Badall Wins Jackson Masters Golf in Playoff

Joey Badall smiles after winning the 2020 Jackson Masters Golf Tournament on Sunday at The Grande Golf Club.  Photo by Jeff Steers, JTV Sports.

By Jeff Steers
JTV Sports

(August 9, 2020 4:22 PM) Jackson area golfer Joey Badall must have felt like he was in a “Caddyshack” flashback Sunday during the final round of the Jackson Masters Golf Tournament.

This relatively unknown golfer from Jackson, Michigan, was about to win the Masters.

Only this was the Jackson Masters, not the one in Augusta, Ga.

Badall – who does not play in many Jackson area golf tournaments due to work and time constraints – made a 10-foot birdie putt on the first extra hole.  He defeated Dave Page for the Jackson Masters Golf Tournament title on Sunday at The Grande Golf Club.

It is the first major title for Badall.

Badall and Page finished the 36-hole medal-play tournament with 1-under-par 143 totals. Badall led after day one with a 70, but shot a 1-over-par 73 on Sunday.

Page shot 73 on Saturday, but followed that up with a 70 on Sunday.

Cannon Risner finished third overall with a two-day total of 144. The Leslie High School senior shot the best round of the tournament with a 3-under-par 69. Mark Kurzynowski finished fourth with a 145; Scott Denig placed fifth at 146; and Justin Bunch and Tim Pickering tied for seventh at 147.

Badall is a member at The Grande, playing a lot of early morning rounds before his family wakes up.

He birdied 15 to pull even with Page, but a birdie-bogey swing on 17 favored Page by two strokes heading into the final hole.

Badall returned the favor with a 15-foot birdie putt for another two-shot swing – sending the 36-hole tournament into a playoff.

“I just kept telling myself on 18 tee that I have to keep grinding,” Badall said. “I have put in the time and the practice so nothing is over until the last putt.”

On the first playoff hole – No. 1, a 401-yard par four – Badall got all of his drive, placing it within 100 yards of the green. Page hit his second shot 25 feet from the pin and Badall stuck his shot within 10 feet.

When Page missed his birdie opportunity, Badall made the key putt for the win. 

“I am in shock right now,” Badall said after the round. “There are so many more guys out there who are better than me.

“For some reason, the cards were all in my favor this weekend.”

Jackson Masters Golf Tournament

The Grande Golf Club, par 72

Joey Badall *	70	73	143
Dave Page	73	70	143
Cannon Risner	75	69	144
Mark Kurzynowski	74	71	145
Scott Denig	75	71	146
Justin Bunch	75	72	147
Tim Pickering	74	73	147
Cody Lysher	75	73	148
Pete Walz	74	74	148
Riley Hestwood	71	78	149
Sean Vann	78	73	151
Brett Casto	79	74	153
Bret Valkuchak	75	79	154
Mike Boldt	77	78	155
Brogan Brockie	83	72	155
Chris Chaney	80	75	155
Nathan LaZebnik	75	80	155
Mike Raymond	76	79	155
Trevor Raymond	79	76	155
Logan Anuszkiewicz	81	77	158
Bo Cochrane	79	79	158
Dave Mickle	78	80	158
Brian Carney	83	77	160
Colin Norton	76	86	162
Evan Brzyski	83	80	163
Dave Crandall	78	85	163
John Tarpley	85	79	164
Mike Brockie	82	86	168
Bryan Marvin	80	88	168
Malon Backinger	85	84	169
Tim Corser	88	81	169
Jamie Clark	93	77	170
Tom Raymond	83	88	171
Josh VanCampen	86	88	174
Brad McEldowney	87	89	176
Joe Midena	90	86	176
Tyler Callahan	89	90	179
Matt Way	88	96	184
Joel Collins	93	97	190
*won in a playoff