meyers 74 74 76 224Richfield - The Legend Clubs______________________________________________

T10 Nate Thomson 72 72 80 224Greendale - Tuckaway CC______________________________________________

T10 Christopher Colla 76 69 79 224Fond du Lac - Whispering Springs GC______________________________________________

T16 Daniel Burger 74 77 74 225Superior - Nemadji GC______________________________________________

T16 Adam Miller 71 75 79 225Lodi - Wisconsin PGA Junior GC______________________________________________

18 Dylan Patscot 76 73 77 226Wales - The Legend Clubs______________________________________________

19 Sam Galloway 75 75 77 227Neenah - North Shore GC______________________________________________

T20 Zach Hentrich 76 77 75 228Lancaster - Lancaster CC______________________________________________

T20 Matthew Tuman 76 75 77 228Wausau - Greenwood Hills CC______________________________________________

T20 Danny Cronick 71 80 77 228Osceola - New Richmond GC

23 Tyler Bee 81 69 79 229Eau Claire - Wild Ridge and Mill Run______________________________________________

24 Brady Thomas 73 79 78 230Middleton - Blackhawk CC______________________________________________

T25 Dylan Allen 75 78 78 231Waukesha - Morningstar GC______________________________________________

T25 Joey Levin 76 74 81 231Middleton - Bishops Bay CC______________________________________________

T25 Matt Tolan 75 75 81 231Eau Claire - Wisconsin PGA Junior GC______________________________________________

T25 Alexander Rendon 75 74 82 231Greendale - Wisconsin PGA Junior GC______________________________________________

T25 Trevor Thomas 70 79 82 231Junction City - Stevens Point CC______________________________________________

T30 Charles Maleki 80 76 76 232Mequon - Ozaukee CC______________________________________________

T30 Patrick Sicula 75 77 80 232Whitefish Bay - Hidden Glen At Bentdale Farms______________________________________________

T30 Zachary Nash 82 69 81 232Waterford - Rivermoor GC______________________________________________

T30 Brady Sarauer 75 75 82 232Fond du Lac - Whispering Springs GC______________________________________________

T34 Tyler King 79 74 80 233Pewaukee - Morningstar GC______________________________________________

T34 Bennett Hutson 79 79 75 233Onalaska - La Crosse CC______________________________________________

T36 Matthew Andrews 79 75 80 234Sheboygan - The Bull at Pinehurst Farms______________________________________________

T36 Phillip Johnson 76 77 81 234Colgate - North Hills CC______________________________________________

T36 Drew Pipik 78 82 74 234New Berlin - Wisconsin PGA Junior GC______________________________________________

T39 Matt Maus 79 75 81 235Brookfield - Naga-Waukee GC______________________________________________

T39 Alexander Haas 78 78 79 235West Bend - Washington County GC______________________________________________

T39 Ben Gilles 78 79 78 235Madison - Nakoma GC______________________________________________

T39 Patrick Treichel 79 80 76 235Fond du Lac -Whispering Springs GC______________________________________________

T43 Connor Cain 77 78 81 236Racine - Wisconsin PGA Junior GC______________________________________________

T43 Ian Statz 76 81 79 236Beaver Dam - Old Hickory GC

Tournament Results

T43 Carson Torhorst 74 78 84 236Oregon - The Legend at Bergamont______________________________________________

T46 Brooks Johnson 76 78 83 237Edgerton - Wisconsin PGA Junior GC______________________________________________

T46 Jonah Buss 79 76 82 237Combined Locks - Royal St. Patrick's Golf Links______________________________________________

T46 Jacob O'Loughlin 77 77 83 237Madison - Wisconsin PGA Junior GC______________________________________________

T46 Logan Handy 76 78 83 237Oshkosh - Wisconsin PGA Junior GC______________________________________________

T46 Mathew J. Bachmann 77 80 80 237Sheboygan Falls - The Bull at Pinehurst Farms______________________________________________

T46 Charlie Stankiewicz 78 79 80 237Madison - University Ridge GC______________________________________________

T46 Emmet Herb 80 78 79 237Middleton - Blackhawk CC______________________________________________

T53 Ryan Isaacson 83 75 80 238Eau Claire - Eau Claire G&CC______________________________________________

