SOUTH LYON — Patrick Wilkes-Krier, the proprietor of Kendall Golf Academy in Ypsilanti, birdied the par 5 final hole with a 76-yard pitch shot approach and two-foot tap-in Wednesday and won the 104th Michigan PGA Professional Championship at Walnut Creek Country Club.

It was the 41-year-old teaching professional's first major state professional title after a series of near misses, and he edged past defending champion Ben Cook of Caledonia by one shot with a final even-par 72 and a 4-under 212 tournament total.

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