Gorans tops Jacobson to win club title

WILLMAR -- Matt Gorans finally got the best of Andy Jacobson at an Eagle Creek Golf Club in championship this season.

After finishing second to Jacobson at the Lakeland in June and the club's stroke play championship in July, Gorans used three straight birdies on the back nine to claim the Eagle Creek Match Play title 5&3 Sunday.

Gorans, who was last year's consolation title winner, birdied the 11th, 12th and 13th holes, he recorded a 15-foot birdie on the 15th to finish the match.

Jacobson won the 2008 championship in match play, defeating Danny Anderson in the final. Anderson is now an assistant pro at Rush Creek and recently placed 15th in the Minnesota Open.

Gorans defeated Mitch Warzecha in the semifinals while Jacobson took out Bart Bratford.

Jean Larson, the medal-play champion in July, defended her title in the match-play division. She led Lori Jacobson 1-up after 18 holes on Saturday and held that slim lead for 18 holes more on Sunday.

Brad Atchison, Willmar's head girls basketball coach, won his first senior title at Eagle Creek. He defeated Chris Meinert in the final.

Men's Championship Flight

FIRST ROUND: Andy Jacobson def. Tom Dooley 5&3; Greg Hilding def. Chuck Weiler 4&2; Chad Pendill def. Jim Schammel 7&5; Brat Bradford def. Shawn Bohlsen 4&3; Matt Gorans def. Mark Suedbeck 5&4; Russ Johnson def. Nathan Boie 5&4; Mitch Wazecha def. Scott Carruther 4&3; Ross Magnuson def. Norm Strehlow 19-holes ... QUARTERFINALS: Jacobson def. Hilding 8&7; Bradford def. Pendill 3&2; Gorans def. Johnson 4&2; Warzecha def. Magnuson 19 holes ... SEMIFINALS: Jacobson def. Bradford 4&3; Gorans def. Warzecha 3&2 ... CONSOLATION SEMIFINALS: Weiler def. Schammel 4&2; Carruthers def. Boie 3&1 ... CONSOLATION CHAMPIONSHP: Weiler def. Carruthers 1-up ... CHAMPIONSHIP: Gorans def. Jacobson 5&3

Men's President's Flight

Eric Means def. Jon Kreps 2&1; Tom Anderson def. Chris Bennett 24 holes ... CONSOLATION: Alex Baker def. Chris Bennett 3&2 ... Championship: Means def. Anderson 2&1

Men's First Flight

Quarterfinals: Andy Johnson def. Cherris Duininck 2-up; Larry Knutson def. Alan Carlson 19-holes; Bob Mathiason def. Paul Higdem 5&5; Rod Johnson def. Paul Huet 8&7 .... Semifinals: Knutson def. Johnson 19-holes ... Consolation: Higdem def. Alan Carlson 19 holes ... Championship: Johnson def. Knutson 5&4

Men's Second Flight

Quarterfinals: Ray Poage def. Shannon Severson 3&2; Doug Allen def. Rod Adkins 2&1; Lyn Rambow def. Don Alter 4&3; John Wodash def. Garry Duininck 6&5 ... Semifinals: Allen def. Poage 4&2; Rambow def. Duininck 2&1 ... Consolation: Adkins def. G. Duininck 2&1 ... Championship: Rambow def. Allen 1-up

Ladies Flight

Championship (36 holes): Jean Larson vs. Lori Jacobson 1-up

Senior Men's Flight

QUARTERFINALS: Chris Meinert def. Mark Olson 3&2; Howie Swift def. Bill Klaers 1-up; Brad Atchison def. Mac Habicht 6&5; Bob Poe def. Neil Tagawa 20 holes ... SEMIFINALS: Meinert def. Swift 4&3; Atchison def. Poe 8&7 ... CONSOLATION: Habicht def. Klears 2-up ... CHAMPIONSHIP: Atchison def. Meinert 6&5

Super Seniors Flight

Semifinals: Doug Lindblad def. Dan Ridler 2&1; Larry Peart def. John Sebey 4&3 ... Championship: Lindblad def. Peart 1-up ... Consolation: Sebey def. Ridler 4&3

Medal Play

CHAMPIONSHIP: Chad Pendill 68, Ross Magnuson 70, Greg Hilding 74, Mark Suedbeck 79 ... First Flight: Cherris Duininck 92, Bob Mathiasen 93