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Saturday April 27, 2024
NMU Graduate Black Captures UPGA Golf Tourney

IRON MOUNTAIN---The Upper Peninsula Golf Association Tournament's final day at the Pine Grove Country Club in Iron Mountain Sunday saw a Northern Michigan University graduate take first place in the event that has been around for more than 100 years.

Chris Black from the Marquette Country Club emerges with the victory. The 24-year-old Black is a 2020 Northern Michigan University graduate and he came to the U.P. from Northern Ireland.

He was on the Wildcat golf team in 2019 and 2020.

Black shot a 5-under par 283 for this weekend's four rounds, three shots clear of former champion and Pine Grove golfer Ryan Pepin. Black was five shots ahead of two-time former UPGA champion Mark Clements.

North Central High School graduate Bryson Mercier ended up fourth, six strokes off the pace. Mercier will play collegiate golf this fall at NCAA-I South Dakota State.

The team title went to the guys from the host Pine Grove Country Club,


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