Acharya, Mehl 4th of July champs
WHITEFISH — Jasi Acharya of Carver, Minnesota, went wire-to-wire while Cory Mehl of Seattle turned in a sensational finish to top the leader board at the 82nd annual 4th of July Tournament at Whitefish Lake Golf Club on a sunny, but very windy Saturday.
Acharya, who led by seven shots after the first 18 holes and by six after 36, finished four shots ahead of the field to capture the women’s title.
Acharya, 63-77-76—216, had a 4-over-par round on the final day on the South Course. She broke the South Course record during Thursday’s opening session under ideal weather conditions with a 63.
Stephanie Hurlbert of Magnolia, Texas, had the best score again on the last day, carding a 74 to finish at 220. She had the best round on Friday with a 71.
Tiegan Avery of Kalispell, 72-78-76—226, was third.
Rounding out the top five were Morgan O’Neil of Laurel, 78-75-77—230, and Kylie Esh of Missoula, 70-76-87—233.
Coral Schulz of Whitefish and Cathie Tronson of Great Falls had the second best scores on the final day with 75s. Schulz finished sixth and Tronson seventh.
Mehl, who was nine shots back after 36 holes, closed with a 1-under 71 for a 214 total and a one-shot victory over Logan Lindholm of Kalispell and Andrew Medley of Scottsdale, Arizona.
Lindholm and Medley were tied for the lead after 36 holes and held a 3-shot advantage heading into Saturday’s action. Both shot 78 to close with 215 scores.
Conor Rooney of Whitefish and former champ Robb Bergeson of Billings tied foßßr fourth with 217s.
Mark Mance of Whitefish, who shot a 72 on Saturday, was sixth with a 218.
Defending champion Joey Moore of Billings was eight shots off the pace and tied for ninth.
82nd annual 4th of July Tournament
Thurday/Friday/Saturday
Whitefish Lake Golf Club
Women
South Course
Par 72
Championship Flight
Jasi Acharya, Carver, MN 63-77-76—216
Stephanie Hurlbert, Magnolia, TX 75-71-74—220
Tiegan Avery, Kalispell 72-78-76—226
Morgan O’Neil, Laurel 78-75-77—230
Kylie Esh, Missoula 70-76-87—233
Coral Schulz, Whitefish 78-83-75—236
Cathie Tronson, Great Falls 78-85-75—238
Whitney Frykman, Seattle 74-90-82—246
Kinsey Irvin, Lewiston 73-82-92—247
Marianne Barker, Whitefish 87-86-86—259
Marcy Holt, Spokane 79-92-88—259
Katie Wills, Missoula 89-85-85—259
Kathy Dodd, Whitefish 81-82-97—260
Marianne Nelson, Missoula 80-89-92—261
Emily Garden, Lolo 89-85-90—264
Janell Tanner Oneal, Bigfork 84-89-93—266
Marcella Mercer, Bigfork 86-98-87—271
Bobbie Lacklen, Libby 93-89-92—274
Jenna Gordon, Calgary, AB 99-93-89—281
First Flight
Ginny Larence, Kiawah Island, S.C. 83-83-87—253
Marcia Reimers, Missoula 91-82-89—262
Sandy LaPoint, LaQuinta, CA 88-89-87—264
Kelly Coleman, Billings 89-85-91—265
Jody Fee, Whtiefish 94-89-84—267
Linda Ray, Whitefish 87-90-97—274
Cheryl Walter, Lethbridge, AB 96-89-92—277
Jeanette Cheney, Whitefish 90-96-92—278
Joanne Fryk, Edmonton, AB 91-95-96—282
Stacy Denning, Whitefish 97-91-95—283
Tracey Whisenand, Whitefish 96-89-99—284
Ruth Fenn, Libby 93-93-103—289
Sandy Haydu, Edmonton, AB 100-93-96—289
Cindy Stein, Whitefish 103-90-99—292
Samantha Peters, Kalispell 99-93-105—297
Wendy Chirino, Kalispell 101-95-101—297
Grazely Tarra, Billings 106-99-104—309
Kate Downen, Portland, OR 116-113-108—337
Men
North Course
Par 72
Championship
Cory Mehl, Seattle 74-69-71—214
