Hurlbert, Holiday are champs
<p>Ryan Porch watches a putt roll in for par on the ninth green during the final round of the Fourth of July Tournament at Whitefish Lake Golf Club Saturday afternoon.</p>
Craig Hurlbert became the men's champion at the 75th annual Earl Hunt Memorial Fourth of July Tournament at the Whitefish Lake Golf Club Saturday.
The Hamilton man won the tourney on the first hole of a playoff with Missoula's Bill Dunn on the South Course.
Both players had final rounds of 71 to reach the playoff with one stroke leads over Robb Bergeson, who was in first place entering the final 18 holes.
Bozeman resident Rikka Holiday won the women's division championship despite a difficult final day on the North Course on which she finished with an 87.
She had entered the day 12 strokes ahead of the nearest challenger and was able to beat Emily Slayton who had the day's best round in the women's division with a score of 77.
Northwest Montana's highest finisher was Whitefish resident Chelsea Ray who finished in third place with a three-day total of 247. Fellow Whitefish golfer Kiley McConnel finished in 13th place with after posting a 88 Saturday for a 54-hole finish of 272.
On the men's side, Libby's Jim Mee finished in a tie for fifth with Dave Eames. Both golfers finished the tournament with three-day totals of 222.
Kalispell's Ryan Porch, who led the men's division after the first 18-holes, placed sixth after posting a 77 to finish the tourney with a score of 223. He tied with Arizona resident Ryan Swagar.
Mike Watson finished with a 226 on his home course for eighth place and Kalispell's Graham Schmaltz ended his effort one stroke back at 227.
2001 winner Spencer Williams shot a 72 to finish with a three-day total of 224 to take home seventh place.
Men's Division
Hurlbert, Craig 74-73-71 - 218
Dunn, Bill 75-72-71 - 218
Bergeson, Robb 73-69-77 - 219
Hickock, Kramer 72-77-71 - 220
Eames, Dave 71-77-74 - 222
Mee, Jim 73-73-76 - 222
Porch Ryan 70-76-77 - 223
Swagar, Ryan 74-78-71 - 223
Williams, Spencer 75-77-72 - 224
Johnstone, Jon 78-76-71 - 225
Watson, Mike 72-78-76 - 226
Normandy, Trent 76-78-72 - 226
Gunstream, Colin 72-81-74 - 227
Mehl, Cory 71-80-76 - 227
Scmaltz, Graham 71-78-78 - 227
Woods, Brett 76-78-73 - 227
Young, Aaron 81-72-74 - 227
Moscrip, John 74-78-76 - 228
Mossfeldt, Kyle 75-73-80 - 228
Erais, Fraser 75-78-76 - 229
Slocum, Cory 75-77-77 - 229
Krause, Sam 74-78-78 - 230
Mance, Mark 76-79-75 - 230
Robillard, Brock 75-82-73 - 230
Webb, Gordon 73-79-78 - 230
Bartell, Ross 74-81-76 - 231
Holt, Gary 79-77-75 - 231
Bekken, Michael 75-78-79 - 232
Bennyhoff, Brett 76-78-79 - 233
Mehl, Marty 79-77-77 - 233
Reimers, Rick 73-83-77 - 233
Tucker, Shawn 76-78-79 - 233
Perlinski, Jamey 81-79-73 - 233
Iverson, Larry 72-83-80 - 235
MacKenzie, Don 78-78-79 - 235
Santa, Ryan 78-84-73 - 235
Women's Division
Holiday, Rikka 74-78-87 - 239
Slayton, Emily 78-86-77 - 241
Ray, Chelsea 82-84-81 - 247
Stepanek, Rose 81-85-82 - 248
Harring, Melissa 78-90-83 - 251
Peterson, Katy 85-86-80 - 251
Crippen, Maggie 79-86-87 - 252
Folkvord, Hillary 85-82-86 -253
Holt, Marcy 83-86-87 - 256
Jones, Brittani 88-84-86 - 258
Folkvord, Haylee 84-85-90 - 259
Beard, Natalie 86-85-91 - 262
Lee, Morgan 90-84-90 - 264
Cameron, BreAnna 90-88-91 - 269
McConnell, Kiley 91-93-88 - 272
Erickson, Lindsay 88-96-93 - 277
Crippen, Kelsie 93-92-94 - 279