Don Berry of Edinburgh USA won his fourth consecutive Minnesota Senior Open in rainy conditions Wednesday, beating Brad Schmierer of Hastings CC and Bump Werness of Golf Galaxy in a two-hole playoff at Island View Golf Club in Waconia.
Berry and Schmierer parred the first playoff hole, but Werness was eliminated after missing his par putt. On the second playoff hole, after hitting his bunker shot to about 8 feet from the hole, Berry drilled his birdie putt to claim the championship.
"I struggled both days with my putter, especially [Wednesday] except for that final putt in the playoff," Berry said. He also explained "it is tough with the conditions, but I felt that I hit the ball really well all day, which kept me in it."
Big Ten hockey slate
The Gophers men's hockey team announced its 20-game 2015-16 Big Ten Conference schedule Wednesday.
Minnesota will open league play by playing host to Ohio State at Mariucci Arena on Dec. 4-5. Another key series will be Dec. 11-12, when the Gophers travel to Michigan for a rematch of last year's Big Ten tournament championship game.
Minnesota's complete nonconference schedule will be released at a later date, as will times and television rights for the 2015-16 season.
The Big Ten hockey tournament returns to Xcel Energy Center on March 17-19.
The complete Big Ten hockey schedule is listed in Scoreboard on page C9.
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• Jeff Shields gave up two runs over seven innings as the St. Paul Saints beat the Grand Prairie (Texas) AirHogs 5-2. The Saints went 8-1 on their road trip, tying the longest regular-season road winning streak in team history, and are 12-1 this season, the best start in franchise history.
