ASSOCIATED PRESS
SANTA ANA PUEBLO, N.M. – Mike Small won the PGA Professional National
Championship for the second time in five years, closing with a 3-under
68 on Wednesday for a one-stroke victory over Mark Sheftic and Steve
Schneiter.
Small, the golf coach at the University of Illinois, had a 7-under 277
total to top the 20 qualifiers for the PGA Championship at Hazeltine.
Schneiter finished with a 71, and Sheftic shot a 72. Craig Thomas (68),
Ryan Benzel (69), Eric Lippert (70) and Lee Rinker (71) tied for fourth
at 5 under.
Final scores with relation to par from the PGA Professional National
Championship, played June 27-July 1 at the par-71, 7,493-yard Twin Warriors
Golf Club and the par-71, 7,219-yard Santa Ana Golf Club in Santa Ana
Pueblo, N.M. (Note: top 20 finishers advance to the PGA Championship):
| 1. Mike Small |
70-71-68-68--277 |
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|
-7 |
| 2. Stephen Schneiter |
71-69-67-71--278 |
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|
-6 |
| 2. Mark Sheftic |
67-68-70-73--278 |
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|
-6 |
| 4. Craig Thomas |
69-72-70-68--279 |
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|
-5 |
| 4. Ryan Benzel |
69-74-67-69--279 |
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|
-5 |
| 4. Eric Lippert |
73-71-65-70--279 |
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|
-5 |
| 4. Lee Rinker |
71-69-68-71--279 |
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|
-5 |
| 8. Bob Gaus |
72-69-71-68--280 |
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|
-4 |
| 8. Grant Sturgeon |
79-65-67-69--280 |
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|
-4 |
| 8. Tim Weinhart |
69-72-69-70--280 |
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|
-4 |
| 8. Keith Dicciani |
71-69-67-73--280 |
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|
-4 |
| 8. Todd Lancaster |
71-68-68-73--280 |
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|
-4 |
| 13. Sam Arnold |
72-71-70-68--281 |
|
|
-3 |
| 13. Brian Gaffney |
71-70-70-70--281 |
|
|
-3 |
| 13. Greg Bisconti |
71-68-70-72--281 |
|
|
-3 |
| 16. Frank Bensel |
73-70-71-68--282 |
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|
-2 |
| 16. Michael Miles |
70-73-73-66--282 |
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|
-2 |
| 16. Mitch Lowe |
75-67-71-69--282 |
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|
-2 |
| 16. Scott Hebert |
66-76-71-69--282 |
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|
-2 |
| 16. Jeff Martin |
70-70-72-70--282 |
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|
-2 |
| 16. Tim Graves |
74-66-72-70--282 |
|
|
-2 |
| 16. Kevin Roman |
72-66-72-72--282 |
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|
-2 |
| 16. Chris Starkjohann |
67-73-69-73--282 |
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|
-2 |
| 24. Chris Moody |
75-68-71-69--283 |
|
|
-1 |
| 24. Michael Suhre |
70-70-69-74--283 |
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|
-1 |
| 26. Paul Trittler |
73-69-72-70--284 |
|
|
E |
| 26. Ryan Garrity |
70-67-74-73--284 |
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|
E |
| 26. Dan Olsen |
71-70-69-74--284 |
|
|
E |
| 29. Mark Brown |
74-68-72-71--285 |
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+ |
1 |
| 29. Shawn Koch |
75-68-73-69--285 |
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+ |
1 |
| 29. Sonny Skinner |
71-70-72-72--285 |
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+ |
1 |
| 29. Steve Orrick |
69-73-71-72--285 |
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+ |
1 |
| 29. Chip Johnson |
67-71-74-73--285 |
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+ |
1 |
| 34. John Hickson |
71-71-73-71--286 |
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+ |
2 |
| 34. Alan Morin |
70-72-71-73--286 |
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+ |
2 |
| 34. Tim Thelen |
69-71-76-70--286 |
