2016 Pine to Palm Thursday Spotlight

84th PINE TO PALM

Sp tlight VOL. 70 NO. 1

Benjamin Skogen

DETROIT LAKES, MINNESOTA • THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 2016

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All-Big ten trio of Medalists at Pine to Palm

BY ROBERT WILLIAMS rwilliams@dlnewspapers.com

The 2015 runner-up Charlie Duensing and Peter Jones, both University of Minnesota golfers, caught first round leader Benjamin Skogen for a three-way tie for medalist honors with eight-under finishes at the 84th Pine to Palm golf tournament in Detroit Lakes Wednesday.

Skogen entered the second day of qualifying with a two-stroke advantage after a bogey-free six-under 65. The Badger senior shot 69 on day two to set the bar at 134.

“I think today was more steady; yesterday the momentum shift was on hole no. 7 where I made a 20-footer and birdied eight, nine and 10,” said Skogen. “Today, honestly, I only had one bogey. I kept it in play and pretty much hit it to 15-25 feet and two putted a lot.”

In Skogen’s group was Jones, who was two strokes back after an opening round 67. He matched that effort Wednesday with another 67.

Jones began his round with a birdie before a 90-minute weather delay. He came back with a bogey on two, but answered with a par three birdie on the tough third hole.

“That was a good momentum shift there; get back in the mindset of making good decisions and just good shots as well,” said Jones.

Inclement weather hit as the final championship groups were just getting started and did not allow for much warm-up time before having to wait out the break.

“The delay was a little tough, but playing college golf you get kind of used to it,” Duensing said. “It wasn’t anything too huge.”

Duensing carded an opening round 68 and a 66, which was the second lowest round of the day and with teammate Jones, the duo keep the medalist honor in Gopher hands following up back-toback wins by Grady Meyer in 2014 and 2015, who played in Duensing’s group.

The focus, at least for everyone in the field, was Skogen after his hot start.

“We had the Badger up there that we had to go chase today,” said Duensing.

“We got it done.”

“Overall, I’ve just been playing smart golf, haven’t made any big numbers,” Jones said. “Try to make smart decisions and make as many birdies as I can.”

The three medalists and six other college golfers are all staying nearby in a house together, so the competition is very friendly.

“We’re really good friends. We play a bunch of games and it’s a lot of fun,“ said Duensing.

“It’s been a blast. We’ve just been hanging out at night. I got to know a lot

of the Gopher guys from tournaments in the Big Ten,” said Skogen.

The focus now turns to match play in the quest for the final pairing on championship Sunday.

“It’s going to be a long week,” Duensing said. “You’re probably not going to have your best stuff the entire week so you have to get a little lucky and go out and have some fun.”

“It’s cool to be medalist, but I think we’re all here to try to win the match play portion,” said Skogen. “That’s the whole goal.”

Both Skogen and Duensing were close to wins in 2015 with Duensing losing the final to Alex Kline, while Skogen was the runner-up in qualifying to Meyer. Jones withdrew from the tournament last summer.

“I’m excited because I haven’t played a match play tournament in a while,” he said. “Honestly, just have to be a bit more aggressive. You don’t have the ability to play the golf course, you’re playing the other guy. You’ve got to make as many birdies as you can...try to make those decisions off the tee to make sure you have a shot into the green and are not in the trees.”

For Skogen, the Detroit Country Club has a nostalgic feel that could work to his advantage.

“I played good last year,” he said.

“The course is a lot like the course I

grew up on; it’s really short and focuses a lot on wedges and that’s one of my strengths. I feel like it really suits my eye.”

The first round leader set his sites on the pin at hole no. 13 sinking a 35-foot putt, which was the one of the only long attempts he had.

“Other than that, I was pretty steady all week,” he said. “I didn’t really make mistakes.”

Dan Johnson had the round of the day matching Skogen’s low for the tournament with a 65 that propelled Johnson to a shot back of the leaders at 135.

Bemidji State’s Will Czeh continued his consistent play following up an opening day 67 with 68 to share fourth place with Johnson.

Gopher Justin Doeden was in sole possession of sixth place with a 136, in front of a four golfers at 138, Riley Johnson, Jordan Hahn, Brandon Sletmoen and Chris Swenson.

Two-time defending medalist Meyer shot 68-72 for 140 and is in solid position for match play competition.

Championship match play is scheduled to begin around the noon hour Thursday after a morning playoff of a slough of golfers tied at the cut of 148 14 golfers are vying for six spots in the field of 64.

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84th Pine to Palm Qualifying Scores CHAMPIONSHIP # Player .......................................................... R1 R2 Total 1 CHARLIE DUENSING

