Kalispell’s Logan Lindholm became the first northwest Montana golfer to win the Montana State Mid-Amateur championship on Saturday, shooting a round of 74 to secure an eight-stroke victory at Buffalo Hill Golf Club.

Lindholm fell off his pace from the first two rounds, shooting over par for the first time. His 2-over round was still plenty to secure a commanding victory, finishing as the only golfer under par for the tournament.

“It was a struggle, but I made it through, got it done,” Lindholm said.

“It was a little nerve-wracking. Anything can happen out there, I’m capable of shooting just about anything. I wanted to win this. There was a lot of pressure. I’m glad I got the win.”

Lewistown’s Christoph McConnell finished in a distant second, his last round with a 1-over 73. He hit 216 in three rounds to finish even par for the tournament, eight shots back of Lindholm. McConnell also finished second at the state amateur championship this year in Helena.

Whitefish’s Shawn Tucker shot an even par final round to finish 1-over in third place.

Defending champion Spencer Williams of Great Falls had a strong final round, closing Saturday at 1-under to finish at 2-over for the week in fourth place. He was one of just three golfers to go under par in the final round.

Kalispell’s John Cole finished tied for fifth place at 3-over with Great Falls’ Ross Bartell. Both men were 2-over on Saturday after entering the final round tied for fourth.

In addition to the championship print, Lindholm also won the Dick Pitman award for low round thanks to his 7-under-par first round.

Lindholm and Doni Walter (eighth place, 5-over 221) were awarded the Gene Cook Cup for low pair from the same club, which stays at Buffalo Hill.

Kalispell’s Earl Rife (seventh place, 4-over 220) won the Joe Tomes trophy for low score for a golfer age 50 or older.

27th Montana State Mid-Amateur

At Buffalo Hill Golf Club, Kalispell

6,605 yards, Par 72

Final results

Logan Lindholm, Kalispell 65-69-74 -- 208

Chris McConnell, Lewistown 69-74-73 -- 216

Shawn Tucker, Whitefish 72-73-72 -- 217

Spencer Williams, Great Falls 73-74-71 -- 218

Ross Bartell, Great Falls 71-74-74 -- 219

John Cole, Kalispell 76-69-74 -- 219

Earl Rife, Kalispell 74-73-73 -- 220

Doni Walter, Kalispell 73-75-73 -- 221

Mark Mance, Whitefish 72-72-77 -- 221

Craig Hurlbert, Hamilton 79-74-70 -- 223

Jim Coleman, Billings 72-75-76 -- 223

Bennett MacIntyre, Helena 75-74-75 -- 224

John Morberg, Whitefish 78-73-73 -- 224

Brad Grattan, Whitefish 73-79-72 -- 224

Joe Cielak, Libby 75-76-75 -- 226

Parker Heller, Helena 78-76-72 -- 226

Ryan Santa, Kalispell 80-77-71 -- 228

Dan Brown, Billings 79-79-72 -- 230

Bill Dunn, Missoula 74-78-78 -- 230

John Beyer, Bozeman 76-76-79 -- 231

Jon Schenk, Fairfield 73-79-81 -- 233

Nick Jankiewicz, Great Falls77-79-78 -- 234

Padraig Barron, Missoula 80-74-80 -- 234

Jamey Perlinski, Bozeman78-76-83 -- 237

Jeff Epperly, Kalispell 80-77-81 -- 238

Greg Mellem, Kalispell 79-81-79 -- 239

Jason Winkler, Kalispell 85-76-80 -- 241

Jose Chirino, Kalispell 81-78-82 -- 241

Dow Powell, Whitefish 84-79-79 -- 242

Geoffrey Buchanan, Jeff. City82-76-84 -- 242

Craig Court, Missoula 85-74-83 -- 242

Scott Hagel, Kalispell 86-79-78 -- 243

Cassidy Degele, Billings 78-87-79 -- 244

Bill Schwarzkoph, Billings 80-81-83 -- 244

Mike Lincoln, Kalispell 83-80-81 -- 244

Dave Streeter, Whitefish 79-80-86 -- 245

Chasen Little, Billings 83-83-80 -- 246

Chris Vidulich, Kalispell 82-82-83 -- 247

Mike Hagel, Kalispell 85-82-81 -- 248

Brandon Jurasek, Great Falls82-81-87 -- 250

Bryon Mayala, Billings 81-82-88 -- 251

Dave Weaver, Bozeman 81-85-85 -- 251

Gary Rodman, Whitefish 84-82-85 -- 251

Robert Cline, Deer Lodge 81-85-85 -- 251

Brett Thackeray, Lewistown86-84-82 -- 252

Blake Stough, Bozeman 87-86-80 -- 253

Lee Pelletier, Dillon 82-88-83 -- 253

Bill Sprinkle, Helena 87-82-84 -- 253

Brett Barker, Columbus 90-83-81 -- 254

Josh Buls, Kalispell 88-87-80 -- 255

Jon Lowry, Kalispell 83-86-87 -- 256

Dan Lieberg, Helena 86-80-90 -- 256

Lyle Allen, Lewistown 84-84-88 -- 256

Justin Walsh, Helena 90-81-86 -- 257

Ron Alles, Helena 85-86-87 -- 258

Dale Mack, Billings 85-87-86 -- 258

Bill Schilling, Havre 91-87-81 -- 259

Pete Peterson, Lewistown85-90-85 -- 260

Dean Sorensen, Harlowton91-85-84 -- 260

Loren Tinseth, Kalispell 87-84-90 -- 261

Todd Van Voast, Helena 91-84-89 -- 264

Bill Lelievre, Whitefish 92-93-79 -- 264

Scott E Carlson, Kalispell 83-92-90 -- 265

Stephen Babb, Great Falls84-86-96 -- 266

Mike Fauth, Laurel 85-93-89 -- 267

Dennis Sacry, Whitehall 93-89-86 -- 268

Steve Noreen, Cut Bank 85-92-92 -- 269

Sheldon Degele, Columbus90-87-93 -- 270

Tom Strizich, Kalispell 92-94-85 -- 271

Bob Degele, Billings 92-86-93 -- 271

John Braun, Billings 97-92-85 -- 274

Jim Rutherford, Lewistown86-95-94 -- 275

Jamie Boyer, Great Falls 92-89-94 -- 275

Bruce Reid, Lewistown 88-91-97 -- 276

Todd Dundas, Billings 96-84-97 -- 277

Troy Stiles, Billings 93-88-96 -- 277

DJ O’Neal, Bigfork 97-91-91 -- 279

Wayne Gransbery, Columbus95-94-92 -- 281

Roger Amundson, Malta 90-98-94 -- 282

Jeff Sell, Harlowton 102-94-88 -- 284

Terry Evans, Deer Lodge 88-106-96 -- 290

Mike Wadsworth,St.Ignatius 91-93-107 -- 291

Barrett Byrne, Missoula 99-94-100 -- 293

John Sargent, Missoula 98-101-97 -- 296

Brad Reid, Missoula 101-100-97 -- 298

David Riggin, Glasgow 105-93-103 -- 301

Larry Berg, Judith Gap 101-104-100 -- 305