Mooretown, ONT, CAN
September 20 – 23, 2007
Rd1 – Bonnie Doon GC
Rd2 – Sawmill Creek GC
Rd3 – St Clair Parkway GC
Rd4 – Indian Hills GC
Kurt Goetzke (Clawson, MI) needed extra holes to defeat Karl Nagy (Simpsonville, SC) and claim his 2nd TPC.
Goetzke and Nagy matched each other the entire tournament, with no player winning a round by more than 3 strokes.
The outcome was decided on the third playoff hole, when Goetzke found the green with his approach and Nagy did not.
Once the champion medallion was placed around his neck, Goetzke cried out “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.”
Rounding out the top five were 3rd Ron Clifton (Richland, MI), 4th Steve Lawler (Macomb Twp, MI) and 5th Dan McKay (Warren, MI).
This victory is a second TPC for Goetzke (1996, 2008), moving him beside Coree Raden (Caledonia, MI – 2001, 2002, 2006) as the only multiple champions.
Noteworthy – This was the first TPC played outside of the USA, and the first to be decided in a sudden death playoff.
Final Standings
| 1 | Kurt Goetzke | 74-70-77-75 | 296 (+12)* |
| 2 | Karl Nagy | 76-70-74-76 | 296 (+12) |
| 3 | Ron Clifton | 81-77-68-78 | 304 (+20) |
| 4 | Steve Lawler | 80-77-77-77 | 311 (+27) |
| 5 | Dan McKay | 92-68-72-83 | 315 (+31) |
| 6T | Jeff Pretzer | 79-80-78-83 | 320 (+36) |
| 6T | Andy Kurncz | 80-88-80-72 | 320 (+36) |
| 8 | Bruce Kruckeberg | 93-80-70-83 | 326 (+42) |
| 9 | Jim Hartigan | 86-77-81-83 | 327 (+43) |
| 10 | Jeff Longeway | 86-78-85-84 | 333 (+49) |
| 11 | Tim O’Connor | 86-86-77-86 | 335 (+51) |
| 12 | Coree Raden | 93-82-87-91 | 353 (+69) |
| 13 | Brent Pretzer | 87-84-85-110 | 366 (+82) |
*won 3rd playoff hole
Round by Round Leaders
| Rd1 | Goetzke 74 Nagy 76 J Pretzer 79 Lawler 80 Kurncz 80 |
| Rd2 | Goetzke 144 Nagy 146 Lawler 157 Clifton 158 |
| Rd3 | Nagy 220 Goetzke 221 Clifton 226 McKay 232 |
| Rd4 | Goetzke 296 Nagy 296 Clifton 304 Lawler 311 |
Low Round Scoring
| 68 | McKay | Rd2 |
| 68 | Clifton | Rd3 |
| 70 | Nagy | Rd2 |
| 70 | Goetzke | Rd2 |
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