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| Tournament Director Mike Franey, Champion Micah Destival and Shirley Franey |
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| Mike Franey, Champion Micah Destival, runner up Scott Quandt, Shirley Franey, 3rd place Aaron Ahrendsen and 4th place Jared Tigges. |
Other golfers in the championship flight were Steve “Cuda” Quandt and 2006, 2009
& 2014 Champion Craig Mertz and Jason Fisher 112, Chris Anderson 114, Kuemper senior Nate
Mertz and Dean Dozier 115, Collin Hackett 117, Sean Blomgren 118 and former Carroll resident John
Dukes 120. Mike Mumma, Dave Nelson and Cole Jaeschke qualified but did not play
the final nine.
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| Championship qualifiers - Collin Hackett, Steve "Cuda" Quandt and Dean Dozier |
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| Championship qualifiers - Sean Blomgren, John Dukes, and Jason Fisher |
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| Championship qualifiers - Aaron Ahrendsen, Craig Mertz, Nate Mertz |
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| Championship qualifiers - Jared Tigges, Scott Quandt, Micah Destival and Chris Anderson |
Lonny
Lehrkamp won the first flight with 78 along with celebrating his 60th
birthday with cake the day of the tourney. Josh Sporrer was 2nd and
Tom Duff was 3rd also with 78’s.
Other first
flight players were Tim Gute 79, Chad Kanne 79, Collin Tjepkes and Joe Pick 80. Pick aced the par 3 second hole for his second career hole in
one.
Cody
Jaeschke won the second flight with 80, Paul Tigges was second with an 80 and Denny
Kasperbauer was third with an 82.
Other second
flight players were Michael Rossmanith, Kuemper High School sophomore Cole
Collison and Mike Franey 82, Steve Sinnard and Troy Auen 83, Dale Julich 84, Kuemper
senior Sam Auen 87, Brad Pullen 88, Jim Gossett and Benet Snyder 89
John Lohman
won the third flight with a 91, Jason Evers was second with a 91 and Mike Bach
was third with a 92.
Other third
flight players were Bart Baumeister 93, Sean O’leary and Joey Hamrick 94, Curt
Kirsch 95, Mike McDermott and Shane Bakke 96, John Peter 102 and John Brockelsby
109
“The golf
course was in great shape” said tournament director Mike Franey. A big thank
you to Micah Destival, Jeramie Hinote, Dave Destival, Cody Renwanz and Jake Hinote
for all of their work on the course and in the clubhouse.
The food has
always been a tradition at the open and this year did not disappoint. A big
thank you to Market on 30 for their donation of the hamburgers, Curt Kirsch and
Kim Hackett for the beans and of the Jefferson ladies golf league for
the delicious salads.
The tournament named after Bill Franey who passed away in
May of 2006 attracted 49 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 a scholarship given annually
to a student training to be an electric lineman at Northwest Community Community
College in Sheldon. Franey was a lineman for 31 years and served as line
superintendent for another 10 years.
All golfers
played 18 holes then the low 12 players and ties qualified for a final
championship nine. Aaron Ahrendsen won the final nine medalist honors with a
34.
Shirley,
Lynda and Mike Franey are very grateful for all of the support of this
tournament.
