Bidle Shoots 69 to Qualify For MGA Amateur

June 19, 2013 | 0 min.
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Players warm up for the afternoon during first-round play at the 110th MGA Amateur Championship July 15 at Medina Golf
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Sean Beauclaire with son and caddie, Jake, at 15 green during second-round play at the 110th MGA Amateur Championship July 16 at Medina Golf
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What the fuss is all about: the Totton P. Heffelfinger MGA Amateur Championship trophy and the traditional scoreboard at the third and final round at the 110th MGA Amateur Championship July 17 at Medina G
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Caddie-scholar finalists for the MGA Fritz Corrigan Evans Scholar of the Year, from left, Janet Grom, Greg Hoepfner, Ben Van Sistine and Jon Paul Wynne at the 110th MGA Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner, Nov. 1, at Midland Hills CC, St. Paul, Minn.

  BIWABIK, Minn. -- The Minnesota Golf Association’s Amateur Championship Qualifying season started on Monday with qualifying at Giants Ridge as Dan Bidle earned medalist honors shooting a 3-under par 69.

The qualifier was conducted to determine the field for the MGA’s annual stroke play championship, the 110th MGA Amateur Championship, July 15-17 at Medina Golf and Country Club, in Medina, Minn.

Bidle, Virginia Municipal Golf Course, will be joined by Taylor Sundbom, Enger Park Golf Course, who shot a 1-under par 71. The final two qualifying spots go to Grant Exsted, Fiddlestix Golf Club, and Brian Nelson, Mendakota Golf Club, both of whom shot a 5-over par 77.

Chris Conklin, Hazeltine National Golf Club, and Austin Fowler, Pokegama Golf Club, finished as first and second alternates, respectively.

The Giants Ridge qualifier had a field of 23 players with 4 qualifying spots.

For complete tournament results, go to: www.mngolf.org/Res/Giants%20Ridge%20Am%20Qual.pdf

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