Mee wins Montana Open by one stroke
MISSOULA — Jim Mee of Libby was a wire-to-wire winner of the Montana Open, carding a final round 4-under par 68 on Sunday at Larchmont Golf Course.
Mee finished the 54-hole event 14-under par.
He shared the lead after the first 18 with Russell Grove of Hayden, Idaho, at 7-under 65.
He followed with a 69 and a share of the 36-hole lead with amateur Brian Beach of Missoula.
Beach shot 69 on the final day to finish one shot behind Mee.
Ryan Malby of Kalispell tied for seventh. Malby shot 68-74-69—211.
Polson’s Cameron Milton, 71-71-74—216, tied for 12th.
Montana Open
Final Results
Larchmont Golf Course
(a-denotes amateur)
Jim Mee, Libby 65-69-68–202
a-Brian Beach, Missoula 71-63-69–203
Blayne Hobbs, Phoenix 68-70-67–205
Travis Long, Henderson, Nev. 69-70-67–206
Russell Grove, Hayden, Idaho 65-72-71–208
Trevor Fox, Doeur d’Alene 72-68-70–210
Kurt Kueffler. Missoula 69-70-72–211
Ryan Malby, Kalispell 68-74-69–211
Glen Griffith, Oro Valley, Ariz. 76-66-70–212
Brian Nosler, Portland, Ore. 71-72-70–213
Matt Wilson, Missoula 74-72-69–215
Cameron Milton, Polson 71-71-74–216
Jeff Tachell, Snoqualmie, Wash. 78-70-68–216
Josh Gold, Kalispell 77-74-66–217
Scott Longenecker, Helena 76-70-71–217
Jonathan Eastlick, Lolo 76-71-72–219
Matt Bunn, Hayden Lake, Idaho 72-73-75–220
Larry Barber, Clinton 75-71-75–221
Eddie Heinen, Hayden, Idaho 73-70-78–221
Jason Kimmell, Coeur d’Alene 75-73-73–221
Mike Hamblin, Twin Falls, Idaho 75-72-75–222
a-Vince Jimenez, College Place, Wash. 74-76-73–223
Bobby Mazurek, Missoula 74-73-76–223
a-Mike Dunn, Missoula 79-73-72–224
Gene Edstrom, Missoula 76-76-72–224
a-Bret Hurskainen, Missoula 74-75-75–224
Art Schilling, Hayden, Idaho 76-72-76–224
Kyle Mittlestadt, Missoula 76-72-77–225
Greg Morris, Whitefish 73-78-74–225
Tommy Sanderson, Sun Valley, Idaho 71-79-75–225
John Watson, Caldwell, Idaho 79-74-72–225
Buster Whitney, Spokane 77-76-72–225
Jason Lehtola, Missoula 77-71-78–226
David Uyehara, Las Vegas 75-76-75–226
a-Padraig Barron, Missoula 76-74-78–228
Mike Delong, Dalton Gardens, Idaho 73-74-81–228
David Owens, Missoula 80-69-79–228
Randy Buckenberger, Post Falls, Idaho 74-75-80–229
a-Bob Gray, Missoula 76-76-77–229
a-Andrew Holmes, Missoula 75-78-76–229
Fred Luthy, Rexburg, Idaho 77-78-74–229
Rick Spurgeon, Missoula 77-77-76–230
Michael Coon, Lusk, Wyo. 74-79-79–232
a-Cory Dobak, Vancouver, Wash. 76-77-79–232
a-Justin Galiher, Missoula 79-74-79–232
a-Nate Nowlen, Gering, Neb. 79-77-76–232
a-Mark Nord, Missoula 78-77-78–233
a-Bob Anderson, Missoula 83-76-75–234
Dane Thorman, Whitefish 77-78-79–234
a-Josh Trexler, Missoula 76-81-77–234
Dudley Beard, Great Falls 78-80-77–235
Brad Forbis, Cut Bank 78-75-82–235
a-Jon Lowry, Kalispell 80-76-79–235
a-Larry Ursua, Missoula 79-79-77–235
Troy Vitek, Jerome, Idaho 81-79-75–235
Adam Curry, Missoula 77-79-80–236
a-John Gunderson, Los Gatos, Calif. 77-80-79–236
Bill Mitchell, Billings 78-76-82–236
Curtis Starkey, Douglas, Wyo. 79-76-81–236
