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The Wisconsin PGA gathered on Friday to enjoy one of the great traditions of the section. After being derailed by thunderstorms back in June, the rescheduled Hornung’s Classic would make its annual stop at South Hills G&CC. It marked just the second time the event has been forced to take place later in the calendar in the past 15 years.

The Wisconsin PGA Jr. Foundation hosted two Drive, Chip and Putt Sub-Regional qualifiers back in August to determine who would be moving on to the Regional at Medinah Country Club on Saturday, October 1st. The Regional is the last stop before the

The regular season of the WPGA Four-Player Pro-Am Series wrapped up around dinner time on Monday. The field was fortunate to experience a beautiful September day, as twenty-nine teams made the trip to Tuckaway CC for the PXG Pro-Am. Making the most of their trip south was the squad from Horseshoe Bay GC. Having traveled the farthest of the teams in the field the foursome of Jamie Christianson, Andrew Morel, Brad Hitt and Tim Schwecke was able to get the job done.

A recent trip back home was the perfect recipe to put Jamie Christianson in the right frame of mind to win his first Wisconsin PGA Professional Championship on Tuesday. The Park Falls, Wisconsin native reflected on a stop at his childhood home course last week, and how it impacted his most important playing accomplishment to date.

Jim Schuman won the Wisconsin State Senior Open Championship for the fourth time Wednesday afternoon, tying the record for overall wins in the championship, which was inaugurated in 1985. Schuman, who lives in Menomonee Falls, earned a three-stroke victory at Hidden Glen GC in Cedarburg on a day that the private club played even more difficult than usual. Schuman’s final-round 71 was the only under-par score recorded Wednesday.

The Wisconsin PGA Four-Player Pro-Am Series was back on course on Tuesday. After being derailed by some wet weather back in early May the participants of the TaylorMade Pro-Am were greeted with a beautiful day for golf. Originally scheduled to take place at the Wisconsin Club the event was moved to long-time pro-am host Geneva National Resort & Club when it was rescheduled.

To cap off the month of August the Wisconsin PGA brought together another sold-out field for the Summer Pro-Ladies. This year’s version would venture to Racine Country Club on Monday. The event got off to a bumpy start as severe weather rolled into the area shortly after the start of play. The saying “all’s well that ends well” summed up the day just fine. After an hour and half delay play would resume and eventually the field would be greeted with partly sunny skies for the remainder of their round.

The WPGA Stableford Classic was back on the schedule Tuesday, after a successful debut in 2021. Another exciting day of golf was on tap, as the players would look to ratchet up their aggressive play with the stableford format. Playing host to this year’s event was Old Hickory GC in Beaver Dam. The old-school course would be the ideal host, with plenty of birdies and eagles available throughout.

It always seems to come down to the short game when Wisconsin’s biggest golf tournaments are held at Ozaukee CC in Mequon, a woodsy 100-year-old golf course known its slick, contoured putting surfaces. Those green complexes went a long way toward determining another champion this week at Ozaukee CC, where Daniel Mazziotta won the Wisconsin State Open in a three-hole sudden-death playoff Wednesday evening after the sun had already set.

After just about the three months of action the WPGA Match Play Championship would come to a close on Monday. Kicking off in early May with two days of play, the remaining foursome would return to close things out at the site where the journey began. Monday’s play would feature the semifinals in the morning and the final match around lunch time.