CONGRATS TO JEFF LANNEN, YOUR PCC CHAMP!

********** The Finals **********

And we’ve made it, folks. The 2010 PCC Finals. Mark Stenmark vs. Jeff Lannen. Stenmark will have to beat him twice. No easy task…

Sug It misses a putt on hole 2, and like that Jeff has an early lead.

Stenmark bogies the par-3 6thand Lannen takes an early 4-shot lead…. wow

At 9, Lannen -13, Stenmark -9

Lannen picks up another stroke through 15.

Suq It gets wet on 16, so does Lannen. Up 6.

Jeff Lannen is your 2010 PCC Champ shooting a -21 on Southen Oaks. Well done, Jeff!

Thor vs. Stenmark for the Finals

All tied at -15 through 11

Sug It takes the lead on hole 15

Both birdie the par-5 16th.

Thor down 1 going into 18

Stenmark laid up on 18 and was able to stick a tough 2nd shot. Thor came up short. Both ended up with birdies and Stenmark moves on to the finals.

Thor takes 3rd.

Reid wins Purple 

Reid Somori beat Dan Miser -21 to -16 to win the purple game.

4:30 – Tony vs. Thor

After a missed putt and a lava ball, Thor took a 3-shot lead and didn’t look back. Thor now moves on to play Stenmark.

Tony takes home 4th.

3:58 – King of the Hill Match

Sug It holes out early, up two shots on the front-nine.

Lannen got 2 back and they went into 18 -24, finished at -26. WOW.

In sudden death, Stenmark got wet on extra hole 2 and Jeff Lannen is your king of the hill.

3:52 – Stu Fox’s Run Comes to a Close

Tony Johnson bested Stu Fox on Tahiti Cove to reach the loser’s bracket finals and take on Thor. Nice run by Fox, though…

3:36 – Thor Moves On

Chris Thorbrogger took out Marc Muklewicz in extra holes to move into the loser’s bracket finals.

3:00 – Stenmark Moves on w/ Ace

Mark Stenmark is onto the winner’s bracket finals w/ an ace against Mouth on hole 3. Well done, Sug It. <—-Note: that is his player name not a knock on the kid. (Okay, it’s both)  : )

2:55 – Jeff Lannen takes out Tony Johnson in extras

On extra hole 5, Tony Johnson got wet and Lannen birdied to secure a top 3 finish.

2:49 – Lemon/Tony Puttin’ on a Show, Mouth/Stenmark doing the same

Tony and Lannen were all square through 18 throwing up -25s on Monument. Went to extras…

Mouth and Stenmark, also playing Monument, went into extras with -24s…

2:34 – Back-to-Back Aces

Tony Johnson and Jeff Lannen start off their match by each acing #3 on Monument.

SICK.

2:32 – On the other side…

Chris Thorbrogger just took out Andy Haas, ending his PCC.

Three spots remain on loser’s side.

2:26 – Winner’s Bracket Update

Your final four in the winner’s bracket is as follows…

Marc Muklewicz vs. Mark Stenmark

Jeff Lannen vs. Tony Johnson

2:16 – A Look at the Leaderboard

1:15 – Minnesota Makin’ a Statement

Tony Johnson, Chris Thorbrogger, Todd Penticoff, Mark Muklewicz all getting ready to play in the quarters.

Not too shabby, Minnesota. Not too shabby…

12:58 – Down Goes Haas

Todd Penticoff takes out Andy Haas in a surprising upset. Haas will now go to the loser’s bracket.

Notable winners from round 2 include:

Marc The Mouth Muklewicz

Chris Thorbrogger

Tony Johnson

12:14 AM – 1st Round Winners

First round winners were: Haas, Penticoff, Mouth, Dean L, Kinz, Andy Fox, Mark Stenmark, McCook, Welter, Thor, Tony Johnson, Evan G, Harlow, Rodney, Stu Fox, Jeff Lannen.

11:51 AM – Match o’ the day (so far)

Rodney “Hot Rod” Roberts and Ed Godfrey both shot -25 on Monumnet Valley to go into sudden death where they went through the first nine holes all square. On hole 13 in extras, however, Hot Rod prevailed.

Well done by both…

11:29 AM – Matches, matches, matches

Quick updates from round 1:

Haas beats Eric Ringeisen.

Andy Fox beats Matt Esteep

The Mouth beats Lance Harris

Mark Stenmark beats Eversole

Jeff Harlow beats Paul Tayloe

More to come…

10:56 AM – Well Done, Ya’ll

While matches are getting going, this seems like the ideal time to announce how much money was raised for Salute. At the big check presentation last night, Salute was given a check of $75,110.

That’s what this weekend is all about…

10:30 AM – Qualifying Scores/Matches Warming Up

What a day.

After a massive power outage that put a slight wrinkle in the qualifying, things are getting ready to go. Before we get into match play, here’s how the top qualifiers ended up.