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115th Iowa Amateur Championship The Cedar Rapids Country Club, Cedar Rapids
Ullestad Wins 115th
Iowa Amateur
Broc Everett (L) and Dennis Bull both share the
second place trophy. Both had chances coming in
and made the finish a nail biter.
Frank Lindwall finished 4th overall
and was the low junior.
Trevor Ullestad didn’t get off to a great start in the final round of the Iowa
Amateur, but it didn’t take him long to right the ship and become the 115th
Iowa Amateur champion.
Ullestad, 21, of Jewell, shot three rounds in the 60s (68-69-69) at Cedar
Rapids Country Club and overcame a three shot deficit heading into the final
round to win by two over Broc Everett, who began day three with the
lead, and Dennis Bull.
After a routine par at the opening hole of his final round,
Ullestad - who is a senior on the Missouri golf team - topped
a fairway wood off the tee on the second hole, leading to a
bogey. He then flubbed a pitch shot on hole three that lead to
another bogey. But pars on the next two holes helped settle
him down, then an eagle on the short par-5 6th sent him on a
roll.
He followed up his eagle with birdies at 8 and 9 to close out
the front nine with a two-under-par 34. He opened the back
nine with pars on the first four holes, made a bogey at 14, then
birdied the 15th and 16th holes. At that point he had a two shot lead
and made two pars to close out the biggest win of his young career.
Everett, 22, of West Des Moines, who could do virtually no wrong
during a second round 7-under 65, couldn’t get anything going on
the last day. He mixed six pars and three bogeys over the front nine
of his final round to fall two behind Ullestad. Then a solid back
nine 35 only matched the eventual champion. Everett, who is in
his senior season at Augusta University, posted a 3-under 69 in his
opening round.
Bull, 35, of Norwalk, was the first round leader.
He opened the championship with a 65 of his
own, besting the field by three. He was unable
to keep that momentum going in round two as
he posted a 75 but finished strong, posting a 68
on day three. His final round featured a clean
card - four birdies and zero bogeys - moving
him into a tie for second.
Rounding out the top five were Frank
Lindwall, 18, of Marion, who fired rounds of
69-71-69 to finish solo fourth and Matt Walker,
20, of Ottumwa (5th). Walker, who is in his
junior season at Iowa, shot 74-67-71 over the
three days. Lindwall is in his freshman season
at Iowa State.
Cedar Rapids Country Club is the only
Donald Ross-designed course in Iowa. The
club underwent an extensive renovation
the past few years, which has been
universally praised. It was the fifth time
the club has hosted the Iowa Amateur
overall and first since 1984.
1 Trevor Ullestad -10 68 69 69 206
T2 Broc Everett -8 69 65 74 208
T2 Dennis Bull -8 65 75 68 208
4 Frank Lindwall -7 69 71 69 209
5 Matthew Walker -4 74 67 71 212
T6 Justin Pansegrau -3 72 69 72 213
T6 Ryoto Furuya -3 74 67 72 213
T8 J.D. Anderson -2 72 69 73 214
T8 Alex Moorman -2 69 69 76 214
T10 Willis Gaer -1 70 75 70 215
T10 Dusty Drenth -1 73 74 68 215
12 Nick Eilertson E 70 71 75 216
T13 Andrew O'Brien +1 77 69 71 217
T13 Charles Jahn +1 74 71 72 217
T13 Andrew Huseman +1 78 69 70 217
T16 Chris James +2 75 70 73 218
T16 Logan Schweinefus +2 74 70 74 218
T18 Brian Allison +3 69 73 77 219
T18 Coby Thompson +3 72 72 75 219
T18 George Qian +3 73 74 72 219
T18 Jeff Swegle +3 69 74 76 219
T18 Jordan Even +3 68 75 76 219
T18 Gene Elliott +3 72 71 76 219
T18 Jack Kennedy +3 75 69 75 219
T18 Jon Olson +3 73 70 76 219
T18 Tripp Kinney +3 71 74 74 219
T27 Chris Cooksley +4 74 76 70 220
T27 William Bruyeres +4 72 74 74 220
115th Iowa Amateur Par 72
Links : July 24-26, 2017
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