Former pro Eric Wohlfield wins Michigan Publinx Medal Championship

Former pro Eric Wohlfield wins Michigan Publinx Medal Championship

Guangzhou – Eric Wohlfield of Grand Haven, a 45-year-old former professional golfer who was restored to an amateur last year, turned down South Lyon college players Jack Julian and 15-year-old Nemo Tsai of Ann Arbor to win the Michigan Public Gold Golf Association championship at the Pheasant Running Golf Club.

Wohlfield, currently assembling custom putts for a startup and no longer serves as a teaching expert, played a two-day 54-hole event in two days of a 27-hole pheasant running, shooting 212 below 212.

“I did everything with putters today,” he said. “I didn’t expect to do that. I haven’t done it well for a long time.”

He was in the match between North Nine and 33 and 33 and 32, and 6 was below 6 on the last day.

Julian is a redshirt freshman for the Wayne State University Golf Team, with 27 holes under 213 on Sunday.

He is the lead for Wohfield and tied for second with 15-year-old Ann Arbor Skyline Student and AJGA Outstanding Tsai, who led the field after Saturday’s game but was 1 point on Sunday.

Justin Sui of Orion Lake is next to 215, while 2024 GAM midsize champion John Quigley tied for fifth with Auckland University golfer Bhavneet Sohal from Australia, at 217.

Jerred Barley, who defended champion Tecumseh, is also a former pro, hitting 219 and tied for seventh place.

Senior and Super Senior Champions were also crowned.

Midland’s Tim Coffey won the senior title with 224 points and over 224. The 11-time Midland City champion beat McCum (225) Frank Comito in one shot.

Troy’s Andrew Smith, Taylor’s Brad Byrd and Canton’s Stan Jordan were in the top five and led by 227.

Ann Arbor’s Tim Birk won the Super Senior Championship, spending a single-hole playoff or 28 holes.

He was connected after a game against Fort Davis’s Ray Emsley above 228, but scored the score on the first extra hole to win the sudden death. Jackson’s Mike Raymond scored 232 points in third place.

Wald said he stopped playing competitive golf for about 18 months, which helped to return from professionals to amateur golf.

“I’m not working or teaching as a professional, I just lost the motivation to the game, a lot of it was a problem on the tee, basically with the driver’s behavior,” he said. “I’m spraying it everywhere, which makes you not want to go out and play.”

Wohlfield, who finished second in the current PGA Tour player Ryan Brehm in the 2010 Michigan Open Championship, said he began figuring out driver issues last year and started working in the winter.

“I hit it in the right direction again, but it still has some squirrels and I still lose a lot of yards for the young guys,” he said. “I’m helping my friend and his putting company. I did his custom rally and they’re great. I also listened to him and his good knowledge of putting, I have a putting, and this weekend will definitely work for me.”

Wohlfield, a Brighton native and former Hope Academy golfer, recently worked as a professional at the Macatawa Legends Golf Club, refusing to name his putt-creating friend.

“He protects his privacy now,” he said. “What I know is that he knows more about putting and engineering and concepts than anyone I’ve ever met.”

Walfield said he competed in the qualifiers this spring, playing in the Michigan Hall Financial Open and the Michigan Amateur Championship.

“I want to compete again, especially in the last few weeks of the competition,” he said. “I can’t say I miss a professional golfer. I love what I’m doing right now. I’m between the houses in Grand Haven and helping my mother in the house in Brighton.”

Score: MPGA Medal Championship (formerly Lee Gohs) Event:: Championship Results

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