http://www.thebattlecreekshopper.com BATTLE CREEK SHOPPER NEWS Thursday, August 1, 2024 41
WILL KOWALSKI
Sports Editor/Asst. Editor
A total of 80 youngsters ages 7-15- who hailed from city and area sites
as well as from cities in the southern,
western and middle parts of Michigan
plus the northern parts of Indiana –
participated in a PGA of America
Drive, Chip, Putt local qualifier at
Binder Park Golf Course in Battle
Creek on the morning and early after-
noon of Thursday, July 25.
The top two finishers in each age
division advanced to a sub-regional
qualifier at Boulder Creek Golf Club
in Belmont on Aug. 17.
From there, the top finishers at the
sub-regional level advance to a region-
al qualifier at Valhalla Golf Club in
Louisville, KY on Sept. 15; and then
the top finishers there then advance to
the national championships at Augusta
(GA) National Golf Club during the
Masters Championship next spring.
Following are complete results
from last Thursday’s local qualifier:
Boys 7-9- 1-Rowan Fish 80 points (drive 21,
chip 28, putt 31), qualified. 2-Joseph
Bigelow 74 points (9-25-40), quali-
fied. 3-Cristiano Hodge 72 (19-17-
36), alternate. 4-Brody Heaton 64
(24-4-36), alternate. - 5-Steele Hullinger 50, 6-Jaxon
Vitale 49, 7-Houston Isom 46, 8-Eli
Newth 45, 9-Tucker Walker 44,
10-Quinton Olson 43, 11-Rowan
Wellsand 41, 12-AJ Beaudoin 40,
13-Baker Maska 40, 14-Maddox
Mielke 38, 15-Easton Reinke 37,
16-Beckett Howe 32, 17-Miles
Grabowski 32, 18-Tucker O’Sullivan
25, 19-DNF Luca Wright.
Girls 7-9 - 1-Olive Janvrin 40 points (5-7-
- 1-Rowan Fish 80 points (drive 21,
Sophia Barnhart, 10, who is going
into sixth grade at Lakeview Middle
School, competes in the drive event
at the Drive, Chip, Putt local qualifier
on Thursday, July 25 at Binder Park
Golf Course in Battle Creek. (Shopper
News photo by Will Kowalski)Hastings’ Eli Newth, 6, who is going
into first grade, competes in the chip
event at the Drive, Chip, Putt local
qualifier at Binder Park GC in Battle
Creek on July 25. (Shopper News photo by
Will Kowalski)Alaina Clark, 7, who will be going
into second grade at Wattles Park
Elementary School this coming
school year, lines up a putt during
action in the Drive, Chip, Putt local
qualifier at Binder Park GC in B.C. on
July 25. (Shopper News photo by Will Kowalski)Drive, Chip, Putt local qualifier held at Binder Park GC
28), qualified. 2-Alaina Clark 36
(6-4-26), qualified. 3-Lydia Forte 36
(7-12-17), alternate. 4-Kara Carchio
31 (12-3-16), alternate.
Boys 10-11- 1-William Storrs 102 (35-17-50),
qualified. 2-Tyson Tagg 87 (23-27-
37), qualified. 3-Easton Anderson 80
(16-14-40), alternate. 4-Wellington
Shatto 78 (21-16-41), alternate. - 5-George Badics 74, 6-Dawson
Tagg 70, 7-Grayson Herrera 68,
8-Rex Henry Grable 67, 9-Greyson
Diesing 63, 10-Maxwell Luedecking
36, 11-Roman Miller 20.
Girls 10-11 - 1-Anna Li 107 (26-50-31), quali-
fied. 2-Viviana Fish 68 (26-11-31),
qualified. 3-Lola Bruneel 54 (9-3-42),
alternate. 4-Evelyn Popiel 49 (15-3-
31), alternate. - 5-Aleigha Elliot 48, 6-Sophia
Barnhart 47, 7-Elliana Barber 43,
8-Sophia Metz 39, 9-Emmersyn
Barber 36.
Boys 12-13- 1-Bentley Allen 129 (42-22-65),
qualified. 2-Jayce Swihart 114 (40-
32-42), qualified. 3-Lucas Violante
112 (41-40-31), alternate. 4-Nolan
Primm 107 (35-27-45), alternate. - 5-Stennson Shatto 106, 6-Jake
O’Brien 93, 7-Benjamin Armstrong
90, 8-Ashton Schrotenboer 75,
9-Owen Huntington 74, 10-Aaron
Badics 74, 11-Ashton Bjorkman 73,
12-Cam Keselowski 72, 13-Drew
O’Brien 69, 14-Hudson Tagg 67,
15-Chandler Geigley 66, 16-Adam
Kuenner 62, 17-Asher Kryglowski
45, 18-Richie Peternel 36, 19-Jonah
Grabowski 25.
Girls 12-13 - 1-Kayle Turner 104 (34-30-40),
qualified. 2-Aubrey Eberts 93 (35-
22-36), qualified. 3-Avery Rhodes 88
(30-22-36), alternate. 4-Ella Bushman
78 (40-3-35), alternate.- 5-Isabel Rayman 61, 6-Ellie
Thompson 35.
Boys 14-15 - 1-Bentley Coon 172 (67-50-
55), qualified. 2-Samuel Swihart
143 (61-32-50), qualified. 3-Grant
Schrotenboer 101 (16-30-55), alter-
nate. 4-Brady Riegsecker 90 (45-9-
36), alternate. - 5-Brody Bushman 83, 6-Brandon
Kulka 80, 7-Cameron Baker 70,
8-Hunter Crouch 24.
Girls 14-15 - 1-Leighton Diesing 90 (37-12-
41), qualified. 2-Haley Willi 87 (27-
25-35), qualified. 3-Jailyn Bruneel
84 (17-31-36), alternate. 4-Emma
Rayman 64 (20-16-28), alternate.
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