Top players crowned at state amateur golf championships

PALMER — Adam Baxter used a late push to secure the men’s title at the Alaska State Amateur Golf Championships at Palmer Golf Course Sunday.

Baxter, a West Valley High School graduate from Fairbanks, shot a 69 during his final round to post a four-day total of 284. Baxter finished four strokes ahead of runner-up Greg Sanders to win his second state amateur in three years.

Baxter opened the tournament shooting a 69, three-under-par, on Thursday.

Sanders, the defending state champion, shot a 74 on the final day to finish just ahead of third-place Jordan Miller (289).

Audrey Russo used the best round of the women’s championship flight to win the women’s title. Russo shot a 77 in her final round, to notch a three-round total of 251.

Alaska State Amateur

Palmer Golf Course

Final results

Men’s championship:

1. Adam Baxter 69-74-72-69--284; 2. Greg Sanders 70-75-69-74--288; 3. Jordan Miller 73-69-71-76--289; 4. Michael Oldenkamp 75-71-71-75--292; 5. Chad Isaacs 76-74-72-74--296; 6. tie, Benjamin Sumulong 77-75-73-72--297, David Hamilton 73-76-74-74--297, Marcus Dolejsi 73-72-78-74--297; 9. tie, Kevin Daniels 75-72-75-76--298, Rich Teders 71-80-71-76--298; 11. Tim Ruf 79-72-72-77--300; 12. Michael Sullivan 76-76-76-74--302, William Arnold 76-76-77-73--302; 14. tie, Joshua Ashline 77-80-74-76--307, Scott Sikorski 74-79-76-78--307; 16. Nick Mystrom 76-78-79-75--308; 17. Scott Woodland 81-76-74-78--309; 18. Kwan Lee 79-75-77-80--311; 19. tie, Brad Bosshart 75-81-78-78--312, Jason Kincannon 75-77-79-81--312, Jeff Ranf 78-78-75-81--312; 22. Mark Mcmahan 77-77-79-80--313; 23. Max Dye 79-79-77-79--314l 24. tie, Chris Morin 77-80-82-76--315, Peter Hakes 80-78-79-78--315; 26. Jeff Leonelli 81-79-78-78--316; 27. tie, Aaron Roth 77-84-77-79--317, Jeremy Peters 79-84-78-76--317, Rick Boyles 78-79-78-82--317; 30 James E Triplett 79-79-82-79--319; 31. David Jennings 79-87-76-78--320; 32. Larry Furstenberg 79-83-79-81--322; 33. Mike Rinella 77-82-84-81--324; 34. Joe Roberts 83-85-85-84--337; 35. Will Woodland 89-90-83-79—341.

Men’s first flight:

1. Nick Karnos 77-78-75-79--309; 2. Eric Bender 76-79-75-83--313; 3. Cable Starlings 86-80-78-78--322; 4. tie, James Nunley 84-77-80-83--324. Peter Johanknecht 79-82-85-78--324; 6. Demetrius Johnson 80-76-83-89--328; 7. Chad Griffith 78-87-81-84--330; 8. Thomas Seabloom 80-88-79-84--331; 9. tie, Jack Newell 77-85-86-84--332, Paul Lindhag 83-89-80-80--332; 11. tie, Bill Preston 81-85-86-81--333, Jeremy Howell 84-83-83-83--333; Jim Godsby 85-84-85-79--333; 14. Don Nelson 80-86-85-83--334, Joseph Orley 80-86-82-86--334; 16. Bert Verrall 84-85-85-83--337; 17. Wes Masters 88-84-82-84--338; 18. Casey Bieber 82-90-82-86--340; 19. Craig Burnham 87-86-85-83--341; 20 Nicholas Cox 95-77-88-82--342; 21. Herschel Deaton 85-87-92-80--344; 22. tie, Chance Mitchell 85-91-85-84--345, Mark Schneiter 88-86-89-82--345, Taylor Holley 91-87-80-87--345; 25. John Gose 89-86-84-87--346; 26. Patrick Navarre 87-85-89-86--347; 27. Mitch Bryan 91-90-82-87--350; 28. Mark Adams 85-89-86-91--351; 29. Dean Mcvey 86-88-85-94--353; 30 Barry Grey 91-92-90-86--359; 31. tie, Jason McCourt 92-91-90-89--362, Paul Dube 89-90-90-93--362; 33. Tim Wesenberg 87-91-103-86--367; 34. Zach Barrow 99-96-89-85--369; 35. Peter Blanchett 99-92-91-113--395; 36. George Pletnikoff 107-103-106-102--418.

Men’s second flight:

1. Jason Kollmann 83-81-81-83—328; 2. Juan Botero 84-86-83-84—337; 3. Chris West 86-87-86-83—342; 4. Harry Weigle 89-84-88-85—346; 5. Kurt Kollmann 88-84-86-89—347; 6. tie, Dave Kester 89-87-92-85—353, Steve Menard 87-85-91-90—353; 8. Kurtis Gibson 88-85-89-94—356; 9. tie, Gene Carlson 92-86-88-91—357, Greg Magee 91-90-89-87—357; 11. tie, Devery Prince 91-89-95-86—361, Gary Petros 90-93-90-88—361. Steve McDermott 87-87-93-94—361; 14. Jeffrey Greenwood 86-91-91-95—363; 15. Kevin Sykes 89-89-93-94—365; 16. Jack Newell Sr. 95-97-85-90—367; 17. tie, Brad Wilson 91-93-91-96—371, Ernest Daniels 95-89-94-93—371; 19. tie, Michael J Stevens 96-93-92-97—378, Sev Swanson 91-91-95-101—378, 21. Michael Anderson 92-98-93-98—381; 22., tie Andrew Jackson 93-94-97-98—382, Greg Wheeler 90-100-97-95—382; 24. Mark Mayo 94-94-103-94—385; 25. Gary E George 96-96-99-96—387; 26. Chad Campoamor 103-92-91-103—389; 27. Michael Dellinger 89-94-94-113—390; 28. Eric Imig 104-97-98-95—394; 29. Kelly Wilmes 102-99-96-98—395; 30. tie, Richard Haller 103-96-100-98—397, Scott Siebert 97-94-100-106—397; 32. Torgeir Robertson 93-99-102-104—398; 33. Jeff Pifer 97-93-98-111—399; 34. Herschel Hendrickson 91-99-98-112—400; 35. Fred Stevens 107-93-98-103—401; 36. Jorge Botero 113-104-103-113—433.

Women’s championship:

1. Audrey Russo 86-88-77--251; 2. Toyoko Hawkins 82-86-88--256; 3. Halcyon Swisher 87-79-92--258; 4. Teresa Fisher 84-87-90--261; 5. Cathy Shuttleworth 95-81-88—264.

Women’s first flight:

1. Tonnette Jackson 85-83-87--255; 2. Connie Johnson 94-87-80--261; 3. Cathy Garrick 95-89-85--269; 4. Debbie Hulen 105-105-100--310.