SANDY, UT .........................................................68 66 134 2 PETER JONES

OWATONNA, MN.................................................67 67 134 3 BENJAMIN SKOGEN

ONALASKA, WI....................................................65 69 134 4 DAN JOHNSON

ELK RIVER, MN...................................................70 65 135 5 WILL CZEH

ROSEAU, MN......................................................67 68 135 6 JUSTIN DOEDEN

PRIOR LAKE, MN................................................67 69 136 7 BEAU HANSON

FRAZEE, MN........................................................71 67 138 8 RILEY JOHNSON

FARGO, ND .........................................................69 69 138 9 JORDAN HAHN

SPRING GROVE, IL.............................................68 70 138 10 BRANDON SLETMOEN

DILWORTH, MN...................................................71 67 138 11 CHRIS SWENSON

FERGUS FALLS, MN............................................72 67 139 12 PAT DEITZ

MOORHEAD, MN................................................72 67 139 13 BILL CARLSON

FARGO, ND .........................................................69 70 139 14 MATT RACHEY

WACONIA, MN....................................................69 70 139 15 CONNOR HOLLAND

WEST FARGO, ND...............................................71 68 139 16 MICHAEL ABRAHAMSON

CHICAGO, IL.......................................................73 67 140 17 THOMAS LONGBELLA

CHIPPEWA FALLS, WI.........................................70 70 140 18 NICK OLSGAARD

MOORHEAD, MN................................................70 70 140 19 NICK MYHRE

ROLETTE, ND......................................................69 71 140 20 GRADY MEYER

WEST FARGO, ND...............................................68 72 140 21 BLAKE KAHLBAUGH

MAHNOMEM, MN...............................................70 70 140 22 BRYANT BUCKELLEW

TEMPE, AZ .........................................................70 70 140 23 JACOB DEHNE

BISMARCK, ND...................................................71 70 141 24 THOMAS STRANDEMO

FARGO, ND .........................................................69 72 141 25 MICHAEL KOSIEK

MINNETONKA, MN..............................................69 72 141 26 TYLER SCHLOTFELDT

MOORHEAD, MN................................................69 72 141 27 RICK KUHN

MANDAN, ND......................................................70 72 142 28 COLTON MURPHY

MANDAN, ND......................................................69 73 142 29 CADE MONTPLAISIR

MESA, AZ .........................................................74 69 143 30 ERIK WEISS

MOORHEAD, MN................................................72 71 143 31 BEN MALLOW

PELICAN RAPIDS, MN.........................................71 72 143 32 LUKAS DAVISON

SIOUX FALLS, SD................................................70 73 143 33 CHRIS JAMES

WALKER, MN......................................................74 70 144 34 JACKSON FOTH

LENEXA, KS........................................................73 71 144 35 GUS MINKIN

YORK, PA .........................................................73 71 144 36 JORDIE SIVERSON

MOORHEAD, MN................................................72 72 144 37 JON RUBIS

WEST FARGO, ND...............................................71 73 144 38 TANNER LANE

DETROIT LAKES, MN..........................................71 73 144 39 MARC VINCELLI

DENVER, CO.......................................................71 73 144 40 ANDREW ISRAELSON

STAPLES, MN......................................................73 72 145 41 GREG MELHUS

WEST FARGO, ND...............................................69 76 145 42 HUNTER THORSEN

MOORHEAD, MN................................................70 75 145 43 JON MILLER

MOORHEAD, ND.................................................75 71 146 44 LINCOLN CIZEK

SHAKOPEE, MN..................................................75 71 146 45 KYLE JANDRO

FARGO, ND .........................................................74 72 146 46 ANDREW PASSANANTE

MOORHEAD, MN................................................74 72 146 47 TANNER SCHNATHORST

DETROIT LAKES, MN..........................................73 73 146 48 WILLIAM LEAF

WINONA, MN.......................................................73 73 146 49 JUSTIN NELSON

WAHPETON, ND..................................................77 69 146 50 ERIC HARRIS

RUSHFORD, MN.................................................72 74 146 51 ALEX GABRIEL

PRINCETON, MN.................................................70 76 146 52 LUCAS JOHNSON

MOORHEAD, MN................................................70 76 146 53 MATTHEW SIEG

OSSEO, WI .........................................................71 75 146 54 AARON SMITH

MAHNOMEN, MN................................................70 76 146 55 COY PAPACHEK

FARGO, ND .........................................................75 72 147 56 ALEX KOOPMEINERS

ST CLOUD, MN...................................................72 75 147 57 AUSTIN RENE

JAMESTOWN, ND...............................................70 77 147 58 TIM SANFORD

ELK RIVER, MN...................................................70 77 147 59 TANNER KRETCHMAN

FARGO, ND .........................................................76 72 148 60 TODD HILLIER

HOOPLE, ND.......................................................75 73 148

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ADAM GRONAAS FARGO, ND .........................................................75 73 148 ANDREW STRAND MOORHEAD, MN................................................74 74 148 CALEB KETTERLING NAPOLEON, ND..................................................73 75 148 BEN FRAZZINI HAMEL, MN.........................................................77 71 148 AUSTEN STROM FARGO, ND .........................................................77 71 148 DAVID TRETT NASHVILLE, TN...................................................77 71 148 KENT GREGORY RICHVILLE, MN...................................................72 76 148 COLE JOHNSON FARGO, ND .........................................................72 76 148 JONAH DANIELS SCOTTSDALE, AZ...............................................72 76 148 MASON FIDDLE HUGO, MN .........................................................72 76 148 MATT BEKKERUS DETROIT LAKES, MN..........................................71 77 148 JOEY WAGNER DICKINSON, ND..................................................68 80 148 JACK KLUGE FOREST LAKE, MN..............................................75 74 149 TRAVIS INGSTAD GRAND FORKS, ND............................................75 74 149 TONY KALLEVIG KANDIYOHI, MN..................................................73 76 149 ADAM VAN RADEN GRAND FORKS, ND............................................73 76 149 ROSS DAVIS BATON ROUGE, LA.............................................73 76 149 JASON HUNTINGTON LAKELAND, FL....................................................77 72 149 KOREY LORENZ CASSELTON, ND.................................................77 72 149 ANDREW MACFARLANE FERGUS FALLS, MN............................................77 72 149 NATHANIEL KAHLBAUGH MAHNOMEN, MN................................................72 77 149 KATE SMITH DETROIT LAKES, MN..........................................72 77 149 JAKE WITHAM ROSEVILLE, MN..................................................79 71 150 BRENNAN HOCKMAN FARGO, ND .........................................................73 77 150 BRADY ROBERTSON MOORHEAD, MN................................................77 73 150 HUNTER MOTTINGER WILLMAR, MN.....................................................76 74 150 BROOK BERGH HAVANA, ND........................................................72 78 150 RYAN VINCELLI BRANDON, SD....................................................76 75 151 CODY COOK HAWLEY, MN.......................................................75 76 151 ROWAN MCDONNELL III SARTELL, MN......................................................73 78 151 DAN SCHILLER LINO LAKES, MN.................................................73 78 151 TRENTON SCHWEHR FARGO, ND .........................................................77 74 151 JOEY DREIER NEW LONDON, MN.............................................77 74 151 NATHANIAL VARTY ELK RIVER, MN...................................................73 78 151 ROBERT WAGNER MINNEAPOLIS, MN.............................................77 74 151 NATALIE ROTH LAKE PARK, MN..................................................72 79 151 DANIEL SAYLER WISHEK, ND........................................................76 76 152 RYAN PASKEY DETROIT LAKES, MN..........................................76 76 152 ROBBIE STOCKER ST. CLOUD, MN...................................................75 77 152 STEVE RANDALL LAWRENCE, KS..................................................75 77 152 RYAN STEINERT DETROIT LAKES, MN..........................................79 73 152 TREVOR SWANGLER FARGO, ND .........................................................74 78 152 MATT KULLA FARGO, ND .........................................................77 75 152 KEATON LAUSCH FERGUS FALLS, MN............................................73 79 152 BROCK ELLINGSON FARGO, ND .........................................................79 74 153 ADAM MCARTHUR WAITE PARK, MN................................................78 75 153 HUNTER MOEN WEST FARGO, ND...............................................78 75 153 ROSS MICKELSON DETROIT LAKES, MN..........................................78 75 153 TYLER FRENZEL BISMARCK, ND...................................................76 78 154 SAWYER JAEGER ARGUSVILLE, ND................................................75 79 154 SHAY RIDL DICKINSON, ND..................................................75 79 154 ALEXANDER SCHWAB MOORHEAD, MN................................................75 79 154 JAMIE LESSARD FARGO, ND .........................................................75 79 154 MASON KENNEDY FARGO, ND .........................................................79 75 154 SEAN KRALL VALLEY CITY, ND.................................................78 76 154 JOHN SUND FARGO, ND .........................................................77 77 154 HUNTER CLARK WAUBUN, MN.....................................................71 83 154 TYLER NELSON WEST FARGO, ND...............................................76 79 155 LOGAN PALMER WEST FARGO, ND...............................................75 80 155 SCOTT NOWAK HARRISBURG, SD...............................................77 78 155 WYATT BLOMSETH DETROIT LAKES, MN..........................................80 76 156

