Anderson reclaims 4th of July title
The Daily Inter Lake
Make that three out of the last four.
Great Falls' Scott Anderson ran away with the 70th annual Fourth of July golf tournament title Saturday by posting a decisive eight-shot victory.
The former Ohio State University golfer opened with a course record 65 on Thursday and followed that with back-to-back 68s Friday and Saturday for a 201 winning total.
Robb Bergeson of Billings finished second, 209, with Nick Obie of Havre a distant third, 220. Bergeson had the final day's low round, a 67.
Anderson and Bergeson were the only golfers to shoot in the 60s on Saturday.
Anderson was the lone individual to break 70 all three days. His 13-under par total is a new tournament record.
Anderson won back-to-back titles here in 2002 and 2003.
Last year's champion, Jeff Ballard of Billings, wound up in a four-way tie for 10th place at 225.
Ballard, who in 2004 won with a tournament record 10-under-par total, was sitting second, six shots behind Anderson, after Friday's play. But Ballard shot his way out of contention with an 86 for the final round.
Ryan Linnell of Kalispell finished fourth at 221 with Marty Mehl of Plano, Texas, Steve Gold of Whitefish and Caroll Lilly of Whitefish tied for fifth at 222.
On the women's side, Devon Newell repeated as 4th of July champ, closing with a 72 for a 221 total.
Kelly Gillum of Phoenix, Ariz., was second and eight shot back, 229, with Conrad's Jennifer Orcutt third, 230.
Newell last year won with a 219 total, besting Darah Newell by four shots. Darah Newell finished tied for ninth with Sara Ogle of Kalispell at 239.
Men
Scott Anderson 65-68-68-201
Rob Bergeson 66-76-67-209
Nick Obie 72-76-72--220
Ryan Linnell 73-72-76-221
Marty Mehl 69-75-78-222
Steve Gold 69-76-77-222
Caroll Lilly 74-75-73-222
Mike Majors 72-75-76-223
Spencer Williams 72-80-72-224
Jeff Ballard 71-68-86-225
Chris McConnell 71-73-81-225
Luke Scrymgeour 77-71-77-225
Tyler Kalberg 80-72-73-225
Mike Rider 72-76-78-226
Craig Hulbert 73-77-76-226
Jason Johnstone 74-77-75-226
Chris Kalbfleisch 77-75-74-226
Tom Hall 79-74-73-226
Bryan Barthelmess 73-79-76-228
Jeff Reller 76-77-75-228
Tyler Atwood 71-76-82-229
Shawn Tucker 75-75-79-229
Greg Newton 77-73-79-229
Casey Keyser 76-77-76-229
Rob Logsdon 77-80-72-229
Derek Denning 72-78-80-230
Dave Morberg 71-81-78-230
Grant Wingate 72-84-74-230
Joe Johnston 75-74-84-233
Gary Newlin 74-79-80-233
Hub Hultgren 74-80-80-234
Rich Boswell 79-76-79-234
Michael Skillern 77-80-77-234
Ryan Rutherford 79-81-74-234
John Moscrip 78-70-87-235
Sam Krause 79-72-84-235
Ryan Swager 75-79-81-235
Bennett MacIntyre 76-82-77-235
Tim Kiley 80-75-80-235
Women
Devon Newell 74-75-72-221
Kelly Gillum 76-75-78-229
Jennifer Orcutt 75-76-79-230
Kristina Kurcinka 79-74-81-234
Eileen Spindler 77-78-82-237
Jasi Acharya 77-80-80-237
Kylie Anderson 78-83-77-238
Carlie Breen 83-78-77-238
Sarah Ogle 80-78-81-239
Darah Newell 81-78-80-239
Ellen O'Hara 84-78-77-239
Maresa Jenson 83-80-79-242
Tess Stevenson 83-85-78-246
Kate Steffanich 83-89-86-258
Hillary Folkvord 86-88-85-259
Karen Jacobson 87-88-84-259