Barry Provo Wins MGCSA Championship At Wayzata CC

Le Sueur Country Club Superintendent Barry Provo shot 76 to win this year's MGCSA Championship at Wayzata Country Club on August 20.

Host superintendent Bob Distel, his assistants Steve Roxberg and Mike Harrington, and the rest of the crew had the course in great shape for the tournament. Blue skies and great conditions made for a perfect day to play.

Provo fired nines of 39-37 to edge Jeff Pint, New Prague Golf Club, by one shot. Pint opened with a 35 but shot 42 coming in. Finishing third was Tom Notch, Bent Creek Golf Club in Eden Prairie, who shot 78.

Jack MacKenzie, CGCS, North Oaks Golf Club, shot an 88 which netted out to a 75 to win the first flight.

Barry Provo 2001 Champion

Second Flight winner was 23-handicap-per Bob Atol, Braemar Golf Course in

Edina, who netted out to a 78. Leif Erickson, Simplot Partners,

captured the Senior Flight with an 85 which was both low gross and low net for this division.

Donovan Peterson, Wayzata Country Club, won the Callaway Division in a scorecard playoff with

John Stapp, Kate Haven Golf Course. Both players netted out to

74s. Joe Buege, Pebble Creek, was closest-

to-the-pin on two of the par 3s. Tom Feriancek, Hastings CC, and Senior division winner Leif Erickson won the other two. Championship runner-up Jeff Pint won the Long Drive contest on No. 10.

(See tournament results on Page 27).

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CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT 76 7 7 78 79 80 80 81 82 83 83 84 84 85 85 86 86 86 86 88 89 89 91 91 93 93 94 95 96 98 99 105

FIRST 75-88 76-86 76-86 78-89 78-89 79-90 79-90 79-94 80-93 80-93 80-93 80-95 81-91 82-92 82-94 82-98 83-93 84-98 87-105 8 8 - 1 0 6 88-107 88-99 89-100 90-100 90-107 91-101 93-103 93-105 93-108 94-104

BARRY PROVO JEFF PINT TOM NOTCH STEVE BUSCH DEAN WOJTCZAK DANIEL HINTON STEVE ROXBERG BRUCE LE LAND DAVID JOHNSON MIKE HARRINGTON JOSEPH BUEGE JIM JOHNSON SCOTT PAQUETTE JEFF BACKSTROM TED SCHIRCK JAY M O N S O N MIKE HILLIARD BILL MacDONALD DAN DICKINSON CARY FEMRITE TIM JOHNSON WALTER BRAUNIG, JR. MIKE BROWER ERIC UNGER RANDY ADELSMAN CHRIS TRITABAUGH TOM MEIER MIKE NELSON CHARLES K O R N M A N N JEFF BOHLER JAMES GARDNER

(GROSS) LE SUEUR'CC NEW PRAGUE GC BENT CREEK GC GREEN IMAGE RIVER FALLS GC JACKSON GC WAYZATA CC BRIDGE AMERICA IZATY'S GOLF & YACHT CLUB WAYZATA CC PEBBLE CREEK GC RICH SPRING GC HERITAGE LINKS GC C A N N O N GOLF CLUB HYDROLOGIC NORTH STAR TURF PAR AIDE PRODUCTS E-Z-GO SAUK CENTRE CC NORTH STAR TURF SPRING HILL GC THOMPSON OAKS GC MINNESOTA VALLEY CC

THE WILDS GC EMERALD GREENS GC ST CLOUD CC WORTHINGTON CC DACOTAH RIDGE GC FOX HOLLOW GC DELLWOOD HILLS GC THE WILDS

FLIGHT (NET-GROSS) JACK MACKENZIE N-LUKE KILGARD TOM STOUT BRAD DEYAK WES STONEBACK THOMAS SCHMIDT TOM PROSHEK TERRY NEGEN JEFF MCDOWELL KEVIN NORBY DAVE KZAMIERCZAK DONNACHA O'CONNOR ALEXANDRIA GC

IORTH OAKS GC PRESTWICK GC DEEP TINE KORONIS HILLS GC THE WILDS GC HILLCREST GC BRACKETT'S CROSSING BENSON GC BONESTROO A N D ASSOCIATES HERFORT NORBY GOLF ARCHITECTS PRESTWICK GC

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THIEF RIVER GC PAR AIDE PRODUCTS

SCOTT WELTZIN, CGCS PHEASANT ACRES GC TOM BJORNBER& SCOTT ELSENPETER TOM MUNDY ERIC PETERS BRENT BERKOVITZ ROBERT STERN BOB A N N E N TODD FOLIE JIM RIEKENA ROB ADAMS DAN HANSON DAVID KIRSCHT JOEL METZ MATT SCHMID JOHN AHRENS II

HYDROLOGIC PHEASANT ACRES GC E-Z-GO SOUTHBROOK GC WAYZATA CC PEBBLE CREEK GC ALEXANDRIA GC HYDROLOGIC

DWAN GC B RACKETT'S CROSSING CC ST CLOUD CC DAVID KIRSCHT ASSOCIATES INVER W O O D GC PHEASANT ACRES GC D W A N GC

SECOND FLIGHT NET-GROSS) 79-101 BOBATOL BRAEMAR GC 79-110 KURT KNOX HILLCREST GC 79-99 CHRIS BACH HILLCREST GC 80-100 JOHNGLATTLY TWIN CITY SEED 83-105 CLAYTON HOYT THIEF RIVER GC 84-108 MARK GOETTIG M N GOLF CARS 89-109 STEVE M A N N TWIN CITY SEED 95-120 BRUCE SPEIRS E-Z-GO

CALLAWAY FLIGHT (NET-GROSS) 74-83 JOHNSTAPP 1 1 KATE HAVEN GC

DONOVAN PETERSEN WAYZATA CC 74-97 75-111 76-100 76-102 76-126 77-107 78-103 78-114 78-116 79-104

LARRY THORNTON JOE DINNEBIER DAVID OBERLE SCOTT MELBY TIM BERQUAM BOB DISTEL BILL GULLICKS JEFF ISCHE TOM LUNDGREN

SUPERIOR TURF PRODUCTS IZATY'S GOLF & YACHT CLUB DTN WEATHER SERVICES IZATY'S GOLF & YACHT CLUB BERGERSON CASWELL WAYZATA CC BELLWOOD OAKS SPRING HILL GC KATE HAVEN GC

SENIOR FLIGHT jNET-GROSS) . . . . SIMPLOT PARTNERS 75-85 80-96 81-97 82-92 83-93 85-104 89-98 91-107 95-110

LEIF ERICKSON JOHN BETCHWARS STEVE GARSKE MIKE KLATTE, CGCS MIKE REDMÓND THOMAS KIENTZLE JOHN NYLUND BILL FERIANCEK DENNIS SALWEI

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HOST SUPERINTENDENT BOB DISTEL tees off on N o 3 at W a y z a t a Country Club during the M G C S A Championship on August 2 0 .