Logan Lindholm, Kalispell 68-69-78—215
Andrew Medley, Scottsdale, AZ 66-71-78—215
Conor Rooney, Whitefish 70-72-75—217
Robb Bergeson, Billings 70-70-77—217
Mark Mance, Whitefish 73-73-72—218
Sean Benson, Billings 72-69-78—219
Craig Hurlbert, Magnolia,TX 78-69-73—220
Sam Krause, Seattle 76-71-75—222
Joey Moore, Billings 72-75-75—222
Garrett Woodin, Billings 75-71-77—223
Justin Miller, Phoenix 78-70-75—223
Bob Hasquet, Missoula 76-72-75—223
HoTae Kim, Billings 72-76-75—223
Kyle Mossfeldt, Calgary, AB 80-72-73—225
Shawn Tucker, Whitefish 73-73-79—225
Payton Scott, Billings 74-74-78—226
Brad Grattan, NA 75-77-76—228
Jim Coleman, Billings 74-75-79—228
Ben Marsh, Scottsdale, AZ 72-80-76—228
Marty Mehl, Seattle 74-72-83—229
Bennett MacIntyre, Hellena 74-75-80—229
Sean Ramsbacher, Missoula 71-80-79—230
Ross Bartell, Great Falls 76-78-77—231
Cooper Donahue, Scottsdale, AZ 74-79-79—232
Liam Clancy, Park City 72-79-82—233
Bucky Crippen, Missoula 77-81-77—235
Christian Clark, Dallas 79-79-81—239
Joseph Potkonjak, Bigfork 74-80-86—240
Samuel Berry, Billings 83-86-72—241
Brock Robillard, NA 75-82-85—242
Rick Reimers, Missoula 75-82-85—242
First Flight
Curtis Blake, Okotoks, AB 78-70-75—223
John Moscrip, Snoqualmie, WA 77-75-76—228
Ryan Swagar, NA 75-81-74—230
Byron Olson, Houston 79-75-78—232
Cayde Brown, Calgary, AB 80-74-79—233
Carter Hickock, Dallas 79-73-82—234
Derek Denning, NA 77-80-78—235
Brian Brown, Nanton, AB 78-74-83—235
Jonny Cielak, Libby 76-78-82—236
Jason Winkler, Kalispell 76-76-85—237
Spencer Hughes, NA 77-75-85—237
Jack Johnston, Missoula 78-81-83—242
Joe Johnston, Missoula 79-79-86—244
Doug Honkamp, Cave Creek, AZ 79-81-84—244
Roger Thorn, Seattle 80-82-82—244
Tyler Schiff, San Deigo 80-82-84—246
Darren Rowell, Castle Rock, CO 76-85-85—246
Scott Willits, Phoenix 79-81-91—251
Adam Curry, Missoula 82-83-95—260
Akuu Acharya, Missoula 83-92-90—265
Second Flight
Michael DeGrazier, Corvalis 81-67-75—223
Ken Bush, Conway, S.C. 77-73-74—224
Scott Friggle, Round Rock, TX 80-78-77—235
Brad Cox, Lethbridge, AB 75-78-83—236
Steve Williamson, Shelby 78-76-84—238
Loy Sullivan, Whitefish 80-78-80—238
Kevin Sieben, Surprise, AZ 83-79-77—239
Mark Mossfeldt, Calgary, AB 76-80-83—239
David Knight, Phoenix 85-72-82—239
Riley Kaercher, Billings 78-80-82—240
Jay Medley, Dunwoody, GA 83-80-77—240
Phil Vilar, NA 81-77-83—241
Blake Hasquet, Missoula 80-73-89—242
Matt Longfield, NA 79-77-86—242
Russ DeVore, NA 79-80-83—242
Nick Hustwaite, NA 81-76-88—245
Brady Cady, Billings 79-78-89—246
Winston Oppelt, Livingston 86-81-80—247
Jim Berry, Billings 86-79-83—248
Colin Curtis, Seattle 76-87-85—248
Eric Galcher, Calgary, AB 86-78-85—249
Gary Newlin, Denver 83-84-82—249
Jon Nau, Denver 84-82-86—252
Zach Osborne, Butte 87-85-81—253
Chris Geddes, Cranbrook, B.C. 83-88-84—255
Jeff Somrock, Carver, MN 83-88-85—256
Brad Bechler, Whitefish 87-87-84—258
Dan Boda, New York 86-89-85—260
Third Flight
Gary Wagner, Helena 78-76-74—228
Mack Duvall, Dallas 83-75-80—238
Micheal Burney, NA 77-78-83—238
Dan Knechtel, Asheville, N.C. 86-77-76—239
Matthew Krause, Seattle 79-77-84—240
Tobin Woldtvedt, Missoula 81-81-80—242
Duke Moscrip, Seattle 82-77-83—242
Kevin Woodin, Billings 81-82-80—243
Baker Montgomery, Dallas 84-80-79—243
Josh Joseph, NA 80-84-81—245
Jeff Pasco, Red Deer, AB 86-78-84—248
Brandann Rohrer, NA 86-78-86—250
