HELENA — The eventual winner ran away from the field, but the local golfers held their own on a tough final day Saturday at the Montana State Amateur golf tournament at Green Meadows Country Club.

Billings’ Brandon McIver was 5-under-par on the final day, two strokes better than anyone else on the course, pulling away from the field for an 8-shot victory. He finished with a 14-under 270 for the tournament to win his first state am.

Only five golfers finished under par for the tournament. Three-time defending champion Nathan Bailey finished in third place at 4-under. Christoph McConnell finished in second at 6-under.

Kalispell’s Logan Iverson closed his final round with a 1-over 72, hitting birdies on two of his last three holes to finish at 8-under in a tie for 13th. Ryan Porch finished one stroke back in a tie for 15th at 9-under.

Whitefish’s Reed Platke, who opened the day at 6-under, struggled for most of the day, with eight bogeys in his round, including five on the back nine. He closed strong, however, hitting eagle on the par-5 18th to finish a 5-over 76 for the round and 11-over for the tournament in a tie for 18th.

Libby’s Joe Cielak shot a 75 on the final day, finishing in a tie for 27th at 14-over. Kalispell’s Jason Winkler closed on a strong note, scoring a birdie on the 17th to finish 1-under for the day and 17-over for the tournament.

Whitefish’s Tyler Schiff (80) finished at 19 over, Kalispell’s Brittain Walton (80) at 27-over, Kalispell’s Tom Mann (85) at 34-over and Whitefish’s Dave Streeter (83) at 36-over. Whitefish’s Joel Mallams (80) ended at 43-over and Troy’s Ricky Stindt (93) at 73-over.

Montana State Men’s Amateur

Saturday

At Green Meadow Country Club

Helena

Yardage: 6,415; Par 71 (35-36)

