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Hutchison Wins Michigan Open

 

 

To: Sports Department                            Contact: Tim Hygh

7-14-11                                                                                  (517) 582-3414    

HUTCHISON WINS MICHIGAN OPEN

 

WASHINGTON – Randy Hutchison saved the best for last. The 24-year-old mini-tour professional from Traverse City made a dramatic birdie on the 18th hole to win the Michigan Open Championship Thursday at The Orchards Golf Club.

“I knew I had to make a birdie, and I didn’t expect him to make a bogey,” he said of the final hole drama in which he eclipsed the one-shot lead of Matt Thompson, who had birdied holes 16 and 17 to take a one-shot lead. “My last birdie had been on the sixth hole, so I was due for one.”

Hutchison hit a sand wedge shot to just two feet for the final birdie, while Thompson missed the green with a 7-iron shot, just missed making a chip shot from left of the green and finally missed a seven-foot par-saving putt. Hutchison then knocked his final short putt in for the win and fist-pump celebration. “It reminded me of a putt I made at a qualifier to get in a Buick Open (2009),” he said. “I had good thoughts and just knocked it in.”

Hutchison, a former Michigan State golfer, won $10,000 and heads back to the NGA Hooters Tour. His final birdie gave him a 2-under-par 70 for a 16-under-par 272 total.

Thompson, a Battle Creek resident who will be a senior on the University of Michigan golf team in the fall, finished at 273 with a 68.

Brian Ottenweller, a former University of Michigan Michigan player now on the mini-tour circuit, finished at 275 and in third place with a 67.

Muskegon pro Andy Ruthkoski, the 2007 Open champion, shot 70 for 279 and fourth place, and Ann Arbor amateur Martin Jeppesen, an Eastern Michigan University golfer, shot 66 for 280 and fifth place. Sixth place went to mini-tour pro Ryan Lenahan of Grosse Pointe Shores, who shot a course-record 63 for 281. PGA Tour star Mike Weir was the previous record-holder at 65.

Hutchison was feeling great about his win.

“It’s always great to play in the Michigan Open, and to get my first professional win in this tournament is great,” he said. “Winning with my parents here – it’s just great, exactly the way you want it.”

Thompson, who was also second in the 2009 Michigan Open, missed at being the first amateur to win a state Open since 1975.

“I feel like he beat me,” he said of Hutchison. “I made bogey on the last hole, missed the green, then just missed that chip, but I shot 15-under. He just beat me. Randy’s a great player. He made a great birdie there to win.”

 

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Place

Name

Representing

R1

R2

R3

R4

Total

Amount

1

Randy Hutchison

Traverse City, MI

69

65

68

70

272

10,000.00

2

Matt Thompson(a)

Battle Creek, MI

70

66

69

68

273

750.00

3

Brian Ottenweller

Grand Rapids, MI

71

67

70

67

275

6,000.00

4

Andrew Ruthkoski

Muskegon, MI

70

66

73

70

279

5,000.00

5

Martin Jeppesen(a)

Ann Arbor, MI

72

72

70

66

280

600.00

T6

Ryan Lenahan

Grosse Pointe , MI

71

69

78

63

281

4,000.00

Erik Schleicher(a)

Grosse Pointe, MI

73

72

68

68

281

500.00

T8

Joey Garber(a)

Petoskey, MI

73

68

67

74

282

425.00

Tom Werkmeister(a)

Kentwood, MI

70

75

67

70

282

425.00

Clark Klaasen

Grand Rapids, MI

71

69

72

70

282

3,000.00

11

Korey Mahoney

Thompsonville, MI

70

77

67

69

283

2,000.00

T12

Brian Cairns

Fox Hills Golf & Banquet Center

68

72

75

69

284

1,662.50

Joe Jusczyk

Dearborn Hts, MI

71

73

68

72

284

1,662.50

Dan Olsen

Walnut Hills Country Club

72

73

69

70

284

1,662.50

Eric Wohlfield

Brighton, MI

72

70

71

71

284

1,662.50

Payne Gniewek(a)

Trenton, MI

72

69

72

71

284

385.00

Jeff Champine(a)

Rochester Hills, MI

73

68

72

71

284

385.00

T18

Henry Do(a)

Ypsilanti, MI

70

70

72

73

285

360.00

Brad Bastion(a)

Clinton Twp, MI

72

70

74

69

285

360.00

Ryan Brehm

East Lansing, MI

70

69

76

70

285

1,400.00

Willie Mack III(a)

