Acharya, Medley lead 4th of July golf
The Daily Inter Lake
WHITEFISH — Jasi Acharya of Carver, Minnesota, turned in a record-setting performance on opening day of the 82nd annual 4th of July Tournament at Whitefish Lake Golf Club.
Acharya shot a 9-under 63 on the South Course for a seven-shot lead on Kylie Esh of Missoula on Thursday.
The 63 is a new record for the South Course. Kelly Gillum had the old mark of 67.
Kalispell’s Tiegan Avery matched par, which has her sitting third.
Kinsey Irvin of Lewiston, 73, and Whitney Frykman of Seattle, 74, round out the top five.
Women’s play in the 54-hole event shifts to the North Course today. The women play the South Course again on the final day.
Hailey Hoagland of Butte and Maggie Crippen, who placed 1-2, respectively, last year, are not in this year’s field.
Esh finished third last year.
Andrew Medley of Scottsdale, Arizona, holds the top spot for men with his 6-under-66 on the North Course. Logan Lindholm of Kalispell is two shots back.
Conor Rooney of Whitefish and Robb Bergeson of Billings are tied for third with 70s.
Sean Ramsbacher of Missoula is in fifth with a 71.
Defending champion Joey Moore of Billings shot even par, along with four other golfers. They are tied for sixth.
Medley won this tournament in 2012 and 2016.
The men play the South Course today and finish on the North Course.
Peter Benson of Billings carded a 71 to lead the senior field.
Play resumes today and Saturday, at 7 a.m.
82nd annual 4th of July Tournament
Thursday
At Whitefish Lake Golf Course
Women
South Course
Par 72
Jasi Acharya, Carver, MN 63
Kylie Esh, Missoula 70
Tiegan Avery, Kalispell 72
Kinsey Irvin, Lewiston 73
Whitney Frykman, Seattle, WA 74
Stephanie Hurlbert, Magnolia, TX 75
Morgan O’Neil, Laurel 78
Cathie Tronson, Great Falls 78
Coral Schulz, Whitefish 78
Marcy Holt, Spokane, WA 79
Marianne Nelson, Missoula 80
Kathy Dodd, Whitefish 81
Ginny Larence, Kiawah Island, S.C. 83
Janell Tanner Oneal, Bigfork 84
Marcella Mercer, Bigfork 86
Marianne Barker, Whitefish 87
Linda Ray, Whitefish 87
Sandy LaPoint, LaQuinta, CA 88
Katie Wills, Missoula 89
Emily Garden, Lolo 89
Kelly Coleman, Billings 89
Jeanette Cheney, Columbia Falls 90
Marcia Reimers, Missoula 91
Jo-anne Fryk, Edmonton, AB 91
Bobbie Lacklen, Libby 93
Ruth Fenn, Libby 93
Jody Fee, Whitefish 94
Tracey Whisenand, Whitefish 96
Cheryl Walter, Lethbridge, AB 96
Stacy Denning, Whitefish 97
Jenna Gordon, Calgary, AB 99
Samantha Peters, Kalispell 99
Sandy Haydu, Edmonton, AB 100
Wendy Chirino, Kalispell 101
Cindy Stein, Whitefish 103
Grazely Tarra, Billings 106
Kate Downen, Portland, OR 116
Men
North Course
Par 72
Andrew Medley, Scottsdale, AZ 66
Logan Lindholm, Kalispell 68
Conor Rooney, Whitefish 70
Robb Bergeson, Billings 70
Sean Ramsbacher, Missoula 71
Sean Benson, Billings 72
Joey Moore, Billings 72
Liam Clancy, Park City 72
Ben Marsh, Scottsdale, AZ 72
HoTae Kim, Billings 72
Mark Mance, Whitefish 73
Shawn Tucker, Whitefish 73
Joseph Potkonjak, Bigfork 74
