Jason Lehtola and Ryan Porch edged Jimmy Mee and Joe Cielak in a one-hole playoff to win the ninth annual Flathead Beacon Pro-Scratch Invitational golf tournament at Northern Pines on July 26.
Lehtola and Porch teamed up to shoot 63- 65 — 128 to win this year’s tournament. The victory came only a few days after Porch, a Kalispell native, won the Montana State Amateur Golf Championship in Laurel.
Mee and Cielak rallied to tie Lehtola and Porch after shooting a 10-under 62 on Tuesday, forcing a sudden-death playoff.
This year’s Beacon Pro-Scratch featured a full field of 36 teams with many of the best professional and amateur golfers in Montana.
“Tom Clary approached me nine years ago with a unique idea of having a tournament for the pros and low-handicap amateurs where it was all about golfing your ball without handicaps,” Maury Povich, the owner of the Flathead Beacon, said. “I immediately bought into the idea and the Beacon has been proud to be its title sponsor.”
Ninth Annual Flathead Beacon Pro-Scratch Invitational
Eagle Bend, July 25 / Northern Pines, July 26
Par 72
Jason Lehtola/Ryan Porch, 63-65 — 128*
Jimmy Mee/ Joe Cielak, 66-62 — 128
Tyler Martin/Brad Grattan, 65-65 — 130
Jacob Wilson/Eli Rogers, 67-65 — 132
John Jacobs/John Cole, 67-66 — 133
Cameron Milton/Paull Veroulis, 68-65 — 133
Casey Keyser/Ryan Buls, 65-69 — 134
Ryan Malby/Chuck Eble, 67-71 — 138
Jess Roper/Logan Lindholm, 69-69 — 138
Patrick Clary/Logan Iverson, 71-68 — 139
Brian Beach/Mike Mattson, 73-68 — 141
Tim Brown/George Chase, 70-71 — 141
Tod Fitterer/Ross Bartell, 73-68 — 141
Lon Hinkle/Maury Povich, 69-71 — 141
Scott Longenecker/Rich Franco, 73-68 — 141
David Owens/Brad Palin, 72-69 — 141
Connor Sproull/ Sean Hauser, 71-70 — 141
Mike Wynne/Blu Funk, 74-68 — 142
John Kane/Barrett McDonald, 71-71 — 142
Kyle Mittlestadt/Bob Hasquet, 71-71 — 142
Greg Morris/Matt Olson, 72-70 — 142
Harrison Taylor/Kyle Mossfeldt, 72-70 — 142
Tom Clary/Ron Ramsey, 71-72 — 143
Gary Nye/Rick Reimers, 73-70 — 143
Tim Olson/Shawn Tucker, 66-77 — 143
Earl Rife/Cody Sherrill, 68-75 — 143
Kyle Long/Dean Chisholm, 71-73 — 144
Greg VanNatta/Ron Ramsbacher, 75-70 — 145
David Baucom/Larry Lippon, 71-77 — 148
Jeff Dooley/Jonny Cielak, 74-75 — 149
Andrew Binney/Jose Chirino, 78-72 — 150
Chris Nowlen/Steve Bell, 74-76 — 150
Joe Arriaga/Shane Bigelow, 79-74 — 153
Ian Kindy/Chuck Trayer, 77-76 — 153
Adam Long/Keith Ori, 78-76 — 154