Golf: Tylke having a successful summer

Former Eastview player tied for second in state open and state amateur

Former Eastview High School golfer Max Tylke is leading the Minnesota Golf Association men’s player of the year standings after high finishes in two of the biggest tournaments of the season.

Tylke, who plays out of the Legends Club in Prior Lake, tied for second at the MGA Amateur Championship last week at Minnesota Valley Country Club in Bloomington. He broke par in each of his three rounds on the par-73 layout, including a 68 in the second round. He was one of five players to tie for second at 8 under par, three behind Nate Deziel, a former North Dakota State University player.

Deziel’s victory came with a significant perk – an exemption into the U.S. Amateur Championship to be played Aug. 12-18 at Hazeltine National Golf Club and Chaska Town Course.

Other local players making the cut at the MGA Amateur included former Eagan High School state medalist Trent Peterson, who tied for 12th at 5 under. Peterson won the MGA Mid-Players’ Championship in June, defeating Tylke in the finals of the match-play tournament. Peterson won the MGA Amateur in 2008.

Former Eastview High and current University of South Dakota player Joey Rohlwing was 3 under in the MGA Amateur and tied for 18th. Rohlwing was the Mr. Golf Minnesota award winner in 2023 as the state’s top high school senior player.

Apple Valley resident Justin Burleson tied for 31st at 1 over and Owen Rexing tied for 35th at 2 over. Rexing, a University of St. Thomas player and Rosemount High graduate, was co-medalist in the 2022 state Class 3A tournament.

The week before the MGA Amateur, Tylke tied for second in the Minnesota State Open at Rush Creek Golf Club in Maple Grove. He shot 68-69-69–206 (10 under par) for the 54-hole tournament and reached a playoff with Carson Herron of Wayzata Country Club and defending champion Caleb VanArragon of Bunker Hills. Tylke double-bogeyed the first playoff hole. Herron, whose father Tim plays on the PGA Tour Champions, won the playoff with a birdie on the second extra hole.

Rexing tied for 16th in the state open at 4 under par. Former Eastview High player Tyler Wanous tied for 43rd at 3 over.

3M Open qualifying

Brian Dwyer, who was born in Apple Valley and built his golf career in Texas, narrowly missed making it into the 3M Open field during Monday qualifying at Victory Links.

Fifty-eight players teed it up Monday, with four sports available in the 3M Open field. Jackson Markham of Dallas (64), Anthony Maccaglia of Duluth, Georgia (65) and Cooper Musselman of Louisville, Kentucky (65), earned the first three spots.

Dwyer shot 66 and was in a five-way playoff for the last qualifying spot, which eventually went to PGA Tour player Robert Streb.

Dwyer, who played college golf at Southern Methodist and now lives in Southlake, Texas, got through Monday qualifying for the 2019 3M Open but went on to miss the cut. He’s a regular in mini-tour events in Texas and Oklahoma. Earlier this year he had two victories, a tie for second and a tie for third on the North Texas PGA Players Tour.

The 3M Open begins Thursday at the TPC Twin Cities in Blaine. Lee Hodges is defending champion.

Mike Shaughnessy can be reached at mike.shaughnessy@apgecm.com.