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Carroll Beats the Snow at Runny Nose
On a day of true runny nose weather, one day before Snowmageddon on Sunday, Tom Carroll shot a tidy 1 under par 69 to take the Runny Nose Open and close the Tour season on a high note. Greg Kline…
Cardinal Re-visited
The Cardinal Challenge Team Competition finished up on Sunday after a week delay from weather. Chuck Withey and Greg Kline shot a tidy 63 on the championship course in the two player final to take…
Barnes Masters the Blue Course
Jonathan Barnes was hitting on all cylinders at the University of Michigan on Saturday, logging a crisp 2 under par 69. Scott Wilsey’s fall playing regimen paid off for a 2nd place 1 under 70.…
Cardinal Day 2 Rained Out
Day 2 at the Cardinal got rained out. It is rescheduled for Sunday Oct 26
Cardinal Fun Day 1
Fun Day at the Cardinal on Day 1. Congrats to Team Birkle and Gregoire for the Little Cardinal win with the low score of 20 on Little Cardinal and 38 on the Putting course for a team score of…
Fall Arrives for Skins Game
Cooler temps finally arrived this fall, but the weather was still comfortable in the 60’s. Greg Kline continued his dominance of the Central Skins Game, taking his 5th win in a row and 10th of…
Central Rings 7th Bell
Captain Kline’s Central Team took their record tying 7th Division Bell in a very close match. Kline’s Team of Mike Prieskorn, Tom Moran and Mike Lee logged a 13 over Par 297 to edge out the East…
Klipa Takes Tournament of Champs
Jeff Klipa remained on a hot streak at Lakes of Taylor, taking the Tournament of Champions with a 4 under par 68. Unclear if he had extra motivation down the stretch in taking a 1 shot win over…
West Holds on To Cup
In the closest match since 2020, Team West retained the Commissioner’s Cup by a 16.5 to 13.5 score. Every member of both teams scored a point. Eric Birkle, Brian Lardin and Eric Kiekbusch led…
Ready for Sunday Singles
Interesting matches for Sunday, including match 23, pairing the Tour’s all-time money winner vs. the all-time wins leader and the completely randomly paired anchor dream match of Dunmore vs. Dunmore.
West Edges Ahead on Saturday
Team West took 3 1/2 points in the morning Alternate Shot round but Team East came back in afternoon Best Ball to take 3 points and keep the match close for Sunday. In the end, West was up 11.5 to…
Commissioner’s Cup Day 1
Team West opened their title defense with a slim day 1 margin, 6 to 4 over Team East. Team East took the Best Ball matches early 3 to 2. But Team West came back with 4 out of 5 Alternate Shot wins…
Captain Phil Leads Labor to Big Win
First time Labor captain Phil Parent drew up the right work rules to take a convincing 6 1/2 to 2 1/2 win over Management Sunday. His 4-ball teams Elizabeth Jolliffe and Eric Kiekbusch, Paul…
Experience Pays for Hesse at TC
Willi Hesse shot a clean card 33 on the Falcon back nine at Pine Knob to secure a Back to Back Tour Championship win. Willi plays the course regularly and experience paid off as he carded nothing…
Money Title to Withey
Despite an anti-climactic finish, Chuck Withey capped a strong season with the Tour money title at $227.69. The lowest winning total since 2021.
