Johnson Fires 68 at Bunker Hills to Earn Second Twin Cities Senior Championship Crown

  COON RAPIDS, Minn. – With the help of back-to-back birdies on the final two holes, J.T. Johnson fired a 4-under par 68 Wednesday at Bunker Hills Golf Club to claim his second Twin Cities Senior Championship title.

Johnson started with a bogey on the opening hole before drawing even by sinking his birdie chance at the par-5 fourth. He would move into red numbers for the championship following his second birdie at the sixth, but fell to 1-over with a pair of bogeys at the seventh and eighth holes.

Rebounding with a birdie at the ninth, Johnson would turn at even par for the championship before converting birdie at the 11th.

Rolling in his birdie opportunity at the 13th, Johnson would get to 2-under before finishing with a pair of birdies on the final two holes to shoot 68, four shots better than Joe McInnis and Scott Thul, who finished tied for second with rounds of even par 72.

McInnis rolled in two birdies on his front nine Wednesday before carding two bogeys on the final nine holes to shoot even par 72, while Thul rolled in a pair of birdies with one bogey on the front before a bogey at the par-3 17th put him into a tie for second at 72.

Skip Schultz finished on top of the Masters Division Wednesday, shooting 3-under par 69.  Schultz started quickly Wednesday with three birdies over the first four holes to quickly get to 3-under before giving back a shot with a bogey at the par-5 fifth. 

Following a three-putt for bogey at the par-4 12th, Schultz would roll in a pair of birdie chances at the 13th and 14th holes and would finish the championship at 3-under par 69.



25TH TWIN CITIES SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP
BUNKER HILLS GOLF
CLUB COON RAPIDS, MINN.
6,379 YARDS, PAR 72


FINAL RESULTS SENIOR DIVISION
EAST/WEST COURSES
1. J.T. Johnson, 36-32—68
T2. Joe McInnis, 34-38—72
T2. Scott Thul, 35-37—72
T4. Bill Tadewald, 37-36—73
T4. Leif Carlson, 36-37—73
T4. Robert Snyder, 36-37—73
7. Steve Fellows, 37-37—74
T8. Stuart Finley, 38-37—75
T8. Bob Auman, 38-37—75
T8. Jon Empanger, 38-37—75
T8. John Juntilla, 38-37—75
T8. Randy Siemers, 37-38—75
T8. David McCook, 39-36—75
T8. Paul Korman, 37-38—75


MASTERS DIVISION
WEST/NORTH COURSES
5,839 YARDS, PAR 72
1. Skip Schultz, 34-35—69
2. Bob Griesgraber, 34-36—70
T3. Tom Smith, 35-37—72
T3. Pat Vincelli, 36-36—72
T5. Larry Benzinger, 41-37—78
T5. Douglas McFarland, 42-36—78
7. Tom Sletten, 38-41—79
T8. Dale Speetzen, 41-39—80
T8. Tryg Peterson, 41-39—80
10. Richard Horst, 41-40—81


For complete tournament results go to: https://www.ghintpp.com/mngolf/TPPOnlineScoring/ResultsStroke.aspx?id=1396