Michigan Golf News

Jeff Roth followed an opening round 70 with a 3-under-par second round of 69 to capture the 2009 Michigan PGA Senior Championship overall victory at Forest Dunes Golf Club in Roscommon. Roth finished the 36-hole event at 5-under-par. 

Roth, along with 10 others will advance on to the 2009 Senior Professional National Championship in Port St. Lucie, Fla., later this fall. Bob Makoski shot 74-68-142 to win the Senior Division. Randy Erskine took top honors in the Super Senior Division, shooting 70-74-144 and Nick Berklich took first in the Legends Division with a 74-75-149. 

CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN RESORT - Laura Kueny of Whitehall, Mich.,  shot an opening-round 66 (-6) Monday to take the lead in the 54-hole, $40,000 Michigan PGA Women’s Open. Kueny, 21, leads Emma Calderone, Elaine Crosby, Allison Fouch and Katie Kempter by 4-strokes.

“I was putting out of my mind,” said Kueny, a soon to be senior at Michigan State University. “I only missed one green and got up and down from there. I didn’t have any bogeys or three putts today. It was fun.” 

Jordan Fletcher of Portage captured the 31st Michigan Junior State Amateur, conducted by the Golf Association of Michigan, after rolling in a 25-foot birdie putt on the 18th green at Pine Lake Country Club in Orchard Lake. Fletcher outlasted a field of 84 players and played 125 holes in four days to rightfully claim the crown.

Following fifty-four holes of stroke play Fletcher held the number four seed in the sixteen player bracket. With convincing wins in Thursday's opening rounds Fletcher saw much more work during Friday's semifinal and final matches. Fletcher opened Thursday's play by defeating stroke play Cchampion and number one seed, Joey Garber of Petoskey in a 20-hole thriller. Not to disappoint in the final match against last year's champion and number two seed, Blake English, Fletcher calmly stuck to his game plan to play aggressive throughout the match play portion and make the most of his last opportunity to win the Michigan Junior State Amateur. 

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Two rounds of matches were played on Monday July 27th at the Eagle Glen Golf Course in Farwell, Michigan. In the morning matches for the Championship Flight, medalist Jason May of Sterling Heights defeated Justin Sokol of Bloomfield Hills 2 & 1. Luigi Spadafora of Milford recored a 3 & 1 win over Andy Alvey of Milford. John Olenjniczak of Redford edged Mark Zaraw of Sterling Heights 1 up. In the final match of the upper bracket Eric Spencer of Bloomfield defeated Jonathan Lang of Midland 3 & 2.
 
In the lower bracket of the Championship Flight, three-time State Match Play Champion Greg Davies of West Bloomfield edged Brian King of Saginaw 1 up. Young Brett Quitiquit a student at Madonna College defeated Kris Bradshaw of Scottsville 4 & 3. Rob Ronk, a golfer at Saginaw Valley State, moved on in the championship by defeating Ray Emsley of Waterford 1 up. The 2006 Publinx State Champion Kevin Klement of White Lake defeated Kurt Rillema of Rochester Hills 4 & 3.

Tiger Woods, who has carved out an unprecedented career since becoming a professional golfer in late summer of 1996, has officially committed to play in the 2009 Buick Open, scheduled for July 27-August 2 at Warwick Hills Golf & Country Club in Grand Blanc.
      
“We are very fortunate and honored that the world’s No. 1-ranked player has decided to play the Buick Open,” said Larry Peck, national promotions manager for Buick-GMC. “There is no doubt that Tiger brings an elevated excitement level to Warwick Hills whenever he plays, and we are delighted to share the news with Michigan fans.”