State Am: Platke, Iverson eagle in third round
HELENA — A pair of local golfers found low scores during up and down rounds on Friday at the Montana State Men’s Amateur golf tournament at Green Meadow Country Club.
Whitefish’s Reed Platke and Kalispell’s Logan Iverson each eagled during the third round, salvaging rough outings to remain in the top 20.
Platke shook off a bogey on the first hole to birdie the second and eagle the par-5 third. But the early momentum wasn’t enough to carry over to the rest of the round. He bogeyed holes five and six to fall back to even par by the turn and had three bogeys and three birdies on the back nine to stay even for the round. Platke is 6-over-par for the tournament in a tie for 16th place entering the final day.
Iverson had a much different start to his round, hitting bogey, bogey, triple bogey on his first three holes, digging in for a long day. But, he bounced back quickly, shooting a birdie on the fourth and eighth holes to head out at 4-over. He shot an eagle on the par-5 11th and birdied the 14th and 18th to salvage a 1-over round to enter the weekend at 7-over in a tie for 20th place.
Neither score is likely to get close enough to challenge for the lead after Billings’ Brandon McIver shot a 6-under 65 in his third round to extend his lead to three strokes at 9-under for the tournament. Three-time defending champion Nathan Bailey couldn’t keep pace, shooting an even-par round to stay at 2-under, seven shots back in fourth place.
Lewistown’s Chris McConnell is still within striking distance after a 66, leaving him at 6-under for the tournament in second place. Billings’ Jake Hedge had the low round of the day, shooting a 64 to move into third place at 4-under.
Kalispell’s Ryan Porch was 4-over in the third round, falling back to a tie for 23rd at 8-over. Libby’s Joe Cielak and Whitefish’s Tyler Schiff each shot a 74 to fall to 10-over in a tie for 26th.
Kalispell’s Brittain Walton, who shot 79, and Jason Winkler, 78, are each at 18-over. Kalispell’s Tom Mann, 80, is at 20-over; Whitefish’s Dave Streeter, 81, is at 24-over; Whitefish’s Joel Mallams, 83, is at 34-over and Troy’s Ricky Stindt, 88, is at 51-over.
The tournament concludes today.
Montana State Men’s Amateur
Friday
At Green Meadow Country Club
Helena
Yardage: 6,415; Par 71 (35-36)
Third Round
Brandon McIver, Billings68-71-65 – 204
Chris McConnell, Lewistown70-71-66 – 207
Jake Hedge, Billings69-76-64 – 209
Nathan Bailey, Laurel73-67-71 – 211
Josh Hedge, Billings71-74-69 – 214
Bennett MacIntyre, Helena72-70-72 – 214
Brian Beach, Missoula72-69-74 – 215
Ross Bartell, Great Falls70-74-72 – 216
Brian Lytle, Bozeman69-77-70 – 216
Connor Hausauer, Bozeman69-75-72 – 216
Bill Dunn, Missoula70-74-72 – 216
Parker Heller, Helena74-72-71 – 217
Justin Ahlers, Helena69-72-76 – 217
Tate Tatom, Big Sky73-73-72 – 218
S. Williams, Great Falls72-73-73 – 218
Michael Williams, Helena74-73-72 – 219
Drew Vanyo, Big Sky73-75-71 – 219
Reed Platke, Whitefish 79-69-71 – 219
Brady Kirkeby, Helena75-75-69 – 219
Joey Moore, Billings73-73-74 – 220
Sean Gilligan, Billings73-71-76 – 220
Logan Iverson, Kalispell 72-76-72 – 220
Houston Bradbury, Huntley72-77-72 – 221
Ryan Porch, Kalispell 77-69-75 – 221
