The Patriot Pro-am
The Patriot Pro-am is an event on the schedule of the Northern Michigan Chapter of the PGA of America. Proceeds from entry fees benefit the Camp Grayling Family Readiness Group. Professionals from all over northern Michigan compete and bring along 3 amateur players. This year 24 teams took part which was a 75% increase over last year after moving the date from May to August.
The event uses a unique Stableford scoring system giving positive points for birdies and eagles and negative points for bogeys, double bogeys and the dreaded other. Thus, the highest point total determines our winners.
| Professional Results | ||
| Place | Golf Professional | Score |
| 1 | Lee Houtteman | 8 |
| 2 | Gary Lewandowski | 6 |
| 3 | Thom Slusher | 2 |
| 4 | Shaun Bezilla | -1 |
| 5 | Chad Boyce | -4 |
| 6 | Jason Guss | -5 |
| T7 | Casey Powers | -6 |
| T7 | Mark Hogan | -6 |
| T7 | Mark Hill | -6 |
| 10 | Doug Grove | -8 |
| 11 | Kevin McKinley | -9 |
| 12 | Shane Hollandsworth | -10 |
| 13 | Keith Grunch | -11 |
| T14 | Mike Fay | -12 |
| T14 | Kyle Roman | -12 |
| T16 | Jt Aude | -13 |
| T16 | Cris Cavitt | -13 |
| T18 | Jerry Roman | -15 |
| T18 | Joe Charles | -15 |
| T18 | Doug Bell | -15 |
| 21 | Paulo Rocha | -18 |
| 22 | Brian Davis | -19 |
| 23 | Tim Covell | -20 |
| 24 | Matt Shalhoup | -21 |
Individual skin winners were Kevin McKinley with eagle on 1, Casey Powers with birdie on 3, Lee Houtteman with birdie on 11 and Shane Hollandsworth with birdie on 14.
Below are the team results…tight race at the top.
| Place | Golf Professional | Score | Am 1 | Am 2 | Am 3 |
| 1 | Casey Powers | 33 | Justin Barnes | Malcolm Fordyce | James Fordyce |
| 2 | Kyle Roman | 31 | Darren O'Boyle | Mark Grace | Tom Loshaw |
| 3 | Lee Houtteman | 29 | Curt Fjelstul | Kyle Schaub | Nichol Cox |
| 4 | Shaun Bezilla | 28 | Ed Bezilla | Greg Nuoing | Mike Posenow |
| T5 | Kevin McKinley | 26 | John McKinley | John Bissell | Kent Heiden |
| T5 | Keith Grunch | 26 | Doug Milligan | Jason Walsh | Jordan Nystrom |
| 7 | Mike Fay | 23 | Ron Michals | Steve Nagel | Jim Conley |
| T8 | Chad Boyce | 22 | Josh Reinert | Ken Tesauro | Bob Looby |
| T8 | Mark Hill | 22 | Mike Seward | Don Mappin | Randy Richter |
| 10 | Tim Covell | 21 | Tyler Covell | Tom Winquist | Ron Nielson |
| T11 | Joe Charles | 19 | Adam Korson | Kyle Yohe | Chad Volant |
| T11 | Thom Slusher | 19 | Trevor Frankeke | JJ Klaus | Dan Timmins |
| T11 | Brian Davis | 19 | Dave Phillips | John Girardt | Bryan McClain |
| T11 | Paulo Rocha | 19 | Al Wisne | Jay Slavsky | Steve Zuccarini |
| 15 | JT Aude | 18 | Chip Nicholas | Tom Gouin | JD Dreyer |
| T16 | Mark Hogan | 17 | Aaron Beach | Terry Nagelkirk | Shawn Houtz |
| T16 | Doug Grove | 17 | Ron Benson | James VanDosen | John Raymond |
| T16 | Jason Guss | 17 | Alyssa Gaudio | Trent Schroeder | Yog Willnow |
| 19 | Gary Lewandowski | 16 | Jon Leslie | Ron Snead | Craig Misselhorn |
| 20 | Matt Shalhoup | 15 | Gary Bedlion | Aaron Riley | Joe Thompson |
| 21 | Jerry Roman | 13 | Rich Lindberg | Peg Lindberg | Bill MacCready |
| T22 | Cris Cavitt | 8 | Ray Wieckert | Matt McColl | George Torreano |
| T22 | Shane Hollandsworth | 8 | Matt Krill | Nick Chapin | Todd Jarrold |
| 24 | Doug Bell | 1 | Julie Brakora | Melanie Rutheford | Rick Dewling |
Team Skin Winners were
- Hole 5 - Covell with +10
- Hole 8 - Davis with +5
- Hole 9 - Davis with +5
- Hole 10 - Charles with +7
- Hole 13 - Boyce with +7
- Hole 14 - Hollandsworth with +1
- Hole 16 - Aude with +7
- Hole 18 - K. Roman with +7
More importantly than the results was the cause.
If anyone would like to send a note of thanks to any of those associated with our opening ceremony, here are the contacts
- VFW Honor Guard - RON LEBOURDAIS - rlebourd@live.com
- Speaker - DOUG ROBINSON - robinsond15@michigan.gov
- Singer - JUSTIN REED - justinnicholasreed@gmail.com
Our Food and Beverage team who set up the beer tasting with Leinenkuegels and the Brisket Slider with Sysco.
- GABE BOBER - gbober@treetops.com
Our ownership representative for allowing us to utilize the beautiful Jones Masterpiece on an otherwise very busy day
- BARRY OWENS - bowens@treetops.com
Last and certainly not least, our sponsors who make these events possible and provide a large portion of the purse for us and our amateurs.
- Club Car - JOHN BISSELL - jbissell@midwestgt.com
- Farm Bureau Insurance - ADAM KORSON - akorson@fbinsmi.com and/or CHAD VOLANT - cvolant@fbinsmi.com
- Acrisure - TERRY NAGELKIRK - tnagelkirk@acrisure.com
- MARK JENKINS - my365mail@gmail.com
- GARY DOMAGALSKI - domagalski@comcast.net
- JERE HODGES - jerehodges@gmail.com
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