Welcome to The Elk Rapids Golf Club Course Champions page!
On this page we will highlight the Men’s, Women’s, Senior and Couples Champion for each year.
Please click on the year you want to view below.
The Men’s Club Championship was held at Elk Rapids Golf Club on August 25th and 26th. There were 24 players competing. The event featured 18 holes on Day 1 and 9 holes on Day 2 with a Low Gross and Low net Division.
For Low Gross Jeff Poutanen defeated Don Smith by 1 stroke with a total Gross for both days of 114.
For Low Net Michael Jenkins defeated Dennis Valkanoff by 3 strokes with a total Net of 105.
The Men’s Club Championship was held at Elk Rapids Golf Club on August 26th and 27th. There were 21 players competing. The event started on Saturday with an 18 hole stroke play qualifier that determined the 3 flight final match-play matches on Sunday.
Championship Flight | Nick Green defeated Brain Ames – 4 holes up with 2 to play.
First Flight Championship | Greg Gorno defeated Steve Polemitis -1 hole up.
Second Flight Championship | Dale Wimmer defeated Jim McKimmy – 4 holes up with 3 to play.
We had 19 ladies compete in this year’s Ladies Club Championship on Tuesday, September 3. The round was followed by a wonderful selection of salads that was catered by participant Jen Reynolds. The event had a Low Gross and Low Net Division and those winners were the following:
Low Gross: 1st Place- Daryl Larsen with a low gross of 40
Low Net: 1st Place – Shelley Boisvert with a low net of 30
A big thank you for all the ladies that are continuing to make our ladies’ events grow.
22 ladies participated in the Elk Rapids Golf Club Women’s Club Championship this year! After 9 holes of stroke play in 90° hot and muggy weather cocktails and dinner were enjoyed on the patio, while sharing stories of our wins and woes on the course. Pamela Smith won the closest to the pin contest on hole #8.
When all the scores were turned in, Kristi Newer and Karen Kies had the two lowest net scores. Char Hansen and Adele Reiter had the two lowest gross scores.
After 9 holes of match play on Wednesday morning Kristi and Karen had to play an extra tie breaker hole and Karen Kies won the title of 2023 Women’s First Flight Champion!
Char and Adele were neck and neck all the way through 8 holes. On the ninth hole Char Hansen was able to sink her putt and won the title of 2023 Women’s Club Champion!
Thanks to all the ladies that participated this year, you are all winners!
Thirty players participated in the 2024 ERGC Senior Club Championship Wednesday, September 18 and Thursday, September 19.The event consisted of two 9 hole rounds on Wednesday & Thursday.
The event was broken down into three divisions where players were trying to claim the Low Gross & Low Net honors.
Junior (55-64) Division Winners:
Low Gross-Doug Oberski- 76
Low Net – Pam Smith – 67
Senior (65-74) Division Winners:
Low Gross-Chip Visci – 74 OVERALL LOW GROSS
Low Net- Brenda Corner-66 OVERALL LOW NET
Super Sr (75 & over) Winners:
Low Gross- Dave Barr-80
Low Net- John Gross – 67
37 men and 3 ladies participated in our first ever Sr Club Championship Tuesday September 12th and Wednesday the 13th.. Tuesday’s round was played in less than perfect conditions, but that made way for a beautiful fall day of golf on Wednesday.
The ladies flights were reduced to a single flight due to low participation. There were three flights for male participants which made for some exciting results coming down the stretch on Wednesday.
The Flight winners:
LADIES
MEN’S 55-64
MEN’S 65-74
MEN’S 75 & Over
We had 15 couples participate in our Couples Club Championship on the 15th, another perfect September evening. The teams played the Chatman System to determine the winning couples
Low Gross Division: 1st place -Bob & Shawn Davis with a 40
Low Net Division: 1st Place – Tom & Ellen Baird with a net 25
What a beautiful Sunday for our Couples Championship held at 3PM on September 17th. 28 participants entered the event with a new format this year, the Chatman System- Alternate Shot format. In addition a number of closest to the pin prizes were awarded and a Putting Challenge Course was set up on the practice putting green with stations and obstacles. Congratulations to the following couples:
Bob and Shawn Davis are this year’s Couples Champions
They were able to card a 42 to edge out John and Jeanette Christy score of 45.
Dave and Lori Robins were the Net Division winners with a score of 30 while Brian and Jodie Perrault were close behind in 2nd with a score of 32.
The Davis’ carried their skills from the course to the putting challenge where they were able to tie John and Dawn Steele with a very respectable score of 9.