Oklahoman Ian Davis wins by 5 at 50th Colorado Open

Denver, CO: With a one-stroke lead after an even par round of 71 the day before, Ian Davis of Edmond, OK came out swinging and posted a 4-under par 67 to win the 50th HealthONE Colorado Open at Green Valley Ranch Golf Club. Davis made eight birdies and four bogies on the day to win by five strokes over Brandon Hagy of Westlake Village, CA.

The victory was Davis’ first as a professional which came with a paycheck of $23,000 as medalist. Davis was a member of the NCAA team at Oklahoma State University that lost to University of Alabama in the national finals last May.

Davis has a promising professional career ahead of him and credited his collegiate career for preparing him for this major accomplishment. Two-time Colorado Open winner Brian Guetz was one of Davis' assistant coaches at Oklahoma State.

Hagy, who won four NCAA tournaments in his career as a member of the Cal Berkeley squad, carded a final round score of 2-under par 69 to finish second at 9-under 275. His runner-up check of $13,500 was his second as a new professional having graduated last May.

In a tie for third just a stroke back of Hagy were 2010 Colorado Open champion Nathan Lashley of Scottsdale, AZ and Brock MacKenzie of Yakima, WA. Both finished with 1-under par rounds of 71 and totals of 276 (8-under). Each made $7,027.50 for their week’s efforts.

Low amateur honors went to Cameron Harrell of Colorado Springs, a Colorado State University senior-to-be, who tied for fifth with Nick Killpack of St. George, UT and Chris Ward of McKinney, TX. Harrell birdied his first three holes of the day and settled for a respectable 2-under 69 to win low amateur honors by four strokes over Cole Nygren of Longmont, CO. Nygren had the shot of the tournament when he made a double-eagle two from 296 yards out on the par-5 9th hole on Friday. HealthONE Colorado Open

Green Valley Ranch Golf Club
Denver, CO
7,247 yards, Par 71–284
Final Results
(a) denotes amateur

