MCPLA County Championship at Dretzka Park Golf Course - Results

 Congratulations to the champions!

• Championship Flight: Dylan Karvala (-3) 
  • Includes automatic entry into the 2026 Wisconsin State Amateur 
• A Flight - Gross: Ethan Hien (+3)
• A Flight - Net: Dominic Carini (+5)
• B Flight - Gross: Steve Amble (+14)
• B Flight - Net: Hoat Phung (-1)
• C Flight - Gross: Peter Tarantino (+24)
• C Flight - Net: Curtis McKusick (+1)

To view complete results and prize payouts, click here.  

Winnings will be posted within the next several weeks and available for use at any County pro shop.

Next year's Arnold Walker Championship will be held July 18-19, 2026 - save the dates! 

Thank you, 

Bob Freuck

Rich Saks

Kurt Beronja

Glen Barkow

Tournament Committee

MCPLA Two-Man Best Ball at Oakwood Park Golf Course - Results

MCPLA 2-Man Best Ball champions:

The largest field that we've ever had for the Two-Man came out to Oakwood last Sunday for a spirited and competitive event. Congrats to the John Bechard-Jim Sell team from Greenfield Men's Club for posting -4 to win the gross division last weekend, and to the Chuck Silkey-Harry Markos team from Currie Park that not only posted -10 to win the net division, but registered a cool Markos ace on the very tough 175 yard par 3 13th hole. Well done gentlemen, and besides the $260 1st place prize, we may just decide to give you X's to wear on your respective backs at next year's event. To view the complete results and prize payouts for the event:

click here.

Also, we want to thank Oakwood Pro, Adam Anderson and his staff for a job well done in serving as starters, rangers, and scorers, all contributing to a smooth running competition with outstanding pace of play that was generally under 4:30. Also, thanks to Brian Grossman for setting the event up on Golf Genius for registration and live scoring, and to the tournament committee of Glen Barkow, Will Barrett, Bob Freuck, and Kurt Beronja.

Winnings will be posted to merchandise accounts by the end of July and available for use at any County pro shop. 

Thank you,

MCPLA Tournament Directors:

Rich Saks 

Bob Freuck

Kurt Beronja

Will Barrett

Glen Barkow

WPLA Mid-Am / Senior Championship at Janesville Riverside GC - Results

 

Here are the payouts from the WPLA Mid-Amateur and Senior Tournaments held in July at Riverside Golf Course in Janesville.  If you have not yet spent your shop credit at Riverside please contact them by the end of October so that it does not lapse.

Wisconsin Public Links Association

2025 Mid-Amateur and Hoffman Senior 36 Hole Championships

 

Gross                                                                                               Net

Mid-Amateur

1. Cory Aune                    280.00                  1. Matthew Zimmerman  280.00

T2. Don Horn                   170.00                  T2. John Budzien             185.00

T2. Travis Pronschinske  170.00                  T2. Cole Caivano            185.00

T2. Adam Miller              170.00                  4. Austin Grimm              140.00

T5. Ryonen Faris              110.00                  5. Jeff Hegstrom            120.00

T5. Matthew Davidson    110.00                  6. Douglas McCullough  100.00

7. Sam Cianciola                90.00                  T7. Adam Erickson           87.50

T8. Joe Ploch                      82.50                  T7. George Botts              87.50

T8. Michael Kletzien         82.50                  T9. Sean Yun                    77.50

10. Nick Corban                 75.00                  T9. Chad Murdoch            77.50

 

Senior

1. Jim Doing                     250.00                  1. Robert Sweeney        250.00

2. Tom Halla                     170.00                  2. Bruce Henning            170.00

3. Mitch Bowers               130.00                  T3. Pat Kennedy                120.00

T4. Kirk Leitzen               100.00                  T3. Derek Grams               120.00

T4. Brad Finger                100.00                  T5. Shawn Uschan              85.00

6. Brad Bohlman                80.00                  T5. John Kestly                   85.00

 

Super Senior

1. Scott Semingson           240.00                  1. Randy Moore                240.00

2. Mike Fishbach              160.00                  T2. Dan Jelinek                 145.00

3. Nader Pakroo                130.00                  T2. Steve Jaeger              145.00

T4. Brian Bowers               94.00                  4. Brian Pederson            110.00

T4. Henry Chacon              94.00                  5. Mark Cuthbert              90.00

T4. Todd Reinen                 94.00                  6. Tim Filtz                           80.00

 

Legend

1. Dominic Carini           230.00                  1. Martin Cherney              230.00

2. Marc Casper                 150.00                  T2. Doug Bowring            120.00

3. Frank Showers               90.00                  T2. Paul Burkholder            120.00

Please feel free to contact me at (608)770-2991 if you have any questions.