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MID-AM CHAMPIONSHIP # Player .......................................................... R1 R2 Total 1 KENT SPRIGGS

FARGO, ND .........................................................Defending Champ 2 JIM MIKKELSON

MOORHEAD, MN................................................73 69 142 3 JT JOHNSON

ST PAUL, MN.......................................................71 71 142 4 MATT JOHNSON

WEST FARGO, ND...............................................73 74 147 5 DUANE SIVERSON

MOORHEAD, MN................................................77 71 148 6 MICHAEL MELHUS

ROGERS, MN......................................................70 78 148 7 SCOTT UITHOVEN

BELDEN, MS.......................................................74 75 149 8 JASON JUSTESEN

DETROIT LAKES, MN..........................................74 75 149 9 MITCH BUBOLTZ

DETROIT LAKES, MN..........................................73 77 150 10 BEN JURGENS

FERGUS FALLS, MN............................................75 76 151 11 BRADY OPHEIM

FARGO, ND .........................................................75 77 152 12 PAUL UITHOVEN

BOZEMAN, MT....................................................78 74 152 13 DARREN HALEY

BISMARCK, ND...................................................77 77 154 14 KEVIN SWENSON

FERGUS FALLS, MN............................................77 78 155 15 TODD WAWERS

FARGO, ND .........................................................78 77 155 16 AARON BURNSIDE

DETROIT LAKES, MN..........................................75 81 156 17 ERIC KING

POWER SPRINGS, GA........................................83 73 156 18 TOM WELLE

MOORHEAD, MN................................................78 78 156 19 JAY OLAFSON

FARGO, ND .........................................................79 78 157 20 DAVID SOUTOR

EDEN PRARIE, MN..............................................80 77 157 21 DAMIAN CARPENTER

STANCHFIELD, MN.............................................87 71 158 22 CHRIS O’HAGAN

ST CLOUD, MN...................................................78 81 159 23 JAY BARTLEY

FARGO, ND .........................................................81 78 159 24 JAY PETERSON

LAKE PARK, MN..................................................83 78 161 25 JON ANAS

FARGO, ND .........................................................80 81 161 26 CHAD MICKELSON

ALBERT LEA, MN................................................78 83 161 27 BARRY SCHMIESS

FARGO, ND .........................................................85 79 164 28 RANDY HILL

LANGDON, ND....................................................83 85 168 29 CHAD RANSOM

WEST FARGO, ND...............................................86 83 169

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84th Pine to Palm Qualifying Scores SENIOR DIVISION # Id Player......................... R1 Total 1 KEITH AASEN

