Ron and Nancy Top Couple
Nancy and Ron Hiestand birdied the 4 toughest holes on the course including their 15th and 16th holes (12th and 13th on the course) and then held off the charge of 2 time bridesmaids Gregg Nothdurft and Rod Theunissen for a one shot win at 4 under par 68. The teams of Kevin Gregoire/ Corey McCue, Scott Wilsey/ Brian Lardin, and Paul and Phillip Parent all tied for 3rd at 1 under par 71. Low Amateur honors went to Tom Hollander and Thom Bales. On course prizes went to Ken Westerman and World #1 Tyler Floyd.
For Nancy this is her 2nd Major win having also won the 2020 Eastern Division Championship as a rookie. Both her career wins in her 32 starts are Majors. Ron also books his 2nd Major victory to pair with the 2012 Eastern Division Championship. This is his 6th Tour victory in 120 starts. Ron moves to 6th in the World Rankings, and, in the ‘what have you done for me lately’ dept., Eric Kiekbusch falls out of the top 5 as Nancy jumps to 3rd in the World Rankings.
Other notables: Gregoire got his 10th 3rd place finish on Tour and became the 15th Tour player to join the 1000 club with over $1000 in career earnings. Eric Birkle recorded his 150th Tour start and Willi Hesse notched his 200th career start, 14th all-time. Ironically, Hesse passes Memorial honoree Chris Cooley who had 199 Tour starts before his untimely passing last year.
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