DETROIT LAKES — Golfers at Pine to Palm began their match-play journeys on Thursday, Aug. 14. The stakes became anyone’s game as each shot can make or break a round.

Every division had its chance to test its skills at Detroit Country Club as the sun shone brightly throughout the day. There were big wins and, most definitely, upsets. But there was no bigger story than what unfolded in the Championship division.

No. 64-seeded Moorhead’s Joe Kortan squeaked his way into match play after securing one of five spots in an 11-man playoff Wednesday night. But he drew the defending champion and the No. 1 seed, Maple Grove, Minnesota’s Josh Galvin.

The University of North Dakota sophomore rose to the occasion and knocked off the former NDSU Bison 3-and-2. Kortan quickly gained a 2-up advantage a

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