Women's State Am: Frank edges Michunovich by 2 strokes

WHITEFISH — Sidney’s Katelyn Frank parred the last two holes to win the Women’s State Amateur championship, securing a two-shot lead that was nearly wiped away by a handful of golfers on Thursday at Whitefish Lake Golf Club.

“(That) is really what I was trying to go for today because it was just messy out there,” Frank said.

Frank, a sophomore at the University of Montana, was trying to make a splash at the State Am after walking on to the Griz last season.

“I don’t know if it’s completely sunk in yet, but it feels really good to have all that hard work that I put in pay off,” Frank said.

Laurel’s Katie Michunovich shot a one-under 71 on the final day to finish two strokes behind the lead. The recent Montana State grad started the day 12 shots back before shooting the best round of the tournament. Bozeman’s Lauren Hausauer, an incoming freshman for the Bobcats, shot a 81 to tie Michunovich in second place with a total score of 231.

Missoula’s Maggie Crippen, a senior at Missoula Sacred Heart and defending amateur champion, and Billings’ Kyla Clancy, an incoming freshman for the Griz, each finished three shots back at 232.

Whitefish’s Chelsea Ray finished tied for fifth with a three-day total of 234 while Kalispell’s Teigan Avery finished at 239 in 15th after a rough final round.

“Today was awful,” Avery said. “I finished up with a birdie though, my only birdie of the day.”

Only 14 years old, Avery will have quite a few more shots at the State Am.

“I definitely know what I can improve on in the future,” Avery said. “Next year I’ll do a lot better.”

Glendive’s Sue Peterson ran away with the Senior Am title after yesterday’s round, leading by eight shots entering the championship round. She capped her round with a birdie on Thursday to finish with an 80 for the day and 238 for the tournament.

“I putted really well today,” Peterson said. “I didn’t hit the driver as well as I did the last two days.”

Whitefish’s Kathy Dodd finished 12 shots back in second place, shooting 250 for the tournament. Laurel’s Sue Matson rounded out the top three with a 251.

Kalispell’s Jody Fee (254) and Wendy Madison (256) finished in sixth and seventh, respectively.

