Skins Full of Firsts
Variety and firsts were the words for the Skins Game Saturday. Variety of match results from blowout wins to squeakers. And firsts in every match. Erika Fitzpatrick and Rod Theunissen got their first Skins wins with Erika getting $38 and 3 skins in the All Star match and ‘Tuna’ taking 7 skins and $60 in the East to win by a mile. Greg Kline took the Central match for the 3rd year in a row and the 8th time overal, both records. Greg’s 3 skins and $44 won by $28. And Mike Prieskorn took his West match by a skinny $2 over Jeff Pasz, $28 to $26. Both had 5 skins. This is Mike’s 3rd win and all have been in different divisions with an East win in 2022 and and All Star win in 2020. He is the first Tour player to win in 3 different divisions. Players that have won in 2 are Barb Hoelzle (2016), Chuck Withey (2018), Bill Gordon (2020), Rich Dunmore (2021), and Tim Markel (2021)