JotCast | The Latest from the 2025 Wisconsin State Open Championship at Blackwolf Run in Kohler

The Latest from the 2025 Wisconsin State Open Championship at Blackwolf Run in Kohler

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Rob Hernandez

7:02

This is the epitome of twilight GOLF right now here at Blackwolf run. Heavy clouds. The hope is there still an hour of golf left, but that is to be determined.

7:01

Tyler Leach of Spring Valley just got up and down for par on number 18 to shoot three under. He won the Minnesota State open earlier this summer.

7:00

Sam Weatherhead birdied 18 to take the lead at 6-under. Beckman finishes 4-under

6:32

Meanwhile, Jacob Beckman birdied 13 and 15 to get back to 4-under

6:31

But Sam got that shot back at 14 if he has a very short birdie putt coming up a number 18 to go to six under

6:11

Sam Weatherhead bogeyed 10 here:

6:08

UW-Whitewater coach Andrea Wieland caddying for son Kade, who was 3-under

6:07

Out on the course getting photos of afternoon golfers near the top of the leaderboard.

4:23

We are less than 10 minutes from resuming the opening round of the 105th @WisconsinPGA State Open.

3:50

We have an official update: Play will resume at 4:30 p.m., which would make it a delay of 3 hours, 2 minutes

3:46

Golfers have returned to the range, which opened about 5-10 minutes ago. It's looking like we might be back on the course around 4:15 p.m., but no official word has been given on that.

3:04

If Jack Schultz was still on the course, I'd blame this delay on him. The Brewers-Cubs are playing Game 1 of their series as we wait for the storms to clear. Jack finished, however, and is probably watching from home. He shot 73.

3:03

And here is what clubhouse leader Cameron Huss, the 2023 champion, had to say after his 5-under-par 67 on the Meadow Valleys Course.

3:01

We also spent a few minutes with 2022 champion Daniel Mazziotta after his nifty up-and-down from a furry lie to the right of the 18th green. Click here for that.

2:59

Our interview with Marquette golfer Mason Schmidtke can be found by clicking here.

2:53

And that thunder was followed by ANOTHER downpour. Heaviest rain in about 25-30 minutes. The delay is approaching 90 minutes.

2:51

Mother Nature just provided a weather update. A loud rumble of thunder could be heard just outside the clubhouse door.

2:49

No updates here. The rain has eased up a little bit, but no talk of sending golfers back out.

2:15

Tough day for defending State Open champion Max Lyons. The former Marquette golfer shoots 77 on the Meadow Valleys Course.

1:58

Wisconsin State Open ... we've got you surrounded! (The Blue Dot is us)

1:57

1:52

And now it is starting to pour.

1:51

The rain has started to fall outside our window of the clubhouse at Blackwolf Run.

1:48

Even though it feels like the Meadow Valleys has been the easier of the two layouts used for this 105th Wisconsin State Open, the scoring average for the River Course (78.3) is only about a half-a-shot more difficult than the Meadow Valleys Course as we wait out the storm delay.

1:33

Tyler Leach, the Minnesota State Open champion from Spring Valley, Wis., is 2-under thru 8 and two off the lead.

Just as I was typing no horns have been sounded, the horns were sounded at 1:28 p.m. and we are suspended

1:28

We have weather coming our way and Wisconsin PGA staff is bustling to perhaps handle a delay.

1:27

Our Gary D'Amato spies four former champions in the top 10.

1:26

Badgers golfer Jacob Beckman has turned in 3-under-par and moved into solo third place.

1:25

Cameron Huss rolled in a 25-footer for birdie on No. 18 to catch Sam Weatherhead of Oconomowoc at 5-under

1:03

Oconomowoc’s Sam Wetherhead to five under par through eight. He is one ahead of Cameron Huss, who is finishing on 18 of the Meadow Valleys course.

1:00

We just had lunch upstairs in the clubhouse and this is the view of both waves finishing on the 18th hole

12:22

And that's the beauty of this year's championship. Everyone gets a taste of the relentless River Course and the chance to be in position for a 36-hole grind on the Meadow Valleys, which I would describe as a flat-out fair test of championship golf.

12:15

Our Gary D'Amato points out that the top six on the leaderboard are all playing the Meadow Valleys Course.

12:14

Sam Weatherhead with four birdies in a row after a par on No. 1 to get to 4-under through five. He leads Cameron Huss and Daniel Mazziotta by one

11:48

Your leader early on the back nine. Daniel Mazziotta, a Sand Valley caddie who lives in Wisconsin Rapids

11:41

New leader as Daniel Mazziotta birdies 11 to get to 3-under

11:38

A batch of potential contenders are teeing off the Meadow Valley and River Courses in what would in a normal State Open set-up would be called the afternoon wave. Among them, former Badger Max Schwarz, future UW-Green Bay golfer Lincoln Hottmann and recent contenders Sam Weatherhead of Hartford and George Kneiser of Oconomowoc are all at 1-under. Great leaderboard shaping up with no one really able to take control early.

11:36

Four-time Wisconsin State Amateur Player of the Year Jack Schultz has birdied No. 13 to get to even par. He's T-13 and just two back.

11:34

Barrett Kelpin, the teaching professional at Bishops Bay in Middleton, has started birdie-birdie on the River Course and is quickly tied for the lead at 2-under.

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