Naberhaus tops the heat and the rest of the field to win 19th Annual Bill Franey Open

 

An opening round of two under par 70 set the pace for Tyler Naberhaus. Naberhaus took the one shot lead in the final nine and never looked back. Naberhaus shot a three under par 33 in the final round to seal the win. The 27 hole total of 103 was four shots better than Charles Becker and Eric Butenbach. Two time champion Brett Abbotts finished fourth with 108.

Tyler Naberhaus was awarded the low medalist in the final nine with two under par 33.

Naberhaus is a 2010 graduate of Kuemper High School where he saw great success in his golfing career. Now living in Urbandale and working at Millennium Technology of Iowa, a commercial HVAC manufacturer’s rep.

Other players in the championship flight were Levi Stanley 110, Jason Fisher 112, Paul Tigges 112, John Dukes 114, and Collin Hackett 116. Brett Underberg, Dean Dozier, and three time champion Craig Mertz qualified for the championship nine and did not play.

Doc Flander won the first flight with 78, Cory Schultes was second with 78, and Kevin Forke was third with 79.

Other players in the first flight were Tyler Auen 80, Eric Johnson 80, Cameron Copeland 80, Matt Mikkelson 81, Josh Farber 81, and Steve “Cuda” Quandt with 82.

 

John Baratta won the second flight with 82, Brad Woodard was second with 83, Lonny Lehrkamp was third with 84.

Other players in the second flight were Bill Badding 84, Wade Adams 86, Mike Franey 86, Chad Felix 87, Ron Cheney 87 and Bill Bird 87.

Jon Scharingson won the third flight with 88, Tim Gute was second with 88 and Clint Cummings was third with 88.

Other players in the third flight were Jason Evers 88, Nic Volquartsen 89, Steve “Hans” Auen 90, Matt Wahlberg 91, Brent Henningsen 94, Skyler Roder 98, and Darren Janning 102.

Flag prize winners were closest to the pin on hole #2 – Eric Buntenbach first round and Paul Tigges second round. Closest to the pin on hole #5 – Matt Wahlberg first round and Josh Farber second round. Longest drive on hole #9 – Cory Schultes first round and Brett Abbotts second round.

A big thank you to Jake Kopaska for having the golf course in great shape, Cody Renwanz and Joe Foote for all their work in the clubhouse. “It was one of the hottest tournaments on record with heat indexes close to 110 degrees. The fairways and greens were in great shape” said Tournament Director Mike Franey.

A big thank you to Sheri Mertz, Lynda Dukes Franey and Shirley Franey for their help running the tournament, Danielle Weitl for printing the score cards, Ike Auen Distributing Company for the tournament sign, Tim Gute and Market on 30 for his help with the plates, napkins, hamburgers, silverware, salads, and deserts. Eckerman Jewelry for the donation of the trophy, Joe Pick for donating golf balls and Curt Kirsch for the beans.

The tournament named after Bill Franey who passed away in May of 2006 attracted 61 players. The tournament was formerly known as the Al Hoy Memorial where Bill Franey served as tournament director for 25 years. In 2006 the board of directors of the golf course renamed the tournament the Bill Franey Open. Proceeds from the tournament support two power line scholarships given annually to a student training to be an electric lineman at Northwest Iowa Community College in Sheldon. Franey was a lineman for 31 years and served as line superintendent for another 10 years for Midland Power/Greene County REC in Jefferson.

Shirley, Lynda and Mike Franey are very grateful for all of the support of this tournament, especially with how hot it was. See you next year on Sunday August 24, 2025 which will be 20^th year for the Bill Franey Open!

Ultra and Carpet One Floor and Home on top heading into the playoffs

 

A big party in Iowa for the next 10 days! 

Your Michelob Ultra team posted a 8 to 1 win over the caskets of the Sharp Funeral Home to vault into first place of the men's supper league. Steve Hans Auen beat Pat Greteman, Mouthpiece Mike Franey beat Numbers Bob Muhlbauer and Bud 7 Tyler Auen took down the head casket himself Kyle Atkinson. Bud Two Troy Auen tied Naughty(for playing against your dad's team) Nate Mertz. 

Carpet One Floor and Home pounded the Westside State Savings Bank 7.5 to 2.5 Brad Pick and Colin Bierl winners for the carpets. Ryan Lynch the only winner for the bankers. 

Ultra and the carpets earned a bye for the first week of the playoffs. 

Carroll Glass beat HD of Carroll 7 to 2. The head hog Terry Ruchti was the only winner for the cycles. Jon Heim(Whoa), Ted Ramaekers and Keith Pottebaum all winners for the glass company. Good to see Andy Reiman on the fairways and greens of Carroll National. 

