2013 stories
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Gerry Sawchuk hot at mild Runny Nose Open
Tepid temps in November and improved greens at Harbor Club GC led to great scoring opportunities in the 2013 Runny Nose Open on Saturday. And, Tour rookie Gerry Sawchuck took advantage, posting a…
Bell rings for Klipa and the West
Team West won the 2013 Division Bell last Sunday at Farmington Hills GC by posting a 9-over par 297 to beat Team Central by 13 and Team East by 19. Mike Prieskorn led all players with a 3-under 69…
Who’s the Boss
Team Management kept the President’s Cup on Sunday with a 6 to 3 win over Team Labor on the Fox Hills Classic courses. Mulligan Tour President Erik Meland’s team won 2 of 3 matches in each of the…
Juska breaks record at Skins Game
Klaus Juska outlasted Tom & Barb Hoelzle and Rich Dunmore in a sudden death playoff to take the final skin in the East Skins Game winning 7 skins in all worth a record $62. The annual Mulligan…
Commissioner’s Cup stays blue
Team West, led by Commissioner Jeff Klipa, kept the Cup in blue hands by beating Team East in the 9th edition of the Commissioner’s Cup matches. With Manistee National’s Cutter’s Ridge course…
Dave Oliver’s 73 wins TOUR Championship in default playoff
Dave Oliver was crowned the 2013 TOUR Champion last Saturday. His 1-over par 73 at the Polo Fields Washtenaw matched that of Jon Heikkinen, who had finished an hour earlier but could not stay for…
Best of the West
Joe Robar, playing the 2013 WESTERN Championship on a defending champion’s exemption, birdied Stonebridge Golf Club’s 18th hole to shoot a 1-over 73 and beat Mike Prieskorn by 1 to win his 3rd…
Eric Messner is PLAYERS Champ
Rookie Eric Messner won the 2013 PLAYERS Championship on Saturday at Whispering Pines Golf Club. Making birdies on 3 of the final 4 holes, Messner locked down the tournament finishing at 5-under…
Beast of the East
Jeff Klipa won the EASTERN Championship at Westwynd GC on Saturday to claim the division’s 2013 money title. Playing the final 2 holes in 3-under par, Klipa overtook Steve Villerot and Charlie Roy…
Andrew Wilson claims Little Diablo title by 6-strokes
A day after David Tobbe became the 5th rookie to win this year, Andrew Wilson made it 6 wins for the 2013 freshman class. Wilson shot a 6-under 66 at the Huntmore GC that was 6-strokes clear of…
David Tobbe is amaizin’ at Go Blue
David Tobbe gave the 2013 rookie class it’s 5th win of the year at the Go Blue Classic on Saturday. Tobbe carded 4 birdies and an eagle to post a 1-under 71 at Lake Forest GC and a 2-stroke win…
Steve Villerot carries Carrington
Steve Villerot became the 5th multiple winner on Tour this season after beating Mike Geisser in a playoff for the 2013 Carrington Classic title. Villerot birdied 5 of his last 7 holes including…
Tom Hoelzle grabs the gopher
Tom Hoelzle collected his 3rd career win at the 2013 Caddyshack Classic. Hoelzle netted 6 birdies and 3 pars on his first nine holes to take the lead. A rough patch on the inward nine (5-over par…
Klaus Juska wins Fifty Cent Classic
Klaus Juska recorded 6 birdies against a single bogey to post a 5-under par 67 and a 3-stroke win over Patrick Craig in the 2013 Fifty Cent Classic. Juska hit 8 of 14 fairways and 9 of 18 greens…
Mike Prieskorn wins Ugly Pants
Mike Prieskorn birdied 2 of the last 3 holes on Downing Farms GC to win the 2013 Ugly Pants Open – his 7th career Mulligan Tour title. His 2-under par 69 was 1-stroke better than Gail O’Brien and…
Hiestand wins Two-Stick with a 70
Ron Hiestand played the final 8 holes of the 2013 Two-Stick Classic in 7-under par to post a 1-under 70 at the Woodlands of Van Buren and record his 2nd career victory. The reigning EASTERN…
Villerot slays the Giants for the 2013 Match Play title
Steve Villerot was the last man into the 2013 Match Play Championship field and the last man standing after running the table on 4 of the biggest names on Tour. The 16th seeded Villerot beat the…
Borgia Graves wins Big Dog Pro-Am in a playoff
Borgia Graves became the 4th rookie to win in 2013 after beating the Tour’s top ranked player in a playoff at the Big Dog Pro-Am on Sunday. One of eleven players starting the round at even par…
Steve Bisson wins Crazy Brit for first Tour victory
Making his 2nd start after recovering from a leg injury, Steve Bisson won the 2013 Crazy Brit on Saturday – his first career victory. Bisson scored points on all but 1 hole in the British…
Erik Meland is sharp in first Shootout
The inaugural Red Oaks Shootout title was claimed by Erik Meland after outlasting Steve Villerot and Dennis Lemaitre in sudden death last Friday. Meland finished the regulation 9-hole round with a…
No let down for Jeff Klipa, Doc’s Quad-Tour is 3rd win of the year
Taking a 3-stroke lead into the playing round of the Doc’s Quad-Tour Challenge, Jeff Klipa shot a 2-under 69 at Fox Creek GC and won by 5-strokes over Erik Meland. Klipa’s 3rd win of the year was…
Samantha leads the Ladies for 3rd year in a row
