CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR

2025 RIVER RUN

CHAMPIONS

It was a chilli May day for the River Run Tournament, the sun did come out to make it a quality day for golf.

The Course was in great condition. Freshly cut and rolled greens were giving most of the players a rough time, not to mention the

Sunday pin placements were down right Nasty. It was three putt City population MN Golfweek !

Thank you to  all the players who turned up to compete.

A huge thank you to the staff at River Oaks Golf Course

who were great to work with and helped us have a great event at their facilty!

IN THE CHAMP FLIGHT IT WAS ONLY 1 SHOT THAT SEPERATED THE 1ST FROM 2ND PLACE, PETER HELLER MAKING AN EPIC

CHIP SHOT ON 17 FROM A HORRIBLE LIE IN A SHORTSIDED POSITION WITH NO GREEN TO WORK WITH TO SAVE PAR AND

REMAIN TIED FOR THE LEAD HEADING TO 18. AGAIN ON 18 PETER WAS SEEMINGLY BLOCKED OUT IN THE TREES RIGHT OF

18 GREEN AND WAS ABLE TO HIT A TOWERING WEDGE OVER THE TREES THAT HIT THE FLAG AND FINISHED JUST ON THE

FRINGE WERE HE WAS ABLE TO TWO PUT FOR PAR. IT WASNT OVER JUST YET A TRULY SWAGGER FILLED PLAYER WAS

WORKING HIS WAY TO THE GREEN ON 18 AND HAD A 3 FOOTER FOR PAR TO SEND IT TO EXTRA HOLES... 

ALAS IT WAS NOT MENT TO BE AS MATT FOEHSE LIPPED OUT HIS 3 FOOTER TO MAKE BOGEY.

PETER HELLER WITH A CLUTCH TWO FINISHING HOLES SECURES THE BAG AND THE VICTORY AT RIVER OAKS!

THE A FLIGHT WAS THE TIGHTEST RACE OF ALL THE FLIGHTS THIS SUNDAY. 1 SHOT SEPERATING THE TOP 4 PLAYERS IN

THE FIELD. AFTER 18 HOLES 2 WERE TIED FOR THE LEAD AT 82, LARRY CALDWELL AND FELIX SCOTT WERE HEADED TO

PLAY OFF.  ESCORTED BY THE MARSHAL THEY HEADED OUT TO FIND AN OPEN HOLE TO DUEL LATE ON SUNDAY

AFTERNOON. AFTER 5 HOLES THEY STILL WERE NOT ABLE TO SEPERATE THEMSELVES. BUT ON THE 6TH AND FINAL

PLAYOFF HOLE FELIX SCOTT EMERGED VICTORIUOS TO CLAIM THE TROPHY IN THIS INAUGURAL RIVER RUN

TOURNAMENT. CONGRATULATIONS FELIX ROCK ON!

B FLIGHT HAD A STACKED LEADER BOARD AS WELL WITH ONLY 1 SHOT BETWEEN WINING AND LOSING.

NO STRANGER TO THE WINNER CIRCLE DAVE ROJO BACK ON TOP AND  IS LOOKING TO BECOME THE B FLIGHT POINTS

RACE CHAMPION FOR 2025 COLLECTING ANOTHER 450 POINTS WITH THIS WIN TO PUT HIM JUST 90 POINTS BEHIND LAST

SEASONS CHAMPION GEOFFREY ZHAN, WHO CAME IN 2ND JUST ONE SHOT BEHIND OUR WINNER DAVE ROJO.

CONGRATULATIONS DAVE!

C FLIGHT WAS ANOTHER CLOSE RACE!  ONLY ONE SHOT BETWEEN TWO COMPETITORS THAT MAY BECOME RIVALS AS

THEY SEEM TO MEET AT THE TOP OF THE LEADER BOARD OFTEN. CLASHING AGAIN THIS SUNDAY WAS DEAN CHESTER

AND AUSTIN LUDEMAN. IN THE END IT WAS DEAN CHESTER FIRING AN 88 TO TAKE HOME THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND TAKE

OVER THE TOP SPOT IN THE 2025 POINTS RACE OVER LUDEMAN BY JUST 40 POINTS IN THE 

POINTS RACE. CONGRATULATIONS DEAN!

D FLIGHT WAS A RUNAWAY VICTORY BY RELATIVE NEWCOMER EDWARD CHAPMAN! IN ONLY HIS SECOND EVENT EDWARD

WAS ABLE TO OVERCOME THE NERVES AND TAKE THE LEAD AND NEVER LOOK BACK. CARDING A 94 GIVING HIM A 10 SHOT

VICTORY OVER THE NEXT CLOSEST PLAYER IN THE FIELD, CLAIMING THE TOURNAMENT VICTORY AND ALSO JUMPING TO

THE TOP OF THE POINTS RACE NOW HOLDING A 30 POINT ADVANTAGE IN THE CLOSEST POINTS RACE WE HAVE ON TOUR

IN MN. COMGRATULATIONS EDWARD!