Garrett Mack and Jason Homer staged a comeback to win the 28th annual Scholarship Scramble golf tournament over Labor Day Weekend.
Going into the last hole of the two day 36 hole tournament they trailed leaders, Ben Novak and Joe Wenzel by two strokes, and John and Mark Youngman by one stroke. Novak and Wenzel had a bogey five on the final hole, the Youngmans parred it, but Garrett and Jason poured in a birdie to forge a threeway tie with a score of 128. The tie breaker hole gave the victory to Mack and Homer. Novak and Wenzel took second and the defending champs, Youngmans took third. Fourth place went to Jake Curtiss and Jake Chamberlin with 129.
The first flight winner was Jim/ Tim Butler (139) who won the tie breaker over Steve and Katie Lynch (139) and Bill Chinn/Steve Tuomela (139). Fourth went to Ryan Mahoney/Cody Schulze (140). The second flight was won by Bill and Derick Hammond (140), second Ken Frank/Chris Setter (141), third Curt Koivisto/Greg Erickson (143), fourth Aaron Lamppa/Jared Ferdig ( 144). The third flight winner was Andy Butler/Sand Jokela (150), second Cathy Mattfield/Trent Mc-Dowell (151), third Shawn Sampson/ Brian Wagenbach (152), fourth Diane Serena/Darlene Simonson (154).
Glen Avikainen/Karl Ezell won the fourth flight with 149, second went to Ted and Todd Esala (151), third Toby Latham/Chris Olson (153), and fourth Tim Morcom/ Richie Evenstad (155).
The fifth flight winners were John Blauert/Dean Miller (161), second Sandy Vandervest/Brenda Lind (167), third Judy Hammond/ Tara Roarty (168), and fourth Brittany Curtiss/Carlin Ryan (169).
Saturday proxy prizes were: Hula hoop #1 Amanda Castro 35 ft. 9 in. #2 Roger Irwin 5 ft. 11 in. #5 Bill Chinn 3ft 11 in #6 Diane Serena. Longest putt: #1 Lind/Chamberlin 27 ft. 5 in. #2 John Seelen/Mike Weiss 27 ft. 3 in. #4 Jim/Ty Techar 35 ft. 2 in. #5 Novak/Wenzel 19 ft. 5 in. #6 Brian Lamppa/Steve Krtinich 19 ft. 10 in. #8 Jen Setter/ Kelliann Frank 29 ft. 1 in. #9 Brett Jordan/Garret Niska 28 ft. 11 in. Closest to the pin - #3 Logan Murphy/Steve Fitch 1 ft. 8 in. #7 Ken Frank/Chris Setter 2 f.t 1 in.
Sunday proxy prizes: Hula hoop #1 Linda Enquist/Deb Suterbach 13 ft. #2 Ted/Todd Esala 1 ft. 6 in. #5 Ron/Ron Moen 16 ft. 1 in. #6 Vandervest/Lind 13 ft. 3 in. Longest putt: #1 Jim/Tim Butler 20 ft. 2 in. #2 Mack/Homer 28 ft. 6 in. #4 Jim/Tim Butler 32 ft. 2 in. #5 Mahoney/Schulze 35 ft. 10 in #6 Koivisto/Erickson 27 ft. 8 in. #8 Mahoney/Schulze 22 ft. 11 in. #9 Morcom/Evenstad 47 ft. 9 in. (This putt was the longest of the tournament and was made by Tim). Closest to pin: #3 Wenzel/ Novak 10 ft. 1 in. #7 Ken Frank/ Chris Setter 4 ft. 3 in.
There were no skins out on Saturday, and only one on Sunday. That skin was won by Ken Frank and Chris Setter in a true scramble. They had an eagle on #6 (2nd round). They used Ken’s drive, Chris knocked it on the green with a 240 yard shot, and Ken sank a 10 footer for the eagle.
There were 108 golfers in the two day tournament. The money raised is put toward scholarships for Northeast Range High School graduating seniors.