Link to Full Results

John Jenson

WPLA

MCPLA Club Ryder Cup Challenge at Greenfield Park Golf Course - Results

Currie Ryder Cup Participants

I want to thank each of you for playing in today's Ryder Cup match. Greenfield successfully defended their home turf and retained the MCPLA Ryder Cup trophy with 13 points. All the five other teams, including us won 8 and 8.5 points, and were effectively bunched together for second place. Despite the wind and heat, the course was fair and proved to be a good test.

There were 4 skins, each was worth $68 for the team:
#2 Lange/Steffes
#3 Belich/Evers
#9 Evans/Saks
#13 Kapp/Levin

Everyone I spoke with said they enjoyed the event and are looking forward to next year when we get another chance to knock Greenfield off. Thanks again for playing, and let me know if you have any questions, concerns, or just comments.

Rich Saks

MCPLA County Championship at Brown Deer Park Golf Course - Results

 MCPLA Members:

AWC RECAP:  This past weekend, 90 Milwaukee County golfers -- mostly MCPLA members -- participated in our flagship event, the 64th Annual Arnold Walker Milwaukee County Championship.  We had fabulous weather, reasonable pace of play, a challenging and competitive format and setup, and most of all, great golf on the fabulous Brown Deer Park golf course.   Special thanks to our tournament director, Bob Freuck and starter Glenn Jaeger, for running the tournament without a hitch and Brown Deer PGA Pro, Scott Walecki, and his staff, for assisting and creating a great course setup. 

The complete results are available at https://bgtma.bluegolf.com/bluegolfw/bgtmamcpla24/event/bgtmamcpla243/index.htm.   

Championship Flight: The Championship Flight probably had one of our deepest and most talented fields ever.   The winner came down to a sudden death playoff between Dylan Karvala and Micheal Addie, who both finished  at -2.  Dylan finally won after 4 exciting sudden death holes.

Championship Flight (27 players)

1st Dylan Karvala 74-66---140** $175 & Plaque

2nd Michael Addie 69-71---140 $140

3rd Ryan Maloney 67-74---141 $110

4th Ryonen Faris 70-72---142 $95

5th Tyler Leis         68-76—144 $85

6th Garrett Schultz         71-74—145 $70

7th Michael Masik Jr. 71-74—145 $70

T-8th Daniel Benedum 77-69---146 $30

T-8th Nicholas Zellmer 72-74—146 $30

A Flight: John Dobroski came from 6 strokes back after the first day and shot his age (76) to win by one stroke over Ted Krotts and Jim Babin.  Only 2 strokes separated the top 5 finishers in A flight.  Congrats to John and the other top 5 finishers:  

A Flight (17 players)

1st John Dobroski 82-76—158 $175 & Plaque

2nd Jim Babin         85-74---159 $125

2nd Ted Krotts 78-81---159 $125

4th Robert Salamone 81-79---160 $90

5th Peter Clemency 77-83—160 $90

B Flight: Steve Jaeger won B Flight wire-to-wire with a very solid 78-80 to win by 4 strokes over iconic sports announcer Steve "the Homer" True who made his tournament debut this weekend.  Congrats to the top 5 finishers: 

B Flight (17 players)

1st Steve Jaeger 78-80—158 $175 & Plaque

2nd Steve "Homer " True 83-79—162 $140

3rd Rufus Evans Ill 88-78—166 $110

4th Ed Brennan 82-87—169 $95

5th Abul Azad 87-83---170 $85

C Flight (net):  Congrats to Matt Kusala who came from 3 strokes back to shoot a net 65 and his lowest score ever to win C Flight, by 2 strokes over Joe Maiorelle.

