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Official Publication of the 90th Annual Resorters Golf Tournament by the Echo Press
• VOL. 74, NO. 1
RESORTERS Golf Tournament
SATURDAY,
July 30, 2011
Donald Constabl e defend 2010 Men returns to ’s Division championship
Five of seven 2010 champions returning Tournament action begins Wednesday All but two of last year’s champions will be back to defend their 2010 Resorters Golf Tournament titles as the 90th annual event gets under way Sunday, July 31 at the Alexandria Golf Club. MEN’ S DIVISION With a most impressive resume, Donald Constable of Deephaven will return for another Men’s Division championship run. Constable, who most recently won the 108th MGA Amateur Championship on July 20 at the White Bear Yacht Club, was a senior golfer for the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers, tying for 42nd at the NCAA West Regional tournament this spring. He was named to the PING All-Region team by the Golf Coaches Association of America and was a second team All-Big Ten performer, having posted five top-10 and 10 top-20 finishes in 12 tournaments. He was also the 2010 MGA Player’s champion. Last year, Constable defeated Jim Lehman Jr. of Plymouth 6-4. Lehman, the 2009 champ and 2010 qualifying medalist, is not in the field this year. But Constable is not the only player with an impressive pedigree. Former Alexandrian, now from Edina, Jack
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The 2010 Resorters Golf Tournament champions were (left to right) Donald Constable, Men’s Division; Jon Freeman, Executive Men’s Division; Jon Empanger, Senior Men’s Division; Lincoln Johnson, Junior 10-12 Division; Matthew Bennett, Junior 13-15 Division; Sarah Roering, Women’s Division; and George Mikesh, Masters Division. Dressen was the 2004 Junior Division champ, and has since gone on to play for the Creighton University Bluejays golf team, where he just finished his junior season. Dressen is CU’s first golfer named to the MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team since 2008. He averaged 79.3 strokes per round, including two of par or better, with a low of 71. He played in 11 of 12 events and 28 rounds overall, including three top-20 finishes. He was 41st in the recently
completed MVC Championships. Rochester’s Greg Peterson owns the 2001 Resorters Men’s Division championship and is among the field vying for a crown. Along with Peterson, Jerry Rose of Sarasota, Florida will be competing in the Men’s Division. He has titles from 1979, 1983 and 2000, while Eagan golfer Tyler Whiting, formerly of Alexandria, was the 2008 champion.
2010 RESORTERS CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS MEN’S DIVISION – Donald Constable, Deephaven, def. Jim Lehman Jr., Plymouth, 6-4 EXECUTIVE MEN’S DIVISION – Jon Freeman, Chanhassen, def. Dave Dilley, Alexandria, 6-5 SENIOR MEN’S DIVISION – Jon Empanger, Chaska, def. Greg Mattson, Becker, 1-up
Alexandria, 1-up, 20 holes WOMEN’S DIVISION – Sarah Roering, Glenwood, def. Maggie Leland, Alexandria, 4-3 JUNIOR 13-15 DIVISION – Matthew Bennett, Marshall, def. Tommy Brandabur, Minnetrista, 5-4 JUNIOR 10-12 DIVISION - Lincoln Johnson, Chaska, def. Sam Franklin, Maple Grove 2-up
MASTERS DIVISION – George Mikesh, Scottsdale, AZ, def. Tom Eidsvole,
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