Golf: Former SCSU golfer wins Kyle's Lakes Area Classic title

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It went right down to the wire to determine the winner of the Kyle’s Lakes Area Classic championship May 19 as Justin Nelson of Lakeville and Charlie West of Victoria battled it out through the final hole of regulation, leaving Nelson at the top.

West, a member of the St. Cloud State University Huskies team, led Nelson, a former member and now volunteer coach, by one stroke heading to the 17th hole.

But it was Nelson who came through with the win as he finished par and par at the Alexandria Golf Club, while West struggled on the final two holes, going bogey-bogey.

Nelson had a strong showing on the front nine, finishing in 1-under-par 35, while West carded a 1-over-par 37.

This year’s team title went to Evan Peters’ squad the Spidermonkeys with a 348. Peters, West, Nelson, Mitch Means, Kyle Diekman, Lyke Keeker, Todd Tvrdik and Lowell Chermak made up the team.

This year’s pinpoint putting title went to Rick Johnson, while the Viking Club winner’s title went to West, who was the tournament runner-up.

Donny Booker’s 84 earned him top honors in the NIT Division, while the 100-club championship went to Jeff Hange in a scorecard playoff and the high point championship (best of the bottom eight golfers in the NCAA Division) went to Jake Seth, also in a scorecard playoff.

23RD KYLE’S LAKES AREA CLASSIC

GOLF TOURNAMENT

NCAA DIVISION

FLIGHT ONE – Justin Nelson 76, Charlie West 77, Evan Peters 82, Greg Mattson 82, Charlie Meyer 83, Bill Hafdal 85, Mitch Means 89, Mark Schrotter 90.

FLIGHT TWO – Troy Hagen 84, Scott Johnson 85, Chad Meyer 87, Brian Lennes 89, Tom Burns 89, Gordy Diekman 90, Rick Guderjahn 92, Barry Mielke 93.

FLIGHT THREE – Brian Johnson 88, Josh Noska 88, Matt Stennes 90, Mark Johnson 92, Ryan Beers 95, Kirby Chermak 96, Travis Hagen 97, Dave Anderson 101.

FLIGHT FOUR – Bruce Tanquist 93, Dan Lehtola 94, Mitch Brandsted 95, Mike Lennes 96, Brian Fearing 96, Chris Uhde 98, Kyle Kerfeld 99, John Hennen 100.

FLIGHT FIVE – Mason Stender 95, Gary Mattson 96, Mike Cebulla 98, Pepper Skytte 99, Jason Lennes 99, Jeff Cebulla 103, Duane Halbe 104, John Geihtman 105.

FLIGHT SIX – Jeff Hange 100, Don Klimek 108, Justin Klimek 109, Leon Mattson 111, Dave Mulder 111, Jake Seth 111, Stacey Froemming 112.

NIT DIVISION

FLIGHT ONE – Clair Angland 88, Bob Saar 98, Tom West 101, Roger Howe 102, Kurt Diekman 102, Tyler Johnson 103, Wayne Parks 104, Bob Teclaw 107.

SECOND FLIGHT – Josh Luebben 103, Jim Berkman 113, Greg Johnson 113, Kyle Kieker 114, Chad Goracke 115, Michael Bouressa 116, Bud Diekman 117, Greg Bailey 119.

THIRD FLIGHT – Sam Dirckx 108, Brad Anderson 111, Randy Howe 119, David Knoll 120, Jeff Dahl 123, Todd Steffel 124, Jesse Karna 124, Todd Tvrdik 149.

FOURTH FLIGHT – Donny Booker 84, Mike Meineus 87, Ron Krafta 89, Rick Johnson 90, Tim Asche 90, Steve Dahl 91, Bryce Cunniff 92, Brent Line 93.

FIFTH FLIGHT – Neil Doose 90, Joe Taber 92, Scott Larson 93, Karl Diekman 94, Eric Karlstad 94, Doug Hegg 96, Don Blakesley 96, Scott Johnson 102.

SIXTH FLIGHT – Gary Grieme 91, Bob Guetter 95, Russ Kackak 96, Rob Robinson 96, B. Prendergass 98, Fred Conrad 99, Kyle Diekman 100, Lowell Chermak 101.

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