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TRI-STATE MASTERS
Dakota Dunes CC, Covington Links GC, Green Valley GC
May 20-22. 2016
Dreckman wins Tri-State Masters in
Playoff
Nick Dreckman punctuated his 18-foot birdie putt on the first
hole of sudden death to win the Tri-State Masters on Sunday
with a primal yell. Afterwards, the three-time champion spoke of
an emotional whirlwind he’s been through the last year.
“My dad passed away last April and I really haven’t played a lot
of good golf since then,” Dreckman said. “It all kind of came to
fruition today. I got off to a good start, I was four under through
four, made a few mistakes coming in but kind of held together
and posted a good number and it was good enough to get me
into a playoff. And, God willing that putt on No. 9 went in. That’s
a feeling every golfer wants.”
Dreckman returned to the ninth hole for a playoff along with
Tyson Bodlak, Bret Taylor and Dan Freed after each finished
regulation with a 222 total in the unique event played on three
different courses in three different states.
All four reached the green in regulation and Bodlak was first
to putt, leaving his birdie try just short. Freed then ran his putt
some eight feet past the hole and Taylor was also a tad short on
his birdie attempt.
Dreckman faced a twisting 18-footer and buried it in the center
of the cup for his third Tri-State Masters victory. The 35-year-old
Le Mars, Iowa, resident also won in 2011 and 2012 and joins
Ayron Corporon (2006-08) as a three-time champion.
Player
R1 R2 R3
Total
Open Division
Senior Division
Player
R1 R2 R3
Total
T1 Dan Freed
80 73 69 222
T1 Nicholas Dreckman
80 70 72 222
T1 Tyson Bodlak
76 72 74 222
T1 Bret Taylor
78 67 77 222
5
Adam Fields
77 74 72
223
T6 Jesse Lewter
78 76 70 224
T6 Ben Irlbeck
79 70 75 224
T6 Corey Matthey
71 75 78 224
9 Christopher Rager
84 72 70 226
T10 Brian Evans
77 76 74 227
1 Derek Burshiem
79 74 76 229
2 Vern Van Peursem
76 80 79 235
3 Mike Pape
77 81 79 237
4 Troy Engdahl
85 75 82 239
5
Bob Carnes
79 79 82
240
Par 72
Par 72
The Preserve on Rathbun Lake
Fort Dodge Country Club
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Spencer Golf and Country Club
Lake Panorama National
Carroll Country Club
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Barry Poe,
Sioux City Journal