MGA Press Release

Lowenstein Wins PGA Junior Match Play Title

MORTON -- Tyler Lowenstein might have won the state Class AAA high school championship if his putter hadn't turned cold on him in the second round. As a result, the Wayzata junior wound up tied for second place.

The Minnesota PGA Junior Match Play Championship this week was a different matter.

Lowenstein was 6 for 6 and emerged from the 64-man field the winner. He secured the title on Friday afternoon with a 2-up victory over Bloomington Jefferson's Nicholas Nielsen (who, like Lowenstein, will begin his senior year in a few weeks) in the final.

Earlier in the day, in the semifinals, Lowenstein defeated Karter Smith, a Detroit Lakes sophomore to be, 1 up. Nielsen made it to the final by virtue of a 2&1 victory over Waconia's soon-to-be-a-senior Matthew Rachey.   

MINNESOTA PGA JUNIOR GOLF

Players' Tour Match Play Championship

At Dacotah Ridge Golf Club

Boys Division

Par 72

Morton

Semifinals 

Nicholas Nielsen, Bloomington Jefferson, 2011, def. Matthew Rachey, Waconia, 2013, 2&1
 
 
Tyler Lowenstein, Wayzata, 2011, v. Karter Smith, Detroit Lakes, 2013, 1UP
 
 

Final 

Lowenstein def. Nielsen 2 UP