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Wisconsin State Golden Tee Championship
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John Thurston Wins Top Dairy State Golden Tee Honor

From September 1^st December 25^th, 2004, Wisconsin Golden Tee players competed for Best Average Score (20 Rounds) to qualify for the live Championship Final at the Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells. The top qualifiers were invited to participate in the event which was put on by the Wisconsin Amusement and Music Operators and Incredible Technologies.

136 players traveled to the Kalahari Resort on January 21^st, 2005, in the midst of a cold Wisconsin blizzard on a quest to be crowned the Wisconsin State GT Champion. Over $18,000 worth of cash and prizes awaited them at the tournament, along with the worlds largest indoor water park and 29 tournament-ready Golden Tee machines inside the resorts premiere banquet room. Along with the tournament machines, two Silver Strike Bowling games and a Golden Tee LIVE were showcased at the event.

With so many players in attendance, a flighting system was used in order give each player a fair chance at the prize pool, which was split evenly among the two. A four-course qualifier was used in order seed players, of which the top 32 players in each flight moved on to double elimination match play. Scroll down for results!

72-Hole Qualifier Leaderboard

FLIGHT A - QUALIFIER					FLIGHT B - QUALIFIER
#	Player	Score	GSP	LD	#	Player	Score	GSP	LD
1	S Krueger	-97	101,568	400	1	D Foss	-76	36,230	378
2	J Thurston	-94	141,622	378	2	P Haugh	-75	32,129	357
3	S Goetsch	-89	65,338	367	3	A Pekarske	-74	57,352	377
4	K Stimpert	-85	80,998	379	4	D Neuser	-71	75,555	365
5	D Crawford	-84	16,293	387	5	D Radawitz	-68	53,164	369
6	D Miser	-83	32,747	389	6	B Olkowski	-68	34,063	378
7	B Pilgreen	-83	26,015	384	7	A Kostuch	-65	34,471	367
8	J Benjamin	-82	80,657	378	8	S Procknow	-64	66,095	363
9	M Longley	-81	52,179	377	9	J Fraker	-63	17,003	372
10	M Marion	-81	35,957	364	10	T Caylor	-62	20,017	370
11	S Strom	-79	37,651	364	11	B Murphy	-61	54,673	372
12	J Mertzig	-76	61,235	407	12	J Spiegel	-61	50,924	366
13	J Lohse	-75	15,682	377	13	S Sauer	-61	24,544	379
14	G Myers Jr.	-75	11,241	364	14	T Kulhanek	-61	21,092	351
15	R Eckert	-73	56,754	370	15	S Backes	-59	13,945	364
16	S St. Pierre	-73	22,292	365	16	P Pauer	-56	21,560	375
17	T Aicher	-69	31,177	362	17	M Nothem	-56	5,107	381
18	C Goetsch	-68	21,007	373	18	S Cook	-55	40,229	349
19	S Nau	-66	24,026	373	19	R Sewell	-55	17,088	375
20	D Wunrow	-65	24,812	361	20	C Powers	-55	13,602	381
21	J Jez	-65	14,482	376	21	N Skewes	-55	10,136	362
22	D Stockard	-64	10,721	363	22	J Johnson	-54	19,411	370
23	G Clark	-62	33,675	360	23	D Pankow	-53	56,651	362
24	R Staniszewski	-62	16,914	376	24	J Davis II	-53	4,704	365
25	R Smith	-61	30,202	370	25	V Joerndt	-53	0	375
26	R Farnsworth	-61	18,074	376	26	J Fellenz	-52	9,018	364
27	J Winker	-61	9,257	374	27	T Bollom	-52	0	360
28	M Fadroski	-59	81,751	352	28	M Mcquade	-50	27,364	365
29	J Strom	-59	31,579	413	29	R Retelle	-50	15,671	365
30	C Corgiat	-57	12,614	384	30	J Wolslager	-50	14,758	374
31	K Weston	-57	0	369	31	D Furlong	-50	0	373
32	D Muehlenkamp	-55	21,849	371	32	T Elliott	-49	23,326	377
33	J Case	-55	19,546	373	33	E Rott	-49	0	361
34	K Whitehouse	-54	23,964	374	34	B Striegel	-48	11,265	375
35	R Delap	-48	18,337	367	35	D Krueger	-48	10,379	377
36	M Case	-47	39,884	380	36	G Clark	-48	2,556	357
37	K Jerman	-47	18,032	362	37	G Burton	-47	24,960	373
38	J Leubner	-46	47,555	372	38	B Henning	-46	11,298	366
39	D Detienne	-43	26,007	381	39	B Gaeth	-45	18,533	365
40	B Testroete	-35	24,591	349	40	G Tarnowski	-45	17,487	384
41	B Prom	-31	20,503	366	41	S Zanzig	-45	0	375
42	J Miller	-10	9,937	355	42	H Schenkel	-44	24,043	360
					43	J Morales	-44	14,325	378
					44	J Rogers	-44	13,560	365
					45	S Erickson	-43	59,757	380
					46	G Kirsch	-43	26,665	377
					47	J Olson	-43	2,511	372
					48	Z Mory	-42	14,073	373
					49	L Riehl	-42	8,107	375
					50	D Sukow	-41	28,030	355
					51	J Jaeger	-41	11,815	350
					52	M Moore	-41	0	366
					53	K Renner	-40	34,219	367
					54	M Northam	-40	7,457	359
					55	D Beaton	-39	27,484	372
					56	P Wysocky	-38	33,231	379
					57	S Tobey	-36	0	359
					58	B Fuchs	-35	15,464	384
					59	C Muecke	-35	14,135	379
					60	R Werning	-35	0	373
					61	T Schulko	-33	0	364
					62	T Kurtz	-32	0	379
					63	C Hollis	-31	38,593	340
					64	J Santoro	-31	22,250	386
					65	M Dymora	-31	9,045	384
					66	J Herbert	-30	21,507	365
					67	B Bergholz	-29	10,443	338
					68	J Krecioch	-29	7,240	373
					69	R Kirchner	-28	22,795	362
					70	A Byrket	-28	14,768	363
					71	B Moulas	-27	22,142	371
					72	J Scrima	-27	6,555	370
					73	L Zimmerman	-26	30,204	357
					74	S Wilterdink	-24	0	369
					75	B Richards	-23	0	360
					76	G Moulas	-22	18,551	366
					77	D Mcdougall	-20	22,106	384
					78	C Reno	-20	8,277	346
					79	D Martin	-20	5,612	360
					80	K Wyatt	-18	0	364
					81	L La Buwi	-17	24,141	346
					82	J Nothem	-17	5,607	357
					83	K Lein	-11	35,500	335
					84	K Zeitler	-8	13,390	354
					85	S Denfeld	-6	22,441	339
					86	E Snyder	-6	10,045	386
					87	R Bauer	-6	3,216	383
					88	B Harris	-6	0	346
					89	B Picciolo	-2	13,098	381
					90	B Kielas	-2	0	368
					91	C Fellenz	5	18,279	344
					92	J Williamson	8	9,659	381
					93	J Glorioso	16	6,666	353

