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roger merriam, watertown public opinion
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Mike Strandell (left) and Jim Waba of Watertown were among the five teams that tied for second in the senior division of the South Dakota Golf Association's Mid-Am, Pre-Senior and Senior Championships that were held Saturday and Sunday at the Prairie Winds Golf Club and Cattail Crossing Golf Course in Watertown. It's the second time Strandell and Waba have finished second in the division.

Watertown and other area golfers made the most of home-course advantage this weekend in the South Dakota Golf Association's Two-Man, Pre-Senior and Senior Two-Man Championships.

The 36-hole tourneys were held Saturday and Sunday at Watertown's two golf course, the Prairie Winds Golf Club and Cattail Crossing Golf Course.

A total of 306 players competed. There were 35 teams in the Mid-Am division, 34 in the Pre-Senior division and 84 in the Senior division.

Here's the rundown by tourney:

Mid-Am Division

Watertown native Charlie Jacobson of Sioux Falls and Brad Jacobson of Bryant, the defending champions, made a run at winning the tourney for a third time before falling two shots short and tying for second with two other tandems.

The Jacobsons won the tourney in 2016, the last time it was held in Watertown, and also last year in Sioux Falls.

Justin Robel and Nathan Houser of Sioux Falls fired a two-day total of 13-under 131 (64-67) to win the championship. The Jacobsons shot 133 (66-67) and tied for second place along with Matt Johnson of Gregory and Ryan Trasmar of Sioux Falls (63-70) and Jake Steen and Kayde Bartels of Brookings (65-68).

Josh Hanson and Justin Johnson of Watertown took sixth, and won the second flight, with a score of 137 (67-70). Clay Bak and McKay Parr of Watertown finished eighth at 141 (69-72) and Stuart Stein of Watertown and Jon Burns of Watertown finished 10th at 143 (70-73).

Dustin Sinner and Matt Roby of Watertown won the third flight with a score of 152 (74-78).

Justin Robel (front left) and Nate Houser (front right) of Sioux Falls won the Mid-Am division in the South Dakota Golf Association's Mid-Am, Pre-Senior and Senior Championships that were held Saturday and Sunday at the Prairie Winds Golf Club and Cattail Crossing Golf Course in Watertown. Three teams tied for second, from left in back, Matt Johnson of Gregory and Ryan Trasamar of Sioux Falls, Watertown native Charlie Jacobson of Sioux Falls and Brad Jacobson of Bryant and Jake Steen and Kayde Bartels of Brookings.

Pre-Senior Division

Kasey Kogel and Ryan Jansa of Sioux Falls won a playoff over Brandon Sigmund and Jeff Meyerink of Mitchell and Erich Moberly and Stanton Anker of Rapid City to win the division.

All three teams shot 7-under 137s with Kogel-Jansa (69-68), Sigmund-Meyerink (71-66) and Moberly-Anker (66-71).

Milbank golfers Charles Fischer and Mark Keeton tied for seventh, and won the second flight, with a 143 (69-74). Charles Horning of Watertown and Watertown native Nicholas Heig of Rapid City also tied for seventh at 143 (68-75).

Bruce Fish and Dewayne Hibbert of Watertown won the third flight with an 8-over 152 (75-77).

Senior Division

Mike Brummer of Rapid City and Tom Reynolds of Sioux Falls won the division for the fourth time in six years with a 9-under 165 (69-66).

Watertown golfers Jim Waba and Mike Strandell shot 141 (69-72) and tied for second along with Jeff Stockert-Sanjay Mukerji of Aberdeen (71-70), Grant Smalley of Pierre and Keith Gesinger of Ridgeview (70-71), Jeff McEntee and Shawn Haley of Mitchell (71-70) and Bert Olson and Mike Grevlos of Sioux Falls (69-72).

Senior Rushmore Division

Greg Vavra and Larry Keeton of Wessington Springs won the division with a 2-under 142 (68-74).

Allen Koch and Gary Cotten of Watertown were second at 143 (72-71). Watertown golfers Rick Hohn-Steve Mack 148 (71-77) and Lee Schoenbeck-Mark Stein 148 (77-71) each tied for fourth. Schoenbeck and Stein won the third flight.

Gordy Hedges of Watertown and Kim Smith of Pierre finished seventh at 149 (75-74) and Kraig Kappenman and Stuart Geerdes of Watertown tied for eighth at 150 (74-76),

John Hopper and Scott Hardie of Watertown tied for 10th at 151 (77-74) along with Dale Nelsen of Florence and Mike Keszler of Watertown (75-76) and Rick Briggs and Vic Brownell of Watertown (78-73). Nelsen and Keszler won the fourth flight.

This article originally appeared on Watertown Public Opinion: Watertown and other area golfers place high in Two-Man Championship