“I messed up 18 in regulation,” Wilkes-Krier said referring to losing a two-shot lead to a double-bogey when his tee shot landed in the rough area in the middle of the split fairway, his second shot missed the green and he missed a 10-foot par putt. The three consecutive birdies made him the fifth amateur in history to win the state championship, and Wilkes-Krier, 37, a runner-up with the first-place money of $12,000 from the $80,000 purse for professionals. 16 where Smithson had made double-bogey 6 in regulation play with bunker trouble and missed short putt, and he hit it to 10-feet and made birdie to win. 18 again as the first playoff hole, he chipped in from about 15 yards off the green for birdie matching Wilkes-Krier who hit it to eight feet and made birdie. 18 tee in regulation play, birdied to land in a playoff when Ann Arbor teaching professional Patrick Wilkes-Krier missed the green and made bogey. I mean, very emotional, but awesome feeling to get it done.”

“At the end I was thinking wow, and I’m really tired, and I’m really hungry. “For sure it’s the biggest win of my life,” he said after he accepted the James D. “I’m so proud of him.”īradley, a tall left-hander with a powerful swing, walked a wire of intense final-day drama on The Bear to get the win. “It has always been a great tournament to come to and I always played pretty well up here, but nothing like Brad did this week,” Gary said. He (Gary) is watching me now and giving me advice.” “I remember being up here at Opens riding around in a cart with my dad and he always played well here. “It’s pretty cool to win this one,” Smithson said. In fact, dad, now a salesman for Yamaha Golf Cars Plus in Michigan, made 22 consecutive cuts in Michigan Open Championships.īradley, 20 and a Michigan State University golfer, did him one much better, going wire-to-wire to win the 104th Turtle Creek Casino Michigan Open Championship on The Bear. – Bradley Smithson grew up going up north to Grand Traverse Resort and its celebrated The Bear golf course to watch his father Gary, a PGA professional and accomplished player compete in the Michigan Open Championship.

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