Eli Rogers, Hamilton78-71-73 – 222
Joe Cielak, Libby 73-76-74 – 223
Preston Matchett, Billings72-76-75 – 223
Dyan Meccage, Laurel74-73-76 – 223
Tyler Schiff, Whitefish 75-74-74 – 223
AJ Nelson, Huntley74-75-75 – 224
Kelly Casey, Helena71-73-81 – 225
Jesse Porch, Florence78-75-72 – 225
Aiden Clark, Helena74-76-75 – 225
Tayler Noble, Columbus78-73-74 – 225
Keithon Walter, Lewistown77-75-74 – 226
Payton Stott, Billings74-75-79 – 228
Nick Shull, Missoula81-73-74 – 228
Sean Benson, Billings80-74-74 – 228
DJ Kovach, Billings77-73-78 – 228
Marc Parriman, Helena79-75-75 -- 229
Justin Jaster, Billings69-77-84 – 230
Marcus Drange, Billings76-75-80 – 231
Brittain Walton, Kalispell 75-77-79 – 231
Jason Winkler, Kalispell 77-76-78 – 231
Taylor Ratliff, Fairfield82-75-75 – 232
Dublin Sullivan, Helena80-81-72 – 233
M. Thompson, Bozeman80-75-78 – 233
Tom Mann, Kalispell 73-80-80 – 233
Michael Bekken, Missoula76-86-72 – 234
Patrick O’Rourke, Butte81-76-77 – 234
Cody Babinecz, Great Falls79-83-73 – 235
Hal Seward, Philipsburg77-82-76 – 235
G. Thompson, Deer Lodge78-78-79 – 235
Padraig Barron, Missoula77-80-78 – 235
Nick Jankiewicz, Great Falls75-80-81 – 236
Cole Lorenz, Billings77-76-83 – 236
Lee Paulson, Manhattan82-81-73 – 236
Dave Streeter, Whitefish 77-79-81 – 237
Dustin Kaste, Great Falls78-79-80 – 237
Jake McKinney, Laurel79-82-76 – 237
Ben Ternes, Helena88-77-73 – 238
Darian Higbee, Great Falls78-80-80 – 238
Pat O’Malley, Helena83-76-79 – 238
Bill Burwell, Helena78-83-77 – 238
Caleb Stetzner, Anaconda87-80-72 – 239
Eli Bowen, Lewistown80-78-81 – 239
Parker Bradbury, Huntley79-84-76 – 239
Austin Walter, Billings80-78-82 – 240
Justin Galiher, Missoula77-78-85 – 240
Barron Culver, Helena80-77-84 – 241
Henry Holiday, Bozeman88-80-74 – 242
Eric Nell, Billings84-78-80 – 242
Nate Anderson, Billings80-82-81 – 243
Dave Bohyer, Helena83-77-83 – 243
Easton Enott, Great Falls78-86-79 – 243
Bob JR Anderson, Helena82-81-80 – 243
Bret Hurskainen, Missoula83-83-79 – 245
JD Mooney, Helena82-81-82 – 245
Michael Lewis, Helena80-88-77 – 245
Tyler Ferguson, Bozeman81-83-81 – 245
Philip Holten, Columbus82-82-82 – 246
Austin Egan, Billings86-86-74 – 246
Brandon Meyer, Billings82-82-82 – 246
B. Jurasek, Great Falls88-79-80 – 247
Joel Mallems, Whitefish 83-81-83 – 247
Anthony Wood, Anaconda85-81-82 – 248
Joe Nisly, Hamilton81-80-87 – 248
Mike Dunn, Missoula84-77-88 – 249
T. Thompson, Deer Lodge82-92-75 – 249
Mike Horner, Helena83-83-84 – 250
Travis Smith, Helena89-85-76 – 250
Zach Johannsen, Sunburst86-88-76 – 250
Gavin McPherson, Glendive89-78-84 – 251
Levi Caissey, Helena84-82-86 – 252
Andy Ferguson, Bozeman84-86-82 – 252
Dan Lieberg, Helena88-87-79 – 254
Matt Graber, Helena79-84-92 – 255
Erik Anderson, Billings86-86-83 – 255
Gerald Miller, Missoula83-87-86 – 256
Angelo Veroulis, Helena84-83-91 – 258
Bryan Ordahl, Plentywood90-87-81 – 258
Benji Crippen, Colstrip88-91-82 – 261
Brady Nagel, Hamilton84-91-87 – 262
Todd Van Voast, Helena87-86-91 – 264
Ricky Stindt, Troy 86-90-88 – 264
Lyle Allen, Lewistown91-83-92 – 266
Lee Lunsford, Helena91-87-89 – 267
Ty Klippenstein, Billings96-87-88 – 271
Alan Young, Helena90-91-90 – 271
Tyler Ordahl, Plentywood89-89-94 – 272
Daniel Tedlund, Billings93-91-97 – 281
A. Ferguson, Wolf Point93-98-104 – 295