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2024 23th Annual E.S.P.N. Tournament Scheduled!
Date: September 5th thru 8th
This year courses will be selected in and around the area of beautiful Hayward WI.
2021 ESPN Recap
2023 Recap
2023 was once again held in the beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota. The venue did change but the results stayed the same. The NPSE trophy once again found it's way back to Todd Purtell. This tournament victory marked a THREE PEAT for Todd and once again proved the other three in this Tournament need to improve their golf game or consider taking up Pickleball full time.
The tournament started off with cocktails in Hills City South Dakota followed by a heated game of Bauchi ball in a South Dakota versus Minnesota. This would be the first time in this border battle Minnesota would be victorious over South Dakota in any challenge. The golf tournament usually starts with South Dakota teaming up in the practice round to play Minnesota. South Dakota has won 22 consecutive times. 23 if you count the win they had this year at Redrock Golf Course. It appears that Bauchi may need to be part of the tournament agenda in the future since Minnesota found a way to win.
We were afforded the luxury again of staying with Dr. Paul Eastman at his wonderful home in the Black Hills. This was deemed the official tournament headquarters.
This years practice round and South Dakota vs Minnesota opening round was held at Redrock Golf Course in Rapid City SD. This year we used handicaps to allow Minnesota a chance to win... This also proved futile as they were once again humiliated by the South Dakota team of Rick Noonan and Paul Eastman.
Tournament schedule this year was:
Practice Round at Red Rock
The tournament started at Elkhorn Golf Club near beautiful Spearfish SD. Second round was at Spearfish country club in Spearfish and the last 18 holes played on Sunday was Arrowhead country club.
Todd once again jumped out to an early lead and preceded to hold off all contenders throughout the 3 day event with no real challenge at the leaderboard.
Final Scores for the 3 day Tournament
2023 Photos
the Participants
Paul Eastman
Dave Schweitzer
Dave Schweitzer
Paul is the "E" in ESPN. Paul has been one of the more consistent players around the green with a keen sense of touch with the wedge. The two time champion of theNPSE (2015, 2018) is excited this year to return to one of his more favorable courses.... Turtleback in Rice Lake WI. Paul has been know to walk a great distance of the course all while riding a cart.
Dave Schweitzer
Dave Schweitzer
Dave Schweitzer
Dave is the "S" in ESPN. Also know as the "BLADE", Dave is known for his calculated play on the green. His putting skills have allowed him to collect two valued tournament wins. (2011,2016). Dave will need to start off strong again this year to once again be on the leader board. He is most know for his crafty shots from the sand and innate ability to converse with anyone who will buy him a free drink.
Todd Purtell
Todd Purtell
Todd Purtell
Todd is the "P" in ESPN. Todd is by far the most consistent player on this tour. Even though he is seldom seen on the golf course only a few times a year he is always a threat to win theNPSE. He is best know for his consistent fairway drives. He is always calm, focused and very calculating around the course. Todd is a 7 time winner and host of this years ESPN. Rumor has it this year he may bring clubs from this century.
Rick Noonan
Todd Purtell
Todd Purtell
Rick is the "N" in ESPN. He is long off the tee when playing well. His sporadic inconsistency is clearly the largest obstacle to his game. This years results "Depends" on a consistent slow swing. He has somehow managed to win theNPSE 7 times and will be this years defending champion.