Sycamore Ridge Golf Course played host to the site of the StateLine Amateur Championship and Player of the Year awards.

In all, seven players were awarded individual tournament championships and seven players took home SLAT Player of the Year honors.

Gregory Diederich won the Open Division tournament title, posting an even-par, 72.

The Open Division Player of the Year went to Matt Kelley.

Kelley, who appeared in nearly every SLAT event, captured individual titles at Loch Lloyd and Stone Canyon earlier in the year.

To go with his two individual titles, Kelley added two runner-up finishes at Ironhorse Golf Club and Tiffany Greens Golf Club.

Unsurprising to many, Steve Groom not only won the tournament championship, but also took home the Senior Division Player of the Year.

Groom posted a one-under, 71 at Sycamore Ridge to seal his Player of the Year award.

To go with his Tour Championship victory, Groom posted wins at Stone Canyon and Tiffany Greens, as well as, tied for first at the Creekmoor Golf Club event.

Logan Truninger followed Groom’s lead by making a clean sweep of the Players Gross Division at Sycamore Ridge. Truninger posted a three-over, 75 en route to wrapping up his Player of the Year award.

The Player’s Net Division honors also went to the same person. Greg Hillman posted a net one-under, 71 and jumped from fourth place to first to claim his title.

Jim Seward also claimed both the tournament title and Player of the Year honors for the Legend’s Division.

Seward shot a three-under, 69 and ran away with the Player of the Year points.

On the Legend’s Net side, John Pawsat also won both titles. Pawsat’s two-under, 70 sealed his tournament and tour awards.

Finally, Jettie Bezek took home the women’s Player of the Year honors and posted a five-over, 77 on the day.

For full results from Sycamore Ridge and the Tour Championship, click here.

 

Sam Parrott wasted no time taking the lead over No. 1 seed Joe Bultman.

Out of the gate, Parrott took a one-up lead on the first hole and never trailed.

He eventually built a 3 up lead through six holes.

Bultman made two late pushes in the match, cutting Parrott’s lead to two holes on No. 7 and again on No. 14.

However, Parrott would eventually take a 3 up lead on No. 15 and close out the match on No. 16 by halving the hole with Bultman. Parrott secured his title with a 3 and 2 victory.

Parrott knocked off the No. 7 seeded Christian Ghilardi in the semifinals and defeated No. 3 seed Garrett Clark in the quarterfinals.

Bultman cruised through the quarter and semifinals, with victories over the No. 8 seeded Andrew Cunningham and No. 4 seed Jack Seiler, respectively.

To view the full results, click here.

 

Two golfers punched their tickets to Sunday’s Kansas City Boys Match Play Championship finals in two very different fashions.

Joe Bultman, the tournament’s No. 1 overall seed, wasted little time or holes Saturday, notching victories of 7 and 6, as well as, 8 and 7 in the quarterfinals and semifinals, respectively.

Bultman squared off with Andrew Cunningham, the No. 8 seed, in the quarterfinals and built a 3 up lead through eight holes. The top seed went on to win the next four holes to close out the match after 12 holes.

His semifinals match followed nearly the same script against No. 7 seed Jack Seiler. Bultman never trailed in the match and had a 3 up lead through six holes before claiming the next five holes and yet another victory.

Awaiting Bultman in the finals is Sam Parrott.

Parrott pulled the upset card in the quarterfinals, where he edged No. 3 seed Garrett Clark 2 and 1. Each golfer held a 2 up lead at one point in the match, but Parrott eventually swayed momentum back in his favor after 16 holes. Parrott sealed the match on No. 17, and set up a semifinal match up with No. 7 seed Christian Ghilardi.

Ghilardi and Parrott needed 19 holes to settle the semifinal match.

Parrott never trailed in the match, but was never able to build more than a one hole advantage.

Ghilardi managed to get the match back to all square on the eighteenth hole, but Parrott ended the match on the very next hole, sealing his trip to the final match against Bultman.

Bultman and Parrott square off Sunday for the championship match.

For complete qualifying and match results, click here.

Jim Seward showed little signs of distress at Hillcrest Country Club Tuesday during the final tour stop on the StateLine Amateur Tour.

Seward pocketed seven birdies on the day, claiming the Legends Division with a four-under, 68.

The Legends champion started his day hot, birdieing four of the first six holes.

Three golfers finished T2, including David Hornaday, Ron Brewer and Brad Robinson, who all finishing three-over, 75.

Dave Cunningham strung together a successful round and posted a three-under, 69 to claim the Senior Division.

Cunningham scattered six birdies across his scorecard to offset two bogeys on the day.