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Results for contest Overall:
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1    Ian Davis            Edmond, OK                66-66-71-67–270 -14 $23,000.00
2    Brandon Hagy         Westlake Village, CA      66-73-67-69–275 -9  $13,500.00
T3   Brock MacKenzie      Yakima, WA                66-70-70-70–276 -8  $7,100.00
T3   Nathan Lashley       Scottsdale, AZ            70-66-70-70–276 -8  $7,100.00
T5   Cameron Harrell (a)  Colorado Springs, CO      68-70-70-69–277 -7 
T5   Nick Killpack        St George, UT             65-71-70-71–277 -7  $4,650.00
T5   Chris Ward           McKinney, TX              72-66-66-73–277 -7  $4,650.00
T8   Ryan Dillon          Anthem, AZ                72-68-70-68–278 -6  $3,950.00
T8   Luke Symons          Aurora, CO                67-69-71-71–278 -6  $3,950.00
10   Scott Petersen       Parker, CO                70-75-69-65–279 -5  $3,500.00
T11  Kevin Kring          Springfield, MO           69-73-69-69–280 -4  $3,175.00
T11  Derek Fribbs         Castle Rock, CO           70-71-69-70–280 -4  $3,175.00
T13  Cole Nygren (a)      Longmont, CO              72-71-71-67–281 -3 
T13  Zen Brown            Arvada, CO                67-74-70-70–281 -3  $2,702.50
T13  Bryan Kruse          Westminster, CO           72-68-68-73–281 -3  $2,702.50
T16  Stephen Bidne        Roseville, MN             69-72-70-71–282 -2  $2,275.00
T16  Ty Capps             Palm Coast, FL            69-71-68-74–282 -2  $2,275.00
T18  Scott McVarish       The Woodlands, TX         71-68-74-70–283 -1  $1,835.00
T18  Peter Lansburgh      Sacramento, CA            71-67-73-72–283 -1  $1,835.00
T18  Brian Vranesh        Phoenix, AZ               68-72-71-72–283 -1  $1,835.00
T18  Gunner Wiebe         Aurora, CO                71-68-71-73–283 -1  $1,835.00
T18  Devin Schreiner      Durango, CO               64-66-79-74–283 -1  $1,835.00
T23  Grant Doverspike     Bakersfield, CA           70-72-72-70–284 E   $1,330.00
T23  Derek Tolan          Highlands Ranch, CO       75-66-71-72–284 E   $1,330.00
T23  Kane Webber          Lismore, NSW Australia    69-75-68-72–284 E   $1,330.00
T23  Dusty Fielding       St George, UT             71-69-70-74–284 E   $1,330.00
T27  Andrew Tapia (a)     Raton, NM                 71-72-72-70–285 +1 
T27  Ryan O'Rear          Belton, TX                67-74-73-71–285 +1  $1,005.00
T27  Nicholas Mason       Denver, CO                69-72-72-72–285 +1  $1,005.00
T27  Pat Grady            Broomfield, CO            72-71-69-73–285 +1  $1,005.00
T31  A.J. Morris (a)      Aspen, CO                 70-73-72-71–286 +2 
T31  Kyle Westmoreland    Katy, TX                  70-74-72-70–286 +2  $895.00
T31  Bryan Hackenberg     Thornton, CO              70-71-71-74–286 +2  $895.00
T34  Parker Edens (a)     Greeley, CO               71-71-74-71–287 +3 
T34  Kyle Voska           Littleton, CO             73-71-72-71–287 +3  $765.00
T34  Tom Whitney          Fort Collins, CO          68-75-73-71–287 +3  $765.00
T34  C.D. Hockersmith     Richmond, IN              75-71-71-70–287 +3  $765.00
T34  Kevin Dougherty      Murrieta, CA              71-68-71-77–287 +3  $765.00
T34  Brad Gehl            Carmel, IN                72-73-74-68–287 +3  $765.00
T40  David Schroeder      Colorado Springs, CO      74-68-74-72–288 +4  $621.25
T40  Jacob Holt (a)       Tooele, UT                72-67-74-75–288 +4 
T40  Joshua Seiple (a)    Castle Rock               73-73-70-72–288 +4 
T40  Blake Sharamitaro    St. Louis, MO             69-72-77-70–288 +4  $621.25
T40  Matt Rutledge        Fort Collins, CO          70-75-73-70–288 +4  $621.25
T40  Caine Fitzgerald     Parker, CO                70-71-78-69–288 +4  $621.25
T46  Troy Sidabras        Ft. Collins, CO           74-72-69-74–289 +5  $517.50
T46  James Love           Calgary, AB Canada        73-68-75-73–289 +5  $517.50
T46  Chase Barnes         Houston, TX               69-74-74-72–289 +5  $517.50
T46  David Oraee (a)      Greeley, CO               70-74-74-71–289 +5 
T46  Justin Bardgett      St. Louis, MO             67-78-74-70–289 +5  $517.50
T51  Braxton Marquez      Scottsdale, AZ            75-69-70-76–290 +6  $442.50
T51  Ben Portie           Westminster, CO           70-74-72-74–290 +6  $442.50
T51  Kolton Kyne (a)      Ridgway, CO               75-66-77-72–290 +6 
T54  Adam Ruben (a)       Lake Oswego, OR           75-67-73-76–291 +7 
T54  Mack Duke            Loxley, AL                72-71-72-76–291 +7  $385.00
T54  Alex Kephart (a)     Colorado Springs, CO      68-76-73-74–291 +7 
T54  Tanner Jenson (a)    Parker, CO                69-77-71-74–291 +7 
T54  Ryan Hogue           Mesa, AZ                  71-75-72-73–291 +7  $385.00
T54  Klinton Krieger      Cheyenne, WY              71-75-74-71–291 +7  $385.00
T60  Mike Northern        Colorado Springs, CO      72-73-73-74–292 +8  $350.00
T60  Braden Baer (a)      Westminster, CO           71-73-75-73–292 +8 
T62  Robert Hunt          Highlands Ranch, CO       71-73-72-77–293 +9  $345.00
T62  Sam Marley (a)       Centennial, CO            69-77-72-75–293 +9 
T64  Mike Zaremba         Pueblo West, CO           74-72-76-72–294 +10 $337.50
T64  John Douma           Phoenix, AZ               69-77-75-73–294 +10 $337.50
66   Dustin Mills         Arvada, CO                69-73-76-77–295 +11 $330.00
67   Eric Bradley         Eagle, CO                 73-73-76-74–296 +12 $325.00
68   Jim Schanzenbaker    Aspen, CO                 71-75-79-74–299 +15 $320.00
69   Connor Klein (a)     Lone Tree, CO             72-73-76-82–303 +19
70   John Buffalo         Las Vegas, NV             69-77-85-76–307 +23 $315.00

