Dr. Matt Weresh

Dr. Matt Weresh came out on top of the 2020 Tournament of Champions at the Atlantic Golf and Country Club on Sunday,  holding on to his two-day lead and eventually winning by two strokes. Weresh finished the weekend at +1, 208 to take his third title at the T of C. He previously won back to back titles in 2004 and 2005.

Weresh went into the final day with a 4 shot lead in the Championship Division. He was -2 after the first two days of play with matching 68’s on the par 69 course both Friday and Saturday. Andrew Martin was 4-shots back to start the final day. Zach Christianson and Aaron King were both 5 shots back.

Weresh played a very consistent round most of the day, hitting fairways and greens with multiple birdie opportunities. He faltered a bit late in the round with a bogey on 11, a double-bogey on 12, and bogeys on 17 and 18. He ended up finishing the day with a 72. Zach Christianson made a late charge with 5 birdies sprinkled through his final round. He ended the day at even par 69 and finished two shots back for the weekend with a +3, 210 total. Andrew Martin was on even par pace for much of the final day but three bogeys on the back nine landed him with a 72. He finished third overall with a +5, 212 total.

Ron Peterson

The Senior Division was dominated by multi-time past champion Ron Peterson. His first year playing in the Senior Division of the Tournament proved fruitful with a +8, 215 total. He won the tournament by 7 shots over past champ Del Miller who finished at +15, 222. Two-time defending Senior champ Darron Baker came in 3rd this year, also with a +15, 222.

The Super Senior Division was won by the man with the best single round of anyone on the weekend. Rick Thompson opened his three day title run with a -3, 66 on Friday. He added a 70 on Saturday and 72 on Sunday to shoot a +1, 208 for the weekend. Past champion Arnie Leistad of Atlantic was the runner-up with a +11, 218 for the tournament.

Rick Thompson

We hope you enjoyed our coverage of the 62nd Annual Tournament of Champions on KJAN. We would like to extend a big thank you to all of the players, staff, grounds crew, and volunteers that put on a great event and help us execute our coverage. Thanks to Tournament Co-Directors Matt Mullenix and Doug Leonard for all of their hard work to make the tournament run smooth.

Atlantic football will delay the beginning of practice for the 2020 season due to issues related to the pandemic.

Atlantic Activities Director Andy Mitchell simply stated “Atlantic HS is postponing the start of football practices until Thursday August 13, 2020.”

No further details were released at this time.

Sunday, August 9, 2020 @ Atlantic Golf & Country Club

Championship Division (FINAL)

• Matt Weresh (Past Champion)  68 – 68 – 72 = 208 (+1) ***3rd T of C title***
• Zach Christianson (AG & CC)  69 – 72 – 69 = 210 (+3)
• Andrew Martin (Past Champion)  67 – 73 – 72 = 212 (+5)
• Jared Koch (Majestic Hills)  73 – 70 – 72 = 215 (+8)
• Jeff Gude (AG & CC)  71 – 73 – 72 = 216 (+9)
• Danny Pattee (Avoca GC)  73 – 72 – 71 = 216 (+9)
• Bill Matzdorff (Briarwood GC)  75 – 74 – 68 = 217 (+10)
• Ryan Clark (Briarwood GC)  69 – 76 – 72 = 217 (+10)
• Darby McLaren (AG & CC)  68 – 74 – 75 = 217 (+10)
• Alex Bireline (Past Champion)  74 – 71 – 74 = 219 (+12)
• Joe Schafer (Mt Ayr CC)  72 – 73 – 74 = 219 (+12)
• Carter Trewet (Otter Creek GC)  72 – 76 – 72 = 220 (+13)
• Alec Barber (AH Blank GC)  69 – 73 – 78 = 220 (+13)
• Barry Smith (Pine Knolls GC)  74 – 72 – 75 = 221 (+14)
• Jake Olsen (AG & CC)  73 – 76 – 73 = 222 (+15)
• Matt Gross (Nishna Hills)  77 – 70 – 75 = 222 (+15)
• Matt Haley (Indianola CC)  72 – 73 – 77 = 222 (+15)
• Aaron King (Sac CC)  67 – 74 – 81 = 222 (+15)
• Sam Pieczynski (Waveland CC)  74 – 71 – 78 = 223 (+16)
• Evan Schuler (Past Champion)  75 – 78 – 74 = 227 (+20)
• John Hanks (Lake City CC)  75 – 73 – 79 = 227 (+20)
• Nathan Zimmerman (Past Champion)  73 – 81 – 76 = 230 (+23)
• Chad Buresh (Woodward GC)  70 – 83 – 78 = 231 (+24)
• Matt Gearhart (AG & CC)  75 – 79 – 78 = 232 (+25)
• Ryan Grove (Happy Hollow GC)  78 – 77 – 79 = 234 (+27)
• Rob Langfelt (Crestwood Hills)  84 – 75 – 75 = 234 (+27)
• Tyler Kopp (Crestwood Hills)  77 – 77 – 84 = 238 (+31)
• Mike Bauer (Audubon CC)  81 – 80 – 79 = 240 (+33)
• Brett Geer (Clarinda CC)  75 – 79 – 87 = 241 (+34)
• Nathan Koch (Majestic Hills GC)  79 – 82 – 81 = 242 (+35)
• Derek Jacobsen (Past Champion)  82 – 80 – 81 = 243 (+36)
• Rudy Evertsen (Leon CC)  82 – 77 – 84 = 243 (+36)
• Derek Kimzey (Osceola Municipal GC)  77 – 81 – 85 = 243 (+36)
• Jason McCaslin (Willow Creek GC)  83 – 81 – 89 = 253 (+46)
• Jeff Bladt (Rosman-Glendale GC)  84 – 89 – 85 = 258 (+51)
• Nick Edwards (Happy Hollow)  88 – 85 – 90 = 263 (+56)
• Brad Hartkopf (Past Champion)  71 – 78 – WD
• Garret Caltrider (5×80 CC)  83 – 82 – WD