Cory Mehl, Seattle 74
Marty Mehl, Seattle 74
Bennett MacIntyre, Hellena 74
Jim Coleman, Billings 74
Payton Scott, Billings 74
Cooper Donahue, Scottsdale, AZ 74
Brock Robillard, Calgary, AB 75
Rick Reimers, Missoula 75
Brad Grattan, Whitefish 75
Garrett Woodin, Billings 75
Ryan Swagar, no town listed 75
Brad Cox, Lethbridge, AB 75
Ross Bartell, Great Falls 76
Bob Hasquet, Missoula 76
Sam Krause, Seattle 76
Darren Rowell, Castle Rock, CO 76
Jason Winkler, Kalispell 76
Jonny Cielak, Libby 76
Colin Curtis, Seattle 76
Mark Mossfeldt, Calgary, AB 76
Bucky Crippen, Missoula 77
Nick Jankiewicz, Great Falls 77
Scott Larson, Kalispell 77
John Moscrip, Snoqualmie, WA 77
Derek Denning, no town listed 77
Spencer Hughes, nowtown listed 77
Ken Bush, Conway, S.C. 77
Justin Miller, Phoenix 78
Craig Hurlbert, Magnolia, TX 78
Jack Johnston, Missoula 78
Curtis Blake, Okotoks, AB 78
Brian Brown, Nanton, AB 78
Steve Williamson, Shelby 78
Riley Kaercher, Billings 78
Christian Clark, Dallas 79
Joe Johnston, Missoula 79
Scott Willits, Phoenix 79
Doug Honkamp, Cave Creek, AZ 79
Byron Olson, Houston 79
Carter Hickock, Dallas 79
Brady Cady, Billings 79
Matt Longfield, no town listed 79
Russ DeVore, now town listed 79
Kyle Mossfeldt, Calgary, AB 80
Paul O’Neil, Laurel 80
Tyler Schiff, San Deigo 80
Cayde Brown, Calgary, AB 80
Roger Thorn, Seattle 80
Loy Sullivan, Whitefish 80
Blake Hasquet, Missoula 80
Scott Friggle, Round Rock, TX 80
Nick Hustwaite, no town listed 81
Michael DeGrazier, Corvalis 81
Phil Vilar, now town listed 81
Jon Johnstone, San Jose, CA 82
Austin Walter, Billings 82
Adam Curry, Missoula 82
Samuel Berry, Billings 83
Akuu Acharya, Missoula 83
Kevin Sieben, Surprise, AZ 83
Gary Newlin, Denver 83
Chris Geddes, Cranbrook, B.C. 83
Jeff Somrock, Carver, MN 83
Jay Medley, Dunwoody, GA 83
Nick Pasquarello, Billings 84
Caleb Trost, Billings 84
Jon Nau, Denver 84
David Knight, Phoenix 85
Jim Berry, Billings 86
Eric Galcher, Calgary, AB 86
Dan Boda, New York 86
Winston Oppelt, Livingston 86
Zach Osborne, Butte 87
Brad Bechler, Whitefish 87
Seniors
North Course
Par 72
Peter Benson, Billings 71
Rich Boswell, Calagary, AB 75
Brett Bennyhoff, Great Falls 76
Sam Saunders, Buckeye, AZ 76
Walt Barnes, Addison, TX 77
Dan Lieberg, Helena 77
Tom Hall, Great Falls 78
Jim Marsh, Scottsdale, AZ 79
Thomas Shea, Whitefish 80
Mark DeGrazier, Corvalli 80
Gary Holt, Spokane, WA 81
Bruce Walter, Great Falls 81
Larry Schwenke, Coeur ’dAlene, ID 81
Rod Brady, Whitefish 82
Earl Rife, Kalispell 82
Robert Sandman, Whitefish 82
Jim Kirkpatrick, Havre 82
Don Foulkes, Whitefish 82
Jim LaPoint, LaQuinta, CA 82
Fritz Whisenand, no town listed 84
Dwight Jack, Calgary, AB 84
Dave Streeter, Whitefish 85
Tim Hansen, Calgary, AB 85
Doug Oleson, Whitefish 85
Mike Bailey, Scottsdale, AZ 86
Jo Fryk, Edmonton, AB 87
Tim Pfister, Billings 89
Dan Moe, Frenchtown 90
Dann Rohrer, Libby 92
Neal Waddington, Fountain Hills, AZ 93
Carl “Tom” Long, Whitefish 94
Mike Walsh, Great Falls 95