Flint, MI

76

72

70

67

285

360.00

T22

Josh Fryer

Franklin Hills Country Club

71

69

75

71

286

1,250.00

Ben Peacock(a)

Ada, MI

69

74

71

72

286

340.00

Jared Jawor

Lake Orion, MI

73

74

68

71

286

1,250.00

T25

Bob Ackerman

Bob Ackerman Golf

70

69

76

72

287

1,100.00

Chris Mory(a)

Haslett, MI

73

73

75

66

287

325.00

David Vaclav(a)

Flat Rock, MI

71

72

70

74

287

325.00

T28

John Seltzer

The Polo Fields Golf & CC – Ann

74

71

70

73

288

936.00

Jared Dalga(a)

Grand Rapids, MI

73

74

70

71

288

305.00

Greg Stefan

Farmington Hills, MI

73

70

75

70

288

936.00

Dan Ellis(a)

Negaunee, MI

74

67

74

73

288

305.00

Kevin Muir

The Wyndgate

74

71

70

73

288

936.00

Matt Horn

Clarkston, MI

75

72

74

67

288

936.00

Erich Kuhlman

The Fortress

70

70

76

72

288

936.00

T35

Scott Hebert

Grand Traverse Resort & Spa

70

74

75

70

289

860.00

Chris Osentoski

Metamora, MI

71

73

72

73

289

860.00

T37

Nicholas Gunthorpe(a)

Ovid, MI

70

74

73

73

290

285.00

Patrick Colburn(a)

Traverse City, MI

75

70

73

72

290

285.00

Michael Pedrys

Beverly Hills, MI

71

75

72

72

290

830.00

T40

Jack Seltzer

Kendall Academy of Golf

74

74

70

73

291

790.00

Derrick Sayers

Battle Creek, MI

70

73

74

74

291

790.00

T40

Brent Goik

Bay City, MI

73

71

75

72

291

790.00

Tommy Conway(a)

Brighton, MI

78

69

72

72

291

270.00

T44

Scott Hayes

Ann Arbor, MI

72

71

71

78

292

730.00

Matt Pesta

Waterford, MI

74

73

71

74

292

730.00

Tim Katanski

Ann Arbor, MI

75

71

74

72

292

730.00

T47

Brandon Cigna

Novi, MI

70

76

75

72

293

680.00

Joseph Stimac IV

Burton, MI

71

76

74

72

293

680.00

T49

David VanLoozen

Edgewood Country Club

76

70

73

75

294

650.00

Wesley Gates(a)

Novi, MI

73

73

77

71

294

255.00

Michael Coriasso(a)

Grand Blanc, MI

72

70

74

78

294

255.00

T52

Jason May(a)

Sterling Height, MI

74

70

73

78

295

225.00

Gary Bissell(a)

East Lansing, MI

72

72

74

77

295

225.00

Chris Cunningham(a)

Milford, MI

72

71

73

79

295

225.00

Joseph Szmadzinski(a)

Northville, MI

74

71

76

74

295

225.00

56

Dave Kendall

Kendall Academy of Golf

72

71

77

76

296

630.00

T57

Thomas Harding

Kendall Academy of Golf

73

72

74

78

297

610.00

Barry Redmond

Boyne Golf Academy

76

72

72

77

297

610.00

Brett Quitiquit(a)

Highland, MI

74

73

74

76

297

200.00

T60

John Nolan

Van Dyke Sports Center

71

76

79

73

299

580.00

Aaron Peterson(a)

Ann Arbor, MI

73

74

76

76

299

190.00

Donald Leafstrand

Ludington, MI

76

70

71

82

299

580.00

Chad Horner

Essexville, MI

74

74

74

77

299

580.00

64

Phil Gieseker(a)

Auburn Hills, MI

76

71

75

78

300

180.00

T65

Daniel Flynn

Midland Country Club

71

77

78

75

301

560.00

Lee Keselowski(a)

Schoolcraft, MI

69

75

79

78

301

170.00

67

Matt Alessi(a)

Bloomfield Hill, MI

75

72

82

73

302

160.00

68

Alex Humphreys(a)

Shelby Township, MI

73

73

79

79

304

150.00

69

Thomas Thompson(a)

Davison, MI

73

74

81

85

313

140.00

70

Jake Losey(a)

Grandville, MI

75

73

85

83

316

130.00

71

Todd Covert(a)

Commerce, MI

72

76

78

W

WD

72

Charles Pasco

Plum Hollow Country Club

75

73

W

WD

 

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