When all was said and done after Monday's round at the Frametech Classic Jay Thiesen had played 64 holes of golf.
Of course, easing the muscle soreness of that kind of marathon was the fact he actually won the championship flight of the event for the first time in three cracks at it. Thiesen, who shot 70-80-70-220 over the three days, ended up edging Estevan's Anthony Melle in a playoff 10th hole to claim the crown.
“I was pretty frustrated with my round (Sunday), so I was trying to bounce back with a good round (Monday),” said Thiesen, who made it to the final of the Dave Price Memorial Horse Race before losing to Daryl Donovan on the 18th hole.
“I was just hoping for the best. When I came in I was not in that last group. I was lucky to get in a playoff, so it was good.”
After 36 holes, all the competitors in the championship flight were placed in a horse race format, where the golfers would go and get eliminated one by one. He then made it all the way to the final hole before trouble struck on the green and he hit par where Donovan had a birdie.
“I was a little nervous because I wasn't hitting the ball very good,” Thiesen said. “But it was nice to go out and hit the ball well and it gave me some confidence going into (Monday) that I could still play even after a bad round.”
Thiesen was a solid 34 on the front nine and was even down to four below par at one point before a double bogey on 14 brought him back.
His playoff opponent, Anthony Melle (72-73-75-220) overshot the green with his second shot on the 19th hole and put it in the trees, while he was able to get one stroke plus relief, Melle didn't like his lie. Thiesen's second shot meanwhile ended up in the bunker behind the hole. His third shot blasted out of the sand and to the very front of the green. He two putted from there while Melle's penalty cost him a chance to tie.
“After I saw him take his (second) shot, I was just trying to put it in the middle of the green,” said Thiesen. “Unfortunately, I didn't have a great lie in the rough and it just kind of flew into the sand. I'm glad it didn't go over the bunker or I would have been in the same predicament Anthony was in.”
Donovan (76-73-72-221) finished third in the championship flight.
The men's side of the Frametech Classic had six other flights. The first flight was won by Nolan Rohatyn (78-74-72-224), with Rick Hallberg (76-76-75-227) finishing second and Jace Carlisle (76-77-78) in third.
Jason Mohr (81-73-78-232) won the second flight, and Rob Peloquin (80-75-82-237) placed second and Dustin Fair (79-82-83-244) was third. The third flight winner was Clark Driedger (84-79-79-242), and Taysen Holt (85-77-81-243) was second with Grant Henneberg (86-78-88-252) in third. In the fourth flight, Monte Ellingson took home the title with (87-80-79-246) and Dylan Lay in second place (89-76-87-252) and Scott Sykes (88-80-84-252) in third place.
The fifth flight was won by Vince Marcotte (95-88-85-268), and Joel Moriarty was second (94-87-90-271) and Dean Harcourt (91-91-96-278) was third. Bart Shaw (96-84-88-268) won the sixth and final flight, with Tyler Hengen (97-93-96-286) coming in second and Don Hilstrom (97-104-95-296) in third.
The women's two-day event was won by Kim Walker (77-77-154), with Lorie Boyle (76-85-161) claiming second place. Linda Murphy won low net (149).
The senior's championship flight was won by Pat Murphy (74-77-75-226), with second place going to Paul Grimes (76-76-75-227). Ron Rittaler was low net (206). The seniors' first flight was won by Ron Friess (87-82-82-251) and Rod Sands (87-83-83-253) was second. Low net in that flight went to Dan Coderre (209).
