2007 River Falls Open Results

Sunday,  Aug. 26,  2007

Sperling wins CVGA River Falls event
 
 
 Mark Sperling birdied the first hole of a playoff to defeat home-clubber Dave Reese
and win the Chippewa Valley Golf Association's River Falls Open Sunday at the River
Falls Golf Club.
 
 
 Sperling, of Lakeville, Minn., and Reese, the 67-year-old president of the club,
tied for first place after 18 holes with rounds of one-over par 73 before Sperling
made his winning birdie.
 
 
 The win was the second this season on the CVGA tour for Sperling and his 35th in
more than 30 years of playing CVGA events. His first win came in 1981 at the
Whitehall Open. 
 
 
 Erik Hutchinson, Joel T. Johnson, Joe Larson, Eric Rolland, Brian Seiwert and Joe
Stansberry all shot two-over par 74 to finish in a six-way tie for third place.
David Blue came in one stoke back of that bunch at 75 to take ninth place, and John
Sexton shot 76 to place tenth.
 
 
 The CVGA caps off its 2007 schedule with the Tournament of Champions at Hillcrest
Country Club in Altoona Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 8-9.
 
 
 River Falls Open
 River Falls Golf Club
 Par 72, 6.690 yards


 
 73 - Mark Sperling, Lakeville, Minn.- Playoff - Birdie on first hole


 73  Dave Reese, River Falls (Sperling wins
playoff; receives 18 CVGA points, Reese 15)
 74 – Erik Hutchinson, Eden Prairie,  Minn.; J.T. Johnson, Woodbury, Minn.; Joe
Larson, Minneapolis; Eric Rolland, Rogers, Minn.; Brian Seiwert, St. Louis Park,
Minn.; Joe Stansberry, Minnetonka, Minn. (12 pts. each)
 75 – David Blue (10 pts.)
 76 – John Sexton (8 pts.)
 77 – Dave McCook, Hastings, Minn.; Greg Murphy, Woodbury, Minn.; Eric Rislove (7
pts. each) 
 78 – Brad Berberick, Eagan, Minn.; Roger Fahrenkrug; Randy Garber, St. Paul;
Gregg LeCaptain, Plymouth, Minn.; Rob Magnuson, Hudson; Paul Meyer, Somerset; Keith
Piotrowski, Maplewood, Minn.; Jeff Simek; Brian Tarnowski, Champlin, Minn.; Zac
Wilson, Oakdale, Minn. (6 pts. each)
 79 – Jason Rhodes, Farmington, Minn.; Greg Schwebach, River Falls; Patrick
Waterloo, Plymouth, Minn.; Dan Zapf, Eagan, Minn. (5 pts. each) 
 80 – Andre Belland; Leif Carlson, Bloomington, Minn.; Dave Soika, St. Paul; Dan
Spadino, Hudson (4 pts. each)
 81 – Jeff Ferron, Lakeville, Minn.; Don Palodichuk, South St. Paul, Minn.; Tim
Ryan; Jake Spott, Hudson (3 pts. each) 
 82 – Patrick Porte (2 pts.)
 83 – Jerry Kunkel; Brian Paulson (one point each)
 84 – Hans Anderson; Chad Fortney, West Salem; Matt Garber, Hudson; David Walter,
Eau Claire