T53 Jed Baranczyk 77 82 79 238Green Bay - Wisconsin PGA Junior GC______________________________________________

T53 Jacob Michel 79 81 78 238Lodi - Wisconsin PGA Junior GC______________________________________________

T53 Andrew Frisinger 82 80 76 238Delafield - Westmoor CC______________________________________________

T57 Johnny Decker 75 79 85 239Verona - Nakoma GC______________________________________________

T57 Max Baranczyk 80 72 87 239Green Bay - Wisconsin PGA Junior GC______________________________________________

T57 Jack Dorward 85 74 80 239Cedarburg - The Bog______________________________________________

T57 Nils Arneson 79 83 77 239Madison - Wisconsin PGA Junior GC______________________________________________

T61 Samuel Anderson 78 79 83 240Stoughton - Stoughton CC______________________________________________

T61 Justin Leeds 81 76 83 240Pewaukee - The Legend Clubs______________________________________________

T61 Sean Yun 82 79 79 240Brookfield - Hawk's View GC______________________________________________

T61 Joshua Haunty 82 80 78 240Middleton - Wisconsin PGA Junior GC______________________________________________

T65 Alex Yost 77 79 85 241Hartland - Oconomowoc GC______________________________________________

T65 Mathew Higley 74 79 88 241Strum - Wisconsin PGA Junior GC

T67 Nathan Gilbert 78 82 82 242Fort Atkinson - Koshkonong Mounds CC______________________________________________

T67 Alec Winston 77 84 81 242Hartland - The Legend Clubs______________________________________________

T69 Tyler Leach 75 81 87 243Spring Valley - Spring Valley GC______________________________________________

T69 Jackson Eversoll 79 82 82 243McFarland - Wisconsin PGA Junior GC______________________________________________

T69 Ryan Stoffield 83 79 81 243Pewaukee - Wisconsin PGA Junior GC______________________________________________

T69 Luke Bourneuf 83 79 81 243Fontana - Wisconsin PGA Junior Golf Club______________________________________________

T69 Spencer Adam 82 81 80 243Eau Claire - Wisconsin PGA Junior GC______________________________________________

74 Dane Reinhardt 77 82 85 244Cedarburg - Wisconsin PGA Junior GC______________________________________________

T75 Sam Marks 78 78 89 245Berlin - Mascoutin GC______________________________________________

T75 Jonathan Cone 74 84 87 245Cedarburg - Brown Deer Park GC______________________________________________

T75 Matthew Boyle 77 82 86 245South Milwaukee - Wisconsin PGA Junior GC______________________________________________

T75 Eric Van Tubbergen 80 80 85 245Racine - Wisconsin PGA Junior GC______________________________________________

T75 Jonathan Duggan Jr. 76 84 85 245Lake Geneva - Wisconsin PGA Junior GC______________________________________________

T75 David Keane 79 82 84 245Wauwatosa - Brown Deer Park GC______________________________________________

T81 Tommy Mohs 82 78 86 246Madison - Bishops Bay CC______________________________________________

T81 Nick Baumann 78 83 85 246Monroe - Monroe CC______________________________________________

83 Michael Immekus 80 81 87 248Greendale - Tuckaway CC______________________________________________

84 Ben Nichols 79 79 92 250Waukesha - The Legend Clubs______________________________________________

85 Justin Fleury 82 80 91 253Elkhorn - Wisconsin PGA Junior GC______________________________________________

86 Adam Garski 79 81 94 254Wauwatosa - Wisconsin PGA Junior GC______________________________________________

87 Rory Gierhart 85 83 88 256Madison - Maple Bluff CC

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At the awards ceremony following the WSGA Junior Boys Championship sponsored by Culver’s,winner Sam Madsen was asked if he will be eligiblefor next year’s event. Madsen answered that hewould not, which is unfortunate for the young manfrom Madison because his home course, BlackhawkCC, will be the host next season.

Blackhawk CC will hold the WSGA Junior BoysChampionship for the third time, joining the 1964(won by Jeff Radder) and 1979 (Tim Ley) tournaments.

Blackhawk CC, a private club located above LakeMendota on Madison’s west side, is a par-72 layoutmeasuring approximately 6,200 yards. The club wasfounded in 1921.

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