Final Round

Championship flight

Brandon McIver, Billings 68-71-65-66 — 270

Chris McConnell, Lewistown 70-71-66-71 — 278

Nathan Bailey, Laurel 73-67-71-69 — 280

Brian Beach, Missoula 72-69-74-68 — 283

Jake Hedge, Billings 69-76-64-74 — 283

Ross Bartell, Great Falls 70-74-72-69 — 285

Bennett MacIntyre, Helena 72-70-72-74 — 288

Brian Lytle, Bozeman 69-77-70-72 — 288

Spencer Williams, Great Falls 72-73-73-70 — 288

Connor Hausauer, Bozeman 69-75-72-73 — 289

Michael Williams, Helena 74-73-72-71 — 290

Parker Heller, Helena 74-72-71-74 — 291

Logan Iverson, Kalispell 72-76-72-72 — 292

Justin Ahlers, Helena 69-72-76-75 — 292

Drew Vanyo, Big Sky 73-75-71-74 — 293

Ryan Porch, Kalispell 77-69-75-72 — 293

Tate Tatom, Gallatin Gateway 73-73-72-76 — 294

Reed Platke, Whitefish 79-69-71-76 — 295

Brady Kirkeby, Helena 75-75-69-76 — 295

Eli Rogers, Hamilton 78-71-73-74 — 296

Joey Moore, Billings 73-73-74-77 — 297

Houston Bradbury, Huntley 72-77-72-76 — 297

Preston Matchett, Billings 72-76-75-74 — 297

Joe Cielak, Libby 73-76-74-75 — 298

Bill Dunn, Missoula 70-74-72-82 — 298

Sean Gilligan, Billings 73-71-76-79 — 299

AJ Nelson, Huntley 74-75-75-76 — 300

Tyler Schiff, Whitefish 75-74-74-80 — 303

Dylan Meccage, Laurel 74-73-76-87 — 310

Josh Hedge, Billings 71-74-69-xx-WDI

Flight 1

Sean Benson, Billings 80-74-74-69 — 297

Aiden Clark, Helena 74-76-75-72 — 297

Tayler Noble, Columbus 78-73-74-72 — 297

Kelly Casey, Helena 71-73-81-73 — 298

Jesse Porch, Florence 78-75-72-73 — 298

Keithon Walter, Lewistown 77-75-74-73 — 299

Payton Stott, Billings 74-75-79-73 — 301

DJ Kovach, Billings 77-73-78-79 — 307

Flight 2

Nick Shull, Missoula 81-73-74-73 — 301

Jason Winkler, Kalispell 77-76-78-70 — 301

Marc Parriman, Helena 79-75-75-72 — 301

Taylor Ratliff, Fairfield 82-75-75-73 — 305

Brittain Walton, Kalispell 75-77-79-80 — 311

Justin Jaster, Billings 69-77-84-83 — 313

Marcus Drange, Billings 76-75-80-84 — 315

Tom Mann, Kalispell 73-80-80-85 — 318

Flight 3

Morgan Thompson, Manhattan 80-75-78-73 — 306

Cody Babinecz, Great Falls 79-83-73-73 — 308

Patrick O’Rourke, Butte 81-76-77-74 — 308

Michael Bekken, Missoula 76-86-72-76 — 310

Gary Thompson, Deer Lodge 78-78-79-77 — 312

Padraig Barron, Missoula 77-80-78-79 — 314

Hal Seward, Philipsburg 77-82-76-85 — 320

Dublin Sullivan, Helena 80-81-72-90 — 323

Flight 4

Nick Jankiewicz, Great Falls 75-80-81-71 — 307

Jake McKinney, Laurel 79-82-76-73 — 310

Cole Lorenz, Billings 77-76-83-75 — 311

Darian Higbee, Great Falls 78-80-80-73 — 311

Dustin Kaste, Great Falls 78-79-80-77 — 314

Lee Paulson, Manhattan 82-81-73-79 — 315

Pat O’Malley, Helena 83-76-79-80 — 318

Dave Streeter, Whitefish 77-79-81-83 — 320

Flight 5

Caleb Stetzner, Anaconda 87-80-72-74 — 313

Bill Burwell, Helena 78-83-77-76 — 314

Ben Ternes, Helena 88-77-73-79 — 317

Parker Bradbury, Huntley 79-84-76-80 — 319

Eli Bowen, Lewistown 80-78-81-81 — 320

Austin Walter, Billings 80-78-82-80 — 320

Justin Galiher, Missoula 77-78-85-81 — 321

Barron Culver, Helena 80-77-84-84 — 325

Flight 6

Easton Enott, Great Falls 78-86-79-74 — 317

JD Mooney, Helena 82-81-82-73 — 318

Eric Nell, Billings 84-78-80-78 — 320

Bob JR Anderson, Helena 82-81-80-77 — 320

Henry Holiday, Bozeman 88-80-74-79 — 321

Tyler Ferguson, Bozeman 81-83-81-80 — 325

Dave Bohyer, Helena 83-77-83-84 — 327

Nate Anderson, Billings 80-82-81-86 — 329

Flight 7

Philip Holten, Columbus 82-82-82-76 — 322

Brandon Meyer, Billings 82-82-82-78 — 324

Bret Hurskainen, Missoula 83-83-79-80 — 325

Joel Mallams, Whitefish 83-81-83-80 — 327

Austin Egan, Billings 86-86-74-81 — 327

Brandon Jurasek, Great Falls 88-79-80-82 — 329

Michael Lewis, Helena 80-88-77-84 — 329

Joe Nisly, Hamilton 81-80-87-84 — 332

Flight 8

Mike Dunn, Missoula 84-77-88-73 — 322

Anthony Wood, Anaconda 85-81-82-78 — 326

Travis Thompson, Deer Lodge 82-92-75-79 — 328

Mike Horner, Helena 83-83-84-79 — 329

Zach Johannsen, Sunburst 86-88-76-84 — 334

Andy Ferguson, Bozeman 84-86-82-82 — 334

Gavin McPherson, Glendive 89-78-84-84 — 335

Travis Smith, Helena 89-85-76-86 — 336

Levi Caissey, Helena 84-82-86-86 — 338

Flight 9

Matt Graber, Helena 79-84-92-82 — 337

Erik Anderson, Billings 86-86-83-83 — 338

Dan Lieberg, Helena 88-87-79-85 — 339

Gerald Miller, Missoula 83-87-86-87 — 343

Bryan Ordahl, Plentywood 90-87-81-88 — 346

Angelo Veroulis, Helena 84-83-91-90 — 348

Benji Crippen, Colstrip 88-91-82-90 — 351

Brady Nagel, Hamilton 84-91-87-91 — 353

Flight 10

Todd Van Voast, Helena 87-86-91-82 — 346

Tyler Ordahl, Plentywood 89-89-94-81 — 353

Lyle Allen, Lewistown 91-83-92-90 — 356

Ricky Stindt, Troy 86-90-88-93 — 357

Lee Lunsford, Helena 91-87-89-94 — 361

Ty Klippenstein, Billings 96-87-88-93 — 364

Alan Young, Elliston 90-91-90-94 — 365

Daniel Tedlund, Billings 93-91-97-98 — 379

Andrew Ferguson, Wolf Point 93-98-104-91 — 386