WHITEFISH — While each entered the day in close heats at the top of the leaderboard, by the close of play on Saturday at the 79th annual Earl Hunt Memorial Fourth of July golf tournament at Whitefish Lake Golf Club there wasn’t any chance for a playoff.

Bob Conrad of Yarrow Point, Washington, outshot Kalispell’s Logan Lindholm by nine strokes and Helena’s Darah Newell came from a stroke back to beat Friday’s leader by 11 strokes, each pulling away from the pack for a comfortable cushion entering the final holes.

Conrad, who played in the tournament for his first time this weekend, shot a final round 6-under-par 66 to card a three round total of 14-under-par 202 (65-71-66—202), winning by nine strokes.

“The course was playing great,” Conrad said. “I played pretty steady, made some putts and kept it in play and just was patient out there.”

Kalispell’s Logan Lindholm struggled in the final round, shooting a 3-over 75 on Saturday after a pair of 68s to start the tournament. Libby’s Ryggs Johnston, who will be a freshman at Libby High this fall, tied for third at 4-under 212 with Seattle’s Cory Mehl. Hamilton’s Craig Hurlbert was fifth at even-par 216.

Newell, who won the Fourth tournament in 2010, rallied from a stroke down to shoot the second lowest score of the day, scoring a 76 in the final round (77-72-76—225) to win by six strokes over Missoula’s Lindsay Reeve (79-75-77—231).

“I just played shot by shot and if I made a mistake tried to just relax and focus on the next shot,” Newell said. “I ended up doing pretty well.”

Missoula’s Sadie Crippen, a freshman for the Griz golf team, finished third at 233. Bozeman’s Lauren Hausauer, a junior on the Montana State team, shot 234 to finish tied for fourth with Crippen’s older sister, Maggie Crippen, a sophomore at North Dakota State.

Bozeman’s Haylee Folvord, who entered the final round with the lead, shot an 87 to finish tied for sixth with Whitefish’s Coral Schulz at 235.

79th annual Earl Hunt Memorial

Fourth of July Tournament

Saturday

at Whitefish Lake Golf Club

Whitefish

Par 72

Final Round

Men

Bob Conrad 65-71-66 — 202

Logan Lindholm 68-68-75 — 211

Ryggs Johnston 73-70-69 — 212

Cory Mehl 67-76-69 — 212

Byron Olson 74-71-69 — 214

Craig Hurlbert 75-70-71 — 216

Brad Wilder 68-76-73 — 217

Ryan Porch 71-70-76 — 217

Mark Mance 71-76-71 — 218

Robb Bergeson 79-71-68 — 218

Sam Krause 71-75-73 — 219

Kyle Mossfeldt 74-73-75 — 222

Justin Dorr 69-80-73 — 222

Ryan Swagar 73-74-75 — 222

Logan Iverson 73-72-78 — 223

Spencer Williams 74-70-79 — 223

Jon Johnstone 69-78-76 — 223

Larry Iverson 73-75-75 — 223

Brett Patton 74-79-71 — 224

Arthur Doorn 74-77-74 — 225

Shawn Tucker 75-70-81 — 226

Conor Rooney 77-75-74 — 226

Brad Grattan 75-73-79 — 227

Jason Winkler 76-75-76 — 227

Bennett MacIntyre 75-77-75 — 227

Rick Reimers 77-78-73 — 228

John Moscrip 73-79-76 — 228

Dave Eames 70-81-78 — 229

Joe Wagner 80-74-75 — 229

Brittain Walton 74-78-77 — 229

Tommy Mann 79-73-77 — 229

Scott Willits 75-81-76 — 232

Justin Ahlers 73-79-80 — 232

Cody Sherril 75-83-74 — 232

Brett Bennyhoff 75-83-75 — 233

Bill Dunn 75-79-79 — 233

Ron Ramsbacher 72-83-79 — 234

Brock Robillard 79-80-76 — 235

Marty Mehl 77-79-81 — 237

Reed Platke 73-84-80 — 237

Scott Larson 80-82-81 — 243

Ben Berg 82-79-85 — 246

Women

Darah Newell 77-72-76 — 225

Lindsay Reeve 79-75-77 — 231

Sadie Crippen 72-81-80 — 233

Lauren Hausauer 77-77-80 — 234

Maggie Crippen 77-82-75 — 234

Coral Schulz 78-77-80 — 235

Haylee Folkvord 73-75-87 — 235

Carly McNaughton 78-77-81 — 236

Marcy Holt 79-83-75 — 237

Laura Cahill 87-85-79 — 251

Sarah Moodie 89-82-82 — 253

Chelsea Ray 86-98-87 — 271

Erin Tabish 94-94-103 — 291

First Flight

Karen Jacobson 82-86-76 — 244

Ginny Larence 81-89-79 — 249

Dunning Katelyn 81-89-80 — 250

Kathy Dodd 84-91-80 — 255

Ashley Willett 91-79-87 — 257

Jody Fee 82-92-85 — 259

Katherine Wills 91-84-92 — 267

Donna Wehlage 89-93-88 — 270

Bobbie Lacklen 93-92-88 — 273

Marianne Crippen 97-89-88 — 274

Second Flight

Marianne Barker 92-87-78 — 257

Nancy Forbes 81-89-87 — 257

Barb Lauzon 87-89-88 — 264

Debora Harris 92-92-84 — 268

Sarah Cunningham 93-88-88 — 269

Marcia Reimers 89-91-90 — 270

Sue Kemsley 85-101-84 — 270

Paula Pervais 88-98-88 — 274

Cheryl Breidenbach 95-92-91 — 278

Shelly Wills 89-96-97 — 282

Tracey Whisenand 93-110-90 — 293

Third Flight

Wendy Chirino 88-86-83 — 257

Carey Cameron 90-87-86 — 263

Mary Armstrong 89-97-90 — 276

Stacy Denning 91-93-94 — 278

Jeanette Cheney 93-96-95 — 284

Sandy Haydu 92-91-101 — 284

Janice Arnett 93-95-97 — 285

Cheryl Walter 100-101-93 — 294

Patsy Casteel 95-101-99 — 295

Ruth Fenn 96-106-94 — 296

Sandy Carlson 107-102-103 — 312

Erika Ferris 109-107-105 — 321