Mehl, Grattan, Raina Ports win 4th of July golf
Raina Ports watches her tee shot on the 10th hole of the North Course during the Earl Hunt Memorial 4th of July Tournament at Whitefish Lake Golf Club on Friday, July 5. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Cory Mehl watches his tee shot on the 10th hole of the South Course during the Earl Hunt Memorial 4th of July Tournament at Whitefish Lake Golf Club on Friday, July 5. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Tricia Joyce watches her tee shot on the 10th hole of the North Course during the Earl Hunt Memorial 4th of July Tournament at Whitefish Lake Golf Club on Friday, July 5. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Andrew Medley watches his tee shot on the 10th hole of the South Course during the Earl Hunt Memorial 4th of July Tournament at Whitefish Lake Golf Club on Friday, July 5. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Anna DeMars watches her tee shot on the 10th hole of the North Course during the Earl Hunt Memorial 4th of July Tournament at Whitefish Lake Golf Club on Friday, July 5. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Christian Clark watches his tee shot on the 8th hole of the South Course during the Earl Hunt Memorial 4th of July Tournament at Whitefish Lake Golf Club on Friday, July 5. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Justin Dorr watches his tee shot on the 15th hole of the South Course during the Earl Hunt Memorial 4th of July Tournament at Whitefish Lake Golf Club on Friday, July 5. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Liam Clancy watches his tee shot on the 7th hole of the South Course during the Earl Hunt Memorial 4th of July Tournament at Whitefish Lake Golf Club on Friday, July 5. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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WHITEFISH — Whitefish’s Cory Mehl and Andrew Medley of Scottsdale, Arizona, ended up tied for the men’s titles at the Earl Hunt Memorial Fourth of July Tournament Saturday, before Mehl got the victory at Whitefish Lake Golf Club.
Whitefish’s Brad Grattan went way low for a nine-stroke win in the men’s senior division as well.
Medley had the low score Saturday, a 68 that started with a bogey but included five birdies. Mehl, who came in with a three-shot lead, fired a 71. Both golfers shot 209 over 54 holes.
Raina Ports finished strong to claim the women’s title. Ports, a University of Montana golfer out of Oro Valley, Arizona, got her strongest challenge from her twin sister and fellow Grizzly Hannah. But a two-under-par 34 over the final nine pushed her margin of victory to six strokes through 54 holes.
Grattan fired the lowest score among the seniors all three days, including a 6-under 66 on Friday that put him in command. He had five birdies on the back nine Friday.
Complete scores can be found at golfgenuis.com. The login is: WLGCFourth.
Earl Hunt Memorial 4th of July Tournament
July 4-6, Whitefish Lake Golf Club
MEN’S
Championship Flight
Cory Mehl, Whitefish 68-70-71—209
Andrew Medley, Scottsdale 71-70-68—209
Joe Stover, Dallas 71-68-72—211
Christian Clark, Dallas 68-70-73—211
Byron Olson, Houston 72-72-72—216
Justin Door, Spokan 64-74-80—218
Brian Noonan, Whitefish 73-73-73—219
Connor Bennett, Lakeville 74-73-73—220
Brian Hanson, San Diego 74-74-72—220
Payton Taylor, Col. Falls 75-74-73—222
Sean Ramsbacher, Missoula 71-74-77—222
Joe McGreevey, Helena 72-80-71—223
Samuel Krause, Whitefish 73-75-75—223
Hank Miller, Phoenix 76-72-75—223
Mike Meizei 77-73-73—223
Ken Bush, Kalispell 72-74-77—223
Chris Goldan, Bolzeman 73-77-74—224
Kade McDonough, Missoula 76-72-76—224
Gavin Klein, Bozeman 75-76-74—225
Jason Johnstone, Cave Creek 75-75-75—225
Bob Hasquet, Missoula 74-78-74—226
Chris Haas, Bozeman 76-70-80—226
Arthur Doorn, Whitefish 73-75-78—226
Dan Conklin, Whitefish 80-74-73—227
Tyler Avery, Kalispell 75-76-76—227
Owen Wolak, Falls Church 72-80-75—227
Parker Chimp, Charlotte 79-75-74—228
Carson Hupka, Polson 75-76-79—230
Joe Wagner, Whiteish 78-77-76—231
MEN’S 55+
Championship Flight
Brad Grattan, Whitefish 71-66-71—208
Bill Dunn, Missoula 73-72-72—217
Gregory Hetzer, Whitefish 71-76-71—218
Carl Funk, Arlee 74-73-76—223
Marty Mehl, Whitefish 76-78-71—225
Ron Ramsbacher, Missoula 78-71-76—225
Gene Walsh, Whitefish 74-79-76—229
Rick Reimers, Missoula 77-81-75—233
Joe Cielak, Libby 80-76-79—235
Steve Adams 73-80-82—235
Matt Sheridan, Kalispell 79-77-80—236
WOMEN’S
Championship Flight
Raina Ports, Missoula 73-71-72—216
Hannah Ports, Missoula 75-73-74—222
Tricia Joyce, Butte 73-74-77—224
Emma Woods, Fairfield 75-76-77—228
Jasi Acharya, Carver 78-77-74—229
Anna DeMars, Clancy 79-79-73—231
Marcella Mercer, Whitefish 79-78-79—236
Ashley Maki, Polson 83-85-84—252
Anna Stensrud, Missoula 91-78-84—253
Stella Claridge, Kalispell 80-93-84—257
Mielle Kavran, Billings 93-92-93—278
Cory Mehl watches his tee shot on the 10th hole of the South Course during the Earl Hunt Memorial 4th of July Tournament at Whitefish Lake Golf Club on Friday, July 5. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Tricia Joyce watches her tee shot on the 10th hole of the North Course during the Earl Hunt Memorial 4th of July Tournament at Whitefish Lake Golf Club on Friday, July 5. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Andrew Medley watches his tee shot on the 10th hole of the South Course during the Earl Hunt Memorial 4th of July Tournament at Whitefish Lake Golf Club on Friday, July 5. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Anna DeMars watches her tee shot on the 10th hole of the North Course during the Earl Hunt Memorial 4th of July Tournament at Whitefish Lake Golf Club on Friday, July 5. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Christian Clark watches his tee shot on the 8th hole of the South Course during the Earl Hunt Memorial 4th of July Tournament at Whitefish Lake Golf Club on Friday, July 5. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Justin Dorr watches his tee shot on the 15th hole of the South Course during the Earl Hunt Memorial 4th of July Tournament at Whitefish Lake Golf Club on Friday, July 5. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Liam Clancy watches his tee shot on the 7th hole of the South Course during the Earl Hunt Memorial 4th of July Tournament at Whitefish Lake Golf Club on Friday, July 5. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider