DETROIT LAKES — The nerves of championship Sunday rattled the field throughout Saturday’s match play at Pine to Palm.

The championship matches are slated to crown new champions, as defending champions across all fields nearly made it to the final day.

The Super Senior division will see a new champion for the first time in three years. No. 5-seeded New Port Richey, Florida’s David Haslerud needed two playoff holes to defeat the two-time reigning champion Detroit Lakes’ Mike Herzog.

Finding the rough on Hole 2, Herzog needed to make a put just off the fringe of the green, giving Haslerud the win if he put it within gimme range. He did just that, ending Herzog’s chance at a three-peat.

Mike’s brother, Steve, met him in the final match for the past two seasons. This year, neither Herzog w

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