Clayton Kretsch wins 55th golf invitational
Clayton Kretsch, Springfield, won his first Invitational/Father’s Day Classic at the Springfield Golf Club last weekend. Sixty-three golfers were looking for the championship of the 55th annual event. Kretsch worked hard to score 73-75 for a 148 total; he needed every shot to tie Curt Erickson at 148 since Erickson’s scores for the two days were also 75-73. Kretsch and Erickson shot par 5 on number 1. Kretsch then shot a par on the second hole and Erickson missed a short putt so Kretsch was the champion of the tournament.
Other flight champions were: President’s Flight—Rob Noren; Paffrath Flight—Mike Wallace; First Flight—Paul Arnoldi; Second Flight—Jesse Davis; Third Flight—Scott Honl; Fourth Flight—Gary Trowbridge; Fifth Flight—Duncan McCampbell. Congratulations to all the 2015 flight winners.
Tournament chairman Paul Pieschel thanks the 63 golfers in attendance and invites the players to the 56th annual event in 2016! Pieschel also thanks the many volunteers who helped on the course and in the clubhouse to make the 2015 tournament a great success.
Following are the complete results from this year’s tournament:
Tom Ryan 82-91—173
Dan Puls 87-88—175
Phil Runck 87-88—175
Josh Jensen 85-91—176
Greg Hillesheim 84-94—178
Buddy Kretsch 92-92—184
Lance Larson 91-100—191
PAFFRATH FLIGHT
Mike Wallace 75-80—155
R.J. Wallace 84-85—169
Jack Potter 80-92—172
Bryan Gatzlaff 89-87—176
Benjie Frantz 84-102—186
Jim Potter 85-103—188
Mark Scheidel 71-Did not finish
Joe Meyer 77-Did not finish
FIRST FLIGHT
Paul Arnoldi 82-79—161
Paul Conors 77-87—164
Jake Miesen 83-83—166
Dean Penk 87-82—169
Jim Miesen 86-88—174
Matt Tews 90-88—178
Andy Salonek 93-88—181
SECOND FLIGHT
Jesse Davis 79-90—169
Paul Pieschel 81-91—172
Andy Jacoby 86-88—174
Buzz Lang 86-92—178
Dave Penk 87-93—180
Jeff Kretsch 92-89—181
Mike Carlson 97-93—190
Darvin Voge 116-117—233
THIRD FLIGHT
Scott Honl 87-95—182
Corey Brown 99-84—183
Greg Mattson 91-96—187
Tom Jensen 96-91—187
Derek Krebs 94-98—192
Bryant Krebs 94-106—200
Tal Davis 108-99—207
Jeremy Brown 88-Did not finish
FOURTH FLIGHT
Gary Trowbridge 85-91—176
Ramsey Beyer 101-92—193
Scott Buege 99-95—194
John Hines 96-103—199
Eric Gronholz 99-102—201
Ron Sturm 110-107—217
Tom Toth 111-106—217
Tom Honl Did not finish
FIFTH FLIGHT
Duncan McCampbell 95-96—191
Jordan Pidde 101-96—197
Mark Carlson 104-99—203
Dana Jacobs 116-100—216
Cean Shands 110-108—218
Matt Muske 110-118—228
Cory Gilmer 124-107—231
Pete Hacker 143-Did not finish