BISMARCK, ND.............................DC 2 AJ GREFF

SAN TAN VALLEY, AZ....................72 72 3 MARC REDMAN

BLOOMINGTON, MN.....................72 72 4 DAN DRENTH

DETROIT LAKES, MN....................72 72 5 JOE DOUGHTY

OMAHA, NE...................................73 73 6 JOHN BERG

DETROIT LAKES, MN....................74 74 7 MARK FERRELL

FARGO, ND ...................................75 75 8 T L SOLIEN

MADISON, WI................................75 75 9 SCOTT LINNEROOTH

BOZEMAN, MT..............................76 76 10 CHUCK WIGER

MOORHEAD, MN..........................76 76 11 MARK DOYLE

FARGO, ND ...................................76 76 12 DAN ELTON

MOORHEAD, MN..........................76 76 13 JAMES REMER

CIRCLE PINES, MN.......................76 76 14 ROBERT SCHULTZ

WINONA, MN.................................76 76 15 RUSS NEWMAN

FARGO, ND ...................................76 76 16 BRAD ERICKSEN

EDEN PRAIRIE, MN.......................77 77 17 CRAIG STEIN

MOORHEAD, MN..........................77 77 18 THOMAS SOLIEN

MOORHEAD, MN..........................77 77 19 TIM CARLSON

PLYMOUTH, MN............................77 77 20 MARTY FIALA

FARGO, ND ...................................78 78 21 GREG BIRDSELL

GOODYEAR, AZ............................78 78 22 NEIL BRAATEN

MAYVILLE, ND...............................78 78 23 RICK CRAWFORD

SAN MARCOS, CA........................78 78 24 BERT OLSON

SIOUX FALLS, SD..........................78 78 25 JIM STRANDEMO

SAVAGE, MN.................................78 78 26 MICHAEL CONNER

HUTCHINSON, MN........................78 78 27 KENT FRONK

JAMESTOWN, ND.........................79 79 28 DUANE GEIGER

FARIBAULT, MN.............................79 79 29 BRAD SOLHEIM

WACONIA, MN..............................80 80 30 GEORGE THEISEN

MONTICELLO, MN........................81 81 31 JEFF FRIDER

MOORHEAD, MN..........................81 81 32 GEORGE STRAND

MOORHEAD, MN..........................81 81 33 DAVE PEARSON

CAMBRIDGE, MN..........................81 81 34 RICK SAMSON

WEST FARGO, ND.........................81 81 35 MARK HARRIS

EAGAN, MN...................................81 81 36 HANK PRIEN

FARGO, ND ...................................81 81 37 MARK ERICKSEN

CINCINNATI, OH............................81 81 38 MARK NORMAN

CHESTERFIELD, MO.....................82 82 39 KIP KALER

FARGO, ND ...................................82 82 40 KEN GASPAR

LISLE, IL ...................................82 82 41 ROB HARRIS

EDEN PRAIRIE, MN.......................83 83 42 WAYNE NELSON

PARK RAPIDS, MN........................83 83 43 JIM LYKKE

OMAHA, NE...................................84 84 44 BOB LEWIS

FARGO, ND ...................................84 84 45 TOM TREICHEL

MAPLE GROVE, MN......................84 84 46 RON BURNSIDE

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO...........84 84 47 TODD OLSON

BOZEMAN, MT..............................85 85 48 JAMES WINSOR

INVER GROVE HGTS., MN............85 85 49 DAN BREKKE

WEST FARGO, ND.........................85 85 50 JIM DAVIDSON

WOODLAND HILLS, CA.................85 85 51 JEFF MEYER

SCOTTSDALE, AZ.........................85 85 52 DAN SOLIEN

FALMOUTH, MA............................85 85 53 SCOTT PETERS

MAPLEWOOD, MN........................85 85 54 DUANE STIGEN

FERGUS FALLS, MN......................85 85 55 TONY PALAZZARI

COLORADO SPINGS, CO..............85 85 56 MIKE STINSON

WINONA, MN.................................85 85 57 ROBERT DAHM

FARGO, ND ...................................86 86 58 MIKE STIRLING

FARGO, ND ...................................86 86 59 JAMES HOVE

FARGO, ND ...................................86 86 60 JOHN GOFF

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SUPER SENIORS

# Id Player......................... R1 Total 1 BOB JAMISON

LAKE PARK, MN............................73 73 2 THOMAS WOOD

ST. LOUIS, MO..............................73 73 3 STEVE SUNDBY

DETROIT LAKES, MN....................74 74 4 PAUL KRUEGER

DETROIT LAKES, MN....................74 74 5 CHUCK RENNER

PHOENIX, AZ.................................77 77 6 MICHAEL HOWELL

WEST FARGO, ND.........................77 77 7 TED HATLEN

DETROIT LAKES, MN....................78 78 8 CLINT NELSON

FARGO, ND ...................................78 78 9 RONALD VINCELLI

SPIRIT LAKE, IA.............................78 78 10 DOUG GILLAM

DETROIT LAKES, MN....................78 78 11 BOB ERICKSON

WEST FARGO, ND.........................79 79 12 RICK SMITH

FARGO, ND 79...............................79 13 JOE SAUER

SAUK RAPIDS, MN........................79 79 14 DOUG GILLUND

SUN CITY WEST, AZ......................79 79 15 DOUG HINEY

GRAND FORKS, ND......................79 79 16 JIM BROTHERS

OXBOW, ND..................................80 80 17 KEN RIESBERG

MESA, AZ ...................................80 80 18 MIKE SHAUGHNESSY

ST PAUL, MN.................................81 81 19 DON BRADFORD

DETROIT LAKES, MN....................81 81 20 PETE LYSAKER

FORT MYERS, FL..........................81 81 21 JAMES WOLFF

GOODYEAR, AZ............................82 82 22 RICK KALDOR

MESA, AZ ...................................82 82 23 BOB CRAM

SURPRISE, AZ...............................82 82 24 WILLIAM HAWKINS

WILSON, WY.................................82 82 25 JOHN BARTLEY

AUDUBON, MN.............................84 84 26 GENE HEBL

LAMOURE, ND..............................84 84 27 JAMES CHRISTENSEN

LAKE WALES, FL...........................84 84 28 DUANE HALVORSON

NEW HOPE, MN............................85 85 29 LANCE BROWN

SUN CITY WEST, AZ......................85 85 30 BRAD GIBB

VERGAS, MN.................................87 87 31 BURKE KIGER

ALEXANDRIA, MN.........................87 87 32 RALPH HOOPER

VALLEY CITY, ND...........................87 87 33 KYLE MEINTZER

RENO, NV ...................................89 89 34 ROBERT ARUSELL

FARG0, ND ...................................89 89 35 ALAN REEP

FARGO, ND 89...............................89 36 FRANK JAMES

WALKER, MN................................89 89 37 WILLIAM BLAKE

DETROIT LAKES, MN....................90 90 38 RUSSELL JAHNKE

BUCKEYE, AZ................................90 90 39 GERALD QUIRK

SAVANNAH, GA.............................90 90 40 RODNEY LUDWIG

ANOKA, MN...................................91 91 41 VERN STEINMETZ

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NUMBERED FLIGHTS # Id Player......................... R1 Total 1 AARON TAIT

DETROIT LAKES, MN....................69 69 2 ISAAC CIHAK

DETROIT LAKES, MN....................73 73 3 JOSH BALDOCK

FARGO, ND ...................................74 74 4 MARCUS DALE

PORTLAND, ND.............................75 75 5 MARCO SMITH

WHEATON, MN.............................75 75 6 PARKER PHILBRICK

FARGO, ND ...................................75 75 7 CODY CEDERBERG

FARGO, ND ...................................76 76 8 TALON JOHNSON

FARGO, ND ...................................76 76 9 TREVOR OPHEIM

FARGO, ND ...................................76 76 10 BYRON VANGERPEN

MINNEAPOLIS, MN.......................77 77 11 TONY STEIN

FARGO, ND ...................................77 77 12 BENJAMIN NOAH

DETROIT LAKES, MN....................77 77 13 T.J. BUBOLTZ

DETROIT LAKES, MN....................78 78 14 MARK MALINGEN

DETROIT LAKES, MN....................78 78 15 BRIAN ZERFACE

VALLEY CITY, ND...........................78 78 16 COLE SWANSON

FARGO, ND ...................................78 78 17 LEE CAVANAGH

PERHAM, MN................................78 78 18 JEFF JOHNSON

FARGO, ND ...................................79 79 19 BRIAN BERSETH

ROCHERT, MN..............................79 79 20 JARED LENTZ

VALLEY CITY, ND...........................79 79 21 CORY GOMPF

FARGO, ND ...................................79 79 22 AARON SMITH

GRAND FORKS, ND......................79 79 23 CARTER CZICHOTZKI

FARGO, ND ...................................79 79 24 JOHANN LANDMAN

FARGO, ND ...................................79 79 25 COLLIN GINNATY

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FARGO, ND ...................................80 80 27 JOSH HAGELSTROM