MSWGA State Amateur/Senior Amateur Tournament

Whitefish Lake Golf Club

Third Round

Regular Division

Katelyn Frank 73-75-81 —229

Katie Michunovich 82-78-71 —231

Lauren Hausauer 76-74-81 —231

Maggie Crippen 79-76-77 —232

Kyla Clancy 76-77-79 —232

Chelsea Ray 77-79-78 —234

Rikka Holiday 78-79-77 —234

Natalie Beard 77-79-79 —235

Mckenzie Webinger 77-81-77 —235

Teddi Dickerson 80-79-76 —235

Kortney McNeil 82-75-78 —235

Bergen Buck 79-78-79 —236

Samantha Walter 77-77-82 —236

Morgan Lee 74-80-83 —237

Teigan Avery 83-74-82 —239

Katy Peterson 80-81-80 —241

Coral Schulz 85-79-80 —244

Haylee Folkvord 75-84-85 —244

Emily Blake 81-85-82 —248

Chere’ Anderson 81-82-85 —248

Hailey Hoagland 78-86-86 —250

Mariah Cleveland 84-82-85 —251

Ellie Stanisich 82-87-84 —253

Sadie Crippen 83-84-86 —253

Shealyn Hafer 87-85-82 —254

Sable Hamilton 88-86-81 —255

Kailey Prosser 87-83-86 —256

Margo Salsbery 81-88-87 —256

Janell Tanner-Oneal 88-82-87 —257

Marianne Crippen 87-85-87 —259

Amanda Roberts 85-89-88 —262

Sarah Cunningham 88-87-88 —263

Danelle Burns 89-94-83 —266

Kaydee Aurich 87-92-90 —269

Erin Tabish 98-81-92 —271

Pepper Pallante 96-92-87 —275

Cheri Ellis 94-87-96 —277

Julie Houk 90-100-88 —278

Marcia c Reimers 91-95-97 —283

June Briceno 96-99-105 —300

Teresa Brown 100-104-97 —301

Sue Bannon 103-94-105 —302

Carolyn Patrick 108-106-101 —315

Cindy Weese 103-111-102 —316

Katie Heath 103-112-107—322

Melissa Brandon 114-105-108 —327

Melissa Oberquell 110-109-112 —331

Kathy Peterson 115-128-125 —368

Senior Division

Sue Peterson, Glendive 81-77-80 —238

Kathy Dodd, Whitefish 79-87-84 —250

Sue Matson, Laurel 87-82-82 —251

Lisa Forsberg, Billings 85-85-83 —253

Fay Ferraro, Bozeman 86-85-82 —253

Jody Fee, Kalispell 80-88-86 —254

Wendy Madison, Kalispell 81-89-86 —256

Karen Jacobson, Whitefish 91-87-81 —259

Susan Court, Helena 87-87-85 —259

Tracey Whisenand, Whitefish 90-87-86 —263

Debby Porcarelli, Fairfield 86-86-92 —264

Mary Kruse, Kalispell 88-87-89 —264

Helene Michael, Condon 84-92-88 —264

Cindy Reimers, Missoula 91-86-89 —266

Susan Toder, Missoula 84-91-92 —267

Rosalie Meltzer, Missoula 87-86-95 —268

Paula Pervais, Kaliapell 88-91-89 —268

Renee Mitchell, Missoula 94-89-85 —268

Sherri Sonju, Kalispell 90-88-92 —270

Shirley Shea, Butte 89-90-91 —270

Gerry Jovanovich, Ft Bntn 85-88-99 —272

Robin Koontz, Missoula 98-87-89 —274

Linda Ray, Whitefish 88-85-102 —275

Wendy Chirino, Kalispell 95-92-89 —276

Tracy Paine, Bozeman 86-96-94 —276

Laura Wilson, Billings 91-93-92 —276

Jan Dean, Missoula 95-91-93 —279

Kimberly Bouma, WGlacier 90-96-95 —281

Mardi Millons, Helena 98-91-93 —282

Julia Jones, Missoula 97-96-93 —286

Kathy Humphrey, Ennis 100-89-98 —287

Debbie Erwin, Great Falls 102-95-91 —288

Jennie Waggoner, Billings 94-94-100 —288

Jeanette Cheney, C-Falls 98-90-101 —289

Kaye Pallante, Missoula 94-103-92 —289

Karen Schaefer, Scobey 95-97-98 —290

Loree Dark, Missoula 100-98-95 —293

Ruth Fenn, Libby 95-101-97 —293

Mary Armstrong, Whitefish 105-95-94 —294

Rashel Jeffrey, Missoula 100-98-96 —294

Gwen Graff, Missoula 103-93-100 —296

Joy Staker, Bozeman 105-95-96 —296

Sue Kearns, Helena 100-99-100 —299

Sandy Sward, Bozeman 104-99-97 —300

Vicki Randall, Libby 100-99-102 —301

Sue McCall, Ennis 101-97-103 —301

Sherry Stern, Frenchtown 100-99-102 —301

Virginia Olson, Judith Gap 102-101-98 —301

Susie Casey, Helena 99-110-92 —301

Sandy Carlson, Kalispell 100-97-106 —303

Lynn Snyder, Helena 101-100-104 —305

Laurie Lamson, Helena 103-103-100 —306

Linda Mann, Missoula 103-100-103 —306

Judy Hovan, Ennis 99-102-105 —306

Nancy Dimeola, Ennis 103-103-100 —306

Linda Frickel, Laurel 100-101-106 —307

Rhonda Maun, Missoula 106-98-104 —308

Linda Jacobson, Billings 103-97-109 —309

Linda Blakney, Missoula 102-102-107 —311

Helen Ryan, Billings 104-101-107 —312

Linda Weidler, Billings 103-107-102 —312

Carole Herron, Helena 106-106-102 —314

Vanessa Tolson, Clancy 110-102-103 —315

Sandi Nave, Billings 103-109-103 —315

Linda Walsh, Great Falls 118-99-101 —318

Ileen Kockler, Helena 106-104-111 —321

Jean Mills, Billings 106-113-103 —322

Sue Schelle, Billings 114-107-101 —322

Peggy Cain, Missoula 102-106-114 —322

Christa Reisinger, Libby 100-114-111 —325

Mary Vanstrydonck, Hel. 108-114-103 —325

Alane Harkin, Lolo 103-116-106 —325

Lorrie Feeman, Kalispell 111-106-108 —325

Carla Berg, Sidney 104-106-116 —326

Joyce Olson, Bozeman 114-112-102 —328

Mary West, Great Falls 107-108-115 —330

Susie Neill, Butte 118-115-101 —334

Sandy Sanders, Boz. 115-108-112 —335

Elsie Sorenson, Forsyth 107-112-117 —336

Kay Jelenik, Great Falls 117-105-115 —337

Kathy Youngquist, Frntwn 112-119-108 —339

Janet Cook, Billings 111-118-112 —341

Sharryn Webinger, Billings 111-116-115 —342

Linda Lindsay, Clancy 115-118-112 —345

Marcia Hafner, Laurel 117-120-113 —350

Lorraine Richardson, Miss.118-116-121 —355

Thelma Willems, Helena 128-126-125 —379