Monday, June 11, 2012
Gentry Hicks Tops Qualifiers at Stonebridge With 66

Gentry Hicks, an unfamiliar name in Utah golf, shot a six under par 66 to earn medalist honors in the afternoon qualifying session at Stonebridge Golf Course for the Utah State Amateur. He had seven birdies and one bogey and had an eight shot cushion to make the qualifying cut which came at 74.

 

David Cannon, another member of the Salt Lake Country Club, qualified for the finals to be held at The Country Club next month. He joined fellow club member Jon Wright who qualified in the morning session. Cannon shot a 67 that is normally a good enough score for medalist honors. Cannon’s 67 came with eight birdies, a bogey and a double bogey on the par three Creekside fourth hole. He shot 31 on the Sunrise nine. He will not only be carrying the banner for the Country Club, but also for the seniors. He is 62 years old and has never made match play in the State Am.

Hicks is a newcomer to Utah and played on the University of Utah golf team this spring. He hails from Tucson, Arizona where he won the Arizona high school Class 4A medalist honors. He’s planning to play for the Utes for three more years and then hopefully ‘play or teach golf for a living.’ The 66 at Stonebridge is his personal best score.

“I made four or five 15 footers and that can turn an ordinary round into a special round,” he said. “I’m looking forward to playing in other UGA events and plan to stay here for the summer.”

 

Thirteen players shot 74 or better and advanced to the Big Dance. The cut came evenly without any ties, and Rich Tripp was the only 75 on the scoreboard and so he is the first alternate. Shane Romano won a scorecard playoff to be the second alternate.

 

Utah State Amateur

Afternoon Qualifying

Stonebridge

 

Qualified

66- Gentry Hicks

67- David Cannon

69- David Booth, Mark Madsen

71- Jeremy Tye, Jake Stevenson

73- Jonathan Oettli, Russell Hook

74- Brady Boman, Jack Joseph, Andy Cook, Mike Bingham, G.W. Rodrick

Did Not Qualify

75- Rich Tripp (first alternate)

76- Shane Romano (second alternate)

76- Levi Roberts, Andrew Howe,

77- Alan Davis, JT Timmons, Scott Mitchell, Scott Hill, OJ Ainsworth, Jamie Childs, Garrett Blanchard

78- Rick Groendyke, Jason Gates, Jeff Miller, David Keddington, Jeremy Telford, Thomas Spiers

79- Jake Nielsen, Anthony Penrose, Stephen Watkins

80- Cedric Young, Tyler Hand, Gary Ricci, Bailey Blackhurst, Daniel Johnson, Brad Taggart

81- Greg Jarvis, Scott Hyland, Wesley Wood, Kurt Bernhisel, Kevin Anderson, Sam Haslam, Jonathan Rudd

82- Beau Moody, Jeff Skilley, Steve Watkins, Clint Schreck, Boo Bedinger, Mick Mahler

83- Brett Wall, Benjamin Taylor, Ryan Brinkman, David Baker, Carson Huiskamp, Jim Burckle, Mike Starks, Travis Hilton

84- Jeff Shew

85- Rodney Hand, Lance Platt, Aaron Adams

86- Dan Ihler, Richard Durham

87- Evert Lawson, Mark Davis

88- Jeff Manzanares, Tom Gatta

89- Chris Herbert, Shaun Healy

92- Curtis Fisher

93- Anthony Randazzo, Brian Robbs

95- Garrett Merback

96- Henry Herrern

97- Bret Riley

100- Bradley Jeppson

DQ- Bob Deardorff

WD- Todd Timmons, Josh Colledge, Nicholas Owens

NS- Chad Corbin