WEST FARGO, ND.........................80 80 28 JOEL MITCHELL

ERIE, ND ...................................80 80 29 STEVE GERMUNDSON

EDEN PRAIRIE, MN.......................80 80 30 JON STUDSRUD

FARGO, ND ...................................80 80 31 MATT BLAUERT

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ARGUSVILLE, ND..........................83 83 46 TODD QUIRK

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FARGO, ND ...................................84 84 48 CHARLES STOWMAN

FARGO, ND ...................................84 84 49 CARSON HAGEN

BURNSVILLE, MN..........................84 84 50 STEVE DUENSING

SANDY, UT ...................................84 84 51 BRADY RUD

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HOLE IN ON E

Theisen ace

Wisconsin’s Skogen leads after first round of Pine to Palm

BY ROBERT WILLIAMS rwilliams@dlnewspapers.com

DETROIT LAKES — Benjamin Skogen, a University of Wisconsin senior, shot a six-under 65 to take sole possession of first place after day one of championship qualifying at the 84th Pine to Palm golf tournament at Detroit Country Club Tuesday.

The Big Ten Conference is well-represented in the top five scores on the leaderboard with only WIll Czeh of Bemidji State breaking up the list in second place tied with University of Minnesota’s Justin Doeden, two shots back at 67.

Three shots back at 68 is a four-way tie which includes Gophers Grady Meyer and Charlie Duensing. Meyer is the two-time defending medalist; Duensing was the 2015 championship runner-up. Skogen was also the runner-up by two strokes to Meyer’s medalist run in last year’s qualifying.

Wisconsin’s Jordan Hahn also carded a 68, along with Dickinson’s Joey Wagner.

A logjam of nine golfers sit four strokes off the lead with two-under 69.

Skogen played a bogey-free round with four birdies on the front nine and two on the backside. Three of his birdies came on par three holes, the other three on par fours.

Doeden had the low back nine of the top three with a three-under 32, birdies on the par4 11th, par-5 12th, par-3 14th, and a birdie three on hole 16 to counter a lone backside bogey at 15.

Czeh blistered the final five holes of his front nine after a bogey four at the third hole. He went out after an eagle at the par-5 fifth hole, and four consecutive birdies on three par fours and the par-3 eighth.

Other area golfers in the hunt are Blake Kahlbaugh and Aaron Smith of Mahnomen with 70.

Former Lakers Ben Mallow, and Tanner Lane, along with Frazee’s Beau Hanson and Waubun’s Hunter Clark all coming in at even par 71.

Former Laker girls Natalie Roth (NDSU) and Kate Smith (Nebraska) both finished in the top 50 with one-over 72s.

In Mid-Am, Moorhead’s Jim Mikkelson and JT Johnson of St. Paul finished atop the leaderboard with matching two-round scores of 142.

AJ Greff of San Tan Valley, Ariz., shot 72 to take the top spot in the Senior division, a stroke better than Fargo’s Tim Rubis and Omaha’s Joe Doughty.

In Super Seniors, Lake Park’s Bob Jamison and St. Louis’ Thomas Wood shot 73 (+2) to finish a stroke in front of locals Steve Sundby and Paul Krueger.

Chuck Renner, winner of the last five Super Senior titles, shot 77 to tie with West Fargo’s Michael Howell in fifth place.

The top 16 advance to match play in Mid-Am, Seniors and Super Seniors. The top 64 advance to championship match play after the completion of qualifying Wednesday.

For full tournament results visit detroitcountryclub.com.

Pine to Palm underway

BY ROBERT WILLIAMS rwilliams@dlnewspapers.com

More than 500 golfers will be descending upon Detroit Country Club this week for the playing of the 84th Pine to Palm golf tournament.

The field of 512 golfers is the largest in two decades.

Play got underway Monday with early birds Aaron Tait and T.J. Buboltz on the first tee at 6:45 a.m.

Golfers with morning tee times were the benefactors of calm, scoring conditions be-

fore gusts of 20 mph winds picked up around the noon hour.

Monday’s rounds are qualifiers for Mid-Ams, Seniors and Super Seniors, along with flight play.

Championship qualifying begins Tuesday.

George Theisen of Monticello had the shot of the morning rounds Monday with a hole-in-one on the par-3, 14th hole using a six iron. Theisen is golfing in the Senior divi-

sion. He qualified in 13th at last year’s tournament before falling to Michael Seelye 2&1 in the opening round of match play.

Live scoring can be found online at detroitcountryclub. com during the seven days of play and photos and updates will be posted daily on Twitter @DLakesSports with nightly recaps of the action on dl-online.com after qualifying concludes Wednesday evening.

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George Theisen of Monticello got Monday started with a bang with a hole-in-one on the par three 14th hole using a six-iron. Tuesday brought a second ace from Alexander Gabriel on hole no. 17. Gabriel had good luck with 2015 champion Alex Kline as his caddy.

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Mid-Am

Mikkelson, Johnson tie for medalist

Super Seniors

Jamison and Wood co-Medalists

BY ROBERT WILLIAMS

BY ROBERT WILLIAMS

rwilliams@dlnewspapers.com

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Two-time defending champion Kent Spriggs awaits a field of 15 in the Pine to Palm Mid-Am division where Moorhead’s Jim Mikkelson and St. Paul’s JT Johnson tied atop the field with match scores of 142 to claim comedalist honors.

Both trailed first round leader Michael Melhus after opening with a score of one-under 70.

Mikkelson followed up an opening day 73 with the low round in Mid-Am, two-under 69 on Wednesday, while Johnson was even steven at par with 71s both days.

Mikkelson’s best round was his day two back nine two-under 33. He birdied the par-four 11th hole and the par-five 12th, with no bogeys.

