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BEMIDJI – Familiar names stand on top of the lists for the Women’s, Executive and Senior Divisions after their final qualifying rounds on Tuesday morning at the 100th annual Birchmont Golf Tournament.

Emily Israelson is poised to make a run for her sixth Women’s Division title after edging out Lily Bredemeier by one stroke in the 18-hole qualifier. Israelson shook off a double bogey on the first hole and responded with back-to-back birdies on Nos. 4 and 5. She eagled on No. 9 to take a one-under score to the turn.

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Sitting a two-under after the 10th hole, Israelson recorded back-to-back bogeys and a double bogey on No. 13 before carding an eagle on No. 15. With a birdie on No. 16, along with two pars to close out her round, Israelson’s 71 was good enough to earn another medalist finish.

Bredemeier’s round was less chaotic. She sat a three-over until she recorded back-to-back birdies on Nos. 9 and 10. A birdie on No. 16 got her back to even par. Emersyn Walker (73), Ava Olson (74), Anna Tollette (74), Abbie Kelm (75) and Riley Crothers (75) rounded out the top six finishers in the qualifier. Defending champion Morgan Hetletved finished with a five-over score of 77 in eighth place. She will be the top-seeded player to open match play as the defending champion in the field of 16.

Tory Johnson ran away with the Executive Division medalist honors, finishing with a two-day score of 136. Johnson was six-under on Tuesday to finish eight-under and six shots better than Mark Ewing after 36 holes. Jeff Thompson (72-73-145), Joe McKean (74-73-147) and Daal Omar (70-77-147) rounded out the top five.

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Defending champion Mark Hylden will be the top seed. He opted to play in only Monday’s qualifier and shot a 78.

Dale Finck became the medalist among the senior players on Tuesday after posting a two-round score of 142. His two-under-par total was highlighted by his first round of 69.

Mark Lindberg took second place at 147, which was three-over after two rounds. Defending champion Curt Howard had the third-lowest score at 148. He will be the top seed when match play opens on Wednesday.

Men’s and Masters players conclude qualifying on Tuesday evening at the BTCC.

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• Monday: Qualifying rounds for the Men’s, Senior, Executive and Junior Divisions.
• Tuesday: Qualifying rounds for the Women’s and Masters divisions; second round of qualifying for Men’s, Senior and Executive divisions; match play begins for Junior 10-12 division.
• Wednesday: Match play begins for all championship divisions. (Men’s letter flights, Executive Regular and Junior 10-12 divisions do not play.)
• Thursday: Match play continues for all championship divisions. (Senior Regular, Masters Regular and Junior flights do not play.)
• Friday: Match play continues for all divisions. (Women’s Regular flights do not play.)
• Saturday: Match play finals for all divisions.

Madelyn Haasken / Bemidji Pioneer

Madelyn Haasken / Bemidji Pioneer