Burch Claims Another City Title 8/5/12
By: Scott Leber
Updated: August 5, 2012
Rockford, Illinois-Eric Burch is positioning himself as one of the all-time greats in Rockford golf history. Sunday he won his third Greater Rockford Men's Golf Classic in five years.
This one was the easiest. Burch won by a whopping six strokes. He shot a 73 at Aldeen while his closest competitors struggled.
Matt Marinaro began the day only one shot behind Burch, but he bogeyed his first three holes. He shot an 81 Sunday. Kevin Flack started the day four strokes behind Burch, but a double bogey on the par 3 5th hole took him out of the running early. Flack wound up shooting a 78.
Eight time City Champion Jamie Hogan wound up taking second place Sunday after he matched Burch with a 73. Jeff Holmgaard also made a solid move up the leader board into third place by shooting a 71 Sunday.
Following is a look at the final leader board for the Championship Flight:
Final Results (Top 10)
282-Eric Burch 67-70-72-73
288-Jamie Hogan 72-73-70-73
291-Jeff Holmgaard 71-75-74-71
291-Elliot Horst 68-73-76-74
291-Kevin Flack 71-70-72-78
291-Matt Marinaro 69-70-71-81
292-Chris Beto 74-74-73-71
292-Robert Dofflemyer III 71-71-73-77
293-Corey Konieczki 75-71-72-75
294-Kyle Peck 71-72-75-76
This one was the easiest. Burch won by a whopping six strokes. He shot a 73 at Aldeen while his closest competitors struggled.
Matt Marinaro began the day only one shot behind Burch, but he bogeyed his first three holes. He shot an 81 Sunday. Kevin Flack started the day four strokes behind Burch, but a double bogey on the par 3 5th hole took him out of the running early. Flack wound up shooting a 78.
Eight time City Champion Jamie Hogan wound up taking second place Sunday after he matched Burch with a 73. Jeff Holmgaard also made a solid move up the leader board into third place by shooting a 71 Sunday.
Following is a look at the final leader board for the Championship Flight:
Final Results (Top 10)
282-Eric Burch 67-70-72-73
288-Jamie Hogan 72-73-70-73
291-Jeff Holmgaard 71-75-74-71
291-Elliot Horst 68-73-76-74
291-Kevin Flack 71-70-72-78
291-Matt Marinaro 69-70-71-81
292-Chris Beto 74-74-73-71
292-Robert Dofflemyer III 71-71-73-77
293-Corey Konieczki 75-71-72-75
294-Kyle Peck 71-72-75-76
