Eagle Creek Men's Club

Vito Ortiz ends his four-year hiatus and returns to glory, winning the 2025 Eagle Creek Men’s Club Championship, being crowned the ECMC Club Champion for the second time.

Ortiz continued the 2025 season dominance with his consistent solid play throughout Championship Weekend.  From the first hole on Saturday, most of the field was in “chase mode” as Ortiz posted a birdie right out of the gate then continued with four straight Pars before a bogey on the sixth. Vito went on to post an opening round of 72 (+1) making par on 11 of the last 12 holes.  

Joe Belser was the only other player to lead the 2025 Championship as he took the lead from Ortiz after his second birdie of the opening nine on the 9^th hole.  Belser and Ortiz were battling through hole 14 until Belser slipped up on 14, 15 and 17 to finish at 75 (+4) putting him three back after round one.

The lead was increased early on during the closing round of the Championship.  Vito opened Sunday’s final round with four pars and a birdie in route to a front nine even par score of 36.  The lead grew to six strokes as Belser was +2 through the opening six holes on Sunday with Ortiz holding steady at even par.

With the final 9 holes to play, Ortiz was on cruise control as his lead had ballooned to seven strokes with Belser faltering on #8 with a costly double bogey allowing Jason Andrews to pull into a 2^nd place tie. Andrews was able to get within 4 strokes of the lead as Ortiz’s only hiccup of the weekend came on the 17^th hole, but Vito put an exclamation point on the Championship by bouncing back on the closing hole, draining a 12 foot putt for a final hole birdie and a dominating 2025 Club Championship victory. 

Dragstrem Wins First Net Title

The 2025 ECMC Net Championship was much more exciting as there were as many as 12 players in contention after 18 holes of play.  Rich Risotti held the first round lead with an opening round Net 70 (-1), one stroke better than Mark Fine (71), two clear of Daryl Hedge (72) and three ahead of four others at 73 (+2).

Sunday was just as exciting as Saturday with the leaderboard changing minute by minute.  One of the 12 players in contention from Saturday made a charge after a sluggish first hole double bogey.  Tom Dragstrem was four back starting Sunday’s play and quickly saw himself six off the pace heading to the #2 tee.  After another bogey on #2, Dragstrem was able to pull it together and finish the opening nine with seven straight pars, cutting into Risotti’s lead.  

The battle was on between four players down the stretch with nine holes to play.  At one point during the back nine, three players were deadlocked at -3 with one other at -2.  Dragstrem was one of the players at -3 but then dropped a huge birdie (net eagle) on 17 and another net birdie on 18 to close out an incredible round of Net 63 (Gross 76) posting a tournament total of -5 with players still on the course.  Rich Risotti was in the hunt and battling all day.  Risotti was -4 through the 12th hole but had a major issue on the Par 4 13^th hole, posting a net double bogey.  Rich lost another stroke on #16, before putting up a birdie on #17 and another net birdie on the final hole, but it wasn’t enough to overcome Dragstrem, falling two shots short.

Tom Dragstrem’s unbelievable final round of Net 63 vaulted him to the top of the Net Championship leaderboard by days end, giving Tom the title of 2025 Net Champion.

Congratulations to all of the Winners. Detailed results are available by clicking the links below: