Morris cuts down Pine View field
Don Morris shot a 37-36 – 73 to win the 2011 Pine View Classic by 1 over Erik Meland. Morris hit 4 of 14 fairways and 3 of 18 greens, needing 31 putts to finish 1-over par. His 4th win in 34 career starts (and 10th top-4) is his first victory since August 2009. Morris showed concern for the PVC trophy that had filled it’s 12 years of champions around the base so Meland, acting in official Tour capacity, hand wrote the details on the bottom of the trophy.
Meland, a winner here in ’04 and ’05, was 3-under par thru 10 and trying to become the first player in over 10 years to score in the 60’s at Pine View. But playing the final 8 holes in 5-over par doomed the former champ to 2nd place. Meland has 7 top-4’s at Pine View having started in all 13 tournaments.
Barb Hoelzle (43-38 – 81) and Rick Persichetti (37-44 – 81) finished 8-strokes back of Morris but that was good enough for a share of 3rd place. Once again, Pine View offered a tough start to the West division schedule as the field averaged nearly 14 strokes over par.
Don Morris – 2011 Pine View Classic champ
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