Recording 3 birdies and 3 eagles on her way to a 3-under 69, Samantha Kellstrom won her 3rd consecutive Indigo Ladies Open title on Sunday at Pheasant Run Golf Club. The 14-year old from Ann Arbor…
Dave Oliver studies String Theory
Dave Oliver, a 4th year pro from Ann Arbor, captured his first career win at the Strokes on a Rope on Saturday. Oliver set a new scoring record at the SoaR by shooting a 3-under par 68 at Hunter’s…
Jon Heikkinen feels young again at MT Senior Open
Jon Heikkinen, new to the 50 and over segment, won the 2013 MT Senior Open on Sunday at Willow Metropark. Heikkinen hit 50% of his fairways and 50% of his greens in regulation on his way to a…
Ray Nadell makes up 6-stroke deficit on Sunday for major victory
Ray Nadell notched another major triumph for the 2013 rookies. After Tour freshmen Darren Hamman and Jeff Howey took the Green Towels in May, Nadell fired a calm 69 on a tough Lakes of Taylor…
Gail O’Brien wins Fox Hunt
Gail O’Brien won the 2013 Fox Hunt on Friday capturing 54 points on the Strategic Fox course at Fox Hills in Plymouth. O’Brien hit 13 greens totaling 41 points and added 13 points from putting.…
Jeff Klipa collects 2nd win of the year at Casino Classic
Jeff Klipa won for the 2nd time in 9 days after cashing in at the 2013 Casino Classic on Sunday. Winner of the Par-54 Classic on June 14th, Klipa cruised around Twin Lakes in 35-34 – 69 for a…
Rich Dunmore gets Real
Rich Dunmore claimed the 2013 Real McCoy Classic on Saturday firing a 32-32 – 64 on Farmington Hills’ par-71 layout beating his brother Chris by 3-strokes and Tom R Litzler and Ray Nadell by 4.…
Glenn Boyer makes Holy Grail his first Tour win
In his 2nd year on Tour, Glenn Boyer broke through at the 2013 Holy Grail for his first win. Boyer needed a sand save on the last hole – a 177-yard, par-3 – to preserve the 1-stroke win. Six…
Jeff Klipa adds a Par-54 title to his resume
Jeff Klipa birdied the 18th hole on the Strategic Fox and posted a 1-under 53 that was good for a 1-stroke win over Mike Prieskorn and Erik Meland in the 2013 Par-54 Classic. Klipa won the…
Samantha Kellstrom wins Animal House Classic
Samantha Kellstrom was the beneficiary of an 18th hole double-bogey by Mike Geisser and won her 5th Mulligan Tour title in only 19 starts. The 2-time reigning Ladies Open champ, Kellstrom hit 11…
Scott Fuller works overtime for first career win
In the 4th tournament from the last 6 on Tour to need a playoff to decide a winner, Scott Fuller beat Ed Campbell for the 2013 East Side Charity Classic title. Fuller (35-35 – 70) eagled the 18th…
Bill Gordon takes Cherry Creek title
Bill Gordon shot a 3-under par 69 to win the 2013 Cherry Creek Classic by 3 strokes. Gordon hit 8 of 13 fairways and 6 greens in regulation to help record 5 birdies and an eagle. The win is…
Hamman wins Dudlee’s in a playoff
Darren Hamman, one day after a top-4 at the Dudlee’s and 8 days removed from a major championship at the 2-man Memorial, added an individual win to his resume Sunday at the Dudlee’s Plymouth Open.…
Rookies win Memorial in a playoff
Darren Hamman and Jeff Howey, each less than 2 months into their rookie seasons, paired up to win the Green Towels in the 2013 Memorial Tournament on Saturday. They netted a 6-under par 66 to…
Charlie Roy works overtime to get UPS Store Golf Classic win
A 5-year veteran of the Mulligan Tour, Charlie Roy collected his 4th career win on Sunday with playoff win over Mike Pearcy. Roy netted 6 birdies and an eagle and finished regulation at 5-under…
Ed Campbell wins Sparty with a 68
Ed Campbell’s winter practice regimen continues to pay dividends in the early 2013 Tour season. The 2nd year pro from Berkley dedicated himself to regular practice sessions in the off-season and…
Acosta finds victory at Reddeman
Lou Acosta shot a 2-under 71 at Reddeman Farms on Sunday and won the 2013 Chelsea Classic by 6-shots, his 5th career victory. He made a double-eagle at the newly anointed par-5 9th hole and was…
Litzler wins Tin Cup
Young Tom Litzler picked up career win #5 at the 2013 Train with Tami Tin Cup. Litzler hit 12 of 14 fairways and 9 of 18 greens while shooting 37-36 – 73, good for a 1-stroke win over Greg Kline…
Dan Michalski has Sweet Sixteen at Blackheath
Dan Michalski threw out 2 of his 3 bogies and finished with a 16 hole score of 6-under par to win the 2013 Sweet Sixteen on Sunday. Michalski hit 8 fairways and 8 greens and took 34 strokes with…
Ed Campbell stirs up Pine View win
Ed Campbell collected his 2nd Tour victory by outlasting Ned Loving and 38 others in the season opening Pine View Classic on Saturday. Campbell, the 2012 Two-Stick Classic champ, finished at…
Brave members slosh through wet and windy Q-Schools
The 2013 season started with 2 Qualifying Schools on April 13 and 20 at Whispering Willows and Fox Creek in Livonia. Both courses were saturated from recent rains and both rounds experienced below…
Membership has it’s Privileges
The Mulligan Tour’s 2013 season, the 15th since it’s creation in 1999, will look very similar to previous seasons as the Tour settles into a period of familiarity. Members will easily recognize…