Ageless Seltzer tied for lead with Pesta in Michigan PGA Professional Championship

Jack Seltzer still has game at age 62

Day two is lead by the ageless Jack Seltzer
  ROCHESTER – Jack Seltzer played in his first Michigan PGA Professional Championship the same year Matt Pesta was born, and 36 years later they are tied for the lead heading into Wednesday’s final round of the $42,000 state championship for club and teaching golf professionals at Oakland University.
   “I shouldn’t be here, but I am,” said Seltzer, who is 62, a past champion (1988) and a Michigan Golf Hall of Fame member who teaches at the Kendall Golf Academy at Miles of Golf in Ypsilanti.
   “As long as I’m here and only have 18 holes to go, I’m going to keep on playing.”
    Seltzer and Pesta, a White Lake resident and an assistant professional at Beacon Hill Golf Club in Commerce Township, each shot rounds of 3-under-par 69 for 6-under-par 138 totals.
   Pesta shot his 69 on the Katke course, and Seltzer played the Sharf course as the field of 140 golfers was split in half for the first two days. The 36-hole cut fell at 155 with 76 golfers moving on to the final round on the Katke course.

Matt Pesta is tied with Seltzer after 36 holes

   Pesta came to the tournament with two goals, including making the top nine because those golfers earn spots in the PGA Professional National Championship next June. He said winning is also on his mind.
     “The primary goal is to make the top nine, but if I can exceed that, well obviously, I want to,” he said. “I’m playing good. I stumbled some on the last hole  (three-putt bogey from 25-feet) and I will think about that, but I’m excited about playing.”
    Pesta and Seltzer must face down 14 other golfers who are within six shots.
   They have just a one-shot lead on Brent Goulding, the head professional at Prestwick Village Golf Club in Highland, who shot a 68 to check in at 139.
  Brian Cairns of Fox Hills Golf & Banquet Center in Plymouth, the reigning Michigan PGA Player of the Year, and Gary Lewandowski of St. Ives Golf Club in Stanwood, each shot 68s to check in at 140, just two off the lead.
    Tom Harding of Kendall Golf Academy, who shot 73, and first-round leader Steven Vecellio of Scalawags Golf Club in Chesterfield, who shot 74, were tied at 142.  Ian Ziska of Katke Golf Club at Ferris State University, who shot 69, Ron Beurmann of Country Club of Jackson, who shot 70, and David Tokarsky of Saginaw Country Club, who shot 71, were at 143. Six more golfers were at even par, including defending champion Scott Hebert, who shot 70.
   The shot of the day was made by Mark Zelasny of Dearborn Country Club. He had a hole-in-one on the 194-yard par 3 No. 3 hole of the Sharf course. Zelasny, who shot 77 and missed the 36-hole cut, has 10 career aces.
      The public is welcome to the final round and parking and admission are free. Play starts at 8:30 a.m. The leaders tee off at 10:1