Ally Challenge Underway, Jack Nicklaus and Miranda Lambert Entertain

Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club, Grand Blanc, MI — August 26, 2023

The PGA Tour Champions are finally playing golf at Warwick Hills in The Ally Challenge presented by McLaren. Torrential rains left the course unplayable, causing the first round to be postponed to Saturday.

Golfers will try and complete 36 holes today, along with all the other activities scheduled for the event.

Early Action

Paul Stankowski got off to a fast start. Playing with the second group off the first tee, Stankowski carded five birdies over his opening nine holes.

Jeff Maggert one-upped that score, making birdies on four of the first five holes and then sinking his approach shot from the fairway on number nine for an eagle. Giving him a score of 30, six under par, for the first nine holes.

Vijay Singh shot two under after nine holes, starting his round on number 10. He caught fire on the final nine with birdies on one, two, and four. Followed by an eagle out of the fairway on the sixth hole. Singh did make a bogey on his next-to-last hole to finish his round at six under.

The trio of Stankowski, Maggert, and Singh were the leaders in the clubhouse at the conclusion of Round One. By comparison, pre-tournament favorites Bernhard Langer(-3) and Steve Stricker(-2) trailed by three and four strokes respectively.

Round Two

The low round of the afternoon session was the same as round one, six-under-par. Darren Clarke, Paul Goydos, Stephen Ames, and John Huston each recorded 66. For Clarke and Goydos, it propelled them into the tournament lead at 11 under par.

Four players are tied for third at ten under par. Stephen Ames, Harrison Frazar, Jeff Maggert, and Vijay Singh. Bernhard Langer sits alone in seventh place at nine under.

Defending Champion Steve Stricker is tied for 12th place, five strokes back at six under par.

Play in the final round of the Ally Challenge presented by McLaren begins at 9:15 in the morning, with players going off both nines.

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Leaderboard after Two Rounds of The Ally Challenge at Warwick Hills

POS	PLAYER	To Par	R1	R2	TOT
T1	Darren Clarke	-11	67	66	133
T1	Paul Goydos	-11	67	66	133
T3	Stephen Ames	-10	68	66	134
T3	Harrison Frazar	-10	67	67	134
T3	Jeff Maggert	-10	66	68	134
T3	Vijay Singh	-10	66	68	134
7	Bernhard Langer	-8	69	67	136
T8	Shane Bertsch	-7	69	68	137
T8	Richard Green	-7	70	67	137
T8	John Huston	-7	71	66	137
T8	Paul Stankowski	-7	66	71	137
T12	Lee Janzen	-6	71	67	138
T12	Tim Petrovic	-6	69	69	138
T12	Steve Stricker	-6	70	68	138
T12	David Toms	-6	69	69	138
T16	Alex Cejka	-5	69	70	139
T16	Mario Tiziani	-5	69	70	139
T18	Stuart Appleby	-4	69	71	140
T18	Jason Bohn	-4	70	70	140
T18	David Branshaw	-4	71	69	140
T18	K.J. Choi	-4	70	70	140
T18	Joe Durant	-4	67	73	140
T18	Brian Gay	-4	70	70	140
T18	Retief Goosen	-4	71	69	140
T18	Rob Labritz	-4	69	71	140
T18	Justin Leonard	-4	73	67	140
T18	Tim O’Neal	-4	69	71	140
T18	Kirk Triplett	-4	73	67	140
T29	Woody Austin	-3	70	71	141
T29	Paul Broadhurst	-3	70	71	141
T29	Steve Flesch	-3	69	72	141
T29	Tom Gillis	-3	70	71	141
T29	Mark Hensby	-3	70	71	141
T29	Jerry Kelly	-3	72	69	141
T29	Billy Mayfair	-3	71	70	141
T29	Boo Weekley	-3	71	70	141
T29	Y.E. Yang	-3	69	72	141
T38	Bob Estes	-2	71	71	142
T38	Thongchai Jaidee	-2	73	69	142
T38	Scott McCarron	-2	69	73	142
T38	Rocco Mediate	-2	70	72	142
T38	Dicky Pride	-2	71	71	142
T38	Mike Weir	-2	71	71	142
T38	David McKenzie	-2	71		71
T45	Steven Alker	-1	68	75	143
T45	Glen Day	-1	73	70	143
T45	Jim Furyk	-1	71	72	143
T45	Rod Pampling	-1	68	75	143
T45	Kenny Perry	-1	74	69	143
T45	Brett Quigley	-1	70	73	143
T45	Charlie Wi	-1	74	69	143
T52	Carlos Franco	E	70	74	144
T52	Ken Tanigawa	E	72	72	144
T52	Esteban Toledo	E	71	73	144
T52	Scott Verplank	E	75	69	144
T56	David Duval	1	71	74	145
T56	Dan Forsman	1	74	71	145
T56	Fran Quinn	1	74	71	145
T59	Olin Browne	2	74	72	146
T59	Davis Love	2	77	69	146
T61	Tim Ailes	3	73	74	147
T61	Ken Duke	3	71	76	147
T61	Len Mattiace	3	72	75	147
T61	Jeff Sluman	3	72	75	147
T65	Marco Dawson	4	75	73	148
T65	Chris DiMarco	4	77	71	148
T65	Scott Dunlap	4	75	73	148
T65	Tim Herron	4	74	74	148
T65	Scott Parel	4	76	72	148
T65	Corey Pavin	4	73	75	148
T71	Kent Jones	5	73	76	149
T71	Duffy Waldorf	5	71	78	149
T73	Mark O’Meara	6	78	72	150
T73	Wes Short,	6	77	73	150
75	Tom Pernice	7	76	75	151
76	Brian Cooper	9	77	76	153
77	Mike Stone	10	73		73
78	John Daly	11	81	74	155

 

Celebrity Challenge

Two teams captained by Boxer Andre Dirrell from Flint, Michigan, and Darren McCarty of the Detroit Red Wings competed in the two-hole Celebrity Challenge. With the great Jack Nicklaus as coach, and mulligan putter.

It was all in good fun as Ally Financial donated $15,000 each to My Brother’s Keeper and Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Flint.

Community Concert

The day’s events were capped off with the Community Concert highlighted by Miranda Lambert. One of the biggest crowds ever turned out to see and hear the country superstar bring her hits to the Ally Challenge stage.