Posts Tagged ‘Adam Pfeiffer’
Crim: Moving city championship to May agrees with golfers, but why aren’t more competing?
QUINCY – It was a perfect sun-splashed Sunday. The wind was relatively still as the temperature steadily rose to the upper 70s. Those competing in the Quincy City Championships found the Westview Golf Course fairways pristine and the greens receptive and quick. The golf was good, too. It wasn’t until Jason Traeder’s birdie putt on…
Read MoreMcCulla holds off challenge from Traeder on back nine to win third consecutive city championship
QUINCY — After watching Jason Traeder narrowly miss an eagle putt that dropped him to his knees on the 17th hole, Alex McCulla was sure Traeder was going to make the birdie putt on the 18th hole and force a playoff. “I thought he looked good over it,” McCulla said. “He’d been playing well all day. He’d…
Read MorePhoto Gallery: Beautiful day for golf leads to exciting finish at Quincy Men’s City Tournament
Jason Traeder and Alex McCulla were no more than one shot apart during the final nine holes of the Quincy Men’s City Tournament on Sunday afternoon at Westview Golf Course. McCulla was victorious in the end, as Traeder missed an eagle putt on the 17th hole and a birdie putt on the 18th hole —…
Read MoreEight-time champ Pfeiffer to face McCulla again on final day of men’s city golf championship
QUINCY — For the third straight year, Adam Pfieffer will have to go toe-to-toe with the man who has denied him of that elusive, record-setting ninth Quincy men’s city golf championship. In his fifth attempt at breaking a tie with Mike O’Connell for most city tournament crowns, Pfeiffer enters the second and final round in…
Read MoreQuincy’s Pfeiffer wins third Missouri Mid-Amateur title, fends off challenge from Palmyra’s Schuenke
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Adam Pfeiffer saved his best for last. The Quincy golfer played the final nine holes of the 36-hole Missouri Mid-Amateur Championship in 4-under par, making four birdies in a five-hole span at Jefferson City Country Club to allow him to clear the field by two strokes and win his third title…
Read MoreSchuenke powers to pair of victories, reaches quarterfinals of Missouri Amateur Championship
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Ryan Schuenke didn’t allow a long day of golf to go any longer than needed. The Palmyra golfer ended a pair of matches Friday in the 117th Missouri Amateur Championship short of 18 holes, winning twice to advance to Saturday’s quarterfinals at St. Joseph Country Club. Schuenke, a former Quincy men’s…
Read MoreQuincy’s Pfeiffer, Palmyra’s Schuenke advance in match play at Missouri Amateur Championship
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Quincy’s Adam Pfeiffer and Palmyra’s Ryan Schuenke powered their way into the round of 32 at the Missouri Amateur Championship with stellar play down the stretch. Hannibal’s Quinn Thomas fell just short of doing the same thing. Pfeiffer and Schuenke closed out their match-play victories by winning their final holes and…
Read MoreHannibal’s Thomas, Palmyra’s Schuenke, Quincy’s Pfeiffer reach match play at Missouri Amateur
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Three local golfers are headed to match play at the Missouri Amateur Championship. Hannibal’s Quinn Thomas, Palmyra’s Ryan Schuenke and Quincy’s Adam Pfeiffer finished 36 holes of stroke play Wednesday tied for 15th at even-par 142 at St. Joseph Country Club. The top 64 golfers from a field of 144 advance…
Read MoreMcCulla repeats as Quincy men’s city golf champion with record-setting low score
QUINCY — A window of opportunity opened for Adam Pfeiffer when Alex McCulla’s up-and-down didn’t go down as planned. McCulla slammed it shut just as quickly. After uncharacteristic bogey on the par-3 15th hole Sunday at Westview Golf Course, McCulla made back-to-back birdies and then drove the green on the par-4 18th hole to give…
Read MoreMcCulla, Pfeiffer advance to second round of match play at Missouri Amateur Championship
HOLLISTER, Mo. — Alex McCulla is taking aim at a major amateur championship. The Quincy native and Illinois State University junior golfer advanced to the second round of match play at the Missouri Amateur Championship with a dominant effort Thursday at Payne’s Valley Golf Course. McCulla, who was seeded second among the 64 golfers to…
Read MoreMcCulla, Pfeiffer, Schuenke reach match play at 115th Missouri Amateur Championship
ST. LOUIS — Three former Quincy men’s city golf champions reached the match play portion of the 115th Missouri Amateur Championship. The last one in was the last one standing. Alex McCulla, the Illinois State University sophomore and 2019 city champion, turned his victory in the last-chance qualifier into a spot in the third round…
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