Illinois coach Small wins PNC
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

-7
2. Stephen Schneiter 71-69-67-71--278

-6
2. Mark Sheftic 67-68-70-73--278

-6
4. Craig Thomas 69-72-70-68--279

-5
4. Ryan Benzel 69-74-67-69--279

-5
4. Eric Lippert 73-71-65-70--279

-5
4. Lee Rinker 71-69-68-71--279

-5
8. Bob Gaus 72-69-71-68--280

-4
8. Grant Sturgeon 79-65-67-69--280

-4
8. Tim Weinhart 69-72-69-70--280

-4
8. Keith Dicciani 71-69-67-73--280

-4
8. Todd Lancaster 71-68-68-73--280

-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

-2
16. Michael Miles 70-73-73-66--282

-2
16. Mitch Lowe 75-67-71-69--282

-2
16. Scott Hebert 66-76-71-69--282

-2
16. Jeff Martin 70-70-72-70--282

-2
16. Tim Graves 74-66-72-70--282

-2
16. Kevin Roman 72-66-72-72--282

-2
16. Chris Starkjohann 67-73-69-73--282

-2
24. Chris Moody 75-68-71-69--283

-1
24. Michael Suhre 70-70-69-74--283

-1
26. Paul Trittler 73-69-72-70--284

E
26. Ryan Garrity 70-67-74-73--284

E
26. Dan Olsen 71-70-69-74--284

E
29. Mark Brown 74-68-72-71--285
+ 1
29. Shawn Koch 75-68-73-69--285
+ 1
29. Sonny Skinner 71-70-72-72--285
+ 1
29. Steve Orrick 69-73-71-72--285
+ 1
29. Chip Johnson 67-71-74-73--285
+ 1
34. John Hickson 71-71-73-71--286
+ 2
34. Alan Morin 70-72-71-73--286
+ 2
34. Tim Thelen 69-71-76-70--286
+ 2
34. Kyle Flinton 67-69-76-74--286
+ 2
34. Steve Gotsche 73-68-71-74--286
+ 2
34. Mark Fuller 68-73-71-74--286
+ 2
40. Brent Studer 73-70-71-73--287
+ 3
40. Charles Meola 68-75-73-71--287
+ 3
40. Wes Skaggs 71-70-72-74--287
+ 3
40. Dirk Schultz 71-71-70-75--287
+ 3
44. Mickey Yokoi 69-71-74-74--288
+ 4
44. Shane Zywiec 70-72-73-73--288
+ 4
44. Chris Endres 74-70-71-73--288
+ 4
44. Brett Upper 68-75-73-72--288
+ 4
44. Brett Melton 70-73-74-71--288
+ 4
44. Rodney Perry 73-70-76-69--288
+ 4
50. Brent Johnson 72-72-72-73--289
+ 5
50. Perry Holmes 74-70-72-73--289
+ 5
50. Ron Philo 70-73-74-72--289
+ 5
50. Carl Alexander 73-71-73-72--289
+ 5
54. Craig Brischke 71-72-71-76--290
+ 6
54. Todd Kolb 71-71-72-76--290
+ 6
54. Brad Lardon 75-68-71-76--290
+ 6
54. Phil Schmitt 71-73-71-75--290
+ 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
+ 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
+ 9
76. John Lee 73-70-72-79--294
+ 10
76. Chad Kurmel 71-72-74-77--294
+ 10
76. John Gibson 72-72-73-77--294
+ 10
76. Steven Hausmann 76-68-74-76--294
+ 10
76. Vince Jewell 67-76-76-75--294
+ 10
76. Jay Norman 73-71-76-74--294
+ 10
82. Jamie Elliott 69-75-76-76--296
+ 12
83. Gary Bebelaar 74-70-76-77--297
+ 13
84. Pete Busch 74-70-77-80--301
+ 17
84. Erik Wolf 73-71-77-80--301
+ 17



Posted: 7/1/2009
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