Jeff Taylor, Eagle, Idaho 78-77-81–236
a-Jim Van Fossen, Missoula 76-80-80–236
a-Bob Cummins, Missoula 78-79-80–237
a-Ryan Deschryver, Coeur d’Alene 82-80-75–237
a-Don Walter, Kalispell 83-79-75–237
a-John Beutler, Coeur d’Alene 79-78-81–238
a-Scott Stephens, D. Gardens, Idaho 82-78-78–238
Scott Galbraith, Sunnyside, Wash. 84-76-79–239
a-Ray Lynn, Missoula 84-79-76–239
a-Joel Pearl, Hayden, Idaho 79-81-79–239
a-Scott Newson, Gillette, Wyo. 77-85-79–241
a-KurtFeuersinger, Missoula 79-83-80–242
a-Jay Guittard, San Leandro, Calif. 75-82-85–242
a-Jeff Nord, Missoula 77-80-85–242
Richard Wright, Edmonton 82-82-78–242
a-Bob Cram, Bismarck, N.D. 79-79-86–244
a-John Rausch, Polson 82-79-83–244
a-Chuck Beagle, Missoula 78-86-81–245
a-Tom Lind, Missoula 80-80-85–245
a-Mike Palmer, Manson, Wash. 81-79-85–245
John Peterson, Bozeman 82-85-78–245
a-John Kelley, Polson 82-82-84–248
Chris Nowlen, Missoula 82-83-84–249
a-Tom Wheatley, Jr., Missoula 83-82-84–249
a-Jay Erickson, Missoula 82-83-85–250
a-Peter Tucker, Missoula 85-81-84–250
Chris Galiher, Missoula 86-80-85–251
a-Troy Rausch, Missoula 82-80-89–251
a-Brad Dugdale, Hayden, Idaho 84-85-83–252
a-Joe Fernau, Casper, Wyo. 81-84-88–253
a-Joe Kost, Missoula 82-82-89–253
a-Duane Larson, Missoula 80-85-88–253
a-Rusty Peterson, Riggins, Idaho 88-80-85–253
Dan Smith, Lynnwood, Wash. 83-85-85–253
Robert Ellis, Mountain Home, Idaho 82-86-87–255
a-Blaine Olson, Lolo 84-88-83–255
a-Rick Snowden, Missoula 86-82-87–255
a-Mike Spurgeon, Missoula 86-85-86–257
a-Bryan Flaig, Missoula 89-81-88–258
a-Scott Markle, Glasgow 82-87-89–258
Eric Driessen, Bothell, Wash. 91-81-87–259
a-Brad Ridgeway, Whitefish 85-88-86–259
a-Jerry Besel, Yakima, Wash. 84-89-88–261
a-Burt Cannon, Ronan 86-89-86–261
a-Seth Enes, Missoula 81-84-96–261
a-Bill Nowlen, Polson 82-87-92–261
a-Christopher Owens, Havre 86-94-81–261
a-Frank Gaul, Butte 83-93-86–262
a-Jeff Marty, Portland, Ore. 88-83-91–262
a-Pete Ridgeway, Missoula 85-86-91–262
John Weekes, Buhl, Idaho 87-86-89–262
a-Shaun Lalonde, Hamilton 85-88-90–263
a-Paul Blakesley, Missoula 89-90-85–264
a-Will Deschamps, Missoula 88-87-89–264
a-Morgan Ford, Coeur d’Alene 90-85-90–265
a-Justin McManus, Missoula 87-91-87–265
a-Ron Vande Ven, Missoula 84-92-89–265
a-Jerimee Maplethorpe, Missoula 89-90-87–266
a-Roman Surber, Havre 92-94-80–266
a-Dennis Ebel, Missoula 92-91-85–268
a-Joe Proctor, Missoula 92-84-92–268
a-Gary Campbell, Missoula 92-87-90–269
a-Jeff Howard, Missoula 90-93-86–269
a-Tim Barrow, Missoula 96-86-90–272
a-Roger Harmon, Missoula 93-91-90-–274
a-Brian Fogerty, Missoula 90-95-92–277
a-Rusty Reyes, Coeur d’Alene 88-89-100–277
a-Neale Stuart, Missoula 91-97-89–277
a-Gary Miller, Hayden Lake, Idaho 95-91-96–282
a-Fred Maker, Missoula 91-93-100–284
a-John Evans, Missoula 97-92-97–286
a-Brent Harshbarger, Missoula 93-102-93–288
a-Ray Wilson, Missoula 95-93-100–288
a-Max Good, Missoula 94-103-93–290
a-Bob Livesey, Florence 95-102-95–292