Jacques Wilson hitting his stride early The 2014 Men’s champ has won both his matches in convincing fashion

By Sam Stuve

Alexandria Echo Press

Jacques Wilson has put himself in the hunt for another Men’s Resorters title. The 2014 Men’s champion has found a rhythm early on and has made quick work of both of his opponents.

Wilson, who played college golf at Kansas and Charleston Southern, has played just 25 out of the possible 36 holes so far in the match play portion of the tournament and is heading into the quarterfinals with a lot of momentum.

With a win over the No. 25 seed Spencer Hutton, Wilson has now advanced to the quarterfinal round.

In the quarterfinals, he’ll face off against the Men’s medalist, Josh Galvin of Maple Grove.

Galvin fought off Jack Holtz, a standout in the Alexandria High School boys golf program, who nearly came from behind to defeat Galvin.

On the bottom half of the bracket, the No. 31 seed Will Harris has continued to pull off clutch victories and has now advanced to Friday’s quarterfinal round.

After beating the No. 2 seed Gunnar Broin, the runner-up from the Men’s 2022 Resorters

Tournament, on Monday, Harris defeated the No. 18 seed Jim Lehman, who won the 2009 Resorters Men’s title.

He and Ryan Conn are the only two double-digit seeds heading into Friday’s quarterfinal round.

The winner of the quarterfinal rounds is scheduled to play early on Friday morning in the semifinals. The championship match is scheduled to start in the early afternoon on Saturday. galvin def.

Holtz, 1-up

Galvin led by as much as 3-up through six holes against the 17th-seeded Holtz, but Holtz went down swinging.

Holtz won the seventh hole and the 11th hole, the latter of which he birdied (his second of the day).

Galvin pushed his lead back up to 2-up with a win on hole No. 12, but Holtz responded by winning hole No. 13.

Both golfers pared the next four holes, and Galvin, the 2020 runner-up in the Resorters Men’s division, held on to the win.

Wilson def.

Hutton, 8-6 Wilson hit his stride early in Thursday’s round as he birdied the 1st and 2nd hole to take a 2-up lead over the No. 25 seed Spencer Hutton. Wilson ended the front nine with wins on holes 6, 7, and 9. Wilson sealed his quick win with birdied on holes 10 and 11.