MGA Championship
MGA Senior Players' Championship
Island View Golf Club | Waconia, MN
June 18-20, 2013
June 18-20, 2013
All entries are subject to rejection at any time by the MGA Tournament Committee.
As a continuation to the growing demand for senior events, the MGA Senior Players' Championship premiered in 2000 to go along with the existing MGA Senior Amateur and MGA Senior Four-Ball Championships. This single-elimination, match play event is held concurrently with the MGA Mid-Players' Championship, which creates a unique blended atmosphere for the players.
In 2011, Hazeltine National's Robert Leaf (the #7 seed) disposed of his first four opponents before defeating Gary Thalhuber (The Minikahda Club), 3 & 1 in the Championship Match. After needing 23 holes to defeat Alan Henningsgaard (Windsong Farm) in the first round, Leaf won his next four matches comfortably. In fact, Leaf trailed only a total of four holes in those four matches and never longer than one hole.
Leaf defeated 2010 finalist David McCook (Hastings CC) 3 & 1 in the semi-finals, while Thalhuber defeated Luverne's Tim Connell 4 & 2 in the other semi-final.
Defending champion Colby Lund (Interlachen CC) lost in the second round to David Mooty (The Minikahda Club).
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