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Official Publication of the 103rd Annual Resorters Golf Tournament

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ALEXANDRIA ECHO PRESS

Wednesday, July 31, 2024

VOL. 87, NO. 2

MEN’S CHAMP

Holtzman holds his own Kansas sophomore Noah Holtzman shoots 7-under to get No. 1 seed in Men’s Championship division BY SAM STUVE Alexandria Echo Press Brothers Lunden and Bronx Esterline may be young but they’ve become Resorters Tournament veterans. Lunden has won three Resorters junior championships (two Junior 13-15 and one Junior 10-12), and Bronx is the Junior 13-15 division medalist this year. These two live in Andover, Kansas, spend their summers in Alexandria, and compete in the Resorters Tournament. This year, they brought some friends to the tournament, one of whom is Noah Holtzman. Holtzman, who is entering his sophomore year with the Kansas University men’s golf team, made a heck of a debut at the Resorters in Sunday and Tuesday’s Men’s Championship division qualify-

ing rounds. Holtzman shot 4-under in Sunday’s qualifying round at Geneva Golf Club, then 3-under in Tuesday’s qualifying round at Alexandria Golf Club to finish the qualifying rounds at 7-under par and earn the No. 1 seed in the Men’s Championship division. “At the beginning of the summer, I kind of struggled a little bit, but I’ve started to play better golf these last couple of weeks,” Holtzman said. “I was excited coming into this week to try to play well. My putting was really good. I made a lot of putts. Putting has definitely been the best part of my game.” Holtzman, a two-time Class 5A Kansas high school individual state champion, shot a 69 on Sunday at Geneva with an eagle, five birdies, and

nine pars. He led that qualifying round at 4-under par (137). Holtzman built on his lead early on Tuesday with birdies on the second and sixth holes. He also began the back nine with a birdie on the 10th hole. He took a step back with a bogey on the 13th hole, but with a birdie on the 17th hole and a par on the 18th hole, his 13th of the round, Holtzman finished his Tuesday qualifying round at 3-under par (68) and 7-under par overall (137) in the qualifying rounds. “I had to grind it out on my back nine at Geneva,” Holtzman said. “I missed a lot of greens, but I made a lot of par putts coming back. I just tried to play conservative, miss in the right spots, and make putts.” Good putting is

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Kansas sophomore Noah Holtzman (right) lines up a putt on the 17th hole at the Alexandria Golf Club on July 30. Holtzman made that putt for birdie and to get to 3-under par for the second Men’s Championship division qualifying round at the 103rd Resorters Tournament. Holtzman shot 7-under par in the qualifying rounds and is the No. 1 seed in the Men’s Championship division. something Holtzman aims to maintain throughout the tournament. “I’ve played quite a bit of match play growing up, and it’s a completely

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