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Hole Yards Par Average Rank Eagles Birdies Pars Bogeys Dbl. Others
1 433 4 4.10
2 537 5 5.05
3 201 3 3.24
4 338 4 4.30
5 423 4 4.12
6 348 4 4.22
7 203 3 3.48
8 613 5 5.08
9 458 4 4.08
Out 3554 36 37.67
10 580 5 4.95
11 416 4 3.99
12 184 3 3.49
13 363 4 4.45
14 470 4 4.52
15 189 3 3.26
16 468 4 4.34
17 426 4 4.03
18 575 5 5.34
In 3671 36 38.37
Total 7225 72 76.04
RUSH CREEK GOLF CLUB STATISTICS
12 0
15 5
9
7
1
11 0
10 0
3
14 2
13 0
8
18 7
17 0
2
4
1
8
6
5
1
16 1
3
49
96
39
50
61
66
26
62
57
75
64
24
53
20
34
27
75
75
251 54
180 60
225 88
202 84
229 60
189 85
181 126
231 55
234 68
506 1922 680
221 63
248 55
202 89
176 81
192 121
218 106
224 92
217 64
171 73
12 447 1869 744
fi fth and sixth holes, moving
to 13-under and increasing
his lead to three.
Curling a left-to-right breaker
from six feet at the 11th hole,
Hitchner began to pull away
from the fi eld before VanArragon's
tee shot at the par-4
rolled to eight feet where
he would convert his eagle
chance to pull within three.
After sinking a 15-footer for
birdie at the 15th hole, Hitchner
would head to the fi nal hole with a twoshot
lead over VanArragon, who birdied the
17th hole. Finding tree trouble right of the
18th fairway would lead to the third bogey of
the week for Hitchner, and he would fi nish
with a one-stroke victory at 15-under 201.
" The fundamental idea today was to give
myself chances at birdies, " Hitchner said. " I
don't try to force it because that's where errors
possibly occur, so I tried to stick to process
objectives that I have on each shot and
try to execute.
" Today was nerve-wracking-especially
because I knew there were so many good
players behind me and I was playing with
two of the best players in the state. I knew
that no lead was ever safe and it almost erased
the idea that I had a lead. I didn't feel like
any lead would make me feel comfortable. "
VanArragon opened the tournament with
" It means the
world to me to be
able to get this
done. I knew it
would be tough,
but I'm thankful to
come out on top. "
-Derek Hitchner
13
21
12
24
11
23
30
16
10
45
38
27
9
20
11
25
2
7
5
8
8
6
6
3
160 45
3
2
9
20
9
2
6
1
22
180 69
20 953 3791 1424 340 114
a 6-under 66 and would post
back-to-back rounds of 68 for
his best fi nish at the championship,
improving on a seventh-place
fi nish a year ago.
" Today I wanted to stay in
the moment, play confi dent
and not get ahead of myself, "
VanArragon said.
" I knew it was going
to be tough chasing
Derek because he hardly
missed a
shot
all
round.
I'm not that disappointed because Derek
played so well. When he does that,
there isn't much you can do to beat him.
" I'm not sure if it was nerves, but I defi nitely
didn't get off to a great start. My putting just
wasn't there and I wasn't hitting my iron
shots as close as I have been. This week I've
done a good job of recovering from bad shots.
I'm really happy with where my game is at
and this is a confi rmation that the work I've
been putting in this summer is paying off. "
VanArragon entered the week with one
victory to his credit this season, claiming
a seven-stroke victory at the Twin
Cities Championship in late June.
Andrew Israelson, who carded a 7-under
65 to fi nish as runner up last year at Edina
Country Club, fi red a fi nal-round 67 capped
by an eagle-3 at No. 18 to fi nish in a tie for
third with Lucas Johnson at 9-under 207.
5 Adams, Nate
Rush Creek Golf Club
66-76-66-208-130
6 Holmgren, Van
Pioneer Creek Golf Club
68-68-73-209-120
7 Foust, Sam
Edina Country Club
73-69-68-210-110
T8 Swenson, Christopher
Pebble Lake Golf Club
73-69-69-211-95
T8 Hanstad, Bryce
Olympic Hills Golf Club
73-66-72-211-95
T10 Madsen, Brady
Hawk Creek Country Club
73-67-72-212-75
TEAM RESULTS
1 Chaska Town Course
209-214-423, -9
(Gunnar Broin, Jack Johnson,
Lincoln Johnson and Dawson Wills)
T2 Edinburgh USA
218-216-434, +2
(Lucas Feterl, Joshua Galvin,
Weston Guili and Troy Johnson)
T2 Olympic Hills GC
222-212-434, +2
(Bryce Hanstad, Jesse Larson,
Jason Pendleton and Jesse Polk)
-4
-5
-5
-6
-7
-8
MGA Amateur
1 Hitchner, Derek
Minikahda Club
64-69-68-201-250
2 VanArragon, Caleb -14
Bunker Hills Golf Club
66-68-68-202-200
T3 Israelson, Andrew -9
The Vintage at Staples
70-70-67-207-162.50
T3 Johnson, Lucas
Meadows Golf Course
71-66-70-207-162.50
-9
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