Billings' McIver wins State Am by 8 shots
HELENA — The eventual winner ran away from the field, but the local golfers held their own on a tough final day Saturday at the Montana State Amateur golf tournament at Green Meadows Country Club.
Billings’ Brandon McIver was 5-under-par on the final day, two strokes better than anyone else on the course, pulling away from the field for an 8-shot victory. He finished with a 14-under 270 for the tournament to win his first state am.
Only five golfers finished under par for the tournament. Three-time defending champion Nathan Bailey finished in third place at 4-under. Christoph McConnell finished in second at 6-under.
Kalispell’s Logan Iverson closed his final round with a 1-over 72, hitting birdies on two of his last three holes to finish at 8-under in a tie for 13th. Ryan Porch finished one stroke back in a tie for 15th at 9-under.
Whitefish’s Reed Platke, who opened the day at 6-under, struggled for most of the day, with eight bogeys in his round, including five on the back nine. He closed strong, however, hitting eagle on the par-5 18th to finish a 5-over 76 for the round and 11-over for the tournament in a tie for 18th.
Libby’s Joe Cielak shot a 75 on the final day, finishing in a tie for 27th at 14-over. Kalispell’s Jason Winkler closed on a strong note, scoring a birdie on the 17th to finish 1-under for the day and 17-over for the tournament.
Whitefish’s Tyler Schiff (80) finished at 19 over, Kalispell’s Brittain Walton (80) at 27-over, Kalispell’s Tom Mann (85) at 34-over and Whitefish’s Dave Streeter (83) at 36-over. Whitefish’s Joel Mallams (80) ended at 43-over and Troy’s Ricky Stindt (93) at 73-over.
Montana State Men’s Amateur
Saturday
At Green Meadow Country Club
Helena
Yardage: 6,415; Par 71 (35-36)
Final Round
Championship flight
Brandon McIver, Billings 68-71-65-66 — 270
Chris McConnell, Lewistown 70-71-66-71 — 278
Nathan Bailey, Laurel 73-67-71-69 — 280
Brian Beach, Missoula 72-69-74-68 — 283
Jake Hedge, Billings 69-76-64-74 — 283
Ross Bartell, Great Falls 70-74-72-69 — 285
Bennett MacIntyre, Helena 72-70-72-74 — 288
Brian Lytle, Bozeman 69-77-70-72 — 288
Spencer Williams, Great Falls 72-73-73-70 — 288
Connor Hausauer, Bozeman 69-75-72-73 — 289
Michael Williams, Helena 74-73-72-71 — 290
Parker Heller, Helena 74-72-71-74 — 291
Logan Iverson, Kalispell 72-76-72-72 — 292
Justin Ahlers, Helena 69-72-76-75 — 292
Drew Vanyo, Big Sky 73-75-71-74 — 293
Ryan Porch, Kalispell 77-69-75-72 — 293
Tate Tatom, Gallatin Gateway 73-73-72-76 — 294
Reed Platke, Whitefish 79-69-71-76 — 295
Brady Kirkeby, Helena 75-75-69-76 — 295
Eli Rogers, Hamilton 78-71-73-74 — 296
Joey Moore, Billings 73-73-74-77 — 297
Houston Bradbury, Huntley 72-77-72-76 — 297
Preston Matchett, Billings 72-76-75-74 — 297
Joe Cielak, Libby 73-76-74-75 — 298
Bill Dunn, Missoula 70-74-72-82 — 298
Sean Gilligan, Billings 73-71-76-79 — 299
AJ Nelson, Huntley 74-75-75-76 — 300
Tyler Schiff, Whitefish 75-74-74-80 — 303
Dylan Meccage, Laurel 74-73-76-87 — 310
Josh Hedge, Billings 71-74-69-xx-WDI
Flight 1
Sean Benson, Billings 80-74-74-69 — 297
Aiden Clark, Helena 74-76-75-72 — 297
Tayler Noble, Columbus 78-73-74-72 — 297
Kelly Casey, Helena 71-73-81-73 — 298
Jesse Porch, Florence 78-75-72-73 — 298