Scott Cummings, Medina, WA 85-81-85—251
Billy Wagner, Helena 86-81-84—251
Aaron Marsh, NA 83-84-85—252
Hayden Peters, Billings 84-80-88—252
Ian Fraser, Airdrie, AB 86-80-87—253
Justin Walsh, Helena 81-89-84—254
Joe Opitz, Missoula 78-94-83—255
Kyle Sheppard, Havre 80-84-91—255
Ted Dann, Seattle 91-85-80—256
Kelly Kolstad, Seattle 87-83-88—258
Trevor Schmidt, Calgary, AB 91-88-80—259
Barney Shynkaruk, Regina, SK 82-82-95—259
Chris Zeches , Phoenix 86-89-86—261
Nathan Osborn, Wilsonville, OR 84-87-93—264
Luke Bauernfeind, Spokane 81-88-96—265
Kevin Melling, Arvada, CO 90-89-87—266
Cam Geddes, Cranbrook, B.C. 100-80-89—269
Colton Oppelt, Bozeman 89-98-84—271
Fourth Flight
Kevin Ryan, Long Beach, CA 80-79-78—237
Cameron Kahle, NA 75-86-81—242
Billy Smith, Dallas 80-77-86—243
John Velk, Missoula 81-77-86—244
Joe Tourtelot, Santa Monica, CA 80-82-87—249
Jeff Fairlee, Denver 88-86-78—252
Art Williams, NA 84-87-84—255
Baker Stockton, Dallas 82-82-92—256
Eric Gislason, NA 87-85-84—256
Austin Smith, New York 85-91-82—258
Mark Stella, Henerson, NV 92-86-86—264
Brad Kaiser, Long Beach, CA 89-85-91—265
Jacob Washer, Missoula 89-90-87—266
Mike Mulcahy, NA 86-91-89—266
Mike Cowden, Kalispell 91-88-88—267
Jay Jovanovich, Granada Hills, CA 91-90-90—271
Rob Braig, Kalispell 88-92-97—277
Ryan Stewart, Portland, OR 94-93-91—278
Christian Kaempfer, Denver 99-94-88—281
Bret Greenlaw, Calgary, AB 90-100-101—291
Jesse Hedeen, Kalispell 91-100—191
Robb Gleason, NA 122-112—234
Senior
Championship
Rich Boswell, Calagary, AB 75-76-72—223
Peter Benson, Billings 71-73-80—224
Brett Bennyhoff, Great Falls 76-76-79—231
Thomas Shea, Whitefish 80-76-77—233
Sam Saunders, Buckeye, AZ 76-78-81—235
Rod Brady, Whitefish 82-74-80—236
Jim Marsh, Scottsdale, AZ 79-75-82—236
Walt Barnes, Addison, TX 77-84-79—240
Dave Streeter, Whitefish 85-75-83—243
Earl Rife, Kalispell 82-83-78—243
Bruce Walter, Great Falls 81-81-83—245
Gary Holt, Spokane 81-79-86—246
Tom Hall, Great Falls 78-90-85—253
Mike Walsh, Great Falls 95-87-86—268
Tim Hansen, Calgary, AB 85-87-99—271
First Flight
Larry Schwenke, Coeur d’Alene, ID 81-79-83—243
Dan Lieberg, Helena 77-82-86—245
Mark DeGrazier, Corvallis 80-87-80—247
Jim Kirkpatrick, Havre 82-85-82—249
Don Foulkes, Whitefish 82-82-85—249
Dwight Jack, Calgary, AB 84-85-83—252
Jim LaPoint, LaQuinta, CA 82-87-87—256
Doug Oleson, Whitefish 85-82-89—256
Fritz Whisenand, NA 84-84-89—257
Tim Pfister, Billings 89-84-88—261
Mike Bailey, Scottsdale, AZ 86-83-93—262
Robert Sandman, Whitefish 82-87-95—264
Dann Rohrer, Libby 92-85-89—266
Dan Moe, Frenchtown 90-91-92—273
Jo Fryk, Edmonton, AB 87-95-94—276
Carl “Tom” Long, Whitefish 94-90-94—278
Second Flight
Kevin Cummings, Salt Lake City 84-82-82—248
Dan Wagner, Havre 83-79-86—248
Stan Krause, LaQuinta, CA 89-87-80—256
Brent Appelgren, Whitefish 84-93-89—266
Brian Cripe, Whitefish 87-90-89—266
Bruce Hogan, Whitefish 91-89-88—268
Steve Solberg, Billings 81-96-92—269
Kevan Green, Whitefish 90-88-93—271
Ralph Hemp, Whitefish 91-91-90—272
Barry Fenn, Libby 93-84-96—273
Bob Slaven, Polson 94-88-95—277
Pat Montalban, Cut Bank 90-91-98—279
Doug Schmoldt, Henderson, NV 100-92-93—285
Alan Allred, Rendondo Beach, CA 97-95-101—293
Rick Wheeler, Great Falls 105-98-99—302
Stu McKeever, Johns Island, S.C. 106-99-102—307
Brian Geddes, Cranbrook, B.C. 108-104-103—315
Ted Hodges, Whitefish 110-109-107—326