Monmouth Men’s All-City Golf Championship Goes to Playoff; Kehr Claims Fourth Career Title

The 2021 Monmouth All-City Golf Tournament was held over the weekend at the Monmouth Country Club and Gibson Woods Golf Course. Central College, in Pella, Iowa, sophomore Matt Briggs won the men’s title in a one-hole playoff against defending champ Jake Sottos. It was the second straight year that Sottos was involved in a playoff. He needed an extra hole against Matt Baker last year to claim his second career All-City title. Briggs is the son of former Monmouth Zipper golf standout Mike Briggs and the nephew of current Gibson Woods golf pro and former Zipper standout, Randy Briggs. Even more local ties for Matt, he’s coached at Central College by Mel Blasi, another former Zipper golfer and former Western Illinois University golf coach. Prairie Communications Sports Director Shawn Temple spoke with Briggs after his playoff win yesterday.

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On the women’s side, Cathy Kehr led wire-to-wire for her third straight women’s All-City championship. It was her fourth overall career title. She won her first championship in 2012, before Justine Peel-Brentise ripped off six straight championships from 2013-2018. Kehr shot a 2-day total of 158, including a 78 at Gibson Woods on Saturday. The women play the opposite course as the men on the weekend, playing Gibson Woods on Saturday and the Monmouth Country Club on Sunday. Temple also got a chance to catch up with Kehr after her round yesterday.

L-R: Tanner Schreck, Scott Weber, Matt Briggs, Jake Sottos and TJ Reimolds

Here’s the final scores for the 2021 Monmouth All-City Golf Tournament:

Men’s Championship Flight		1st rd	2nd rd	Total
1	Matt Briggs *won in playoff	67	75	142
2	Jake Sottos	71	71	142
3	Scott Weber	71	75	146
4	TJ Reimolds	77	70	147
5	Tanner Schreck	69	79	148
6	Michael Blaesing	73	76	149
7	Scott McClintock	71	79	150
8	Alex Temple	72	82	154
9	Dalton Brentise	76	79	155
10	Jake Halcomb	75	83	158
11	Earl Forrester	76	83	159
12	Ron Grant	78	82	160
13	Matt Baker	81	80	161
14	Mark Shrader	84	78	162
14	Jason Damewood	77	85	162
16	Steve McVey	80	83	163
17	Jim Sloan	78	86	164
18	John Juszczyk	87	79	166
18	Ryan Stewart	82	84	166
18	Scott Peel	86	80	166
21	Dominic Greer	87	88	175
22	Randy Trego	87	91	178
23	Patrick Gavin	94	WD	WD
First Flight		1st rd	2nd rd	Total
1	Mike Jurgens	77	75	152
2	Jason Almaguer	78	81	159
3	Todd Lee	80	81	161
3	Kent Thompson	78	83	161
5	Chuck Robbins	83	79	162
6	Andy Jackson	79	84	163
7	Caleb Copeland	82	82	164
8	Parker Cassidy	81	84	165
9	Drew Lovdahl	83	85	168
10	Mike Kelley	84	86	170
11	Joel Morgan	92	80	172
12	DJ Reading	79	94	173
13	Blake Hughes	87	87	174
14	Andy Doyle	94	82	176
15	Jack Thompson	88	89	177
16	Brian Jordan	92	90	182
17	Dan Schisler	82	WD	WD
18	Alex Palos	85	WD	WD
Second Flight		1st rd	2nd rd	Total
1	Donnie Garrett	84	82	166
2	Drexel Cox	84	85	169
3	Terry Hepner Jr.	88	84	172
4	Jim Kauffman	91	89	180
5	Marcus Doyle	93	89	182
6	Matt Garrett	88	95	183
7	Carl Peel	92	92	184
7	Dalton Chenault	90	94	184
7	Ted Plotts	95	89	184
10	Jay Creighton	95	90	185
11	Jared Halcomb	94	96	190
12	Bob Peel	94	101	195
12	Pat Spears	99	96	195
12	Greg Gladfelter	90	105	195
15	John Feehan	100	99	199
16	Bill Lantau	105	98	203
Senior Flight		1st rd	2nd rd	Total
1	Rod Smith	75	80	155
2	Steve Andrews	78	80	158
2	Dennis Mann	78	80	158
4	Jerry Butcher	80	79	159
5	Butch Pinney	78	84	162
5	Jerry Shrader	81	81	162
7	Terry Hepner Sr.	83	81	164
8	Billy McMahon	82	87	169
9	Stan Carlson	89	95	184
Women’s Championship Flight		1st rd	2nd rd	Total
1	Cathy Kehr	78	80	158
2	Julie Richardson	92	95	187
3	Stephanie McVey	103	94	197
4	Angela Doyle	107	98	205