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Midwest Masters

By: PDGA Staff
Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 08:43

Scott Burtard wins the Open division

JUST THE FACTS:

Midwest Masters Championship
Menomonee, WI
April 10-11, 2010     TD Steve Kinde
60 players    $2365 Pro purse (incl skins)
Axldog Acres, Wakanda Park, Lambs Creek
Sunny and near 60
Lead Sponsor: Eau Claire Area Sports Commission
Notes: 9-hole Skins for top 4 in each pro division 

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WINNERS:

MPO - Scott Burtard, FPO - Katy Schreder, MPM - Scott Slauson, MPG - Rick Rentz
MA1 - Brian Braaksma, FW1 - Lauren Chilcott, MG1 - Don Parker, MA2 - Fil Lopez, FW2 - Alison Stockwell  

 

Van Asten

Master card finishing out on beautiful downhill hole 1 at Axldog Acres

 

Slauson mertins 

Scott Slauson (left), MPM champ, driving the tricky hole 4 during skins at Lambs Creek. Rob Mertins (right) dropping in a shot on the beautiful hole 1 at Axldog Acres

 

The second annual Midwest Masters Championship is now in the books. Players had great April weather both days starting with one round at Wakanda in Menomonee followed by one round at the 20-hole private Axldog Acres owned by the TD, Steve Kinde, in Boyceville on Saturday then again on Sunday morning. The event was capped with skins action at the 9-hole Lambs Creek / Pioneer Grill complex for the top 4 in MPO, MPM and MPG.

Kinde was able to secure excellent sponsorship for a B-tier event, acquiring $2000 in grant money from the Eau Claire Area Sports Commission. Several Wisconsin events have been supported by grants. TDs in other states should check into the options in their areas.

Eau<br /> Claire

 

 

Goatees 

Dueling goatees as GM Rick Rentz receives winner's check from TD and Master Steve Kinde 

 

Mike Thul, Kyle Pinkman and GM Rick Rentz, all from near St. Cloud, MN, had the hot hands in the first round at Wakanda shooting 49s unofficially rated 1015. Wisconsinites Scott Burtard and David School smoked the Axldog course in the afternoon with unofficial 1022 rounds. The biggest shocker was Brandon Day in Advanced who threw a mediocre 67 for a 906 round at Axldog on Saturday then follows that up with a course record 50 on Sunday morning rated 1053. That's almost a 150 point rating swing between rounds on the same course!

Close battles were fought in Open with Scott Burtard coming from two behind to nip Mike Thul by one at Axldog. In GM Pro, Don Hunkel made up a four throw deficit to pull even with Rick Rentz on the first four holes Sunday. But he gave them back starting at hole 8 and had a tough finishing hole to let Brad Wendt, who shot the best GM score at Axldog, slip into second at the end. Scott Slauson went wire to wire in Master Pro holding off John Terlap, rated 40 points higher, by 3 for the win. Don Parker, who plays MPS when others his age show up, played Randy Jacobson to a tie after three rounds in Adv GM and then won on the second hole of sudden death.
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Several of the non-winners in the pro divisions got their revenge in skins. Don Hunkel won 5 skins ($75) plus Tom Jenkins and Brad Wendt won 2 skins each to blank GM winner Rentz. In MPM, John Terlap won 6 skins ($300), Scott Slauson 2 and Steve Kinde 1. Scott Burtard continued his winning ways in Open taking 6 skins ($180) and Mike Thul 3 skins.

 

Terlap
John Terlap making a great circle 3 putt from the edge of Lambs Creek to save skins