Past Champions
2016 - Zach Steffen
​2017 - Ross Miller

The North Star Tour Championship
at The Jewel Golf Club (Lake City, MN)
September 13-14th, 2017

2017 Update:
Ross Miller wins the North Star Tour Championship Match Play at The Jewel Golf Club!
The final match was a great showdown by two of the tour's best players this year. Charlie Boyechko (Winnipeg, Manitoba) played in just two events on our tournament schedule and finished in 2nd place in both. Ross Miller had played in every event over the summer and has been consistently within striking distance of a victory. In the end, Miller emerged as the victor for his first North Star Tour win.
The championship match lasted 19th holes and neither player allowed the other to be more than "1 up" in the entire match. The lone playoff hole was the 1st hole at The Jewel Golf Club. A 585 yard par 5 with several penalizing bunkers. With the adrenaline running high, both Boyechko and Miller were able to hit the green in 2 lengthy golf shots. Miller was able to 2 putt from a distance for his birdie while Boyechko was not. The 3 putt ultimately left Miller the championship.
Both players played stellar golf throughout the tournament. Both beating out 2017 NS Tour champions, Jake Wherley (Cabin Classic) and Brent Snyder (North Star Open). The Jewel Golf Club is a challenging and scenic Hale Irwin design in Lake City, MN that is a must visit for all golfers. We can't wait to return for another event.
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Tournament Summary: The 2017 Tour Championship will be played at The Jewel Golf club in Lake City, MN. The Jewel's name speaks for itself as this course really is a "jewel" of Minnesota golf. The treelined/links style combination with backdrops of South East Minnesotas rolling hillsides is a scenic place to hold a golf tournament. But don't let the beauty distract you from the beast of the course. If the wind picks up at The Jewel it will take good ball striking to keep your ball below the hole. Last year Zach Steffen (Former ISU Cyclone) upset a number of higher seeded players in route to a 1-up vicotry over Kyle Scanlon (Former USD Coyote) in the final round. Last years Tour Championship was also the deciding factor in the tours first Player of the Year race. Which was won by multiple 2016 event champion, Hudson Carpenter (eliminated in the quarter final matches)

Format: Single Elimination Matchplay, Seeded by Player of the Year points

Qualifier: September 12th, 2017 at The Jewel Golf Club...
The 8 highest ranked players (POY Points) signed up are exempt from this qualifier. If more than 8 other players are signed up, those 9+ will play an 18 hole stroke play qualifying round for the remaining 8 bracket spots in the match play championship. Successful qualifiers will pay the Championship entry fee (minus some of the amount charged at the qualifier).

Estimated Prize Purse: $6,000

2016 Results:
-Zach Steffen (4-0) Match Play Champion $2,000
-Hudson Carpenter awarded 2016 NS Tour Player of the Year
​(2017 Entry Fees covered by The North Star Tour)