OH BOBBY beat Graddy's 5 to 4. Drew Munson and Dr. Chaney winners. Nick Fangman and Rick Grote winners for the tomatoes. 

Average Joe's struggled with always tough par. Ryan Filloon the only winner for the Joe's. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Mike 

Happy 4th of July….the bankers top the beers and Quandt collecting more honors!

 

In a battle for the top spot, the bankers topped Supper League’s favorite team 6 to 4.33 to overtake the beers and move into first place. Ryan Lynch and Bret Pietig led the way for the bank tellers beating Craig Mertz and CK Curt Kirsch. Bud 7 Tyler Auen beat Shellie’s husband Sean Haluska and Bud 3 Steve Hans Auen beat Billie Beck.

 Carpet One Floor and Home beat Carroll Glass. The second best golfer at the Commercial Savings Bank Kevin Milligan was the only winner for the carpets. All three others tied with the glass company players. Jon Heim was unavailable for comment after the match as his team struggles to catch the leaders. Are we looking at a managerial change? This report will monitor this situation for you. 

Supper League’s most mature team Stiff Sticks upset the caskets of the Sharp Funeral Home in a close one. Fairway Frank Comito made the difference as the only winner beating the bus driver Pat Greteman. 

 HD of Carroll smashed the tomatoes of Graddy’s. Head Hog Terry Ruchti beat Tomato John. The master magician Steve Cuda Quandt beat retired car was owner Todd Pettitt. 

Champion Ford was blanked by Par! No winners for the car company. 

OH BOBBY beat the Average Joe’s 5 to 3. Put you to sleep Mike Soe was the only winner in the match which was by forfeit. 

All other matches ended up in ties. 

Milligan, Hempstead and Mertz were the front nine low gross. Ryan Lynch was front nine low net. Cuda Quandt was loss gross on the back nine and Ruchti, Quandt, Wade Adams and Comito all shared the low net on the back nine.

Closest to the pin on the 8 was Kevin Milligan. Closest to the pin on 17 was Chad Kanne. Long putt awards went to Brett Pietig and Cuda Quandt

Respectfully submitted from Mule Lake Minnesota! ON IOWA AND GO HAWKS! 

America! This Bud’s for you!

Mike

BUD 7 Tyler Auen carries Team Ultra!

 

A glorious night on the fairways and greens of the Carroll National Golf Course.

Bud 7 Tyler Auen started celebrating his upcoming 21st this weekend by carrying the Ultra team to victory last night. As mentioned B7 will turn 21 on Sunday! From all of us Happy Birthday and This Bud's for you! 

For the second time in as many tries Bud 7 Tyler Auen beat the head casket Kyle Atkinson. The two carried their argument into the bar area of the clubhouse after the round. It is a comical scene where no winner ever appears! Bud Two Troy Auen took some well deserved time off from the cleanup at Lake Okoboji to beat Peterman Tony Pietig. Cable Chad Kanne crushed Mouthpiece Mike Franey and Numbers Bob Muhlbauer beat Bud 3 Steve Hans Auen. Muhlbauer was awarded the longest putt on hole 9 with a monster 6 foot putt. With Bud 7’s low gross and the sharing of low net honors your Michelob Ultra team stayed on top of the supper league by less than one point.

Security Mike took the night off after playing in the sauna of the St. Anthony Regional Hospital event on Monday which was his first round of the year. Long time subscriber, former top local amateur, highly successful, 2022 and 2023 Senior City Champion, avid bike enthusiast, and very veteran golfer Craig Mertz took the night off to ride his bike and Kimmy’s boy CK Curt Kirsch was not in action.

Carpet One edged Westside State Savings bank 6 to 5 with loss gross honors for Brad Hempstead low net honors for Colin Bierl. Wyatt Haukap and Ryan Lynch were winners for the bank tellers.

Carroll Glass cooled the motors of Harley Davidson of Carroll. Co low gross honors for Wade Adams was the only winner for the cycles. Cole Collison and Benton Snyder were winners for the glass company. Snyder topped 20 time Grinnell Jr. Champion Mike Jewels Eckerman.

OH BOBBY crushed the tomatoes of Graddy’s 6-3. Chris Giguere, John and Drew Munson were winners for OH BOBBY. Tomato John Gradoville the only winner for the tomatoes.

Supper League’s most mature team Stiff Sticks beat Champion Ford 6-3. Fairway Frank Comito and Bud One Jim Auen were winners for the sticks. Clothier Wade Wilke was the only winner for the cars.

Average Joe’s were stymied by par scoring only 2 points. Ryan Filloon the only winner. 

