Rookie Roll Continues!
Romulus (Gateway)
The Kiekbusch Cruise continued for the 2nd week in a row. The rookie father-son duo took The Memorial Tournament in a playoff. The team is bringing back memories of the great rookie duo of Cooley and Withey in 2015 and Hamman/ Howey in 2013. Eric and Ryan become the first Father-Son winners since Young Tom and Old Tom Litzler in 2005 and the first parent-child team since Jeff and Samantha Kellstrom in 2012 (also won in a playoff when Jeff made one of the greatest bomb putts in Tour history). On Saturday the playoff went to the 5th extra hole before Team K outlasted the team of Gregg Nothdurft and Rod ‘Tuna’ Theunissen. Both teams finished regulation in 5 under par 67 and both bogeyed late to get to the playoff. The brother pairing of Philip and Paul Parent logged their first Top-4 finish with a 3rd at 4 under par 68. Scott Wilsey and Brian Lardin took 4th at 3 under par. On course prizes went to Willi Hesse and Justin Bennett. The wins are the 2nd for Eric and 1st for Ryan on Tour in 6 and 5 starts respectively. Both jump into the top 50 in the World Rankings. Eric is now the money leader on Tour. Gregg Nothdurft logged his 150th Tour start.
