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Medley fires 65 to lead men at 85th Earl Hunt Memorial

Christmas 7—WHITEFISH — Andrew Medley strung together two birdies on the front nine, then eagled No. 10 to start the back on the way to a 65 at the 85th annual Earl Hunt Memorial Fourth of July Golf Tournament at Whitefish Lake Golf Club.

Medley’s bogey-free round included birdies on the sixth, seventh, 12th and 17th; he owns a three-stroke lead at the annual event. The Scottsdale, Arizona golfer won this event in 2012 and 2016.

With defending champion Drew Kittleson not in this year’s field, there will be a new champion — and it could be Whitefish’s Arthur Doorn, who eagled both No. 10 and No. 17 on the way to a back-nine 31 and a 3-under 68.

Mike Mezei and Jason Johnston are next at 70, and Joey Moore of Billings, who won this event in 2017 and 2021 and was runner up last year, shot a 70.

Also firing a 69 was Brad Grattan of Whitefish, competing in the Senior Championship Flight; Tom Shae and Marty Mehl, also of Whitefish, came in at 73 and Missoula’s Rick Reimers and Ron Ramsbacher shot 76 and 78.

The Women’s Open is led by Butte’s Patricia Joyce, who shot a 4-under 68. Bozeman’s Cora Rosanova is next at 72, and Glacier and Griz grad Teigan Avery is at 73.

Joyce finished the front nine at 33 and had six birdies to go with two bogeys.

Flathead graduate Marcella Mercer and two-time defending champion Jasi Acharya both shot 74. Rosanova won this event in 2020.

The tournament runs through Saturday.

85th annual Earl Hunt Memorial 4th of July Golf Tournament

Whitefish Lake Golf Club

Thursday

Men’s Open

South Course

Championship flight

Andrew Medley 65

Arthur Doorn 68

Mike Mezei 69

Jason Johnstone 69

Joey Moore 70

Bryce Reed 71

Paul O’Neil 71

Scott Friggle 71

Brian Hanson 71

Cameron Hackman 71

Carson Hackman 72

Kade McDonough 73

Bennett MacIntyre 73

Jim Bob Coleman 73

Kevin Kolb 73

Eli Rogers 74

Mark Mance 74

Tristan Hanson 74

Joe Wagner 75

Brian Noonan 75

First flight

Brady Cady 69

Shawn Tucker 70

Dan Conkling 73

Connor Rooney 75

Ben Sidor 75

Tanner Hanson 75

Ken Bush 75

Maxwell Milton 76

Jarek Shepherd 77

Paul Veroulis 77

Second Flight

Dutch Teders 75

Tim Kiley 77

Kyle Sheppard 77

Hank Miller 78

Quinn Haigwood 78

Gregory Newton 79

Tyler Schiff 0

Daniel Knechtel 80

Jake Lindsey 80

Brad Cox 80

Third flight

Mike Levin 74

Matthew Peschel 75

Isaac Mosser 76

Jeff Fairlee 76

Kelly Kolstad 78

Trey Atkinson 79

Ken Bush 75

Maxwell Milton 76

Jarek Shepherd 77

Paul Veroulis 77

Second Flight

Dutch Teders 75

Tim Kiley 77

Kyle Sheppard 77

Hank Miller 78

Quinn Haigwood 78

Gregory Newton 79

Tyler Schiff 80

Daniel Knechtel 80

Jake Lindsey 80

Brad Cox 80

Third flight

Mike Levin 74

Matthew Peschel 75

Isaac Mosser 76

Jeff Fairlee 76

Kelly Kolstad 78

Trey Atkinson 79

Palmer Coleman 79

Eric Anderson 80

Odin Kruse 81

Kevin Ryan 81

Fourth flight

Levi LaPrath 80

Rich Nickerson 80

Blake Hilburn 81

Dave Knight 84

Calem Geddes 85

Trevor Brown 85

Travis Tuss 86

Brandann Rohrer 86

Jeff Bengtson 86

Otto Klein 89

Senior Men’s Open

North Course

Championship flight

Brad Grattan 69

Tom Shea 73

Marty Mehl 73

Rick Reimers 76

Ron Ramsbacher 78

Joe Cielak 79

Michael Burney 80

Greg Hetzer 82

Dwight Jack 82

Gene Walsh 82

Dave Lucey 82

Andy Breidenbach 83

Kirk Bennett 83

Rod Brady 83

Randy Emmons 83

Walt Barnes 83

Steve Gold 84

Dow Powell 85

Gary Holt 86

First flight

Mike Lincoln 77

Steve Wood 78

Vincent DePinto 7 9

Mike Managhan 79

Larry Schwenke 79

Bryon Mayala 79

John Hawkins 80

William Copeland 81

Bill Le Lievre 82

Dave Streeter 83

Second flight

Greg Selmanson 76

Chris Vidulich 80

Mark Stella 82

Bob Slaven 84

David Golden 84

Dan Wagner 84

Neal Bouma 85

Barry Fenn 87

Dan Rohrer 87

Robert Sandman 88

Women’s Open

North Course

Championship flight

Patricia Joyce 68

Cora Rosanova 72

Teigan Avery 73

Marcella Mercer 74

Jasi Acharya 7 4

Anna DeMars 78

Katherine Wills Byl 79

Kinsey Irving 80

Chloe Tanner 81

Bella Johnson 81

Shealyn Hafer 82

Carly McNaughton 8 3

First flight

Kathy Dodd 76

Marcy Holt 79

Bobbie Lacklen 81

Stella Claridge 82

Louise Cholette-Haley 82

Lauren Mayala 83

Nancy Brooks 85

Linda Ray 85

Ashley Spouse 86

Sonja Olson 87