Johnson’s opening day front nine was his best effort at two-under 34.

He birdied the first hole, bogeyed the par-four fourth, and followed that up with an eagle on the par-five fifth hole.

Matt Johnson of West Fargo carded 73-74 for sole possession of third place five strokes back of the leaders.

2010 medalist Duane Siverson of Moorhead (77-71) and Melhus (70-78) came in next a shot back of Johnson at 148.

The defending two-time medalist Scott Uithoven shot 74-75 for 149 and tied with Jason Justesen of DL (7475). Uithoven was the runner-up to Spriggs in 2015.

Another local, Mitch Buboltz, shot 73 in his opening round and 77 Wednesday for 150.

Lake Park’s Bob Jamison and Thomas Wood of St. Louis held off a pair of Detroit Lakes golfers in Steve Sundby and Paul Krueger by one

ROBERT WILLIAMS

Aaron Burnside won a playoff to earn the final spot in Mid-Am. Ben Jurgens of Fergus Falls was next at 151 (75-76), followed by Brady Opheim of Fargo (75-77 152) and Paul Uithoven of Bozeman, Mont., (78-74 152).

Rounding out the field for match play were Darren Haley 154, Kevin Swenson 155, Todd Wawers 155, and a three-way tie for the final spot between Aaron Burnside, Eric King and Tom Welle, which required a playoff won by Burnside.

ROBERT WILLIAMS

Bob Jamison tied Thomas Wood for the top spot in Super Seniors.

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BOB JAMISON

AARON BURNSIDE

JIM BROTHERS

JASON JUSTESEN

CLINT NELSON

MITCH BUBOLTZ

RONALD VINCELLI

MATT JOHNSON

PAUL KRUEGER

DARREN HALEY

JOE SAUER

DUANE SIVERSON

CHUCK RENNER

PAUL UITHOVEN

RICK SMITH

JIM MIKKELSONN

2016 Champion

stroke to claim co-medalist honors in the Super Senior division of the 84th Pine to Palm tournament.

Jamison and Wood bested each other by four strokes on opposite sides of the course. Wood shot a one-under 35 on the front with birdies at the par-5 fifth, the par-4 sixth and the par-3 eighth. Jamison had three bogeys on the front for a 39.

The back nine was Jamison’s turn to dip under par with a one-under 34, birdies on the par-3 14th and a birdie on 18. Wood began with a bogey five on hole no. 10, and finished with a pair of bogeys for a 38 and matching scores of 73.

Sundby and Krueger were a stroke back with scores of 74. Sundby shot 35 and 39 on the back. After a bogey-bogey start to the front nine, he dipped below par with three consecutive birdies before parring out.

Krueger was the inaugural Super Senior champion in 2010 and is a two-time runner-up. He advanced to the final in 2015 after seventh place qualifying spot last year.

Five-time defending champion Chuck Renner finished in a tie with West Fargo’s Michael Howell with scores of 77.

DL’s Ted Hatlen and Doug Gillam, along with Spirit Lake Iowa’s Ronald Vincelli and Fargo’s Clint Nelson rounded out the top 10 with 78s.

The top 16 advance to match play; Jim Brothers and Ken Riesberg will need a playoff for the final spot with matching scores of 80.

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TODD WAWERS

DOUG HINEY

SCOTT UITHOVEN

TED HATLEN

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DOUG GILLAM

JT JOHNSON

STEVE SUNDBY

KEVIN SWENSON

DOUG GILLUND

MICHAEL MELHUS

MICHAEL HOWELL

BRADY OPHEIM

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2016 Champion

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1st Annual Lakeview Junior Classic Lakeview Golf Course • August 8-9, 2016 We survived! The 47th Annual Ironman Classic ended last August with little fanfare but loyal support- a junior tournament that taught young boys and girls the skills of competing at golf. Dad might be playing over at the Pine to Palm tournament, and this event was a nice two day tournament in which to enter your kids. Ford and Pat Hermanson created the event while Kris and Margery Smith ran it for the last 17 years.

Kris and Margery are at Lakeview now after selling Ironman in the summer of 2015. They brought the tournament over to the par 64 golf course, Lakeview, across from Pine to Palm. It was an easy transition- the tourney moved to Monday and Tuesday; but besides that it›s a familiar setting, and the golf course fits the juniors well.

BOYS 10-12 1ST FLIGHT 1st. Luke Tobkin, 2nd Jack Syltie, 3rd Hunter Hanson

BOYS 10-12 CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT 1st. Jack Randall, 2nd Charlie Solberg, 3rd Joey Simonich

GIRLS 8-10 1st Hanna Knoop, 2nd Rose Solberg, 3rd. Tatum Gatheridge

GIRLS 11-15 1st. McKenna Mallow. 2nd Madison Gerdes, 3rd. Annika Hughes

BOYS 8 & 9 1st. Tommy Suckert, 2nd. Lawsen Justesen, 3rd Brock Burnhans

BOYS 13-16 1st Ian Simonich, 2nd Hunter Burnside, 3rd Gehrig Geiss

Thirty-three players participated in the four age divisions.

In the 8-9 year old boys division, Tommy Suckert, Detroit Lakes, shot consistent rounds of 44-46 to win by seven shots over Lawsen Justesen of Detroit Lakes, with Brock Burhans, Detroit Lakes, coming in third.

In the 10-12 year old boys division, First Flight, Nick Tobkin, Detroit Lakes, shot a nice 87 to finish first in the First flight.

Jack Syltie, Detroit Lakes, came in second while Hunter Hanson, Detroit Lakes, came in third.

In the Championship Flight, 10-12 year old division, first day medalist Jack Randall, Lawrence Kan., continued his good play and won shooting 34-84.

Charlie Solberg from Fargo came in second and Joey Simonich, Moorhead, came in third.

Hanna Knoop, Detroit Lakes, playing in her first golf tournament won the 8-10 year old girls division. Rose Solberg, Fargo, came in second, and Tatum Gatheridge, also of Detroit Lakes, came in third.

Coming off winning the Junior Club Championship this past weekend, McKenna Mallow, Pelican Rapids, won the 11-15 year old girls Championship Flight. Madison Gerdes, Detroit Lakes, came in second, and Annika Hughes, Detroit Lakes, came in third.

