100th edition of Greater South Bend Men's Metro Golf tournament: Here are weekend tee times

SOUTH BEND — When the 100 ^th Greater South Bend Men’s Metro Golf Tournament begins Saturday morning at Elbel Park Golf Course, it will be without its defending champion .

Michigan State left-handed senior golfer Satchel Pierce, who was born in Elkhart, raised in Union, Mich., and played his high school golf at Edwardsburg, notified tournament officials late this week that he would not be able to defend. Pierce, who finished third in the Kent County Amateur in Wyoming, Mich., last weekend and plans to play in the Northern Amateur beginning Wednesday at Sand Creek in Chesterton, needs a break to ease a stiff back.

Last year as a 20-year-old, Paige totaled four-under 280 in his tours of Elbel Park (68), Knollwood East (78) and Erskine Park (68 and 66), leaving runner-up Kyle Meihofer 12 strokes behind and the rest of the field in his considerable wake. Meihofer also is not in this year’s tournament which continues Sunday at Knollwood East and concludes with rounds July 27-28 at Erskine.

The top returnee from 2023 is third-place finisher Jonah Kumfer, a former standout at Penn High School who will be a senior on the Bethel University golf team next season. Kumfer shot rounds of 70 and 69 at Erskine last year to finish at nine-over 293 along with former Penn teammate and 2021 champion Bazil Furry who is not entered this year.

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Others to watch include 28-year-old Austin Christner of Mishawaka, a former Fairfield High School standout who has three top-five finishes in the last three Metros, and former Penn High School standout Ben Szklarek of Granger, who won back-to-back titles in 2018 and 2019.

Tournament officials have invited past champions of the tournament to return and play a ceremonial final round July 28 after the leaders tee off at Erskine Park.

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100 ^th GREATER SOUTH BEND MEN’S METRO GOLF TOURNAMENT TEE TIMES

The starting times for this weekend’s first two rounds of the 100 ^th Greater South Bend Men’s Metro Golf Tournament. First round is Saturday at par-72 Elbel Park Golf Course; second round (starting tee in parentheses) is Sunday at par-72 Knollwood Country Club East Course; final two rounds July 27-28 are at par-70 Erskine Park Golf Course:

No. 1 Tee (No. 10 Tee)

8 a.m.: Christian Pottschmidt, Andrew Mars, Alexander Walters

8:08: Tony Bailey, Chase Nichols, William Gaideski

8:16: Roger Moreno, Travis Truex, Duke Bailey

8:24: Jeffrey Barouska, Ricky Entzian, James Parker

8:32: Mike Strausborger, Fred Williams, Alex Sexton

8:40: Keith Hodgson, Vincent Barnette, John Garcia

8:48: Bartolo Marquez, Shawn Pinnyei, Geoffrey Davidson

8:56: Aaron Rhame, Don Bedock, Gary May

9:04: John Parakowski, Scott Tafelski, Jerry Barnette

9:12: Jake Brentlinger, Geordan Presley-Griffin, Chase Coen

9:20: Austin Christner, Jonah Kumfer

9:28: Sean Egan, Stanley Gebo, Ryan Glover

9:36: Leo Goss, Campbell Jones, Brandon Roman

9:44: Benjamin Mattingly, Brandon Thomas, Ben Szklarek

9:52: Chris Shaw, John Hahn, Justin Crook

10 a.m.: Mark Harman, Kevin Wiseman, Rick Hardesty

No. 10 Tee (No. 1 Tee)

8 a.m.: Kenny Bishop, Jeff Steele, Mark Haab

8:08: Nick Bishop, Brian Patterson, Carlos Loaiza

8:16: Jim Van Fleit Sr., Jacob Padrnos, Thomas Butler

8:24: Alan Smith, Scott Kirner, Andy Williams

8:32: Jamie Lucas, Adam Urbanski, David Krizman

8:40: Craig Eggers, David Fulcher, Carl Daniels

8:48: James Potter, Matt Potter, Brian Carver

8:56: Jason Quimby, Quinlan Armstrong, Joey Garcia

9:04: Andrew Kowalewski, Andrew Katona, Ben Padrnos

9:12: Jim Shaw, Evan Smith, Mark Colpaert

9:20: Max Christianson, Matt Schiele, Jeff Oltmanns

x9:28: Scott Frederickson, CJ Superczynski, Earl Nickell

9:36: Robert Rogers, Dallas Shultz, Zack Cripe

9:44: John Sevison, Nicholas Johnson, Taylor Urbanski

9:52: Andy Vavul, Doug Fedore, Ben Brewers

10 a.m.: Joseph Daigle, Jerry Haeffel

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