WSGA MATCH PLAY
Four young players remain

Four college-age players – three of whom are members of the Marquette University golf team – are all that remain standing entering the semifinals of the Wisconsin State Golf Association Match Play Championship. The semifinals and championship matches will take place on Thursday on the Links Course at the Golf Courses of Lawsonia in Green Lake.

In Wednesday afternoon’s quarterfinal matches, Ben Bendtsen III of The Racine CC defeated UW-Madison player Danny Zimmerman of Hawks Landing GC in Verona, 2 and 1.

Marquette player Matt Haase of Brown Deer Park GC in Milwaukee held on to win his match over another UW player, Tyler Obermueller of River Falls CC, 1-up. Haase was dormie on the 16th tee, but Obermueller rallied to win the next two holes before being eliminated.

MU’s Dustin Schwab of Lake Wisconsin CC in Prairie du Sac defeated Andy Hansen of Dretzka Park GC in Milwaukee by the score of 4 and 3.

And in the final quarterfinal match on Wednesday, MU’s Ben Sieg of Osseo G&RC eliminated Bob Pyle of Oneida G&CC in Green Bay, 1-up.

In Thursday’s semifinals, Bendtsen will play Haase, and Schwab will face Sieg.