Keithon Walter, Lewistown 77-75-74-73 — 299
Payton Stott, Billings 74-75-79-73 — 301
DJ Kovach, Billings 77-73-78-79 — 307
Flight 2
Nick Shull, Missoula 81-73-74-73 — 301
Jason Winkler, Kalispell 77-76-78-70 — 301
Marc Parriman, Helena 79-75-75-72 — 301
Taylor Ratliff, Fairfield 82-75-75-73 — 305
Brittain Walton, Kalispell 75-77-79-80 — 311
Justin Jaster, Billings 69-77-84-83 — 313
Marcus Drange, Billings 76-75-80-84 — 315
Tom Mann, Kalispell 73-80-80-85 — 318
Flight 3
Morgan Thompson, Manhattan 80-75-78-73 — 306
Cody Babinecz, Great Falls 79-83-73-73 — 308
Patrick O’Rourke, Butte 81-76-77-74 — 308
Michael Bekken, Missoula 76-86-72-76 — 310
Gary Thompson, Deer Lodge 78-78-79-77 — 312
Padraig Barron, Missoula 77-80-78-79 — 314
Hal Seward, Philipsburg 77-82-76-85 — 320
Dublin Sullivan, Helena 80-81-72-90 — 323
Flight 4
Nick Jankiewicz, Great Falls 75-80-81-71 — 307
Jake McKinney, Laurel 79-82-76-73 — 310
Cole Lorenz, Billings 77-76-83-75 — 311
Darian Higbee, Great Falls 78-80-80-73 — 311
Dustin Kaste, Great Falls 78-79-80-77 — 314
Lee Paulson, Manhattan 82-81-73-79 — 315
Pat O’Malley, Helena 83-76-79-80 — 318
Dave Streeter, Whitefish 77-79-81-83 — 320
Flight 5
Caleb Stetzner, Anaconda 87-80-72-74 — 313
Bill Burwell, Helena 78-83-77-76 — 314
Ben Ternes, Helena 88-77-73-79 — 317
Parker Bradbury, Huntley 79-84-76-80 — 319
Eli Bowen, Lewistown 80-78-81-81 — 320
Austin Walter, Billings 80-78-82-80 — 320
Justin Galiher, Missoula 77-78-85-81 — 321
Barron Culver, Helena 80-77-84-84 — 325
Flight 6
Easton Enott, Great Falls 78-86-79-74 — 317
JD Mooney, Helena 82-81-82-73 — 318
Eric Nell, Billings 84-78-80-78 — 320
Bob JR Anderson, Helena 82-81-80-77 — 320
Henry Holiday, Bozeman 88-80-74-79 — 321
Tyler Ferguson, Bozeman 81-83-81-80 — 325
Dave Bohyer, Helena 83-77-83-84 — 327
Nate Anderson, Billings 80-82-81-86 — 329
Flight 7
Philip Holten, Columbus 82-82-82-76 — 322
Brandon Meyer, Billings 82-82-82-78 — 324
Bret Hurskainen, Missoula 83-83-79-80 — 325
Joel Mallams, Whitefish 83-81-83-80 — 327
Austin Egan, Billings 86-86-74-81 — 327
Brandon Jurasek, Great Falls 88-79-80-82 — 329
Michael Lewis, Helena 80-88-77-84 — 329
Joe Nisly, Hamilton 81-80-87-84 — 332
Flight 8
Mike Dunn, Missoula 84-77-88-73 — 322
Anthony Wood, Anaconda 85-81-82-78 — 326
Travis Thompson, Deer Lodge 82-92-75-79 — 328
Mike Horner, Helena 83-83-84-79 — 329
Zach Johannsen, Sunburst 86-88-76-84 — 334
Andy Ferguson, Bozeman 84-86-82-82 — 334
Gavin McPherson, Glendive 89-78-84-84 — 335
Travis Smith, Helena 89-85-76-86 — 336
Levi Caissey, Helena 84-82-86-86 — 338
Flight 9
Matt Graber, Helena 79-84-92-82 — 337
Erik Anderson, Billings 86-86-83-83 — 338
Dan Lieberg, Helena 88-87-79-85 — 339
Gerald Miller, Missoula 83-87-86-87 — 343
Bryan Ordahl, Plentywood 90-87-81-88 — 346
Angelo Veroulis, Helena 84-83-91-90 — 348
Benji Crippen, Colstrip 88-91-82-90 — 351
Brady Nagel, Hamilton 84-91-87-91 — 353
Flight 10
Todd Van Voast, Helena 87-86-91-82 — 346
Tyler Ordahl, Plentywood 89-89-94-81 — 353
Lyle Allen, Lewistown 91-83-92-90 — 356
Ricky Stindt, Troy 86-90-88-93 — 357
Lee Lunsford, Helena 91-87-89-94 — 361
Ty Klippenstein, Billings 96-87-88-93 — 364
Alan Young, Elliston 90-91-90-94 — 365
Daniel Tedlund, Billings 93-91-97-98 — 379
Andrew Ferguson, Wolf Point 93-98-104-91 — 386