Don Kuehn finished as runner-up with a one-under, 71.

Scott Richey rounded out the Top 3 with his one-over, 73.

Jake Falcon would claim the Open Division with a two-over, 74, while Mark Terranova earned runner-up with his four-over, 76. Luke Lutgen finished in third with a five-over, 77.

Dale Nash claimed the Players Division with a one-over, 73, while Bryan Meyer finished in second with a four-over, 76.

The StateLine Tour Championship is Sept. 29 at Sycamore Ridge Golf Course.

View the full results from Hillcrest here.

The threat of inclement weather and rain hung in the air throughout the day at the StateLine Amateur Tour event at Creekmoor Golf Club.

However, aside from early morning showers and a brief one-hour delay to begin the event, Mother Nature cooperated for the golfers.

Multiple golfers won their divisions at even-par, including the seniors and open division.

Steve Groom and Scott Richey each shared medalist honors in the seniors division, posting even-par rounds.

John Scarsella rounded out the top three with a two-over, 74.

Matthew Meyers claimed the open division with his round of 72.

Mark Terranova finished in second with a one-over, 73, while Matt Kelley earned third with his four-over, 76.

Logan Truninger earned the top spot in the players division, where he posted a one-over, 73.

Ryan Murdock finished runner-up with his four-over, 76 while Greg Hillman posted a six-over, 78 for third place.

Jack Garvin earned the medalist position in the legends division with a one-over, 73.

Three players earned a T2 in the legends, including Jim Lodes, David Hornaday and Dave Harris, each with two-over, 74s, respectively.

Finally, Jettie Bezek’s 18-over, 90 edged Addie Chapin’s 21-over, 93 in the women’s division.

The next StateLine Tour event is September 20 at Hillcrest Country Club.

For full results, click here.

Players shuffled into the Tiffany Greens Golf Club clubhouse Wednesday afternoon one after another, only to share the same reactions as their fellow competitors once they took a look at StateLine Amateur Tour online leader boards.

Most simply grinned and shook their heads, while others either let a low expletive slip or a matter-of-fact comment lacking any surprise.

What the players were reacting to were the scores of Steve Groom and Michael Hillyard, who posted rounds of five-under and four-under, respectively.

While Groom barely edged Mark Addington, who posted a four-under, 68, Addington positioned himself nicely in the seniors division with seven birdies on the day. Unfortunately, Addington bogied two of his last five holes to offset a pair of birdies in the same stretch.

Groom leaned on six birdies with only a slight hiccup on No. 4 where he walked away with bogey.

Hillyard rolled in six birdies on the day, as well, en route to a open division victory over runner-up Matt Kelley, who shot two-over on the day.

While Hillyard, Groom and even Addington, displayed some explosive golf, it was Aaron Uzelac who supplied the day’s biggest fireworks, acing the 195-yard, par-3 No. 15 with a 5-Iron.

Outside of the seniors and open divisions, Mike Houtteman won the legends division with a one-over, 73 and Logan Truninger claimed the players division with his two-over, 74.

The next StateLine Amateur Tour event is at Creekmoor Golf Club, Sept. 8.

For complete results from Tiffany Greens, click here.

The Kansas City Golf Association and Wolf Creek Golf Club recently set dates for the 2016 KC Masters.

This year’s invitation only tournament is slated for Oct. 24 and 25 at Wolf Creek Golf Club.

The two day stroke play event is the culmination of the golf season.

The defending champion is Ryne Fisher, who shot three-under, 141, who completed the “Fisher Slam” after winning the Kansas City Match Play and Amateur Championship last year.

The committee will discuss and send out invitations to the tournament in the coming weeks.

Robert Booth used four birdies to secure a senior division victory, and a lead over the entire field at Ironhorse Golf Club.

Booth posted a two stroke lead over runner-up Kurt Lorenzen who shot even-par.

The open division saw Alex Forristal post a division best, four-over, 76.

Matt Kelley trailed Forristal by one stroke and finished five-over, 75.

Chloe Kraus took home a women’s open division victory with her nine-over, 81, while Jettie Bezek and Addie Chapin each shared the women’s players division with nine-over, 81s respectively.

Bob Bezek finished his day with a legends division victory with his three-over, 75.

David Hornaday, Mike Houtteman and Bob McKinney all finished T2 in the legends, with matching five-over, 77s.

The players division was split between three golfers: Van Barr, Aaron Kuhn and Jacob Epperson.

The next StateLine Amateur Tour Event is Aug. 31 at Tiffany Greens Golf Club.

For full results from Ironhorse, click here.