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Bohlman first-round leader

JANESVILLE — The Janesville Country Club golf course has a reputation of being tough but fair.

At a distance of 6,347 yards from the blue tees, the state’s oldest country club course features elevated greens that require a deft touch on any putts above the hole.

In Friday’s first round of the Janesville Men’s City Championship, those elevated greens made life tough for the majority of the field.

Two-time city champion Brad Bohlman fired a 1-over par 73 to take the lead after the opening round, with five-time city champ Jeff Bruegger a shot behind after a 74. Two other former city champions, Matt Behm and Ryan Coffey, are three shots back along with Sean Halvorson.

The second day of the 54-hole event is scheduled for today at Glen Erin Golf Club.

On a day when only 13 golfers in the 140-man field broke 80 from the blue tees, Bohlman was happy with his start. The 1999 and 2001 champion said a wayward driver kept him from a below-par round.

“I think the best part of the day was the fact that I had a lot of fun playing,” said Bohlman, who played in a threesome with his brother, Braddy (77), and Bruegger.

“I’m pleased to get out of here with the score that I had. There were a couple of holes where I had no idea where my driver was going.”

Brad carded a 2-over 38 on his front nine, but rebounded nicely with a 1-under 35 on the back. His 35 on the back was the low nine of the day.

Bruegger, who is gunning for his sixth city title and first since 1994, was his usual consistent self. He had 37 on both nines and will be a definite factor the final 36 holes.

Behm, who finished 11th at the State Amateur on Thursday, cost himself a chance at sharing the lead after three-putting the par 4, 17th.

“There was a couple of really tricky pin placements, and 17 was one of them,” Behm said. “I should’ve been right around even-par for the round, but tomorrow’s another day, and I think I’ll post a better score.”

Last year’s champion, Sam Van Galder, struggled to an opening-round 81. Van Galder hit only four fairways the entire round and that left him in trouble on a number of holes.

“I couldn’t keep it out of the trees,” Van Galder said. “And I was short-sided on a number of holes.

“It’s disappointing because I thought I’d play a lot better than I did.”

Matt Stried fired an 81 to grab a one-stroke lead over Steve Caya and Mike Reid in A Flight, while Dave Herr’s 79 leads the B Flight by one shot over John Zimmerman.

Steven Hiser and Greg Mullen each shot 77 to share the lead in the C Flight, and Dennis Raabe’s 83 topped D Flight.

The B, C and D Flight’s all played from the white tees which shortened the course by about 200 yards, according to Country Club Pro Lance Marting.

Janesville Men’s City Championship

FIRST ROUND

At Janesville CC (Par 72)

CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT

Brad Bohlman 38-35—73

Jeff Bruegger 37-37—74

Matt Behm 38-38—76

Ryan Coffey 38-38—76

Sean Halvorson 38-38—76

Braddy Bohlman 37-40—77

Michael Kleitzien 41-36—77

Blair Schmeiser 38-39—77

Andrew Tearman 39-38—77

Bobby Kennedy 38-40—78

Brent Kern 39-39—78

Doug Sheridan 40-39—79

Bill Kennedy 37-42—79

Jeff Farrell 44-36—80

Teegan Jacobson 38-42—80

Sam Larson 38-42—80

Sam Van Galder 40-41—81

Rob Ackerman 42-39—81

Charlie Roherty 45-37—82

Steve Babcock 41-41—82

Jerry Rabbach 38-44—82

Aaron Coffey 41-42—83

Matt Kersten 41-42—83

King Clark 41-43—84

Jon Phillips 42-43—85

Aaron Rondon 47-38—85

Justin Ferguson 42-43—85

Mark Thomsen 40-46—86

Eric Birkholz 41-45—86

Jake Downing 44-45—89

Michael Spiegler 49-47—96

A FLIGHT

Matt Stried 39-42—81

Steve Caya 40-42—82

Mike Reid 40-42—82

Pat Campbell 42-42—84

James Crawford 42-42—84

Dave DeGarmo 42-42—84

Shannon Dooley 44-41—85

Al Herbst 43-42—85

Gary Merk 44-41—85

Dan Brown 44-43—87

Tom Collins 41-46—87

Curt Goodwick 44-44—88

George Larson 46-42—88

Gil DeCremer 40-50—90

Gary Neumueller 45-46—91

Dan Milz 46-47—93

Brent Corey 46-47—93

Rick Berry 46-48—94

Dale Bladorn 49-45—94

Dale Sopher 52-42—94

Larry Schumacher 50-46—96

Craig Folk 53-54—107

B FLIGHT

Dave Herr 39-40—79

John Zimmerman 38-42—80

Mike Mead 40-41—81

David Bitter 42-39—81

Tim Millis 42-40—82

David Huibregtse 40-43—83

Jake Hassinger 39-44—83

Matt Kempfer 44-41—85

Bill Wipperman 41-44—85

John Husen 39-47—86

Mike Johnson 45-41—86

Randy Krueger 43-43—86

Greg Galvan 42-45—87

Chad Sullivan 41-46—87

Steve Thurner 39-49—88

Brian Cherry 44-44—88

James Tullis 44-45—89

Brian Dunk 49-40—89

Robert Kennedy 44-46—90

Joel Bailey 45-45—90

Bryan Holder 45-46—91

Tom Noll 46-45—91

Jeff DeGarmo 43-50—93

Brian Rogula 47-45—92

David Brown 50-44—94

Steven Gelbach 43-53—96

Ron Pumila 52-45—97

Lance Miller 47-53—100

C FLIGHT

Steven Hiser 39-38—77

Greg Mullen 41-36—77

Jeff Adams 42-38—80

Dan Hermanson 42-39—81

Eric Scherdell 42-40—82

Bill Hassinger 42-41—83

Gary Dulin 42-43—85

Todd Sitter 46-40—86

Cory Shea 43-44—87

Jeff Sheldon 45-43—88

Kevin Riley 44-44—88

Bryant Schaffer 43-46—89

Larry Kotwitz 44-46—90

Bryan Thorson 44-46—90

Keith Trembula 45-45—90

Tim Ryan 43-48—91

Mike Tearman 46-45—91

Dean Hendrickson 46-47—93

Scot Hudson 51-42—93

Mohammed Kahn 46-49—95

Efren Blanca 51-44—95

Jerry Shere 50-47—97

Shawn Gagg 48-51—99

Tom Vogt 50-50—100

Brian Garey 47-53—100

Paul Burkholder 47-53—100

Jason Jenson 50-52—102

Jeff Waite 50-53—103

D FLIGHT

Dennis Raabe 41-42—83

Steve Thurler 41-45—86

Matt DeWitt 45-44—89

Stephen Monroe 45-44—89

Steve Weiss 41-48—89

George Pritchett 42-48—90

Dave Langowski 42-48—90

Jim Hudson 44-47—91

Carl Howard 44-48—92

Loren Mathison 46-47—93

Mike Berg 50-43—93

Daryl Rosenbaum 49-44—93

Chad Salmon 41-52—93

Richard Moore 45-49—94

Shawn Uschan 44-52—96

Craig Anderson 49-47—96

Bob Hendrickson 52-45—97

Steve McNally 46-53—99

Chris Campbell 51-48—99

Ken Creek 51-48—99

Ronald Johnson 45-54—99

Greg Tanko 47-54—101

Nate Punzel 52-50—102

John Hutchinson 52-52—104

Mark Bestul 53-53—106

Joe Sprecher 53-55—108

Dale Wright 56-54—110

Bob Mussey 61-57—118