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Medalist Honors Goes To Tommy Higham as Players fight Wind and Rain at Crater Springs
Eighty-three players teed it up in what has to be one of the coldest Utah State Am Qualifiers in recent history in the attempt to make it to the finals at Ogden Golf and Country Club and Valley View next month. Fighting throughthe wind and rain from a freak mid summer storm that dropped snow in Park City, Tommy Higham bested the rest of the fiels with a three under par 69. A Midway local and and UGA veteran Bill Probst was the only other player to come in under par with a 71.
Twenty-eight players advanced to the Utah State Amateur Championship at the Crater Springs Qualifying session Tuesday with the cutline coming at 78. Six players had to playoff for the final two spots and Griffen Merrill and Robert Tomsick won those spots. Jeff McDonald and Aaron Graham became the first and second alternates.
Those who qualified for the finals at Ogden Golf and Country Club and Valley View were as follows:
1 Higham, Tommy -3 69
2 Probst, Bill -1 71
T3 You, Kenny Even 72
T3 Gibb, Ron Even 72
T5 Lloyd, Rick +1 73
T5 Rawle, Jackson +1 73
T5 Winterowd, Paul +1 73
T5 Shinkle, Carey +1 73
9 Christiansen, Clint +2 74
T10 Holm, Mike +3 75
T10 Kwun, Robert +3 75
T10 Bennett, Pete +3 75
T10 Hendrix, Brad +3 75
T10 Bloxham, Jordan +3 75
T15 Rich, Robert +4 76
T15 Gibson, Michael +4 76
T15 Mcgregor, Jim +4 76
T15 Stubbs, Jim +4 76
T15 Seow, Joshua +4 76
T15 Miner, Tyler +4 76
T21 Andersen, Kevin +5 77
T21 Hermansen, Chris +5 77
T21 Paul, Josh +5 77
T21 Stuart, Rich +5 77
T21 Cannon, Paul +5 77
T21 Timmons, Todd +5 77
T27 Merrill, Griffen +6 78
T27 Tomsick, Robert +6 78