MGA Championship
Minnesota State Junior Boys' Championship
Rochester Golf & Country Club | Rochester, MN
July 11-12, 2012
July 11-12, 2012
Deadline: Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Entry Fee: $60 per player
The field is limited to 120 players. Entries are accepted on a first-received basis except for places that are reserved until Monday, April 30, 2012, for any junior player who received MGA Player Points the previous year and the top 25 finishers in the Minnesota PGA Junior Players Tour from the previous year. (Refer to the complete listings of exemptions.)
Entry forms will not be accepted prior to Monday, April 2, 2012, but must arrive by the deadline of Wednesday, June 27, 2012, at the office of the Minnesota Golf Association. The full entry fee must accompany the entry form.
Late or incomplete entries are not acceptable and will be returned. Entries submitted by telephone, email or fax are not acceptable. Time limit for entries means time of receipt by the MGA.
Entries with insufficient funds will be considered incomplete and will be withdrawn. The entrant is responsible for any fees incurred by the MGA for such payment and must pay such fees before entry into further MGA events is allowed.
Entries are open to male amateur golfers:
All entries are subject to rejection at any time by the MGA Tournament Committee.
The inaugural Minnesota State Junior Championship was conducted in 1924. The Championship continued until 1975 with the sponsorship rotating between different organizations. Beginning in 1976, the medalist at the MGA Junior Championship was recognized as the State Junior Champion. Finally in 2002, the MGA re-established the Minnesota State Junior Boys' Championship.
The list of past champions reads like a "who's who" in Minnesota golf with the likes of Pat Sawyer, Rolf Deming, Bob Barbarossa, Don Waryan, Bill Israelson, Jon Chaffee, Aaron Barber and Clayton Rask all claiming a title.
In 2011, Jon DuToit (Chanhassen) fired a 2-under par 32 on the last nine and posted an even-par 70 in the final round to catch first round leader Karter Smith (Detroit Lakes) after 36 holes. Both players finished regulation with a total of 144, 4-over par over the 6,468 yard, par 70 Rochester Golf & Country Club course. In the playoff, DuToit took care of business quickly, making a par on the first hole to claim the title.
Matt Cichoski of St. Louis Park was alone in third at 148. Dominic Kieffer (Byron) and Alex Kapraun (Rochester) tied for fourth at 149. Three other golfers - Miles Death (Plymouth), Connor Hedlund (Byron) and Freddy Thomas (Lakeville) - were another stroke back at 150. Rounding out the top ten were Andrew Kimble (Roseville) and Logan Palmer (Harwood, ND) at 151. Defending champion Thomas Strandemo finished at 153 in a tie for 16th.
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