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The Latest from the 2026 Wisconsin State Amateur Championship

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Rob Hernandez

11:56

Travis Pronschinske, who hadn't played golf in five weeks due to a back injury, withdrew before today's round after it acted up again Monday.

"I think at 38 with this being the second time I have had this happen im realizing I'm not the young buck I used to be and I can't do things like when I was 20," Pronschinske wrote via Facebook ahead of his return.

11:45

Garrett Schultz grinds out what looked to be a par on No. 9 to turn in 3-under. He is three shots ahead of Brandon Cloete & Adam Garski.

11:08

Brandon Cloete with a nice bounce-back.

10:38

My bad. Garrett Schultz birdie the 12th hole and now add one at the 14th to get to 2- under. He is two shots in front of the field.

10:37

The birdies are out there as evidenced by Caleb Kern’s scorecard. But so are the three putts. As he described his scorecard to me at the turn, birdie-birdie-birdie– three putt-three putt-birdie.

10:17

Garrett Schultz, who bogeyed his final holiday yesterday to drop to even par, birdies the third hole to get back to 1-under and take the lead.

9:59

According to live scoring, Danny Behm of Hubertus has gone birdie-par-eagle to get to even par for the week and tied for the lead

9:14

Currently no one below par for the day as we get set for the leaders from yesterday in the afternoon, wave to tee off

9:07

Wind shift today to NNW (17 mph sustained & gusts to 28) means No. 1 is playing into the wind and No. 10 is downwind and drivable

9:00

South Dakota State golfer Caleb Kern currently the only golfer underpar in today’s round out on the golf course.

8:27

Russell Dettmering of Merrill bogeys his first two holes to slip to 3-over. Badgers golfer Drew Sacia birdied his first to get to 3-over

8:24

It is much windier in the area at the startvof play today vs. Monday. We will see what that does to the leading score & the cutline

7:35

Good morning and welcome to Day 2 of the Wisconsin State Amateur Championship from West Bend CC. Gary D'Amato and I will be busy today as we follow the scramble among the 155 golfers left in the field to be among the 70 (plus ties) to make the cut.

The first golfers are off No. 10. The first groups are about to start on No. 1.

*** Tuesday, July 21 ***

Rob Hernandez

7:44

And this will probably come as a welcome sight to those who were wondering if we were gonna just let the wind continue to dry out these greens

7:43

Your Day 1 leaders

7:36

Garrett Schultz lips out his par putt on 18. There will be no scores under par on Day 1 of the 125th State Amateur

6:04

Still four tied at the top on Day 1 of the Wisconsin State Amateur.

5:55

Griffin Pohl, the Wisconsin State Match-Play runner-up to Vijay Kumar, goes birdie-birdie at Nos. 2 and 3 to get to even-par and make it four tied at the top.

5:53

Russell Dettmering of Merrill bogeyed 18 to shoot 1-over. Adam Garski, who shot 71 this morning, currently leads at even-par with Altoona's Elliot Skinner, a rising HS senior; and Garrett Schultz of Oconomowoc, the 2023 Milwaukee District Match-Play champ and twice a runner-up since.

4:48

BTW, the Old Fashioned Golf caps out there are cool. Mason Haupt models the Green Bay version

4:47

The six golfers at even par are now tied for the lead including clubhouse leader Adam Garski

4:46

A bogey-bogey stretch by Garrett Schultz at 7 and 8 drops him to even-par. Marquette’s Wyatt Chapman falls to 1-over after a bogey at 7.

4:29

Just watched Ross Thomson make a good bogey on 28 making the turn. He falls to even, two behind Garrett Schultz

4:12

Garrett Schultz of Oconomowoc has gone to 2-under and taken a 1-stroke lead.

4:09

Just checked the Weather Bug and wind speeds are 15 mph with gusts to 26 mph out of the southwest. The chance of rain has been pushed to late tonight.

4:04

Marquette golfer Wyatt Chapman and former MSOE golfer Garrett Schultz (also a former Milwaukee District Match Play champ) join Ross Thomson at 1-under. Gary is counting the number golfers who have been at 1-under at some point today. It's gotta be a couple dozen.

3:59

More from Jack Schultz on his injury. He told me last week he hadn't been playing competitively b/c of an iron deficiency-related issue. I saw him practicing at the Wisconsin CC last week while I was at the Women's State Am and he was looking forward to playing, but the inactivity led to some back issues and those manifested in a big way yesterday.

Jack wrote in a text: "Yesterday afternoon the pain came kind of out of nowhere, nothing specific caused it, but my upper body can’t rotate at all without pain. ... I can deal with it somewhat, but not for four days in a row."

3:50

And just like that a bogey/double-bogey stretch for Pohl drops him to 2-over and now UW assistant coach Ross Thomson is taking a turn at 1-under and holding the lead.

3:44

Did we call it? Rohan Vasudeva bogeys 13 to fall to even. Wisconsin State Match Play runner-up Griffin Pohl of Sturgeon Bay is the last man standing at 1-under in the afternoon wave.

3:38

Jack Schultz of Whitefish Bay, the 2023 State Am champion, withdrew before the round. Ryan Huebsch of West Salem took his spot in the field.

2:56

David Brock of Mequon continues to set the afternoon pace at 2-under. Wind hasn't really let up much. Greens will only get faster. Seat belts will need to be tightened!

2:07

Out talking to finishers from the morning wave. Adam Garski of Wauwatosa is the clubhouse leader at even-par. Caleb Kern of Edgerton and David Brock of Mequon have gotten to 2-under early in the afternoon wave, but we saw that happen in the morning and golfers fell back quickly.

1:09

It is a full force gale out here as the afternoon groups get going. It will be very difficult to keep it near par

12:59

Noah Harmatys it was a freshman this spring at Waunakee high school. He makes his State Am debut with a birdie on 10

12:44

The lead is back to even after UW’s Spencer Turtz bogeys 17

12:34

Mason Haupt of UWGB gets the afternoon wave started

12:01

Here is your High Noon leaderboard on Day 1 of the Wisconsin State Amateur.

11:59

There are eight golfers tied for second at even-par and seven golfers tied for 10th at 1-over. But wait 30 seconds and that will change. It's been that kind of morning at West Bend CC

11:57

Former Badgers golfer Spencer Turtz is now the last man standing under par. He is 1-under.

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