After playing hole No. 9 twice in a playoff, Greg Ross won the overall championship in Thursday’s Pete Peterson Senior Tournament at the Falls Country Club.
Ross, who lives in Fort Frances and is also the superintendent of the Heron Landing Golf Course, had been part of the Championship Flight based on his handicap and age when he carded a 75 for 18 holes to tie with Tom Sutch, who was part of the third flight, for the overall top spot out of 135 golfers age 50 and older.
When both golfers faced each other on the first playoff hole on the par-four No. 9, Sutch’s second shot landed on the green for a long putt for birdie, while Ross landed in a nearby sand trap.
Sutch two-putted and Ross chipped out of the sand close enough to one-putt as both golfers ended up with a par to force another playoff hole on No. 9.
“Tom played a great round of golf,” Ross said. “I got lucky enough to make the sand save on the first playoff hole.”
On the second playoff hole, Ross reached the green on his second shot to set up a birdie putt, while Sutch’s second shot rolled off the green. After Sutch chipped on the green, Ross sank the putt to win the playoff and capture the overall title.
“That was a real tough putt,” Ross said. “It slided downhill, and I got lucky enough that it hit the hole and went in.”
Gift certificates at the Falls Country Club pro shop were awarded to the overall champion as well as the top-three finishers in each flight and the closest to the pin on holes No. 6, 11, 14 and 16.
The golfers were flighted based on handicap and age with the top gross score in each flight winning. Ties in the flights were broken by age with the older player winning the tiebreaker.
Senior Tournament prize winners
OVERALL CHAMPION
Greg Ross 75
CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT
1. Pat McBride 76
2. Bill Hughes 77
3. Mike Dick 79
FIRST FLIGHT
1. Dan Zika 76
2. Bart Vollmer 77
3. Robin Anderson 77
SECOND FLIGHT
1. Rick Sekulich 80
2. Lyn Ellingson 80
3. Buzzy Christenson 81
THIRD FLIGHT
1. Tom Sutch 75
2. Sandy Dexter 79
3. Poncho Krantz 80
FOURTH FLIGHT
1. Rick Schering 79
2. Steve Johnson 81
3. Doug Brown 81
FIFTH FLIGHT
1. Brian McBride 81
2. Doug Dault 84
3. Norm Curran 86
SIXTH FLIGHT
1. Gary Angus 87
2. Dave Hyatt 87
3. Terry Burns 88
SEVENTH FLIGHT
1. Dave Doris 88
2. Kyle Olestad 89
3. Mike Bakke 91
EIGHTH FLIGHT
1. John Anderson 81
2. Jim Karsnia 84
3. Bob Milette 89
NINTH FLIGHT
1. Keith Gosselin 89
2. John Gookins 89
3. Tom Foley 91
TENTH FLIGHT
1. Bruce Aho 91
2. Gord Hoskins 93
3. Billy Bear 93
ELEVENTH FLIGHT
1. Jim Kremer 84
2. Jerry Peterson 86
3. Earl Roth 88
TWELFTH FLIGHT
1. Bill Peterson 87
2. Bill Gallant 90
3. Bob Tkachuk 91
THIRTEENTH FLIGHT
1. Dave Livicker 89
2. Merlin Holm 90
3. Cam Hardwig 92
FOURTEENTH FLIGHT
1. Gene Madsen 86
2. Dale Irish 87
3. Randy Wilde 88
FIFTEENTH FLIGHT
1. Earl Anderson 89
2. Jim Lissick 91
3. Chuck McPherson 96
SIXTEENTH FLIGHT
1. Sandy Haney 87
2. Mel Molberg 95
3. John Wood 96
CLOSEST TO THE PIN:
#6 — Mike Asplund
#11 — Harry Klyne
#14 — Delbert Ross
#16 — Rick Gylfee
