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" He would have made that putt
if he needed it. I played with him
all week, and I've seen him play
before, and he never misses a putt
when it matters. "
-Donald Constable
total ever turned in at the State Am (John McMorrow was the
fi rst to put up a 205, which was 8 under, at Hillcrest in 1979). The
record belongs to James McLean, who shot 203, 7 under, at Rochester
G&CC in 1998.
Hoge's back-to-back 67s during the fi rst two rounds gave him
a one-stroke lead over Constable (67-68) going into Wednesday.
But Constable pulled even when he knocked a 3-wood second
shot onto the green at No. 3 (561 yards, par 5) and made a 50-foot
putt for eagle.
Hoge birdied the hole. After 40 holes, they were both at 11 under.
" Then I shanked a 7-iron on No. 4 (209, par-3), " Constable recalls,
resulting in a double bogey.
As they made the turn, both were -9 (and no one closer than -4)
and the back nine was essentially match play, which is something
Constable excells at. He won the MGA Players' (ie: State Match
Play) Championship in 2009 and nearly won it again this year,
losing 1-down to Erik Christopherson in the title match. The next
week, he won the North & South, also a match-play tournament
and one of the most prestigious in all of amateur golf (former
winners include Jack Nicklaus and Francis Ouimet).
The lead changed hands three times on the back nine, but the
decisive hole proved to be the 354-yard, par-4 17th, where Constable,
after regaining the lead (-11 to -10), pulled his tee shot, then
his second shot caught a branch, knocking the ball down some 70
yards short of the green.
He was still away and hit a good wedge shot from 60 yards to
about eight feet. Hoge, after a gorgeous tee shot with a rescue, hit
a 40-yard wedge shot to six feet. Constable missed his par putt,
and Hoge made his birdie putt. Suddenly, Hoge took back the lead
(-11 to -10) as they walked to the 18th tee.
At the home hole, a 550-yard par 5, they both ripped drivers
more than 330 yards. Hoge was the fi rst to hit his next shot. The
hole was tucked behind a bunker, but he was aiming at the right
side of the green and his 6-iron from 205 yards couldn't have been
hit any better. It was his fourth consecutive virtually perfect shot
down the stretch. (Those four shots-tee shot at 17, wedge at 17,
driver at 18, 6-iron at 18-were off line by a combined total of
about fi ve feet.)
" I was aiming at a cart that was behind the green, " Hoge says.
" When I hit the shot and looked up, it was headed right for the
back wheel of that cart. I hit it exactly where I aimed it. "
( Final Results
107th MGA Amateur Championship
Dacotah Ridge GC, Morton
7,109 yards, par 72
1 Tom Hoge, Village Green GC
67 67 71 205 (-11)
2 Donald Constable, Spring Hill GC
67 68 71 206 (-10)
3 Ryan Peterson, Cannon GC
72 71 70 213 (-3)
4 Stephen Bidne, University/Les Bolstad GC
70 71 73 214 (-2)
T5 Cameron White, University/Les Bolstad GC
75 72 68 215 (-1)
T5 Tyler Ekenberg, Valleywood GC
75 68 72 215 (-1)
T5 Greg Melhus, The Links at Northfork
74 71 70 215 (-1)
8 Jesse Bull, Golden Valley G&CC
74 76 66 216 (Even)
9 Steve Chesley, Dellwood Hills GC
72 72 73 217 (+1)
10 Travis Ross, Crookston Area GC
76 71 71 218 (+2)
For more results, visit mngolf.org
( Field Facts
Amateur applicants: 632
Qualifying sites: 11
Exempt qualifi ers: 18
The fi eld: 156
Tournament volunteers: 19
Volunteer hours: 492
Hardest hole: No. 16, 217-yard par 3, 3.579 scoring avg.
Easiest hole: No. 6, 547-yard par 5, 4.791 scoring avg.
Average score: 77.473
Round 1: 77.597
Round 2: 78.368
Round 3: 74.968
Eagles: 22
Birdies: 777
Pars: 3,648
Bogeys: 1,675
Double Bogeys: 407
Others: 100
1st place: Earned 250 MGA player points and a $750 pro
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