Maddalena Wins His Fourth Spring Thaw
By Gary Kalahar JTV Sports A new season yielded a familiar story in Jackson golf. Steve Maddalena added another couple lines to Jackson’s greatest amateur golf resume, grinding out a victory Sunday in the Spring Thaw at Cascades Golf Course. A second-round 74 gave Maddalena an even-par 144 total, good for a two-stroke margin over Mike Brockie and Andrew Tindall. Joe Marzano, Logan Anuszkiewicz and Todd Marston tied for fourth at 148. Maddalena is the fourth player to win the Spring Thaw at least four times. With a victory 25 years after his first one, he became the tournament’s oldest winner at age 58. Frightful spring weather finally gave way – a little bit, anyway – to sunshine and mild temperatures for Sunday’s final round. But the big improvement over Saturday’s cold conditions did not produce lower scores. The top seven players from the first round all shot worse in the second round, and no one was able to make a charge from behind. No player matched par after four were under par in the opening round. “I think the greens were a little faster. They were drier,” Maddalena said about the difference in scoring, pointing to some Friday night…
