2012 stories
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Rich Dunmore wins Skill Challenge, Team Central rings Division Bell, T-Jake wipes Runny Nose
The 2012 season concluded on November 10th with Tim Jakubowski winning the warmest Runny Nose Open in history. T-Jake recorded 6 birdies and an eagle in shooting 35-31 – 66 to beat Thom Bales by…
Management settles labor unrest
T eam Management kept the President’s Cup trophy with a 5 ½ to 3 ½ win over Team Labor on Sunday at St.John’s Golf & Conference Center. In the closest matches yet in the 3 year old event, eight of…
Tour’s Western Division takes Commissioner’s Cup
Team West wrestled away the Commissioner’s Cup from the Central Division last weekend at Forest Dunes Golf Club ending a 4-year reign for the team in red. Captained by the Tour’s founder, Erik…
Greg Kline is TOUR Champ again
Winner of 3 of the first 4 TOUR Championships, Greg Kline returned to the top of the Mulligan Tour mountain in 2012. Kline finished the 2012 tournament season by winning the TOUR Championship for…
Lou Acosta wins Ugly Pants Open
Lou Acosta shot a 36-36 – 72 at Downing Farms on the first day of September to win the rescheduled 2012 Ugly Pants Open by 1-stroke over Ray Collins. Acosta led the field in putting (29 putts)…
Joe Robar defends the WESTERN
Division championship weekend culminated in an epic playoff duel between Tom Sachs and Greg Kline for the 2012 PLAYERS Championship. Affectionately known as the Godfather, Tom Sachs finished the…
Michalski and O’Brien get first wins while Klipa and Perch get career wins #9 and #20
Dan Michalski birdied 3 of his final 4 holes (#11-14) to pull away from the field and make the 2012 Carrington Classic his first career win. One of only 2 players to record no score worse than…
Jack Craig wins Fifty Cent Classic
Rookie Jack Craig shot a 6-under par 66 to win the 2012 Fifty Cent Classic on Saturday. Craig is the 4th first time winner in the last 3 weeks and the 5th in 2012. In just his 5th start on Tour,…
Ed Campbell wins Two-Stick
Ed Campbell became the 3rd rookie to win in 2012, taking the Two-Stick Classic at the Woodlands of Van Buren on Saturday. Campbell follows Rich Blanton (East Side Charity Classic) and Pat Craig…
Kelly Arnold wins 2nd Match Play title, 6th major victory
Kelly Arnold won the 2012 Match Play Championship on Sunday winning 4 matches in 2 days after Mother Nature pushed Friday’s opening round into Saturday morning. Arnold also won the Match Play…
Chris Dunmore makes Crazy Brit first career win
Chris Dunmore, winless in his first 34 starts on Tour, totaled up 42 points on Saturday at the Crazy Brit to beat John Powell by 1 point. Dunmore had 2 eagles (4 points each), 6 birdies (3…
Patrick Craig is the Big Dog at Riverview Highlands
Rookie Patrick Craig, making his 6th start on Tour, shot a 32-33 – 65 for the lowest score in the field at Riverview Highlands on Sunday. Coupled with his pro-am partner Jason Duffner (66), Craig…
Experienced Golfers Only
Denny Ersig won the 2012 MT Senior Open on Sunday with a 6 birdie, 1 eagle performance at Indian Springs Metropark. Ersig’s 2-under par 69 was 3-strokes better than Charlie Roy and Thom Bales.…
Steve Villerot up to the Challenge
With a 2-shot lead after the pros finished their rounds the weekend before, Steve Villerot posted a 2-over 73 at Fox Creek and increased his lead, winning the 2012 Doc’s Sports Retreat Quad-Tour…
Greg Kline strings up win #19
Substituting for Commissioner Phil Abele at the West Division’s Strokes on a Rope tournament, Central Division Commissioner Greg Kline captured his 19th career win posting a 2-over 73 at the Links…
Samantha Kellstrom repeats as Lady Golfer of the Year
Samantha Kellstrom is the “Lady Golfer of the Year” – again – after successfully defending her Indigo Salon & Spa Ladies Open title on Sunday. Kellstrom shot the same gross score as last year, 42…
Berkery cashes in at Casino Classic
Niall Berkery used back-to-back-to-back eagles at Twin Lakes’ 11th, 12th and 13th holes to rise out of the congested field of 30 and take charge of the 2012 Casino Classic. A birdie at the 18th…
Bill Gordon wins Par-54
