Ty Kretz sets new Little River Country Club course record

MARINETTE — Records are always meant to be broken, even one as difficult as shooting the lowest score in the history of Little River Country Club.

Ty Kretz made it look easy.

Kretz etched his name into the record books on Sunday, shooting a new course record and capturing the LRCC Club championship in the process.

Kretz’s record-setting score of 60 is two strokes better than the previous mark of 62, which was held by Andy Cegelski and Jim Wagner.

Showing complete mastery of the greens, Kretz finished under par on nine of LRCC’s 18 holes and finished par on the remaining nine.

He was the only golfer over the course of the tournament to finish with a total score below the course par of 70.

Kretz finished the front-nine six strokes under at 29 and shot four strokes over at 31 on the back-nine.

Kretz captured the Club championship after beating Grant Bauman by 13 strokes. Bauman finished his afternoon three strokes over par at 73.

In the first flight, Kretz’s younger brother, Trey, topped the field two strokes over with a 72.

Connor Eastman breezed to victory in the second flight with a score of 79, putting him five strokes ahead of runner-up Kevin Charlesworth, who turned in a scorecard of 84.

Bryan Knapp (80) edged Jeff Bauman (84) by four strokes to win the third flight.

Little River Country Club Club Championship results

Championship flight — Ty Kretz 60, Grant Bauman 73, Kyle Cheney 73, Brett Hermanson 77, Matt Wagner 75, Adam Bauman 77, Jim Margetta 79, Bryce Jacobson 80, Mike Wagner 84, Kelten Hermanson 80

First flight — Trey Kretz 72, Lucas LaBarbera 72, Brady Eastman 77, Ryan Demarce 79

Second flight — Connor Eastman 79, Kevin Charlesworth 84, Steve Cheney 82, Bob Landenberger 83, Dave Wiltzius 88, Aiden Bellisle 94, Jay Eastman 102

Third flight — Bryan Knapp 80, Jeff Bauman 84, Danon DeDamos 91, Dave Weber 98, Brian Wiltzius 92, Tom Miller 100