Here are the standings after week 11. 

After 46 years of service to the Carroll community the Pettitt family it is time to call it quits. I met the Pettitt family 30 years ago when I first moved to Carroll.

Bruce and I become fast friends. Then I got to know Todd, Delbert and Eileen, sister Sue(because that is what Bruce always called her), and all the kids, spouses, and family! Yes, there are a lot of them! Lol!

What a caring family! I have been to most of their graduations and most of their weddings most recently Kirby and Caitlin in Arizona.

It’s all about family! Stop down and see Todd this week before he locks the door for the last time. Thanks and best of luck!

The Carroll National Golf Course continues to improve and the future is very bright. A successful St. Anthony Regional Hospital event was held on Monday and a 4 person shootout is scheduled for Sunday! Some great food was served last night! 

Respectfully submitted, 

ON IOWA AND GO HAWKS! 

Mike

 

Ultra still on top.....Gradoville on fire...great things happening at Carroll National!

 

Welcome to the golf season and the start of a new era at the Carroll National. I would like to thank Nick Nurse for caring enough about his hometown to invest in saving the golf course. The course is a valuable resource for our area and the future looks bright.

Welcome to Michael Prenger and Brian Billmeier for joining the team!

Week 7 of the Carroll National Super League is in the books with Supper’s League favorite team still atop the standing.

Long time subscriber, former top local amateur, highly successful, 2022 and 2023 Senior City Champion, avid bike enthusiast, and very veteran golfer Craig Mertz led the way for the Ultra team shooting a one over 37 on the front nine and beating Bud 7 Tyler Auen who was subbing for Bud One(which is violation of team rules), Jim Auen, who was attending the first Carroll Merchants game at historic Merchants Park. Curt Kirsch was also a winner beating Fairway Frank Comito. Bud Three, Steve Hans Auen tied with Trusty Mike Nelson. Nelson was struggling with an eye issue and worked through it to tie his match. Bud Two, Troy Auen tied the playing pride of Templeton, Iowa Doc Sporrer. Mouthpiece Mike Franey had the night off and came out to support the team. Overall, a good night beating Supper League's most mature team, Stick Sticks. Mertz and Kirsch scored extra points for the team.

Westside State Savings Bank took it to OH BOBBY 7.5 to 1 and sits in second .25 behind America’s Team. Matt ‘Flosh” Fleshner was the MVP for the bank team shooting a one-over (which was even par last year) 37 to tie Mertz for low gross.

Carroll Glass stayed in third place with a 6 to 2 win over Average Joe’s. Lidderdale Country Store Catering’s head chef Brad Stork, Benton Snyder and the team captain who showed too much fear to even play when the glass company played Team Ultra were all winners.

Carpet One Floor and Home and Champion Ford battled to a tie. Bone Cracker Brad Pick and Colin Bierl were winners for the carpets. Two special event points from Wade Wilke and Tyler Putney helped the car company.

Sharp Funeral Home cooled the loud pipes of HD of Carroll. Techie Nic Volquartsen and Numbers Bobby Muhlbauer were winners for the caskets. The assistant oil jobber Todd Kanne was the only winner for the cycles. Where was the head casket?

Graddy’s Tomatoes took six points from par. The tomatoes rode the hot shooting of Tomato John who was on fire shooting a one under 33 on the back nine and collecting both low gross and low net honors.

Respectfully submitted,

ON IOWA AND GO HAWKS!

Mouthpiece Mike Franey

Standings after week 7

Ultra and Westside State Savings Bank advance into the Men's Supper League finals! Let's Go Hawks!

 

It will be your Ultra team playing the Westside State Savings Bank for the Men's League finals next week. 

Long time subscriber, former top local amateur, highly successful, 2022 and 2023 Senior City Champion, and very veteran golfer Craig Mertz tied the head casket himself Kyle Atkinson, Bud Two Troy beat Peterman Tony Pietig, Bud Three Steve "Hans" Auen beat Chad Kanne and Bus Guy Pat Greteman crushed Mouthpiece Mike Franey. 

Westside State Savings Bank went to a low net team card off to secure their spot in the championship over Champion Ford. 

In the consolation bracket, it will be OH BOBBY against Harley Davidson of Carroll. 

Expect more coverage and analysis prior to championship night. 

It is that time of year again! 

 

Respectfully submitted 

ON IOWA AND GO HAWKS! 

Mouthpiece Mike Franey

Abbotts tops a strong field in a playoff to win the 18th Bill Franey Open.

 

Shirley Franey, Mike Franey, and two-time champion Brett Abbotts

For the second year in a row, it took extra holes to crown a champion of the Bill Franey Open!

