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Lee Wins Amateur Crown Despite Nightmare Start |
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Written by Administrator
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Friday, 27 June 2008 |
Richard Lee followed up yesterday’s course and tournament record 62 with a solid 1-over par 73 Friday to win the 82nd WSGA Men’s State Amateur Championship at Moses Pointe by five shots over Derek Berg, Joel Dahmen and Jarin Todd. Damen tied for second
Lee began the day with a five-shot lead but bogeyed the 2nd then triple-bogeyed the Par 3 3rd to give his pursuers a sliver of hope. “My whole approach was to play steady golf, and make them come to me,” said the former Bellevue Community College player who will transfer to UW this Fall as a junior. “But that’s not what happened.” He did manage to settle down after his shaky start, however, recording five birdies over his final 15 holes to wind up on 275, 13-under-par. “I could have fallen apart, but I really started to grind it out. I stayed steady.”
Former Husky golfer and defending champion Dahmen shot a second successive 67 and must be wondering how different the outcome might have been had he not started with a couple of lackluster level par 73s. Berg and Todd shot 69 and 73, respectively, to join Dahmen on 280, three shots clear of Kevin Penner and Nick Ellis in fifth.
WSGA Men's Amateur Championship Results
1 Richard Lee 66 74 62 73 275
T2 Joel Dahmen 73 73 67 67 280
T2 Derek Berg 73 64 74 69 280
T2 Jarin Todd 67 66 74 73 280
T5 Kevin Penner 77 68 69 69 283
T5 Nick Ellis 70 69 72 72 283
7 Matthew Epstein 70 73 76 66 285
T8 Alexander Moore 70 74 75 68 287
T8 Kevin Tucker 71 75 69 72 287
T10 Jonathan Keane 73 77 72 68 290
T10 Cameron Whittle 71 73 76 70 290
T12 Ian Dahl 73 73 71 74 291
T12 Austin Hurt 73 72 71 75 291
14 Tyler Wendelken 74 72 74 72 292
T15 J. Koppenberg 74 77 72 70 293
T15 S. Richardson 76 75 69 73 293
T15 Jarred Bossio 74 70 75 74 293
18 Logan Toskey 76 73 71 74 294
19 Tyler Matthews 77 73 73 72 295
T20 Nick Varelia 76 71 76 73 296
T20 Jamie Neill 72 73 76 75 296
T20 Dan Whitaker 74 71 73 78 296
T23 Quin Koplitz 72 77 72 77 298
T23 Evan Johnsen 73 75 71 79 298
T25 Casey Adams 75 74 79 71 299
T25 Paul Mitzel 80 70 77 72 299
T25 Bjorn Bjorke 74 79 71 75 299
T25 Jens Bracht 69 71 83 76 299
T29 Brian Baltzer 76 74 79 71 300
T29 Andrew V. Lossow 78 74 74 74 300
T29 Sean Monaghan 78 72 76 74 300
T29 Cory Mehl 77 70 77 76 300
T33 Ryan LaRue 77 75 74 75 301
T33 Ty Chambers 73 72 79 77 301
T33 Craig Larson 74 72 76 79 301
T33 Geno Bonnalie 74 71 71 85 301
T37 Sean Packer 77 77 77 72 303
T37 Stephen Lee 74 75 78 76 303
T37 Sandy Vaughan 75 68 80 80 303
40 Anthony Howells 79 71 77 78 305
T41 Janssen Todd 78 74 81 73 306
T41 Clark MacPherson 78 75 77 76 306
T43 Jeff Wilson 75 79 75 78 307
T43 Brandon Black 77 75 77 78 307
T45 Keith Crimp 80 74 76 78 308
T45 Derek Cheney 79 70 80 79 308
T45 Jeremy Wendelken 76 75 77 80 308
T45 Daniel Taylor 74 75 79 80 308
T45 Jeff Williams 74 76 77 81 308
T50 Paul Watt 76 78 79 76 309
T50 Kevin Stray 75 78 78 78 309
T52 Sean Fitzpatrick 78 74 81 77 310
T52 Steven Shupe 82 70 80 78 310
T54 Ty Cannon 79 75 80 77 311
T54 Bradley Yosaitis 75 73 83 80 311
56 Bryant D'Hondt 74 76 86 79 315
T57 Brian Barhanovich 78 73 86 79 316
T57 Doug Porter 74 79 81 82 316
59 John Eisentrout 75 76 86 81 318
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