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+ |
2 |
| 34. Kyle Flinton |
67-69-76-74--286 |
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+ |
2 |
| 34. Steve Gotsche |
73-68-71-74--286 |
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+ |
2 |
| 34. Mark Fuller |
68-73-71-74--286 |
|
+ |
2 |
| 40. Brent Studer |
73-70-71-73--287 |
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+ |
3 |
| 40. Charles Meola |
68-75-73-71--287 |
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+ |
3 |
| 40. Wes Skaggs |
71-70-72-74--287 |
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+ |
3 |
| 40. Dirk Schultz |
71-71-70-75--287 |
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+ |
3 |
| 44. Mickey Yokoi |
69-71-74-74--288 |
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+ |
4 |
| 44. Shane Zywiec |
70-72-73-73--288 |
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+ |
4 |
| 44. Chris Endres |
74-70-71-73--288 |
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+ |
4 |
| 44. Brett Upper |
68-75-73-72--288 |
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+ |
4 |
| 44. Brett Melton |
70-73-74-71--288 |
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+ |
4 |
| 44. Rodney Perry |
73-70-76-69--288 |
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+ |
4 |
| 50. Brent Johnson |
72-72-72-73--289 |
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+ |
5 |
| 50. Perry Holmes |
74-70-72-73--289 |
|
+ |
5 |
| 50. Ron Philo |
70-73-74-72--289 |
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+ |
5 |
| 50. Carl Alexander |
73-71-73-72--289 |
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+ |
5 |
| 54. Craig Brischke |
71-72-71-76--290 |
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+ |
6 |
| 54. Todd Kolb |
71-71-72-76--290 |
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+ |
6 |
| 54. Brad Lardon |
75-68-71-76--290 |
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+ |
6 |
| 54. Phil Schmitt |
71-73-71-75--290 |
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+ |
6 |
| 54. Jeff Freeman |
70-73-73-74--290 |
|
+ |
6 |
| 59. Eric Manning |
71-72-71-77--291 |
|
+ |
7 |
| 59. David Von Hoffmann |
67-74-72-78--291 |
|
+ |
7 |
| 59. Denny Hepler |
70-73-74-74--291 |
|
+ |
7 |
| 59. Eric Barlow |
70-72-75-74--291 |
|
+ |
7 |
| 59. Chad Stocker |
69-74-69-79--291 |
|
+ |
7 |
| 64. Henrik Simonsen |
69-71-74-78--292 |
|
+ |
8 |
| 64. Scott Mallory |
73-70-75-74--292 |
|
+ |
8 |
| 64. Kevin Savage |
67-73-77-75--292 |
|
+ |
8 |
| 64. Mark Voeller |
71-72-76-73--292 |
|
+ |
8 |
| 64. Travis Johns |
76-68-78-70--292 |
|
+ |
8 |
| 69. Darrell Kestner |
70-72-73-78--293 |
|
+ |
9 |
| 69. Tim Fleming |
71-71-73-78--293 |
|
+ |
9 |
| 69. Tony Kelley |
68-76-72-77--293 |
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+ |
9 |
| 69. Bill Harvey |
71-73-73-76--293 |
|
+ |
9 |
| 69. Casey Bourque |
71-72-75-75--293 |
|
+ |
9 |
| 69. Brad Martin |
71-73-75-74--293 |
|
+ |
9 |
| 69. Clark Spratlin |
71-72-77-73--293 |
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+ |
9 |
| 76. John Lee |
73-70-72-79--294 |
|
+ |
10 |
| 76. Chad Kurmel |
71-72-74-77--294 |
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+ |
10 |
| 76. John Gibson |
72-72-73-77--294 |
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+ |
10 |
| 76. Steven Hausmann |
76-68-74-76--294 |
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+ |
10 |
| 76. Vince Jewell |
67-76-76-75--294 |
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+ |
10 |
| 76. Jay Norman |
73-71-76-74--294 |
|
+ |
10 |
| 82. Jamie Elliott |
69-75-76-76--296 |
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+ |
12 |
| 83. Gary Bebelaar |
74-70-76-77--297 |
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+ |
13 |
| 84. Pete Busch |
74-70-77-80--301 |
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+ |
17 |
| 84. Erik Wolf |
73-71-77-80--301 |
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+ |
17 |
Posted: 7/1/2009