C Flight (26 players)

1st Matt Kulasa 74-65---139 (net) $175 & Plaque

2nd Joe Maiorelle 74-67---141 $140

T-3rd Glen Barkow 75-70—145 $105

T-3rd Doug Bowring 72-73---145 $105

5th Kenny Collins 71-75—146 $85

6th Jack Bruss 76-72—148 $75

7th Doug Wruck 75-74---149 $66

8th Rich Saks 72-77—149 $60

In sum, thanks to all the participants for a weekend of great golf, tough competition, and most important, outstanding sportsmanship and camaraderie in the great tradition of our tournament honoree and namesake, Arnold Walker.  Next year, the 2025 Arnold Walker Championship will be held at Dretzka Park, an outstanding course layout which has just completed $1.8 million in course improvements, including new tee boxes and cart paths.  Hopefully, our field can continue to grow and produce great county champions.   

Two other brief matters. 

Currie Wins 2024 Team Match Championship Trophy:  Congrats to the Currie Park Men's Club and their team captain Jack Bruss for prevailing in the final MCPLA Team Match at Grant Park on Saturday, August 17, and winning their 12th championship in the last 16 years.   And congratulations to the Grant Park Men's Club on a very solid 2nd place finish.  I would like to personally thank our outgoing Director Tony Puglielli for his outstanding three years of service in running Team Matches and also extend a warm welcome to Pat Garvens, who will serve as our incoming Director for the 2025 season.  Welcome Pat.  The 2024 season results are below:  

2024 MCPLA TEAM RESULTS
Standings	Whitnall 5-26-24	Oakwood 6-9-24	Greenfield 6-30-24	Brown Deer 7-27-24	Grant 8-17-24	YTD
Currie	138	119	123	133	153	666
Grant	82	117	131	120	126	576
Greenfield	118	121	128	108	88	563
Brown Deer	99	112	96	131	119	557
Whitnall	145	104	92	107	107	555
Oakwood	102	122	102	97	88	511
Dretzka	72	61	84	60	69	346
	756	756	756	756	750

NIMAGA-MCPLA CHALLENGE MATCH:  As a final matter, I want to remind everyone of the opportunity to play in the 49th Annual MCPLA-NIMAGA Challenge pitting Milwaukee area golfers against Chicago area golfers.  This year's Challenge Match will  be on Sept. 21st, at an outstanding course, Oak Grove Golf Club in Harvard Illinois (about 20 minutes south of Lake Geneva).  Please either sign up on the MCPLA website or contact our Captain John Haeflinger directly to inquire or sign up. Cost is $75 which includes green fees, tee prizes, and lunch.

Thanks, and see you all on the links. 

Rich Saks

MCPLA Prez

MCPLA Two-Man Best Ball at Whitnall Park Golf Course - Results

Nice weather that deteriorated later created a very competitive tournament today at Whitnall Park. This was a good field with 84 players competing on Sunday. I am looking forward to seeing a huge field at the Arnold Walker Tournament this year. Congratulations to Joel Kappes and Kenton Kappes in the gross division and to Jeff Kapp and Bryan Olen in the net division. The Tournament went off very well thanks to PGA Professional James Grogan and his awesome staff. Huge thanks to starter Glen Jaeger. His dedication to volunteering is very much appreciated. These guys make my job much easier with their hard work. It was awesome to see so many new faces entered, I hope you all had a good time and consider playing in the Arnold Walker!!

Congrats to all of the Net and Gross flight winners. Gift cards will be mailed to everyone as soon as possible.

GROSS FLIGHT

1st	Joel Kappes / Kenton Kappes	67	$220 / team & Trophies
2nd	John Bechard / Tom Komassa	69	$120
2nd	Dave Church / Mike Fischbach	69	$120
2nd	Steve Broadwell / Mike Kehoe	69	$120
2nd	Alex Powell / Ryan Segebrecht	69	$120
6th	Jerry Greene / Paul Davis	70	$60
7th	Phil Levin / John Dobroski	71	$30
7th	Jake Boulware / Steve Wolter	71	$30

NET FLIGHT

1st	Jeff Kapp / Bryan Olen	61	$220 &Trophies
2nd	Gregg Jaeger / Jeff Camosy	63	$150
2nd	Scott Palm / Jarvis JamespAnderson	63	$150
4th	Dan Carlson / Al Hoover	64	$70
4th	Vince Vitrano / Brad Sleeth	64	$70
4th	Jeff Klak / George Lambe	64	$70
4th	Abul Azad / Mike Graves	64	$70

Link to Full Results

MCPLA Tournament Director

Bob Freuck