Klipa Gets 2nd Swig from the Big Cup
Saturday Jeff Klipa joined Greg Paddison as a two-time winner of the Canandian Open. Shooting the same 2 under 70 that won for him in 2018, he out played the top contenders who all suffered a ‘one…
Phillip Pairs Paul at BCA
Phillip Parent charged home, going 4 under on his 15th to 17th holes, including a decisive eagle to grab the lead and the win at the Breast Cancer Awareness Open with a 4 under par 67. Phil…
Greg Kline Completes Tri-fecta
Greg Kline became the first Tour player to have won all three division championships in his career on Sunday. After 5 runner up finishes in the late oughts and early teens, including an epic 15…
Klipa Flips Script at East Champ
Jeff Klipa made a key eagle on the 11th hole for a 3 shot swing on Ron Hiestand, then survived a charge from Erika Fitzpatrick to take his 2nd East Title. Klipa finished with a 2 under par 70 and…
Levine Jumps to West Title
Stewart Levine jumped to the lead, going 4 under par in his first 3 holes at Tanglewood, and played just steady enough the rest of the way to survive the last hole heroics of Noah Kline. Kline…
Young Floyd Tops Parents
In a 25 year first for the Ugly Pants Open, the event went to overtime with Tyler Floyd, Defending Champ Paul Parent and Ugly Pants winner Phil Parent all tied at 2 over par 72. Tyler birdied his…
Hiestand Hot at Diablo
Nancy Hiestand booked 3 birdies at the turn holes 9,10 and 11 and started tasting the salsa. But Jeff Pasz birdied four of the final five holes including the 18th to rally for a tie with Hiestand…
Nancy Hiestand is Back at the Shack
After 2 full seasons without a win, Nancy Hiestand is back in form to win the Tee it up for Reese and Brooke CaddyShack Classic. Nancy had 6 birdies and 2 eagles to get to the lead on the back…
The Closer Takes 3rd Carrington Title
Chuck “The Closer” Withey birdied the 17th hole to edge out Ken Westerman by 1 shot with a 1 over par 73. Jonathan Barnes tied Tim Markel for 3rd at 3 over par 75. On course prizes went to Markel,…
Birkle Battles for Blue
Brian Lardin posted a number, but Eric Birkle finished birdie – eagle to grab the lead at the Go Blue. Bill Gordon had a chance to tie but the dreaded bladed wedge ended his chances. Birkle…
Barnes Plays Big at Big Dog
Jonathan Barnes got spotted a T-1 start by Sam Burns and took advantage. Barnes had 3 front nine birdies and 4 more early on the back nine to pull away from the field to a 10 under par 133 total.…
Moran Notches 2nd Livonia Win
July 20, 2025 Livonia at Whispering Willows
Red Hot Floyd Grabs Major Match
4 seed Tyler Floyd marched thru his bracket with relative ease to get the the Match Play final without playing the 16th, 17th or 18th holes. Tyler got wins over Eric Kiekbusch, defending champ…
Prieskorn Grunts Out a Win at RWB
A square jawed Mike Prieskorn ground out 2 under par on both the front and back to post a 4 under 68. He then sweated out Ned Loving’s finish who graciously dropped a shot on the 18th to tie Mike.…
Tyler Floyd Totally Hot at C Cool
Tyler Floyd scorched the front nine at Beacon Hill with a 26, undoubtably one of the best nine hole scores in Tour history. He played the back in a ho-hum one under par to finish with the best…
Fitzpatrick Cashes In 2nd Win
Erika Fitzpatrick shot a clean card 7 under 65 to make an easy Fifty Cent and get a 2nd win this season. Tom W Litzler, defending champ Rick Floyd and Joe Brandenburg all tied for 2nd at 2 under…
Chris Dunmore Grabs the Grail
Chris Dunmore birdied the final hole to cap a clean card, 5 under par back nine and grab the Grail from Tyler Floyd. Chris’ overall 8 under par 64 topped Tyler by 1. Tyler opened with a 30 on the…
Moran Matches Pros
Tom Moran Matched his Pros with an under par performance on Saturday. Tom’s Friday picks got him a 4 way tie for first at 7 under par on the opening hole Saturday. Tom came thru the first 12 holes…
Evert Wins OT Shootout
Lance Evert birdied the 8th hole of the 9 hole preliminary round to get into the top four shootout group. He then shot straight par thru the shootout to tie Rick Floyd and Scott Wilsey at the end…
Ward Slams the Door on Seniors