Kole Petersen, Scott Quandt, Shirley Franey, Mike Franey, Kyler Ludwig and Brett Abbotts

The playoff four!

After 27 holes four players were tied with a score of five under par 103. Brett Abbotts(32-36-35), 

Scott Quandt(34-35-34), Kyler Ludwig(34-33-36) and KolePetersen(34-34-35).

Abbotts dashed the hopes of the field by making a long right-to-left breaker for an eagle on the first playoff hole. This is Abbott's second Bill Franey Open championship. He also won the tournament in 2012.

Abbotts who overcame a shoulder injury has really only started to play more golf in the last couple of years. Abbotts said, “I like the competitive aspect of it because I have not played many individual tournaments since my injury.”

Abbotts is in his second year as the superintendent of the Greene County Schools. Education runs in the family as his wife Kourtney is the high school principal for the Carroll Community Schools.

“I think that the even par 72 cut line for the final nine was the lowest in tournament history,” Tournament Director Mike Franey said. After going to the card off the championship flight ended with Kyler Ludwig in 2^nd, Kole Petersen was third, and two-time champion Scott Quandt was fourth.

Scott Quandt and Jason Fisher tied for low medalist honors in the final nine with two under par 34.

Other players in the championship flight were Jason Fisher 105, Elijah Block 106, Collin Hackett 106, Cody Jaeschke 107, Kyle Atkinson 108, three-time champion Wade Pettitt 109, Paul Tigges 109 and Eric Buttenbach 113. Brett Underberg qualified for the final nine and did not play.

Cody Jaschke and Eric Buttenbach

Kyle Atkinson, Jason Fish and Paul Tigges

Wade Pettitt, Scott Quandt and Elijah Block

Gary Bucher won the first flight with 74, second was John Dukes with 75, and third was Charles Becker 75.

Other players in the first flight were Jeromie Kramer 75, Dean Dozier 75, Steve “Cuda” Quandt 75, John Munson 76, Troy Auen 76, Doc Flander 77, two-time champion Mike Eckerman 77, three-time champion Craig Mertz 77 and Chris Van Dyke 78.

Wade Adams won the second flight with 78, Gus Collison was second with 78, and Wyatt Haukap was third with 78.

Other players in the second flight were Jeromie Hinote 79, John Nepple 79, Brad Stork 79, Steve Sinnard 79 Ryan Dalhstrom 80, Tyler Auen 80, Levi Stanley 80, Lonny Lehrkamp 80 and Terry Ruchti 81.

Matt Lujano won the third flight with 81, Aaron Rossini was second with 81 and Kevin Forke was third with 82.

Other players in the third flight were Jake Kimmes 83, Nate Mertz 83, Chad Kanne 83, Ryan Doncheskie 85, Clint Cummings 85, Tim Gute 85, Brent Henningsen 85, Tom Tait 86, and Steve Auen 87.

Joe Pawlosky won the fourth flight with 88, Benet Snyder was second with 88 and Pete Collison was third with 88

Others in the fourth flight were Jason Evers 88, Mike Franey 90, Brad Woodard 91, Joe Pick 91, Mike Killen 92, David Owens 94, Brady Underberg 95, Darrin Janning 95, and Nic Volquartsen 96.

A big thank you to Dave Destival for having the golf course in great shape, and Joe Foote, and Cody Renwanz for all their work in the clubhouse. “For the second year in a row we had another classic finish and it was great to see several carts following the final nine and the playoff,” said tournament director Mike Franey.

A big thank you to Sheri Mertz, Lisa Auen, and Shirley Franey for their help running the tournament, Danielle Weitl for printing the scorecards, Jill Morton for organizing the lunch Ike Auen Distributing Company for the tournament sign, Tim Gute and Market on 30 for their help with the plates, napkins and silverware, salads and desserts, Lonny Lehrkamp for the meat, Eckerman Jewelry for the donation of the trophy, and Curt Kirsch for the beans.

The tournament named after Bill Franey who passed away in May of 2006 attracted 61 players. The tournament was formerly known as the Al Hoy Memorial where Bill Franey served as tournament director for 25 years. In 2006 the board of directors of the golf course renamed the tournament the Bill Franey Open. Proceeds from the tournament support two power line scholarships given annually to a student training to be an electric lineman at Northwest Iowa Community College in Sheldon. Franey was a lineman for 31 years and served as line superintendent for another 10 years for Midland Power/Greene County REC in Jefferson.

Shirley, Lynda, and Mike Franey are very grateful for all of the support of this tournament. See you next year on Sunday, August 25, 2024, for the 19th annual Bill Franey Open.