Special Events

Wisconsin PGA

1 week ago

For the second day in a row the Wisconsin PGA crowned a major champion. On Tuesday the Wisconsin Senior PGA Professional Championship wrapped up at Reedsburg Country Club.

The field of 30 players had the green light to go low over the course of the two days, as they had ideal scoring conditions.

Leading the way after day one was Mick Smith of Mick Smith Golf. The 51-year-old shot a 5-under-par 67 on Monday to establish a two stroke lead over Michael Crowley and Mark Voeller.

On Tuesday the event turned into a two-man race over the course of the front nine. Smith would continue his rock-solid play, while Crowley would track down the lead after the six holes of play.

The tie was short-lived though as Crowley would turn into the chaser on the back-nine. Although Crowley was within one-shot for most of the back-nine, he was unable to catch Smith.

The Australian would go bogey-free and card a 3-under-par 69 for an 8-under-par 136 total. Giving him a two-shot win over Crowley. Finishing in third place four shots off the pace was Pat Gorman, the low super-senior finisher.

Smith is now 2 for 2 since turning 50, having won back-to-back Wisconsin Senior PGA Professional Championships.

After a tie for 7th in the National Senior PGA Professional Championship last fall, Smith had an exemption into the 2024 event in his back pocket this week.

Joining Smith in Oregon in late September at this year's national event are Crowley, Mark Voeller and Jim Schuman.

A big thank you goes out to Hornung's Golf Products, PGA TOUR and the Golf Channel for their support of the event. We'd also like to recognize and thank Reedsburg Country Club for hosting the past few days.

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Wisconsin PGA

2 weeks ago

The National Car Rental Wisconsin Assistant PGA Professional Championship came to a close yesterday evening. It was another exciting event, as several players had a chance to win during the final round.

The 36-hole event featured 47 players, 20 of which were eligible to advance to the national event.

Coming out on top via a one-hole playoff was Emmet Herb of Blackhawk CountryClub. The Middleton native finished at 4-under-par on rounds of 68-72-140. His play on the par 5s helped carry him, as he birdied six of the eight over the course of the two rounds. Two of which would come during his final eight holes, after he fell out of the lead and became a chaser.

He would be matched in regulation by Drew Ringelstetter of Geneva National Resort and Michael Nagy of TPC Wisconsin.

Herb would make quick work of the playoff though, as he escaped from trouble in the left hand trees by knocking his approach to 3-feet. After rolling in the short birdie putt he was able to defeat Ringelstetter and Nagy to claim the title.

As for the national event, Herb will have to wait until a future championship to claim his spot. As a new level one associate he was not eligible to advance.

Ringelstetter and Nagy will represent the Wisconsin PGA at PGA Golf Club in November.

A big thank you goes out to National Car Rental, Hornung's Golf Products and Cleveland Golf / Srixon for their support of the championship. We'd also like to express our appreciation to Reedsburg Country Club for hosting.

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Wisconsin PGA

2 weeks ago

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Wisconsin PGA

2 weeks ago

Monday marked back-to-back weeks for the WPGA Pro-Am Four-Player Pro-Am Series. After the rescheduled Suter Ward Group at Morgan Stanley Pro-Am kicked off the month of July last week, the series made the trek to Stevens Point Country Club for the Wilson Golf Pro-Am.

It was the first time the series had made a stop in Stevens Point since SentryWorld hosted in 2018.

Flying up the leaderboard and earning the win was the foursome of Ryan Helminen, Matt Butch, Scott Merzlicker and Ze Vue. They carded a 19-under-par 125 to win by one shot over the Craig Czerniejewski led team. Each player did their part over the course of the day in the one net and one gross best ball format. In total they piled up eighteen net birdies and three net eagles.

For Helminen his 38 stableford points would tie him with Matt Hartmann and Joe Leonard for the low professional victory.

The low senior professional contest was also closely contested, as Brad Lanning came out on top with 37 stableford points.

A big thank you goes out to Wilson Golf, Harris Golf Cars and Elijah Craig for their support of Monday's event. We'd also like to thank Stevens Point Country Club for being a gracious host.

Recap & Results - wisconsin.pga.com/news/on-point-helminen-friends-get-the-wilson-pro-am-win/ ... See MoreSee Less

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Wisconsin PGA

3 weeks ago

After a soggy month of June, the Wisconsin PGA and all the golf courses in the state were ready for a fresh start with the calendar flipping over to July. One of the casualties of the inclement weather in June was the postponement of the Suter Ward Group At Morgan Stanley Pro-Am at Bishops Bay Country Club.

Fortunately, just four weeks later the club would welcome the event back on Monday. Another sold-out field of twenty-nine teams would enjoy a picture-perfect day.

Taking home the title was the home club group of John Shipshock, Jason Hatch, Jerin Zander and Shawn Kriewaldt. They would go low, carding a 21-under-par 131 total in the 1,2,3 net best ball format. They would not play one hole over par and the par 5s would also be a huge factor.

Finishing just two shots behind the winning squad was the Andy Hansen led The University Club of Milwaukee group.

Leading the way in the low professional stableford contest was the trio of John Knoll, Kyle Kroener and Joe Leonard. Each player would pile up 39 points and card an impressive 3-under-par 69. Just one point back was the low senior professional, David Roesch.

A big thank you goes out to Vince Suter and The Suter Ward Group At Morgan Stanley for their continued support of the Wisconsin PGA. We'd also like to recognize and thank supporting partners, the American Family Insurance Championship, the Wisconsin State Golf Association and Tito's Handmade Vodka.

Our gratitude also goes out to the membership and staff at Bishops Bay Country Club. Their willingness to reschedule the event is very much appreciated.

Recap & Results - wisconsin.pga.com/news/shipshock-company-sail-to-victory/ ... See MoreSee Less

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Wisconsin PGA

1 month ago

Monday brought us a beautiful day for golf as WPGA Classic #3 visited the Links Course at the The Golf Courses of Lawsonia.

It marked the third one-day stroke play event of the year and provided the biggest field for the event since 2007.

With ideal scoring conditions the day was ripe for someone to go low. That individual would be University Club of Milwaukee Head PGA Professional Andy Hansen. The former UW-Parkside player would pile up seven birdies and just one bogey on the way to a 6-under-par 66.

The win comes on the heels of a runner-up finish at the WPGA Match Play Championship and top-five finishes at the other two one-day classics.

Finishing in second place with a 3-under-par 69 was Chris Zachman of Milwaukee Country Club.

A big thank you goes out to our event partners, the PGA TOUR, the Wisconsin State Golf Association and Hole-in-One USA. We'd also like to express our gratitude to everyone at The Golf Courses of Lawsonia.

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