Don Ward charged home with a birdie-birdie finish including a dramatic chip-in on the 18th to flip the leaderboard from Stewart Levine who had led on the back nine. Ward edged out Levine with a 2…
Pasz Out Battles Barnes for HPO
Jeff Pasz had 5 birdies on the back nine to out duel Jonathan Barnes and hold on for his first Harbour Pointe Open win. Pasz’ 4 under par 140 two day score was the best since 2021. Barnes finished…
Puffenberger Four Time Winner
Helen Puffenberger earned the win and accomplished some Tour rarities at the Par 54. She became the 8th person in Tour history to win the same event 3 years in a row and matched Greg Kline and Tim…
Markel a Playoff Winner in the East
Tim Markel got his first career East Division win with a playoff victory over Erika Fitzpatrick. Markel opened his round with a chip in eagle on the first hole and ran to a comfortable front nine…
Lee a Birdie Macheene at Farmington
Mike Lee posted 6 of his 9 birdies on his front nine to run out to a comfortable lead at Farmington Golf Club, and then held at par the rest of the way to coast to a 4 under par 67 and 1 shot win…
Dunmore Flummoxes the Fox
East Commissioner Rich Dunmore infiltrated the West Division and stole a Fox Hunt win with a decisive 55 points and 4 point win. Dunmore came out of the gate hitting the first 7 greens in a row…
Tyler Floyd Soars Thru Back Nine
Tyler Floyd shot 4 birdies and an eagle on the back nine to charge to the lead at 3 under par 69. Bill Gordon rimmed out a putt that would have tied Floyd, and finished tied for 2nd with Corey…
O’Puffenberger Takes Irish in Playoff
Helen Puffenberger held off Eric Kiekbusch in a playoff to take the Irish Open. Both players birdied the 18th hole to finish regulation in 1st at 1 over par 72. In the playoff they traded bogeys…
Birkle Gets 3rd Win of Season
Eric Birkle birdied the 16th and 17th at the Golden Fox to get a late edge on the other contenders take his 3rd win of the season. Rick Floyd and Tom W Litzler tied for 2nd with 3 over par 75’s.…
Klipa Charges to Cherry Creek Victory
Jeff Klipa birdied the final 3 holes at Cherry Creek to break from a pack of contenders. After playing the front nine in even par, a bad bogey on 10 motivated Jeff to chop away at his score,…
Major Goes to a Playoff
Fully half the Memorial Tournaments played have gone to a playoff for settlement, although it’s been 4 years since the last. 2025 returned to the trend with Helen Puffenberger and Erika…
Birkle Repeats With Thriller Finish
Eric Birkle had one of the great bounce-back rounds in Tour history to take the Chelsea Classic title. After a disappointing 27th finish the day before, he made a final hole birdie to become the…
Graunke a Steady Sparty
Jeff Graunke held together on the front nine at Fieldstone and played under par on the back with an eagle and 3 birdies to hold off the field at 2 over par 74. Almost all the contenders suffered…
Lee Raises the Tin Cup
For the second day in a row our winner broke from the gate quickly and survived the day for the win. On Sunday Mike Lee took advantage of his winning donation to post an opening birdie on the…
Duncan Dunks the Animals
Connor Duncan birdied 3 of the first 4 holes to get the lead early, then navigated the Salem Hills course in 1 under par the rest of the way to take his first Tour win. Chris Stalo finished 3 back…
Tuna Sweet for the 2nd Time
Rod Theunissen spread 9 birdies thru his round at the Sweet Sixteen and was able to toss two bogey from his round in the best 16 hole format to card a 7 under par and top Chuck Withey’s 6 birdie…
Birkle Pines for a Win
Eric Birkle battled Willi Hesse throughout at cool and sometimes rainy morning at the Pine View season opener. Eric edged Hesse by 1 shot with a 1 under par 71. Ryan Kiekbusch reached the 18th in…
QS-2 Beats the Weather
The threat of weather may have thinned the field for Q-School 2. But regardless, Joseph Gordon took Rookie medalist for the 2nd day by a wide margin. Michael Thacker, Terri Wilder, Kelly Scheff,…
QS-1 A Good Warm Up
Reasonably warm temps greeted Q-School 1 participants on Saturday and a strong 24 person field turned out. The newest Tour Rookies were led by Joseph Gordon who took medalist by 2 over Jesse…