There is still a tie atop the Minnesota Four-Ball leaderboard
EDINA, MN (August 23, 2016) -- Looking for his second state title of the season, Minnesota Golf Association State Amateur champion Alex Uloth and partner Justin Doeden carded a 7-under par 65 Tuesday during their opening round of the 55th MGA Amateur Four-Ball Championship at Edina Country Club and share a first-round lead with the team of Steve Chesley and Will Hickey.
The top-27 teams from Tuesday’s round, along with the top-14 teams from Monday’s round will play a final 18 holes Wednesday.
The twosome of Sammy Schmitz and Jesse Polk fired a 6-under par 66 and finished the day tied for second along with Jonathan Hanner and Craig Herschey, as well as the team of Trent Peterson and J.T. Johnson.
A total of seven teams will begin Wednesday’s final round tied for sixth, shooting rounds of 5-under par 67.
During their first round Tuesday, Uloth and Doeden rolled in three birdies with a single bogey on the front nine before finding a groove and rolled in five birdies over the final nine holes to shoot 7-under par 65.
Starting on the 10th tee Tuesday, Hickey and Chesley began with a birdie on the opening hole before carding back-to-back birdies at the 12th and 13th to move to 3-under for the round before turning at 2-over following a bogey at the 17th.
The two played a flawless final nine holes, recording five birdies to finish the first round with a share of the lead at 65.
Tuesday’s first round saw a total of three aces as Jack Riester, Windsong Farm, holed out at the par-3 seventh from 194 yards using a 4-iron.
Adam Darula, Medina Golf and Country Club, knocked in his tee shot at the par-3 fourth from 120 yards with a pitching wedge, while the third ace came from Ben Tharp, Valleywood Golf Course, at the par-3 11th from 158 yards with a pitching wedge.
The final round of the 55th MGA Amateur Four-Ball Championship gets underway Wednesay with tee times beginning at 7:40 a.m. CT at Edina Country Club.
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Open to all amateur golfers who are MGA Associate (GHIN) Members and who have a combined Handicap Index® of 12.4 or less. 36-holes, Four-Ball stroke play. Round 1 is split over the first two days, with each day serving as a qualifying for the final (2nd) round played on Day 3. The number of teams advancing from each of the first two days is based on the number of teams competing each day.
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