Bruning wins season opening Weekend Warrior Golfer.com Classic
Picking up where he left off, Bob Bruning, the 2008 Money Titleist, started the new season by winning the Weekend Warrior Golfer.com Classic last Saturday after posting a 34-41 – 75 at Pine View GC. The 3-over par effort was 1-stroke better than Phil Abele and 2-strokes better than Jim Cwikla and Mike Pearcy.
Bruning hit 7 of 14 fairways and 5 of 18 greens in regulation on his way to making 5 birdies. His 35 putts were a little better than the field average (36.8) but the key to winning is avoiding the big holes. Bruning had 6 bogies but only one “other” – a double-bogey 7 at the par-5 10th. The win earned Bruning a $32 paycheck and a spot in the WESTERN Championship in late August.
Pine View’s back nine was playing a few strokes higher than the front, but Abele (40-36 – 76) closed the gap by playing the final 6 holes in 2-under par. He was 2nd in the field with 31 putts and made 6 birdies in the tournament but was ultimately undone by a double-bogey 5 at the par-3 2nd hole and a triple-bogey on 8.
Pearcy (39-38 – 77) led the field with 7 birdies but was hurt by 6 3-putts. Still, he earned his first top-4 finish in his 7th start on Tour and tied for 3rd place with an old Tour veteran. Cwikla (36-41 – 77), an 11 year pro from Westland, netted his 22nd top-4 finish in 76 career starts.
Field leaders were Joe Robar and David Martin with 9 Greens hit, Rookie Dan Ashley with 30 putts, and Terry Barr with 11 fairways. Bob White hit 10 fairways.
New tournament hosts, Brent Newhouse and Vail Harding, from the Weekend Warrior Golfer.com website, made their Mulligan Tour debuts. Harding finished T-25 with a gross 89 while Newhouse finished T-29 with a 90.
The UPS Store agrees to ship Quad-Tour package
April, 2009
With membership reaching 60 golfers, the Tour brought 2 tournaments off the shelf and added to the 2009 schedule. The Chelsea Classic will play simultaneously with the Western Swing at Calderone Farms GC on May 23rd and the Quad-Tour Challenge finds a title sponsor and will move to Idyl Wyld GC. The UPS Store in Livonia has agreed to sponsor the 2009 Quad-Tour Challenge. The 4-player tournament in which the Mulligan Tour player’s score is added to that of 3 professional golfer’s scores – one each from the PGA, the Champions, and the LPGA Tours – is scheduled for August 1st at the Livonia municipal course.
WeekendWarriorGolfer.com to sponsor 2009 Pine View Classic
April, 2009
A new website called Weekend Warrior Golfer.com has signed on as title sponsor of the Pine View Classic. The site, run by Brent Newhouse of Ypsilanti, offers course and product reviews as well as articles on all things golf. “We need golf to breathe”, claims the website. “We need golf on the weekend to make it through the week. You understand this – You are a weekend warrior golfer.”
The tournament will be called the WeekendWarriorGolfer.com Classic and retain the current playing format of an 18-hole, stroke-play, net-scoring event. One of the oldest events on Tour, Pine View GC will host the tournament for the 11th year on May 2nd. The start is currently set for tee times beginning at 8:00am. However, if there are more than 8 groups (32 players) in the field the course will likely switch to a modified shotgun start – everyone teeing off at 8:00 on holes #13 or 14 thru #1.
Tour negotiating with Polo Fields for 2009 TOUR Championship
March, 2009
The 2009 TOUR Championship may take the Mulligan Tour to its first private golf course. Polo Fields Golf & Country Club in Ann Arbor has offered to host the final major of the year on September 19th. The details are still to be worked out, but an afternoon start is likely on a football Saturday near the Big House.
Tour readies for 2009 schedule
February, 2009
The Mulligan Tour is currently preparing for representation at 2 spring golf shows. First, the Tour will promote itself at the Spring Golf Show at the Gibraltar Trade Center in Taylor on Feb 27 thru March 1. Then the Tour is planning to go to the Michigan Golf Show at the Rock Financial Showplace on the following weekend (March 6-8).
The 2009 schedule is nearing completion. Only a few tournaments have not had their place solidified on the calendar by mid February. The Tour is hoping to have these final spots confirmed before the end of the month. New and returning members are reminded to take advantage of the discount offered by joining the 2009 season before April 1st.
Tour scales back for 2009
November, 2008
The poor economy is interfering with almost every aspect of life in southeast Michigan. And with the prospect of another “down” year for the metro Detroit area, the Mulligan Tour is preparing a “scaled back” 2009 season. Expecting that membership will remain lower than the record 59 members of the 2005 season, the Tour is planning to put several tournaments on hiatus until the level of membership dictates that they return.
Shelved for 2009 Tournaments placed on hiatus unless membership rises above 60
Chelsea Classic
Sweet Sixteen
Plymouth Open
The Fox Hunt
Quad-Tour Challenge
Big Dog Pro-Am
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