Senior Division (FINAL)

• Ron Peterson (Past Champion)  76 – 69 – 70 = 215 (+8). ***6th T of C title***
• Darron Baker (Past Champion)  75 – 74 – 73 = 222 (+15)
• Del Miller (Past Champion)  76 – 74 – 72 = 222 (+15)
• Rick Carter (Past Champion)  72 – 74 – 81 = 227 (+20)
• Mike Martin (Nishna Hills)  72 – 78 – 79 = 229 (+22)
• Jeff Morenz (AG & CC)  77 – 76 – 77 = 230 (+23)
• Kim Peters (Crestwood Hills)  78 – 73 – 79 = 230 (+23)
• Jim Wood (Red Oak CC)  74 – 82 – 75 = 231 (+24)
• Blair Hoegh (Ankeny G & CC)  80 – 76 – 76 = 232 (+25)
• Bob Franke (Briarwood GC)  82 – 74 – 77 = 233 (+26)
• Steve Chapman (Treynor CC)  77 – 80 – 77 = 234 (+27)
• Eric Brown (Mt Ayr CC)  75 – 79 – 80 = 234 (+27)
• Tim Agan (Willow Creek GC)  76 – 76 – 83= 235 (+28)
• Dan Belvin (Sloan GC)  80 – 79 – 77 = 236 (+29)
• Mick Allen (AG & CC)  77 – 76 – 83 =236 (+29)
• Jeff Heckroth (Woodward GC)  78 – 81 – 78 = 237 (+30)
• John O’Hair (Indianola CC)  79 – 82 – 80 = 241 (+34)
• David Ginther (Nishna Hills)  79 – 84 – 81 = 244 (+37)
• Jodi Bermel (Woodward GC)  81 – 86 – 79 = 246 (+39)
• Ron Eads (Waveland CC)  85 – 84 – 79 = 248 (+41)
• Chris Larsen (AG & CC)  82 – 88 – 81 = 251 (+44)
• Chuck Ciecalone (Osceola Municipal GC)  81 – 87 – 86 = 254 (+47)
• Daryl Armstrong (Crestwood Hills)  79 – 81 – WD

Super Senior Division (FINAL)

• Rick Thompson (Past Champion)  66 – 70 – 72 = 208 (+1)  ***2nd T of C title***
• Arnie Leistad (Past Champion)  72 – 75 – 71 = 218 (+11)
• Vince Castillo (Waveland GC)  77 – 70 – 74 = 221 (+14)
• John Willmore (Past Champion)  75 – 72 – 76 = 223 (+16)
• Ken Portsche (Past Champion)  77 – 76 – 71 = 224 (+17)
• Scott Wilmott (Sloan GC)  77 – 76 – 72 = 225 (+18)
• John Webb (Jester Park GC)  77 – 75 – 73 = 225 (+18)
• Jim Mullenix (Past Champion)  72 – 75 – 80 = 227 (+20)
• Jeff Sperry (Quail Run GC)  74 – 75 – 81 = 230 (+23)
• Kenny Hinson (Nishna Hills)  80 – 75 – 76 = 231 (+24)
• Barry McGinn (Quail Run GC)  80 – 77 – 77 = 234 (+27)
• Dick Scybert (Past Champion)  80 – 80 – 80 = 240 (+33)
• Tim Dooley (Eagle Grove GC)  87 – 80 – 83 = 250 (+43)
• Dale Wulf (Majestic Hills GC)  86 – 85 – 80 = 251 (+44)
• Jim Redemske (Clarmond CC)  80 – 91 – 84 = 255 (+48)
• David Higgins (Bedford CC)  83 – 88 – 88 = 259 (+52)
• Dave Hannasch (Nishna Hills)  87 – 89 – 88 = 264 (+57)
• Bob Casagrande (Lenox Municipal GC)  87 – 94 – 94 = 275 (+68)
• John Hartkopf (AG & CC)  85 – 80 – WD