Bonus League Points Challenge

All Championship qualifiers received a ticket into this special drawing for every 10,000 GTGA League Points they accumulated during the 3-month qualifying period. There were TONS of prizes available ranging from gift certificates, to high-end electronics and a plasma screen TV! Here were some of the winners:

DRAWING PRIZES & WINNERS................................................................................................................
42" Plasma TV                                       Marc Case
Weekend @ The Kalahari Resort         Brian Striegel
Canon Printer                                        Kevin Wyatt
500 Ct Chips Texas Holdem                   Cory Goetsch
Canon Digital Camera/Printer               Kirk Stimpert
Mini Ipod                                              Chris Powers
Xbox                                                     Charles Muecke
Sony Home Theatre Surround Sound   Victor Joerndt
Sony Remote Commander                    Tim Aicher
Panasonic CD Stereo System                David Crawford
Sony Kitchen Clock Radio                     Brad Testroete
500 Ct Chips Texas Holdem                   Jeffrey Rogers
Sony Remote Commander                    Dan Miser
Miller Lite Grill                                      Jeff Johnson
Badger Jacket                                       Jesse Santoro

The top 32 players in each flight reconvened on Sunday morning in the Kalahari banquet room to begin the head-to-head portion of the tournament. Courses were chosen randomly by a trackball spin and sudden death was used in the event of a tied score. Check out the final results below!

Wisconsin State Championship Final Results
Congratulations to John Thurston, Andrew Pekarske and ALL of the Wisconsin State Championship Competitors

FLIGHT A			FLIGHT B
1st	John Thurston	$1,100	Andrew Pekarske
2nd	Scott Krueger	$700	John Fraker
3rd	Kirk Stimpert	$500	David Foss
4th	Dan Miser	$300	David Furlong
5th	Ben Pilgreen	$200	Jon Fellenz
5th	Jeff Benjamin	$200	Josh Spiegel
7th	Mitch Longley	$125	Chris Powers
7th	John Jez	$125	Brian Olkowski
9th	Rob Staniszewski	$75	Victor Joerndt
9th	Jeremy Lohse	$75	Michael McQuade
9th	Justin Strom	$75	Rahn Sewell
9th	Steve Nau	$75	Tim Caylor
13th	Rob Eckert	$50	Joe Wolsager
13th	Cory Goetsch	$50	Tony Elliott
13th	David Crawford	$50	Brandon Murphy
13th	Joe Winker	$50	Paul Haugh
17th	Ryan Farnsworth	$25	Del Radawitz
17th	Tim Aicher	$25	Stephen Backes
17th	Chuck Corgiat	$25	Tom Bollom
17th	Scott Strom	$25	Dean Pankow
17th	Scott St. Pierre	$25	Ryan Retelle
17th	Greg Clark	$25	Steven Procknow
17th	Mark Fadroski	$25	Matt Nothem
17th	Shaun Goetsch	$25	Don Neuser

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