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Dan Woltman (Beaver Dam, WI) began the final round of the 11th Metropolitan Open Championship Presented by Plaza Motors with a 3 shot cushion at 10-under par.  His closest pursuer was 2014 Champion Chris Brant.  That lead would shrink to 2 during the round, but at the 17th Tee was up to 4 shots over a trio of others at -5.  That trio included Brett Paquet (Chandler, AZ) formerly of St. Charles who completed play much earlier with a 5-under 65in the final round.  Paquet stuck around for the afternoon to see where his 5-under total would settle in.

Woltman who had been steady for the entire day ran into some trouble on the 17th and bogeyed, but retain a 3-shot lead heading to the Country Club of St. Albans signature finishing hole.  Did the nerves finally get to Woltman a bit?  His drive found the fairway bunker and ultimately his only double bogey over 54-holes would finish with a 4-over 74 and a one shot victory in the 11th Metropolitan Open!

Woltman is pictured above holding the James S. Manion Trophy along with his wife and full-time caddie Merissa.  Woltman stated afterward, “This is a fantastic event, on a unbelievable golf course.  Only way I am not back next year is full status on the Web.com or PGA Tours.”  Woltman earned a $25,000 payday with his victory.

Low Amateur honors went to Skip Berkmeyer and Sam Migdal who each had Even par totals at 210 for the championship.  Brad Hopfinger had the low round of Sunday with a 6-under 64.  Hopfinger finished on the cutline at 143, but moved all the way up to a T-7 with his final round.

Full field results can be found on the Plaza Motors Scoreboard via the following link, 11th Metropolitan Open Championship.  Results below include the final payout of the $95,000 total purse this year.

11th Metropolitan Open Championship
Country Club of St Albans – Lewis & Clark

Woltman, Dan 66-64-74–204 $25000
Paquet, Brett 70-70-65–205 $8000
Haley, Paul II 71-67-67–205 $8000
Steger, Eric 69-68-68–205 $8000
Hudson, Bobby 66-69-71–206 $3625
Brant, Chris 65-68-73–206 $3625
Hopfinger, Brad 69-74-64–207 $2187.50
Fair, Seth 68-70-69–207 $2187.50
Neff, Tyler 69-69-69–207 $2187.50
Ihm, Steven 71-64-72–207 $2187.50
Thompson, Matthew 70-70-68–208 $1375
Holtz, Brandon 71-67-70–208 $1375
Davan, Michael 66-70-72–208 $1375
Juszczyk, Joseph 68-67-73–208 $1375
Knous, Jim 70-73-66–209 $925
Page, Drew 71-69-69–209 $925
Ryan, Matthew 69-70-70–209 $925
Newcomb, Patrick 73-63-73–209 $925
Kwon, Luke 69-72-69–210 $883.33
Berkmeyer, Skip (a) 70-71-69–210
Kelly, John 71-69-70–210 $883.33
O’Neal, Timothy 73-67-70–210 $883.33
Migdal, Sam (a) 69-70-71–210
Van Sickle, Mike 74-69-68–211 $850
Russell, Jordan 73-68-70–211 $850
Gregson, Mitchell 70-68-73–211 $850
Melton, Brett 67-69-75–211 $850
Woodson, Jay 71-72-69–212 $800
Peaper, Brant 73-70-69–212 $800
Cusumano, Alex (a) 71-72-69–212
Diianni, Jonathan 72-70-71–213 $800
Brown, Zahkai 70-66-77–213 $800
Sneed, Garrett 66-77-71–214 $783.33
Loar, Edward 69-74-71–214 $783.33
Lamb, Scott 71-69-74–214 $783.33
Jacobs, Carson 69-73-73–215 $775
Dickens, Al IV 70-70-75–215 $775
Lilleboe, Eric 71-68-76–215 $775
Crancer, Ben 72-70-74–216 $775
Weems, Josh 69-73-74–216 $775
Holmes, David 69-70-77–216 $775
Elsen, Jordan 73-69-75–217 $775
Mills, David 70-73-75–218 $758.33
Worley, Dane 73-69-76–218 $758.33
Erdy, David 71-69-78–218 $758.33
Gielow, Brendan 72-71-78–221 $750
Symons, Luke 73-69-79–221 $750

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