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Golden Tee® Michigan State
Championship | Over $20,000 in Prizes Tournament of
Champions!
 Two months of exciting
Golden Tee Golf in Michigan has come to an end in grand style. The Golden
Tee Michigan State Championship was a two-part, statewide tournament with
over $20,000 in prizes at stake. To qualify, players competed for lowest
20-game average from September 1st to October 31st on participating Michigan
GT machines. Qualifiers were then invited to compete in a live championship
final held November 20th and 21st in Ann Arbor, MI.
The festivities began with a Friday night Scotch-Doubles tournament for all
of the Michigan State Championship competitors. Here were the results:
Scotch Doubles Results
1st Place | $160
Steve Esmont & Paul Kovacs
2nd Place | $100
George Ketchman & John Ingerson
3rd Place | $60
Nathan Schomberg & Mike Demko
104 players competed in the championship final event and they were split
into two flights based on their Part-One qualifying scores. Each flight
participated in a 4-round qualifier to determine the seeding for 32-man,
double-elimination match play. Three time Golden Tee Player of the Year,
Jason Matkovich, qualified number one in Flight A with a score of 100 and
87,424 Great Shot Points. Graham Forbes was the top qualifier in Flight B
with -71 and 34,560 Great Shot Points.
With tons of prize money at stake, match play was full of drama and
excitement. Here were the final results and prizes:
GT Michigan State Championship
-Final Results-
Flight A Flight B
Joe Caradonna 1st | $1,250 Joe Piekny
Stan Razmus 2nd | $1,000 David Haulman
Ryan VanManen 3rd | $700 Michael Spink
Jeff McClellan 4th | $500 Jeff Drumheller
Jason Matkovich 5-6th | $400 Jeff Traver
Mike Demko Jerry Pauter
Ron Wisniewski 7-8th | $300 Rich Kostera
Nathan Schomberg Sam Poma
Gary Koehn 9-12th | $100 Chet Rakowski
Jim Buikema James Chapman
Walt Dietz Darren Patterson
Derek Fox Marc Castro |
Chris McClain 13-16th | $75 Brad McClellan
Jeff Stiemsma Kevin Green
Steve Beattie Greg Borschke
Steve Esmont Jeff Light
Steve Zaske 17-24th | $25 Marie Hannifin
Brian Dahlgren Anthony Tonak
Dean Goad Jeff Zapinski
George Ketchman Adam Wallace
Chad Miller Steve Bronsing
Matt Schweitzer Ken Case
Steve Howard Jon Houser
Brian Carpenter Stephanie Elias |
Bonus Drawing
Players received 1 ticket into a bonus drawing for every 10,000 GTGA League
Points they accumulated during Part One of the Golden Tee Michigan State
Championship. The drawing took place at the finals immediately after the
qualifying rounds. Tons of top dollar prizes were given away; here is the
list of winners:
2005 GT Fore Terence Wrona
51" HDTV Ron Swanson
Apple Ibook Laptop Computer Marie Hannifin
Merit Megatouch Dominic Slattery
Michigan State Camp Chair Erik Planer - Brian Dahlgren - Jerry Pauter
Football Brian Carpenter
Wine/Cheese Basket Dean Goad - Doug Hamer
Knife Set Chris McClain - Ron Wisniewski
Chipper/Putter/Wedge Tom Setcoski - Mike Demko
Dart Set Brad McClellan Larry Nichols
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Graphite Pool Cue Steve Esmont - Guy Tickner - Doug Novakowski
X Box Doug Drouillard
Roadside Emergency Kit Kirk Chapman - Al Locke
DVD Player Darren Patterson - John Ingerson
166 Pc Mechanics Tool Set Jason Vidaurri
Portable DVD Player Steve Beattie
DVD/VCR Combo Patrick Bannasch
Digital Camera Sam Poma
Chopping Blocks Jeremy Joswick
Hummer/Chopper Remote Control Mark Jankovich |
Congratulations to Joe Caradonna, Joe
Pieky and the Rest of the Michigan Competitors
104 Golden Tee await their number
during the special bonus drawing
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Dave and Marie Hannifin, winners of the Apple I Book
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Ron Swanson stands with his new 51 HDTV
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Player, Nate Schomberg, helps out the
tournament directors with his GT expertise
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First place winner, Joe Caradonna, stands with Matt Verdura, of Full
Spectrum Amusements, and second place finisher, Stan Razmus |
Flight B winner and runner-up, Joe Piekny and
David Haulman, receive their checks from Matt Verdura
of Full Spectrum Amusements |
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