Golf: Top shots pull away at Fourth of July tournament
WHITEFISH — While each entered the day in close heats at the top of the leaderboard, by the close of play on Saturday at the 79th annual Earl Hunt Memorial Fourth of July golf tournament at Whitefish Lake Golf Club there wasn’t any chance for a playoff.
Bob Conrad of Yarrow Point, Washington, outshot Kalispell’s Logan Lindholm by nine strokes and Helena’s Darah Newell came from a stroke back to beat Friday’s leader by 11 strokes, each pulling away from the pack for a comfortable cushion entering the final holes.
Conrad, who played in the tournament for his first time this weekend, shot a final round 6-under-par 66 to card a three round total of 14-under-par 202 (65-71-66—202), winning by nine strokes.
“The course was playing great,” Conrad said. “I played pretty steady, made some putts and kept it in play and just was patient out there.”
Kalispell’s Logan Lindholm struggled in the final round, shooting a 3-over 75 on Saturday after a pair of 68s to start the tournament. Libby’s Ryggs Johnston, who will be a freshman at Libby High this fall, tied for third at 4-under 212 with Seattle’s Cory Mehl. Hamilton’s Craig Hurlbert was fifth at even-par 216.
Newell, who won the Fourth tournament in 2010, rallied from a stroke down to shoot the second lowest score of the day, scoring a 76 in the final round (77-72-76—225) to win by six strokes over Missoula’s Lindsay Reeve (79-75-77—231).
“I just played shot by shot and if I made a mistake tried to just relax and focus on the next shot,” Newell said. “I ended up doing pretty well.”
Missoula’s Sadie Crippen, a freshman for the Griz golf team, finished third at 233. Bozeman’s Lauren Hausauer, a junior on the Montana State team, shot 234 to finish tied for fourth with Crippen’s older sister, Maggie Crippen, a sophomore at North Dakota State.
Bozeman’s Haylee Folvord, who entered the final round with the lead, shot an 87 to finish tied for sixth with Whitefish’s Coral Schulz at 235.
79th annual Earl Hunt Memorial
Fourth of July Tournament
Saturday
at Whitefish Lake Golf Club
Whitefish
Par 72
Final Round
Men
Bob Conrad 65-71-66 — 202
Logan Lindholm 68-68-75 — 211
Ryggs Johnston 73-70-69 — 212
Cory Mehl 67-76-69 — 212
Byron Olson 74-71-69 — 214
Craig Hurlbert 75-70-71 — 216
Brad Wilder 68-76-73 — 217
Ryan Porch 71-70-76 — 217
Mark Mance 71-76-71 — 218
Robb Bergeson 79-71-68 — 218
Sam Krause 71-75-73 — 219
Kyle Mossfeldt 74-73-75 — 222
Justin Dorr 69-80-73 — 222
Ryan Swagar 73-74-75 — 222
Logan Iverson 73-72-78 — 223
Spencer Williams 74-70-79 — 223
Jon Johnstone 69-78-76 — 223
Larry Iverson 73-75-75 — 223
Brett Patton 74-79-71 — 224
Arthur Doorn 74-77-74 — 225
Shawn Tucker 75-70-81 — 226
Conor Rooney 77-75-74 — 226
Brad Grattan 75-73-79 — 227
Jason Winkler 76-75-76 — 227
Bennett MacIntyre 75-77-75 — 227
Rick Reimers 77-78-73 — 228
John Moscrip 73-79-76 — 228
Dave Eames 70-81-78 — 229
Joe Wagner 80-74-75 — 229
Brittain Walton 74-78-77 — 229
Tommy Mann 79-73-77 — 229
Scott Willits 75-81-76 — 232
Justin Ahlers 73-79-80 — 232
Cody Sherril 75-83-74 — 232
Brett Bennyhoff 75-83-75 — 233
Bill Dunn 75-79-79 — 233
Ron Ramsbacher 72-83-79 — 234
Brock Robillard 79-80-76 — 235
Marty Mehl 77-79-81 — 237
Reed Platke 73-84-80 — 237
Scott Larson 80-82-81 — 243
Ben Berg 82-79-85 — 246
Women
Darah Newell 77-72-76 — 225
Lindsay Reeve 79-75-77 — 231
Sadie Crippen 72-81-80 — 233
Lauren Hausauer 77-77-80 — 234
Maggie Crippen 77-82-75 — 234
Coral Schulz 78-77-80 — 235
Haylee Folkvord 73-75-87 — 235
Carly McNaughton 78-77-81 — 236
Marcy Holt 79-83-75 — 237
Laura Cahill 87-85-79 — 251
Sarah Moodie 89-82-82 — 253
Chelsea Ray 86-98-87 — 271
Erin Tabish 94-94-103 — 291
First Flight
Karen Jacobson 82-86-76 — 244
Ginny Larence 81-89-79 — 249
Dunning Katelyn 81-89-80 — 250
Kathy Dodd 84-91-80 — 255
Ashley Willett 91-79-87 — 257
Jody Fee 82-92-85 — 259
Katherine Wills 91-84-92 — 267
Donna Wehlage 89-93-88 — 270
Bobbie Lacklen 93-92-88 — 273
Marianne Crippen 97-89-88 — 274
Second Flight
Marianne Barker 92-87-78 — 257
Nancy Forbes 81-89-87 — 257
Barb Lauzon 87-89-88 — 264
Debora Harris 92-92-84 — 268
Sarah Cunningham 93-88-88 — 269
Marcia Reimers 89-91-90 — 270
Sue Kemsley 85-101-84 — 270
Paula Pervais 88-98-88 — 274
Cheryl Breidenbach 95-92-91 — 278
Shelly Wills 89-96-97 — 282
Tracey Whisenand 93-110-90 — 293
Third Flight
Wendy Chirino 88-86-83 — 257
Carey Cameron 90-87-86 — 263
Mary Armstrong 89-97-90 — 276
Stacy Denning 91-93-94 — 278
Jeanette Cheney 93-96-95 — 284
Sandy Haydu 92-91-101 — 284
Janice Arnett 93-95-97 — 285
Cheryl Walter 100-101-93 — 294
Patsy Casteel 95-101-99 — 295
Ruth Fenn 96-106-94 — 296
Sandy Carlson 107-102-103 — 312
Erika Ferris 109-107-105 — 321