Kaminski/Nielsen win Poco Creek member/guest title

Dan Kaminski and Jared Nielsen won championship honors of the annual Member/Guest Tournament held this weekend at Poco Creek Golf Course in Aurora.
The winning team advanced from 27 holes of pool play Saturday, which began with a record 40 two-man teams.
“Every year since we’ve done this new format we’ve had more teams,” said Adam Darbro, club president. “I think we’ve reached our peak with 40 teams having a 9-hole course. The feedback we’ve had is that people had a blast and they love the format. Chad (Svoboda) and Curran (Vetter) do a nice job running it and I think things ran pretty smooth.”
The weather was ideal all weekend long. The tournament began with a practice round Friday, followed by competitive golf Saturday and Sunday.
Kaminski and Nielsen won the championship flight match play finals by defeating Evan Jasnowski and Derek Rudebusch. The team of Justin Mackovicka and Matt Ekeler finished third, with Kyle Ediger and Justin Happold earning fourth place prize money.
Also advancing to Sunday’s championship bracket match play finals were the teams of Joel Schaffert and Cy Friesen, Brock Kohtz and Aaron Armon, Dan Andersen and Allen Andersen, Wade Regier and Jarod Regier.
In the 1st flight competition, the team of Ross Luzum and Todd Bartek finished first, with Brock Wyatt/Chris Stewart second, Phil Fendt/Lucas Wood third, Zach Danhauer/Brian Luhr fourth. Also advancing to Sunday’s first flight match play finals were the teams of Jesse Dubas/Isaac Samuelson, Casey Moscript/Jared Moscript, Jeff Sutter/John Sutter, Hayden Crockett/Bryan Herald.
Three different calcutta events were also held as part of the tournament. Results were as follows:
Saturday 18-hole calcutta — Evan Jasnowski/Derek Rudebusch, first; Kyle Ediger/Justin Happold, second; Dan Kaminski/Jared Nielsen, third;
18-hole net best ball — Jesse Dubas/Isaac Samuelson, first; Hayden Crockett/Bryan Herald, second; Cody Hoegh/Alex Isrealson, third;
9-hole net best ball — Ross Luzum/Todd Bartek, first; Chad Svoboda/Ryan Svoboda, second; Mike Svoboda/Kevin From, third.