MARQUETTE — Last year, it was understandable that a member of Wawonowin Country Club might win the Upper Peninsula Golf Association annual championship tournament.

That was because the tournament was held at that Ely Township course.

And maybe it wouldn’t even be surprising if Wawonowin got to crow about another win this year at the Gladstone Golf Club, considering the event’s two-time defending champion was Wawonowin’s Mark Clements.

But what happened instead on Sunday was a Wawonowin domination at the top of the standings, with three players from the club finishing in the top four of the standings at this 111th version of the UPGA championship.

Clements, 52, didn’t get his three-peat, instead finishing third after fellow Wawonowin member Carter Mason, exactly half his age at 26, won on the second playoff hole after tying in regulation with Bryson Mercier of Wild Pines Golf Club of Hermansville.

While Mason and Mercier shot four-round — really 3 1/2-round — totals of 250, Clements was next, six back. Filling in the Wawonowin group at the top of the standings was Tyler Annala, tied for fourth one stroke behind Clements.

Half of Saturday’s third round was washed out, with only front-nine scores counting, according to the Wawonowin Facebook website.

Mason rolled up steady rounds of 73, 73, 33 and 71 for his 250, while Mercier came back well after an opening 77 with 72, 32 and 69 for his 250.

Clements was in contention, totaling 73, 75, 36 and 72 for 256, while Annala had 78, 70, 35, 74 for 257. Also shooting 257 was Chad Tirschel of Pine Grove Country Club in Iron Mountain, his rounds being 70, 74, 37 and 76.

Mason, a 2017 graduate of Negaunee High School and 2021 graduate of Northern Michigan University, had starred on the golf team at each of those schools.