NIMAGA - TOW 2006

The NIMAGA Club Championship
30^th Annual Tournament of Winners
2007 - Blackberry Oaks G.C.

The 30^th Annual Tournament of Winners was held at Blackberry Oaks G.C. in Bristol, IL on August 18^th & 19^th. NIMAGA’s Tournament of Winners is a qualification tournament where players qualify during regular and special events over the past year. The field is cut to the low 50% of golfers plus ties for day two. 50 players entered this year’s event and 28 made the cut for day two. Talk about wet, as if the course wasn’t enough of a challenge, the weather rained almost the entire event for both days. Golfers were put through the test of trying to stay dry and stay focused on their game. Focus was the key as staying dry was a losing battle.

Saturdays Low Gross scores heading into Sunday were 76, 2@79, 2@80, and 2@81. Low Net, a 69 was best and a final cut was made at 76.

First day gross score leader George Weber (76) could not hold off a spectacular round by Steve Mueller who shot 80 on day one. Steve was in the clubhouse early with three birdies on his way to a solid 72 on Sunday. Now he had to wait for the final groups to come in to see if it would hold up. It did and Steve defended his title (150) and has back-to back wins as Low Gross Champion.

Every group coming in Sunday changed the “net” leader board. Rising to the top at the end of the day was Ken Koranda. Ken shot 82 net 66 under Sundays challenging conditions. A playoff to see who would take home the hardware for 2^nd ended with Mark Heinsohn defeating Kirk Miller (3^rd) in the 3 hole playoff. Pete Vercillo ended up in 4^th. The 5^th place trophy was up for grabs with a four man playoff. Mark Cummings prevailed in the soggy, rain soaked conditions.

The results of the event are as follows (* Won 3 hole Playoff):

1^st Place Gross- Steve Mueller 152
1^st Place Net- Ken Koranda 140
2^nd Place Net- Mark Heinsohn 143*
3^rd Place Net- Kirk Miller 143
4^th Place Net- Pete Vercillo 143
5^th Place Net- Mark Cummings 145*

*-Won playoff