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SANDY, Utah (AP) -- Craig Kanada shot a 1-under par 71 Sunday and won his first Nationwide Tour event, winning the Utah EnergySolutions Championship by a stroke.
Kanada sunk a 3-foot par putt on the 18th hole to clinch the victory and hold off Michael Putnam, who shot a 64 Sunday at the par-72 Willow Creek Country Club and finished in a four-way tie for second place at 273 for the tournament.
"To finally win one is absolutely amazing," said Kanada, 37, who has tied for second five times but never won on the tour.
Kanada overtook Arkansas Bryce Molder on Sunday and finished at 16-under for the tournament. Molder was part of the four-way tie for second after shooting a 75 on Sunday. Ken Duke, Gavin Coles and Putnam were the others sharing second place.
Nationwide Tour Utah Energy Solutions Championship Scores By The Associated Press Sunday At Willow Creek Country Club Sandy, Utah Purse: $475,000 Yardage: 7,101; Par: 72 Final a-amateur Craig Kanada, $85,500 69-67-65-71--272 Michael Putnam, $31,350 66-71-72-64--273 Gavin Coles, $31,350 70-64-71-68--273 Ken Duke, $31,350 65-70-68-70--273 Bryce Molder, $31,350 64-64-70-75--273 Brendon de Jonge, $15,912.50 72-67-71-64--274 Matthew Jones, $15,912.50 71-65-71-67--274 Kevin Durkin, $15,912.50 73-67-66-68--274 Parker McLachlin, $12,350 71-69-70-65--275 Scott Petersen, $12,350 67-67-71-70--275 Scott Parel, $12,350 64-71-69-71--275 Craig Lile, $12,350 65-69-70-71--275 Scott Gardiner, $8,645 70-70-71-65--276 Gary Hallberg, $8,645 71-66-71-68--276 Scott Gutschewski, $8,645 68-69-70-69--276 Gary Christian, $8,645 71-69-67-69--276 Darron Stiles, $8,645 68-67-71-70--276 Paul Gow, $5,404.45 68-70-73-66--277 Brad Ott, $5,404.45 71-69-71-66--277 John Merrick, $5,404.45 72-67-69-69--277 Dave Christensen, $5,404.45 70-67-70-70--277 Jason Buha, $5,404.44 72-68-67-70--277 Jeff Quinney, $5,404.44 66-67-73-71--277 Matt Hendrix, $5,404.44 71-66-69-71--277 Peter Tomasulo, $5,404.44 70-68-68-71--277 Ricky Barnes, $5,404.44 70-66-69-72--277 Craig Bowden, $3,515 70-70-68-70--278 Scott Hend, $3,515 70-70-67-71--278 Andy Morse, $3,515 69-70-68-71--278 Jamie Broce, $3,515 67-71-66-74--278 David Mathis, $3,040 69-71-71-68--279 Scott Weatherly, $3,040 69-69-69-72--279 Joel Kribel, $3,040 72-68-67-72--279 Cameron Beckman, $2,470 69-70-74-67--280 Robin Freeman, $2,470 72-68-71-69--280 Chris Baryla, $2,470 67-68-74-71--280 Aaron Barber, $2,470 66-70-73-71--280 Joe Daley, $2,470 68-69-72-71--280 Josh Broadaway, $2,470 69-70-70-71--280 Andrew Dahl, $2,470 69-67-72-72--280 Kevin Stadler, $2,470 67-67-73-73--280 Tripp Isenhour, $2,470 68-71-66-75--280 Nick Malinowski, $1,815.18 72-68-71-70--281 Ben Bates, $1,815.18 69-66-75-71--281 Will Moore, $1,815.18 67-72-71-71--281 Paul Wackerly, $1,815.18 71-68-71-71--281 Jarrod Lyle, $1,815.18 72-67-70-72--281 Steve Pate, $1,815.18 71-68-67-75--281 Todd Tanner, $1,815.17 71-69-66-75--281 Steve Larick, $1,638.75 68-71-74-69--282 Tyrone van Aswegen, $1,638.75 69-71-73-69--282 Jeff Freeman, $1,638.75 74-66-68-74--282 Boo Weekley, $1,579.38 70-70-71-72--283 Steve Schneiter, $1,579.37 70-66-73-74--283 Barry Cheesman, $1,543.75 71-69-75-69--284 Dan Buchner, $1,508.13 71-68-74-72--285 Fran Quinn, $1,508.12 71-66-72-76--285 a-Gipper Finau 73-67-76-72--288 Hunter Haas, $1,472.50 67-73-75-73--288 Scott Ford, $1,448.75 72-68-74-75--289 Adam Rubinson, $1,425 68-72-72-78--290
(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) APTV-09-10-06 1950MDT
(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) APTV-09-10-06 1951MDT
