GOLF: Kalispell's Porch leads State Am
LAUREL — Kalispell’s Ryan Porch birdied his first three holes on the way to a 4-under-par round and a one stroke lead after the first round of the Montana State Amateur golf championships on Thursday at Laurel Golf Club.
Porch, who golfed in the final pairing, moved to 4-under at the turn with a birdie on the par-5 ninth hole, then bounced back from a bogey on the 16th to close his round with a birdie on the par-5 18th, taking a one-stroke lead on Whitefish’s Mark Mance and Anaconda’s Caleb Stetzner.
Mance also closed with a birdie to finish his round at 3-under. Kalispell’s Logan Iverson scored an eagle on the ninth in a 2-under round that has him tied for fourth with Billings’ Jim Coleman.
Play resumes today at 7:15 a.m., Porch opening in the first group on the back nine.
Montana State Amateur
Thursday
at Laurel Golf Club
Yardage: 6,923; Par: 72
First Round
Ryan Porch 68
Mark Mance 69
Caleb Stetzner 69
Jim Coleman 70
Logan Iverson 70
Sean Benson 71
Eli Rogers 71
Colton Hudson 72
Marcus Drange 72
Gordon Webb 72
Payton Taylor 72
Tyler Jessop 72
Josh Hedge 72
Craig Hurlbert 72
Liam Clancy 73
Jerry Pearsall 73
Jordy Donoven 73
Easton Enott 73
Chris Delaney 74
Garrett Woodin 74
Shawn Tucker 74
Brad Fox 74
Bennett MacIntyre 74
Mark Houser 74
Conor Rooney 74
Bill Leach 75
Ryan Keenan 75
Brad Grattan 75
Sean Ryan 75
Ron Garland 75
Danny (Bucky) Crippen 75
Chris Goldan 75
Jake Hedge 75
DJ Kovach 75
Paul O’Neil 76
Scott Eide 76
Bobby Anderson 76
James Russell 77
Cody Babinecz 77
Parker Jones 77
HoTae Kim 77
Joe Cielak 77
Jake McKinney 78
Austin Walter 78
Camden Caraveau 78
Parker Elliott 78
Mac Keating 78
Scott Larson 78
Cory Donahue 78
Payton Stott 79
Greg Jones 79
Bob Hasquet 79
Peter Benson 80
Cal Stacey 80
Dalton Kangas 80
Tyson Odden 80
Frank Jackson 80
Mark Hutchinson 80
John Bensch 80
Caleb Trost 80
Jacob Richards 81
Mark Luce 81
Riley Kaercher 81
Peter Brown 81
Barron Culver 81
Cassidy Degele 81
Dublin Sullivan 82
Eric Nell 82
Chad Thelen 82
Chris Hunter 82
David Mitchell 82
Schafer Paladichuk 83
Kevin Woodin 83
Christoper Seder 83
Danny Friez 83
Cole Noctor 83
Ron Ramsbacher 83
Sean Ramsbacher 83
Darin Marker 83
Colton Hunt 83
Gage Passon 83
Berry Joshua Roberts 83
Derek Fuhs 83
Nick Dietzen 84
Brock Copenhaver 84
Eric Gislason 84
Drew Vanyo 84
Jonny Cielak 84
Tevin Lewis 84
Jack Johnston 85
Brady Cady 85
Nate Anderson 85
Bryce Mocabee 86
Troy Wolff 86
Winston Oppelt 86
Willie Eide 86
Ryan Swan 87
Thom Peck 87
Cory Preshinger 87
Dylan Neutgens 87
Philip Holten 87
J.R. Small 87
Blake Hasquet 87
Derek Wolff 88
Kevin Humphrey 88
Daniel Tedlund 88
Sheldon Degele 88
Lane Bradley 89
Troy Stiles 89
Colton Oppelt 89
Riley Mayo 89
Tucker Thomas 90
Machias Smith 90
Dave Friez 91
Taylor Kuntz 91
Garret Nielson 91
Matt Gruener 91
Alex Hilario 91
Logan Allen 92
Palmer Moylan 92
Jeff Tutt 92
Ben Kaul 92
Todd Mason 93
Arthur Tucker 93
Charles Buckner 93
Jared Kahler 94
Benji Crippen 94
Brett Markovich 95
Kevin Murphy 96
Charles Devries 96
Matt Cords 97
Bob Degele 98
Greg Rizzo 99
Sean Wilson 99