WASHINGTON, Mich. — The 95th Michigan Open Championship is getting a little randy.
Defending champion and Traverse City native Randy Hutchison shot a 6-under-par 66, and five-time Michigan Open champion Randy Erskine of Rochester shot a 5-under-par 67 to occupy the top two spots after the first round Monday at The Orchards Golf Club.
Hutchison, a 25-year-old mini-tour professional who shot 16-under-par and made a dramatic birdie on the last hole to win the title last year, picked up where he left off by holing a bunker shot on the second hole.
"That kind of got the momentum going," Hutchison said in a Michigan Open press release. "All you can do is hit a good bunker shot, and if it goes in, it goes in. That was nice. It got the day off to a great start."
Erskine won his five Michigan Open titles between 1976 and 1985 and will be 64 in two weeks.
Grand Traverse Resort's Lee Houtteman is tied for 16th at -2, while Scott Hebert is tied for 38th at even par. Charlevoix amateur Wyatt Drost is at +3, tied with Traverse City amateur Pat Colburn.
The field of 156 golfers will be cut to 70 low scorers and ties after today's second round in the 72-hole championship.
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TC’s Hutchison leads Michigan Open
He's ahead of Erskine by 1 shot after first round
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FINAL: Evansville 4, Beach Bums 1
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FINAL: Evansville 6, Beach Bums 5
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Bayshore winner aims for personal record in half
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Special Bayshore section coming
The Record-Eagle will publish a special 12-page section Sunday on the Bayshore running races.
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Junior hockey team moving to Traverse City
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Record-Eagle Honor Roll Track Boys Listings: 05/23/2013
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Record-Eagle Honor Roll Track Girls Listings: 05/23/2013
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Prep Baseball Rankings: 05/23/2013
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Today in Sports: 05/23/2013
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Book on Marion golfer a No. 1 seller on Amazon.com
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Now it's Bums' Woodward's turn to deliver the hurt
Scott Woodward’s 2011 season was derailed by injuries and 2012 didn’t happen due to them. So far, 2013 looks like he’ll be hurting a lot of Frontier League teams.
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