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Brett White Holds 1-Stroke Lead Heading to Final Round of Turtle Creek Casino Michigan Open

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ACME – Caledonia’s Brett White remains atop the leaderboard after three rounds of the 103rd Turtle Creek Casino Michigan Open at The Bear at Grand Traverse Resort and Spa.

White shot a 1-under 71 Wednesday to hold a one-stroke lead of Chad Kurmel of Okemos. Kurmel was the second biggest mover Wednesday, carding a 5-under 67 round.

Defending champion Eric Lilleboe of Okemos is tied for third with Ferris State alum Ben Cook at 6-under.

“It’s nice actually, I like being the frontrunner. I’ve not lead a tournament wire to wire yet, but I’ll go tomorrow and go do it,” White said. “I like the way I drove the ball today, it set me up all the time. I didn’t miss many fairways, and like you said there were a lot of stress-free pars, so I’ll take that out here on a windy day playing with the lead.”

Traverse City native and professional Alex Scott made the biggest move Wednesday, firing a 7-under 65 to sit tied for fifth place at 5-under entering Thursday’s final round.

Traverse City’s Randall Hutchinson is alone in seventh place at 4-under.

Former PGA and Web.com Tour professional Doug LaBelle II of Mt. Pleasant continued his move up the leaderboard Wednesday. LaBelle recorded a 71 for the second straight day to sit tied for 20th at even. Traverse City Golf and Country Club PGA Professional Scott Hebert is in a six-way tie for 20th with LaBelle. A six-time Michigan Open winner, Hebert shot a 4-over 76 Thursday.

The 103rd edition of the Michigan Open Championship features the tournament’s largest-ever purse of $115,000. The winner is set to receive a $16,000 payday.

The 72-hole, four-day tournament continues at 8 a.m. Thursday.

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