First day nine hole medalists

2016 First Annual Lakeview Junior Classic

In the Boys 13-18 year old division, medalist Hunter Burnside, Detroit Lakes, came in second to Ian Simonich, Moorhead, who ran the table in the round robin nine-point match play game.

Gehrig Geiss, Bismark snuck into third place by one point.

1st 2nd 3rd

Lakeview Golf Course is a wonderful facility to host a junior event. The course is challenging with it‘s hilly terrain and the nine different par 3‘s.

It is short enough to create some birdie opportunities, but plenty of trees catch errant drives. Thanks to this year‘s participants! We look forward to seeing you next year!

1st 2nd 3rd

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Hunter Burnside 13-18

Jack Randall 10-12

2016 Lakeview Junior Classic Boys 13-16 year old Division Match Play Round Robin Tournament player Match 1 Match 2 Match 3 Match 4 Match 5 Total Ian Simonich 6 7 7.5 6.5 8 35 Hunter Burnside 3 5 5.5 9.5 4.5 27.5 Gehrig Geiss 5 4 6.5 2.5 4.5 22.5 Lukas Justesen 4 7.5 1.5 4 4.5 21.5 Henry Kellerhuis 6 2 3.5 5 4.5 21 Will Knoop 3 1.5 2.5 0.5 1 8.5

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Championship Flight Hanna Knoop Rose Solberg Tatum Gatheridge Kaitlin Hanson Kate Kjonaas Tessa Windels

Detroit Lakes, MN Fargo, ND Detroit Lakes, MN Detroit Lakes, MN Moorehead, MN Detroit Lakes, MN

Girls 11-15 53 66 67 67 68

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Championship Flight McKenna Mallow Madison Gerdes Annika Hughes Shaylee Hughes Alexis Gerdes

Pelican Rapids, MN Detroit Lakes, MN Detroit Lakes, MN Detroit Lakes, MN Detroit Lakes, MN

Boys 8 & 9 44 45 47 50 61

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Championship Flight Tommy Suckert Lawsen Justesen Brock Burnhans Nick Buboltz Owen Vincelli

Detroit Lakes, MN Detroit Lakes, MN Detroit Lakes, MN Detroit Lakes, MN IA

Boys 10-12 34 40 40 38 43

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Championship Flight Jack Randall Charlie Solberg Joey Simonich Jack Justesen Ian Saunders

Lawrence, KS Fargo, ND Moorehead, MN Hawley, MN Fargo, ND

Boys 10-12 48 87 44 101 49 99 59 119 65 138

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First Flight Nick Tobkin Jack Syltie Hunter Hanson Nick Kaiser Carson Simison

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Three-time champion Jack Rule guest at 2016 Pine to Palm

BY ROBERT WILLIAMS rwilliams@dlnewspapers.com

Three-time Pine to Palm champion Jack Rule will return to Detroit Lakes and this year’s tournament as a special guest of Detroit Country Club.

Rule was a three-time winner from 1958-1960 and was the first golfer to win three consecutive championships.

He was the medalist in his first title year in 1958 with a score of 132. Dayton Olsen defeated Rule in the 1961 championship match negating a four-peat.

“Frankly, I was a little overconfident,” Rule said. “Dayton played well and took me out.”

In the late 50’s, the Pine to Palm was a marquee stop on the amateur golf circuit.

“It was certainly one of the highlights of my amateur golf career and at the time, this was the biggest calcutta tourney in the country,” said Rule. “It was really exciting because the guys who were bidding in the auctions, they all brought in their best from all over the country. It drew from every part of the country. The competition was really unique.”

One of Rule’s biggest amateur matches came before his Pine to Palm run at the 1956 International Jaycee Junior Golf Tournament at Edgewood Golf Course in Fargo versus Jack Nicklaus.

Rule, then 17-years-old, took on 16-year-old Nicklaus in an 18-hole playoff just weeks after Rule defeated Nicklaus at the U.S. Junior Amateur in Williamstown, Pa. The Waterloo, Iowa native defeated Nicklaus by two strokes at Edgewood.

Rule still holds his professional card but plays golf on the weekends as weekdays are busy with duties as the Chief Executive Officer of incentaHealth in Denver, Colo., a company he co-founded.

“Golf, to me, has always been my avocation,” said Rule.

“I play on the weekends because I’m still a working stiff.” incentaHealth came out of a brainstorm of listing the problems in the country in 2002. After prioritizing, Rule and a partner went down the list to see what, if anything, they could do.

“It’s a pretty exciting company,” said Rule. “We’re battling obesity. In my mind, and in the minds of others, if we don’t solve this one, our healthcare costs are going to spiral out of control.”

Now in its 14th year of existence, the company takes a unique approach to battling obesity.

ROBERT WILLIAMS/TRIBUNE

Three-time champion Jack Rule played a Super Seniors round as guest of the Detroit Country Club Tuesday afternoon with playing partners Dick McConn, Joe Sauer and Bill Hawkins.

“We have a program in Colorado called Weigh and Win,” Rule said.

Along with partner Kaiser Permanente, a health insurance agency, residents of Colorado are paid to lose weight.

It’s a free program to residents 18 or older with 91 kiosks around the state. There are 77,000 people in the program who have combined to

lose a total of 250,000 pounds.

The program sees at least 40 new applicants per day and has been growing steadily since its beginnings 14 years ago.

“Back then, nobody was offering incentives and obesity didn’t have the focus it has today,” Rule said.”

The company uses technology and private photos during

weigh-ins so customers can actually see the weight coming off.

“It turned out to be a tremendous retention tool,” said Rule. “Their appearance improves each time they weigh in. People can actually see themselves morphing. Our whole concept is healthy eating and active living, not a diet - smaller portions of the right

foods. We coach each individual with a customized program and deliver it to them on a daily basis - two minutes a day.”

Rule has numerous tales about his golf career that are tangential to his work in the field of health and wellness and one from the Pine to Palm that is not without a bit of irony.

In 1961, Rule squared off against Martin Stanovich of Niles, Ill. in the semifinals.

Stanovich, oddly enough, was known by the moniker the Fat Man. “In those days, guys played for thousands of dollars per nine,” said Rule. “Today there isn’t that kind of betting.”

The Chicago Fat Man also had one of the biggest gambling reputations in the country.

