KLOOZ HOLDS ON TO WIN BY THREE
Mitchell Klooz of Laurel needed every bit of his 1-under par 71 in the final round to hold off 2012 Junior Match Play Champion Zach Taylor of Omaha. Taylor's 6-under par 66 wasn't quit enough to pass Klooz who started the day with an eight shot lead.
Taylor trimmed the lead to three shots after shooting a 3-under par 33 on the front nine. Taylor chipped in for eagle on #10 to briefly get within one, but Klooz made a key birdie putt to move two shots ahead. Back-to-back birdies on #11 and #12 by Taylor left both players tied at 7-under par. A bogey on #13 by Klooz gave Taylor a one-shot lead.
The lead for Taylor, however, only lasted two holes. Klooz had some fight left in him. He finished his round with three straight birdies to bring home his first state championship.
Carson Schaake of Omaha finished at even par and Sam Meuret of Brunswick was fourth at 1-over par. Complete results are below.
Full Leaderboard
Fav SC Pos. Player City Today Hole Total R1 R2 R3 Total
1 Mitchell Klooz Plainview -1 F -9 67 69 71 207
2 Zach Taylor Omaha -6 F -6 72 72 66 210
3 Carson Schaake Omaha -1 F Even 74 71 71 216
4 Sam Meuret Brunswick Even F +1 73 72 72 217
T5 Reid Wiebe Sutton Even F +4 72 76 72 220
T5 Garrett Morehead Bellevue +3 F +4 74 71 75 220
7 Tanner Johnson Broken Bow +2 F +5 73 74 74 221
T8 Greg Stanek Bellevue Even F +6 74 76 72 222
T8 Cameron Bargell North Platte +2 F +6 76 72 74 222
T10 Sean Backer McCook +2 F +7 73 76 74 223
T10 Brett Beal Columbus +3 F +7 74 74 75 223
T10 Sam Gemar Lincoln +4 F +7 73 74 76 223
T13 Mitchell Ryan Omaha +4 F +8 68 80 76 224
T13 Tommy Hamilton Omaha +5 F +8 73 74 77 224
T15 Mike Hannon Hastings +4 F +9 74 75 76 225
T15 Riley Meuret Brunswick +4 F +9 73 76 76 225
T17 Matthew Unruh Lincoln Even F +10 79 75 72 226
T17 Andrew Holloway Scottsbluff +3 F +10 75 76 75 226
T17 Cale Benson Grand Island +5 F +10 75 74 77 226
T17 Andrew Hansen Omaha +7 F +10 75 72 79 226
T21 Stephen Pfeffer Omaha +2 F +11 78 75 74 227
T21 Ryan Rearick Omaha +4 F +11 76 75 76 227
23 Tyler Dowling Kearney +4 F +12 74 78 76 228
T24 Ben Maschka Omaha +3 F +13 78 76 75 229
T24 Konnor Oltman Firth +4 F +13 75 78 76 229
T24 Max Rudder Lincoln +4 F +13 78 75 76 229
27 Kyle Regen Omaha +4 F +14 77 77 76 230
T28 Miles Russell Omaha +6 F +15 75 78 78 231
T28 Tyler Zoellner Ogallala +7 F +15 78 74 79 231
T30 Trey Petitt Lincoln +6 F +16 77 77 78 232
T30 Preston Walford Tekamah +8 F +16 77 75 80 232
T32 Sean Song Omaha +5 F +17 79 77 77 233
T32 Keevan Statz Lincoln +8 F +17 78 75 80 233
T34 Benjamin Grossnicklaus Aurora +6 F +18 77 79 78 234
T34 Grant Schumacher Lincoln +7 F +18 79 76 79 234
T34 Jeffrey Paschal Papillion +11 F +18 75 76 83 234
37 Lucas Grossnicklaus Aurora +7 F +19 79 77 79 235
38 Spencer Lindahl Lincoln +8 F +20 78 78 80 236
T39 Adam Gilbertsen Papillion +12 F +23 74 81 84 239
T39 Alex Schaake Omaha +12 F +23 72 83 84 239
T39 Kyle Murray Beatrice +13 F +23 78 76 85 239
T39 Ryan Milks Gibbon +13 F +23 77 77 85 239
43 Max Kiely Lincoln +16 F +28 76 80 88 244
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