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95th Illinois State Amateur Championship

95th Illinois State Amateur Championship


Kulwin Erases Six-Shot Deficit, Surges to Unlikely State Amateur Triumph

Charlie Kulwin’s (Chicago) final day of the 95th Illinois State Amateur Championship at Crestwicke Country Club Thursday featured not one, but two rallies.

The first came around 9:30 a.m. With his ball on the 11th green, Kulwin raced into the nearby clubhouse bathroom after suddenly feeling ill.

“I woke up with a bad stomach,” Kulwin said. “I got to the golf course and felt fine through nine holes, but then my stomach started bothering me.

“I don’t want to get too graphic, but some bad stuff happened.”

After a brief respite and feeling “better than when [he] went in,” Kulwin returned to the course and finished out his par on 11.

The second rally unfolded over the next five-plus hours and resulted in one of the most unlikely triumphs in recent State Am history.

The 22-year-old Chicago Public School product and Loyola Chicago graduate carded rounds of 68 and 69 in the blistering Bloomington heat to erase a six-stroke deficit and vault past 21 fellow competitors to hoist the Louis L. Emmerson Trophy.



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