“On the first tee, the Fat Man said to me, ‘How about us making this interesting? Let’s play a little side bet for $100.’

I didn’t have a $100 but was not going to let him intimidate me. Not sure what would have happened if I lost.”

Rule defeated Stanovich 1-up for 100 bucks. The win was Rule’s 18th of a string of 19 consecutive wins at Detroit Country Club from 1958 to the 1961 championship match.

While Rule has not been back to Detroit Lakes since the early 60’s, he did keep in touch with a big, local name in Detroit Lakes, and at the Pine to Palm, Zorbaz founder Tom Hanson.

“Tommy Hanson was a good friend of mine,” Rule said. “Where I got to know him was in Palm Springs. We used to have a lot of fun together.”

Hanson, who passed away just prior to the 2015 Pine to Palm, met Dick McConn of Detroit Lakes and Rule at the U. S. Air Force Academy where McConn was honored for his contributions and commitment to the Academy at the opening of the new practice facility at the Eisenhower Golf Course on campus at the USAFA. “Tommy came down and was part of that evening,” said Rule.

Rule will be a special part of the 2016 Pine to Palm playing a non-qualifying round with a group of Super Seniors. Joining Rule in their qualifying rounds will be McConn, Joe Sauer and Bill Hawkins.

“Dick (McConn) has been trying to get me back up to DL for several years,” said Rule.

Tournament aficionados and fans witnessed a bit of history at this year’s tournament when the foursome teed off Tuesday August 9, at 2:14 p.m from hole No. 1.

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Seniors

Three finish atop Senior leaderboard

BY ROBERT WILLIAMS rwilliams@dlnewspapers.com

ERIC MORKEN | ECHO PRESS

Grass flies as Detroit Lakes golfer Kate Smith follows through on a shot from the fairway during her Women’s Division championship match against Glenwood’s Jenna Janu on August 6. Smith won the match 1-up to secure her first Resorters title in her first time playing in the event.

Smith makes good on first time in Resorters Five-­time state champ adds ­ women’s title to her trophy case

BY ERIC MORKEN Forum News Service

Detroit Lakes’ Kate Smith says she had no expectations entering her first Resorters golf tournament in Alexandria, but others in the field likely knew it could turn out exactly as it did.

Smith, a five-­time Minnesota State High School League Class AA state champion, won the Women’s Division title on Saturday afternoon after qualifying as the second seed in the field with a 75 earlier in the week.

“It was really fun,” Smith said. “It was a good week. I didn’t think I’d even make it to Saturday. I wasn’t expecting much going into it, but I had a lot of fun. Ending like that was a great way to finish.”

It took all 18 holes, but she got the job done against Glenwood’s Jenna Janu. The 1-­up win for Smith made for a tough ending for Janu as she finished second in the women’s field for the third straight summer.

Janu led by two holes after four before Smith answered back with a par win on No. 5 and an eagle win on the par­-five sixth hole. At the turn, Janu had made it a 1­-up advantage again after birdying the seventh.

“I don’t play well on the start of this course, but I love the back side,” Smith said. “I knew if I could make it through the front OK that I could make it up on the back. They have more scoreable holes for me on the back, just holes that are set up better, so I was excited to make the turn and see where I could go.”

It played out how Smith envisioned. She evened things back up with a birdie win on 11 before a par on the par-­five 14th gave her a first lead of the day. Then at 16, she used another par to take what proved to be the decisive hole for a 2-­up cushion.

Janu answered by sticking her tee shot on the par-­ three 17th within about five-feet for a birdie win.

But on 18, both players parred to send Smith home a winner.

“I expected it was going to be pretty close,” Smith said. “The way she’s been playing all week and all summer, she’s been playing really well. I played with her twice now before this match. In qualifying, she played really well. She had it three under through the first seven holes or so. She knows this golf course and she plays it really well, so I knew it was going to be hard to beat her.”

Smith found a way despite feeling like she wasn’t at her best for much of the round.

“I didn’t hit a lot of fairways, which is unlike me and then a lot of putts weren’t dropping,” she said.

“I scrambled really well as far as my chipping and my long irons were good. Jenna didn’t make very many mistakes on the front. It was kind of hard to battle that, but on the back she was a little wayward with her driver, and I capitalized on some of those holes.”

It was just enough to come away with a Resorters title before heading to the Big Ten and the University of Nebraska this fall.

Like the championship division, the Seniors came down to three men atop the leaderboard in San Tan Valley, Arizona’s AJ Greff, Bloomington’s Marc Redman and the low local golfer Dan Drenth of Detroit Lakes all earning co-medalist honors with one-over rounds of 72.

The trio and remainder of the field will do battle with 2015 champion Keith Aasen, who played exempt.

Of the three, Redman is the lone returning player from last year. He placed fifth in qualifying in 2015 with a 74 and advanced all the way to the final before losing to Aasen 3&1.

Redman got past Scott Linnerooth in the opening round. Linnerooth, the 2012 medalist and champion in 2012 and 2014, returns to match play after qualifying with a 76.

Joe Doughty of Omaha, Neb., shot a 73 for sole possession of second place in qualifying, followed by John Berg of Detroit Lakes with a 74.

Fargo’s Mark Ferrell and TL Solien of Madison, Wis., tied with matching 75s, a stroke better than Linnerooth.

Linnerooth finished tied at 76 in a logjam with Mark Doyle of Fargo , Chuck Wiger of Moorhead, last year’s medalist Dan Elton, James Remer of Circle Pines, Robert Schultz of Winona, and Russ Newman of Fargo.

The final spot is to be determined

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Defending champ Keith Aasen is waiting in the wings after playing exempt as match play begins Thursday.

via playoff between Brad Ericksen of Eden Prairie, Craig Stein of Moorhead, Thomas Solien of Moorhead, and Plymouth’s Tim Carlson all finishing with scores of 77 (+6).

2016 SENIOR

CHAMPIONSHIP KEITH AASEN TBD TL SOLEIN SCOTT LINNEROOTH DAN DRENTH

JAMES REMER JOE DOUGHTY DAN ELTON AJ GREFF RUSS NEWMAN MARK FERRELL CHUCK WIGER MARC REDMAN ROBERT SCHULTZ JOHN BERG MARK DOYLE

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