It took 41 holes and a lot of driving, but it paid off for Brian Dueck.
Dueck finished in second place at the annual men's Lobstick Open at the Lobstick Golf Course in Waskesiu last week.
Five playoff holes were required to settle a three-way tie atop the leaderboard at 144, 4-over.
Dueck shot 72 on the par-70 course in both rounds on June 10-11.
"It's a golf course that doesn't give a lot of birdies away. A lot of slopes in the greens and undulating lies throughout the whole golf course," said Dueck.
The playoff also included Jody Dueck, who went on to win, and McLaren Taylor.
Brian Dueck second in Lobstick tournament at Lobstick GC in Waskesiu June 10-11
Five-hole playoff took an hour and 45 minutes.
"On the first hole, Mac Taylor lipped out on about an eight-foot birdie putt, or else he would've won it, and then he didn't make par on the next hole and we had pars," Dueck said.
The two Duecks each birdied the third playoff hole and parred the fourth.
"I didn't make my par on the next hole and he parred. Game over. It was a long day. It was almost eight hours on the golf course with the extra holes, and then the six and a half hour drive home," Dueck said.
It was his best finish ever at the Lobstick tournament.
"Typically the greens aren't good, but they've actually started putting electric fences around the greens to keep the elk off them, with all the elk urine, it kills the greens. Come springtime, they're all pockmarked," said Dueck.
"(But) the greens were really good, really nice, thick and full. They did a great job up there," he added, noting that course officials had to deal with three inches of rain the previous Saturday.
