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Official Publication of the 93rd Annual Resorters Golf Tournament by the Echo Press • VOL. 77, NO. 1
RESORTERS Golf Tournament
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August 2, 2014
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Five champs return amidst talented fields By Eric Morken emorken@echopress.com
The Resorters Golf Tournament at the Alexandria Golf Club is a bit of a reunion for so many of the golfers and their families who make this tournament a priority to attend every year. It’s no different this year in the 93rd playing of the Resorters. A lot of former champions are back trying to pad their resume, while those who are still searching for that elusive title strive to get over that hurdle this week. “The strength of the field is good,” AGC head pro Ron Rebrovich said of this year’s Resorters. “Every year the tournament comes together. It’s a testament to the tournament’s longevity and our forefathers that put it together.” A total of five defending champions are back from the seven divisions. For the third straight year, a Vangsness stood at the top of the men’s championship last year. This time it was Casey Vangsness, the younger brother of 2011 and 2012 champion, Ben Vangsness. Both of the Alexandria natives return this week in hopes of making it four straight titles for the family. Joining them as defending champions this summer are Steve Herzog in the Senior Men’sDivision, Tom Eidsvold in the Masters’ Division, Samantha Falk of Glenwood in the Women’s Division and Nathaniel Adams, who won the Junior 10-12 Division the last two years and is now moving up to the Junior 13-15 Division. “I think it says a lot
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The winners of the championship flights in the 2013 Resorters Golf Tournament were (left to right) Alexandria’s Steve Herzog, Senior Men’s Division; Alexandria’s Tom Eidsvold, Masters’ Division; St. Cloud’s Daryl Schomer, Executive Men’s Division; Alexandria’s Casey Vangsness, Men’s Division; Monterey, California’s Ryan Swedberg, Junior 13-15 Division; Maple Grove’s Nathaniel Adams, Junior 10-12 Division; and Glenwood’s Samantha Falk, Women’s Division. about the tournament that people want to come back and defend their crown,” Rebrovich said. “They take a lot of pride in being a champion of the Resorters.” Two of those returning champs are Alexandrians as Herzog and Eidsvold are both shooting for their third straight titles this week. The two divisions that will have a new champion crowned from last year are the Executive Men’s and Junior 10-12’s. Twotime defending Executive Men’s champion Daryl Schomer couldn’t make it this summer, while Adams aged out of the 10-12 division, leaving
the field open for a firsttime champion. The men’s and women’s field are loaded with young golfers, many of which are either upand-comers at the high school level or players who have been successful at the college level. Of the 112 entries in the Men’s Division, more than 85 are age 25 and younger. The Women’s Division featured 16 entries of the 22 who were signed up on July 24 who are age 24 or younger. Included in that is 14-year-old Alayna Eldred of Osakis, who tied for 12th at the Class AA
93RD RESORTERS FILLED WITH FORMER CHAMPS MEN’S DIVISION – Nick Heinen, 2009 Junior Division; 2011 Junior Division (13-15); Jerry Rose 1979, 1983, 2000; Ben Vangsness 2012, 2011; Casey Vangsness 2013. EXECUTIVE MEN’S DIVISION – Tim Peterson, 2011. SENIOR MEN’S DIVISION – Jon Empanger 2009, 2010, 2011; 1993 Executive Champ, 1997 Executive Champ, 2004 Executive Champ, 2007 Executive Champ, 2008 Executive Champ; Jon Freeman 2010 Executive Champ; Steve Herzog 2013, 2012; 1984 Men’s Champ, 1992 Executive Champ; 1993 Men’s Champ.
MASTERS’ DIVISION – Ron Clayton 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009; 1994 Senior Champ; 2000 Senior Champ; George Cliff 2001 Senior Champ, 2002 Senior Champ, 2005 Senior Champ, 2007 Senior Champ, 1988 Executive Champ, 1989 Executive Champ; Tom Eidsvold 2012, 2013; Dave Harris, 1998 Senior Champ, 2006 Senior Champ; Dick Lasch 1991 Executive Champ WOMEN’S DIVISION – Betsy Aldrich 2003, 2008; Samantha Falk 2013. JUNIOR 13-15 DIVISION – Nathaniel Adams 2012 , 2013; Lincoln Johnson 2010 Junior (10-12) Champ.
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