MISSED THE CUT

MC   James Blair          St. George, UT            +5                  
MC   Steven Kupcho (a)    Westminster, CO           +5                  
MC   Justin Searles       Gilbert, AZ               +5                  
MC   Robert Quaratino Jr. Golden, CO                +5                  
MC   Alexander Gutesha    Greenwood Village, CO     +5                  
MC   Scott Chipokas       Cedar Rapids, IA          +5                  
MC   Ben Krueger          Colorado Springs, CO      +5                  
MC   Jimmy Makloski (a)   Pueblo, CO                +5                  
MC   Ron Schroeder        Montgomery, TX            +5                  
MC   Miles Philpy         Denver, CO                +5                  
MC   Aaron Marshall       Magnolia, TX              +5                  
MC   Bill Loeffler        Castle Rock, CO           +6                  
MC   Chris Korte (a)      Littleton, CO             +6                  
MC   Wilson Belk (a)      Charlotte, NC             +6                  
MC   Michael Schoolcraft  Englewood, CO             +6                  
MC   Nathan Hughes        Bartlesville, OK          +6                  
MC   Craig McCoy          Plano, TX                 +7                  
MC   Kyle Chappell        St. George, UT            +7                  
MC   Brady Stockton       Phoenix, AZ               +7                  
MC   James Vargas         Miami, FL                 +7                  
MC   Jakob Rudosky (a)    Cortez, CO                +7                  
MC   Andrew Moore         Loveland, CO              +7                  
MC   Lamar Carlile (a)    Denver, CO                +7                  
MC   Zahkai Brown         Arvada, CO                +7                  
MC   Barry Erwin (a)      Aurora, CO                +7                  
MC   Drew Trujillo (a)    Montrose, CO              +8                  
MC   Kyle Peterson (a)    Evergreen, CO             +8                  
MC   Geoff Keffer         Lakewood, CO              +8                  
MC   Cameron Freeman      Fort Collins, CO          +8                  
MC   Conrad Shindler      Dallas, TX                +8                  
MC   Andrew Hedrick       Littleton, CO             +9                  
MC   Micah Rudosky        Cortez, CO                +9                  
MC   Brett Smith          St. George, UT            +9                  
MC   Graham Cliff         Parker, CO                +9                  
MC   Benoit Beisser       Scottsdale, AZ            +9                  
MC   Charlie Soule        Denver, CO                +9                  
MC   Ethan Freeman (a)    Denver, CO                +9                  
MC   Brent Marshall       The Woodlands, TX         +9                  
MC   Richard Gaona        Miami, AZ                 +9                  
MC   Andy Connell         Denver, CO                +10                 
MC   Vince Buelk          Fort Collins, CO          +10                 
MC   Chris Endres         Phoenix,  AZ              +10                 
MC   Brandon Bingaman     Montrose, CO              +10                 
MC   Ryan Stephens        Lakewood, CO              +10                 
MC   Jacob Lestishen      Lone Tree, CO             +10                 
MC   Ryan Schmitz (a)     Greenwood Village, CO     +11                 
MC   Jack Cummings (a)    Arvada, CO                +11                 
MC   Keenan Holt          Durango, CO               +11                 
MC   Miguel Griego        Socorro, NM               +11                 
MC   David Steinmetz      Parker, CO                +11                 
MC   Tyler Mileger        Prosper, TX               +11                 
MC   Shaun Fischer        Elizabeth, CO             +11                 
MC   Jeremy Rogers (a)    Laramie, WY               +12                 
MC   Cody Vance           Lakewood, CO              +12                 
MC   Michael Williams     Phoenix , AZ              +12                 
MC   Perry Holmes         Denver, CO                +13                 
MC   Jonathan Kaye        Boulder, CO               +13                 
MC   Minkyu Jeon (a)      Seoul, South Korea        +13                 
MC   Ethan Castle         Denver, CO                +14                 
MC   Nate Stevenson       Steamboat Springs, CO     +14                 
MC   Michael Wilhelm (a)  Edwards, CO               +14                 
MC   Gus Lundquist (a)    Parker, CO                +14                 
MC   Tommy Medina         Thatcher, AZ              +16                 
MC   John Ogden           Cherry Hills Village, CO  +16                 
MC   Philip Nelson        Xenia, OH                 +16                 
MC   Dave Troyer          Westminster, CO           +17                 
MC   Peter Norwood        Denver, CO                +17                 
MC   Chris Reina (a)      Montgomery, TX            +17                 
MC   Beau Schoolcraft     Denver, CO                +18                 
MC   John Ingram (a)      Evergreen, CO             +18                 
MC   Dan Sniffin          Broomfield, CO            +19                 
MC   Jeff Carlson         Holland, MI               +19                 
MC   Kevin Bolles         Louisville, CO            +19                 
MC   Derek Rush           Lakewood, CO              +20                 
MC   Audie Dean           Denver, CO                +20                 
MC   David DiMartino      Aspen, CO                 +20                 
MC   John Kizer           Howell, MI                +20                 
MC   Blake Edwards (a)    Winter Springs, FL        +21                 
MC   Greg Johnson         Lakewood, CO              +21                 
MC   Philip Linares       Aurora, CO                +21                 
MC   Eddie Stewart        Jackson, WY               +21                 
MC   Jeff Gravina (a)     Littleton, CO             +22                 
MC   Tyler Engel (a)      Castle Rock, CO           +30                 
MC   Matt Bryant          Denver, CO                +32                 
MC   Carson Henry         Englewood, CO             +32                 
DQ   Dino Giacomazzi      Monterey, CA              +1                  

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