A double-bogey at 18 made the finish close, but Bill Gordon won the 2012 Par-54 Classic with a 1-under 53 to stay ahead of Jeff Klipa by 1. Gordon’s 2nd career win was worth $20 and an exemption…
Tim Markel has major win at Eagle Crest, winning wide open Open
Tim Markel followed a Saturday 69 with a Sunday 74 to finish at 1-under par 143 and a 3-stroke win in the 2012 Commercial Underwriters Harbour Pointe Open. Markel’s 2nd career win was a major…
Don Morris claims the Holy Grail
Don Morris collected career win # 6 on Saturday taking the 2012 Holy Grail by shooting a 34-30 – 64 on St.John’s Mark and Matthew nines. The 5-under par performance was 2-strokes better than a…
Jason Rectenwald wins Fox Hunt
Jason Rectenwald picked up career win #2 taking the 2012 Fox Hunt with 51 points. The 8-year veteran from Ohio, Rectenwald collected 16 points on the last 3 holes of the Strategic Fox course at…
Rich Blanton takes East Side Charity Classic in overtime
Tour rookie Rich Blanton found himself in a playoff with 8-time winner Kelly Arnold and 3-time winner Charlie Roy at the 2-year old East Side Charity Classic, but he never blinked. While the…
Ten year wait over for Schwartz
The 2012 Real McCoy Classic came down to a playoff between Dan Schwartz and Bob Baar – Tour veterans with over 240 starts between them. Schwartz last won on Tour in 2002 and Baar was looking for…
Barb Hoelzle wins Cherry Creek Classic by 8 shots
Barb Hoelzle found redemption at Cherry Creek in 2012. One year after a playoff loss to Erik Meland at the inaugural Cherry Creek, Hoelzle took playoff out of the equation by shooting a 5-under…
Klaus Juska wins windy Dudlee’s Plymouth Open
Klaus Juska picked up career win number 3 at the 2012 Dudlee’s Plymouth Open on Sunday. The 2nd year pro recorded 6 birdies on his way to a 2-under par 68 and a 5-stroke win over Tom Sachs. Juska…
Tom Moran sets new scoring record at the Animal House
An 8-year pro from Ann Arbor, Tom Moran shot an 8-under par 64 at Salem Hills to win the 2012 Abacus Animal House Classic by 1-stroke over Joe Robar. Moran broke the previous scoring record for…
Jeff and Samantha Kellstrom scramble for a Memorial victory
The father / daughter team of Jeff and Samantha Kellstrom completed the Memorial Tournament’s 4th ever bogey-free round shooting a 5-under 67 to match the 2008 champs Rick Persichetti and Kelly…
Jeff Kellstrom captures 8th title at Chelsea Classic
Trying to keep up with daughter Samantha, Jeff Kellstrom won the 2012 Chelsea Classic with an impressive 6-stroke win at Reddeman Farms GC. Six days after Samantha won the UPS Store Golf Classic,…
Jeff Klipa makes Sparty Classic his 8th career win
Jeff Klipa carded an eagle and 7 birdies to shoot 33-35 – 68 and win the 2012 Sparty Classic by 1-stroke over Erik Meland. The win, worth $32 and an exemption into the EASTERN Championship in…
Blackheath is Rich and Sweet for Dunmore
Rich Dunmore threw out a couple of bogies and won the 2012 Sweet Sixteen with an 8-under par performance at Bleackheath GC. He finished 3 strokes better than Mike Pearcy in the best 16 of 18 holes…
Samantha Kellstrom delivers the UPS Store Golf Classic title
Samantha Kellstrom scorched the Northville Hills GC for 10 birdies and an eagle to win the 2012 UPS Store Golf Classic by 4 strokes over Rich Dunmore. In her 2nd year on Tour, the 13-year old with…
Home Field Advantage
Mike Harmon used his local knowledge of Pine View GC to win the 2012 Pine View Classic by 8 shots. Harmon (35-34 – 69) led the field with 7 birdies made and the 3-under par effort was the best at…
Phil Johnson’s 72 takes the Cup
Phil Johnson survived the cold and unforgiving Hickory Creek golf course, shooting an even par 72 to win the 2012 Train with Tami Tin Cup by 1 over Greg Kline and Dan Schwartz. Johnson posted 6…
Hickory Creek opens 2012 season
The Train with Tami Tin Cup at Hickory Creek is ready for an 8:00 shotgun start on Saturday morning. A field of 36 Touring members and 5 amateurs will take a lap around the Hickory Creek layout…
New season revving up
The rookies are headed to Q-School and the Tour veterans are tuning up for the opening weekend of the 2012 season. Fourteen new members are enrolled at the first Q-School, April 14 at Whispering…