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It came down to a playoff in the Siegfried and Jensen Utah Open yesterday at Oakridge Country Club in Farmington.
Not only will yesterdays tournament go down as one of the most intriguing opens in Utah history, the playoff matched up two family members, featured a 20-foot birdie putt to force a playoff and a 6-foot birdie putt to win. To quote Mike Sorensen from the Deseret News, "Wow, what a story." He was absolutely right.
Bruce Summerhays, 64, had a one shot lead over nephew Boyd Summerhays going into the final hole. Boyd made a 20-foot putt for birdie to tie Uncle Bruce and force a sudden death playoff.
In the playoff, Bruce, who had never won the Utah Open in his career, sank a 6-foot birdie putt on the first hole to win the tournament.
You can read Mike's article in the Deseret News HERE
Utah Open Results
198- Bruce Summerhays, 70-62-66;
Boyd Summerhays, 66- 67-65 (Bruce won playoff) (Bruce son $20,000, Boyd won $12,000)
201- Steve Friesen, 68-67-66;
Roger Harrison, 68-66- 67
202- Chris Moody, 72-64-66;
Clay Ogden, 66-70-67;
Greg Bruckner, 67-66-69
203- Jay Don Blake, 68-70-65;
Jake Ellison, 68-70-66
204- Joseph Summerhays, 70-66-68;
Nick Mason, 79-65- 69
205- Keff Thomsen, 68-71-68; Tom Costello, 69-668-68
206- Nick Killpack-a, 73-69-64;
Todd Tanner, 68-71-67
207- Adrian Wady, 72-70-65
208- Jerry Sneve, 67-73-68;
Scott Anderson, 68-71-69;
Scott Clark, 69-70-69;
Mark Owen, 67-67-74
209- Steve Runge, 70-73-66;
Travis Williams, 69-68-72
210 Even Par-- Jonathan Taruc, 72-70-68;
Justin Lee, 69-72-69;
Zach Johnson, 69-71-70;
Barry Schenk, 70-69- 71;
Trevor Schultz, 69-68-74
211- Tyson Lund-a, 74-69-68;
Mike Rexroth, 68-74-69;
Brian Nosler, 72-70-69;
Chris Collins, 73-66-72
212- Steve Schneiter, 73-70-69;
Dustin Volk, 69-73- 70;
Tony Finau, 69-72-71;
Brad Stone, 67-74-71;
Kurt Watkins, 64-76-72
213- Josh Williams, 74-69-70;
Kirk Siddens-a, 76-66- 71;
Brett Wayment, 67-74-72;
Stuart Gold-a, 65-73-75
214- Matthew Baird, 70-73-71;
Brad Stormon, 71-72-71;
Jason Allen, 71-69-74;
Pete Stone, 70-70-74;
Patrick Fishburn-a, 71-73-71
215- Doug Garwood, 69-73-73;
Garrett Clegg, 67-72-76
216- Chris O'Connor, 73-71-72;
Matt Lyons, 72-71-73;
Jeff Jolley-a, 75-68-73;
Michael McRae, 65-73-78
