A Kline Takes Carrington Again
Not to be out-done by son Noah, Greg Kline succeded Noah as the Carrington Classic Champ. Greg shot a 3 under par 69 and the only round under par. His consistency won out with nines of 34-35 and putts on those nines of 13 and 12. HIs 25 putts easily led the field. Scott Wilsey, Chris Stalo and Eric Birkle all tied for 2nd at 1 Over Par. Birkle made his 200th career start and got his 50th Top-4 Finish. On course prizes went to Ken Westerman, Brian Lardin, Mike Attard, and Jeff Klipa. Low Gross went to Kline with a 76 as well as the mentioned fewest putts. Notables: Jeff Pasz, Tom Moran and Brian Pieszchala all had 7 birdies. Pieszchala in his 100th career start. The top contenders all had 6 birdies along with rookie Jeff Feikens. Feikens and fellow rookie Elizabeth Jolliffe finished in the money for the first time in their 6th starts. Westerman hit 11 fairways to 10 by Lardin and Tom W Litzler. Kline moves to 3rd in all-time Carrington winnings behind Chuck
Withey and long time event sponsor Jason Rectenwald. Greg gets his 27th Tour win in his 354th start.
Wilsey Jumpstarts Major Run with ACE
July 13/14, 2024 Brighton at Huron Meadows
Scott Wilsey broke open the momentum in a close 1st round match with #1 Seed Brian Lardin with an Ace on the 15th hole. Scott won that match 1 Up and then rolled to a 5 & 4 win in the Quarterfinals over Chuck Withey. On Day 2 he took Rick Floyd 4 & 3 in the Semis and the title match 4 & 2 from Erika Fitzpatrick, who made the final for the 2nd year in row. The first round matches were evenly matched with all but one making the 17th hole or farther. Floyd had a good run with upset wins over Greg Kline and David Martin, the 2 winningest players in Match Play history. Martin did win his opening match to get his 20th win in Match Play. The 3rd place match went to extra holes with Floyd prevailing over Chris Stalo. Stalo took Bill Gordon and former champ Kevin Gregoire to get to the semis before losing to Fitzpatrick. Gordon did top Willi Hesse in the consolation match to break the longest running Match Play losing streak at 10. Tim Markel lost in the Quarterfinals to Fitzpatrick but did manage to move to #5 in the all-time Match Play money list. Wilsey came in as a 16th Seed for the 2nd year in a row and knocked off the #1 seed. He is the 3rd #16 to win the Match Play and first since Helen Puffenberger in 2016. Scotty moves to #1 on the Tour money list for 2024 with his 8th win and 1st Major win in 228 starts.
Match Play final four
Scott Wilsey, Rick Floyd, Erika Fitzpatrick, Chris Stalo
Scott Wilsey doing his lineman impression after his hole in one.
One hop 8 iron from 120.
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