Jon Feldick has a hard time believing he's as good a golfer
as Chad McCarty.
Even after ending McCarty's four-year run of Men's City
Amateur titles with a one-hole playoff victory Sunday
at Finkbine Golf Course, Feldick remains in awe.
Chad McCarty chips out of the No. 18 bunker during
Sunday’s final round of the Men’s City Amateur at
Finkbine. Press-Citizen/Zach Boyden-Holmes |
"He's such a good player, and he's an even better guy.
He's so easy to play with," Feldick said of McCarty. "He's
intimidating, but he's not tough to play with."
Feldick is a West High graduate who will be a sophomore
on the Iowa golf team this fall. McCarty played at West
Branch High School and was a Hawkeye in the mid-'90s.
"I was trying for five (titles), but everything comes
to an end for a reason," McCarty said.
Feldick entered the day with a four-shot lead after rounds
at Saddle-back Ridge and Pleasant Valley golf courses,
but McCarty grabbed a one-stroke lead with a 33 on the
front nine Sunday.
"I hit a couple poor drives," Feldick said. "Other than
that, Chad just turned it on the front nine. Luckily,
I made a couple birdies coming in and he just made one
mistake all tournament. He let me back in. I was just
fortunate enough to capitalize."
Jon Feldick reacts after sinking a putt on the first
playoff hole to defeat Chad McCarty at the Men’s City
Ama-teur on Sunday at Finkbine Golf Course. Press-Citizen/Zach
Boyden-Holmes |
The two matched each other hole-for-hole until No. 17,
where Feldick made par and McCarty made his mistake with
a double bogey.
"I just chunked my 8-iron off the tee so bad, and then
I hit a terrible chip," McCarty said.
McCarty thought they were tied through the back nine
when they were matching each other's strokes. His mess
on No. 17 ruined his chances, he thought.
But Feldick bogeyed No. 18. McCarty didn't think it mattered,
but still ended the round with a spectacular curving 20-foot
putt.
"Then I come to find out after the putt on 18 - which
I thought meant nothing - it ended up being all square,"
McCarty said. "It's my own fault, not knowing I was one
up (before 17). That was my own undoing there."
Tied at 209, the two played No. 18 again to determine
the winner. Fel-dick's second shot fell short of the green,
but he still made par. McCarty's 5-foot putt for par rimmed
out.
"I needed to win something," Feldick said. "I haven't
won anything for a while."
"I wish him well," McCarty said. "Coming in, we both
birdied the same holes. It was up and down."
It was Feldick's second try at the Iowa City Golf Association
Men's City Amateur, though he had followed his older brother,
Erik, around the tournament the last four years. Erik
Feldick was a senior on the Iowa golf team this spring,
but was unable to play the tournament due to a pair of
weddings over the weekend.
"Mentally, I was very, very, very tough today, I thought,"
Jon Feldick said. "I was very pleased with my mental game.
My driver wasn't very good, I missed a couple putts and
didn't hit very many good iron shots, but I just did enough
to get it done."
| Men's
City Amateur |
| First
round Friday at Saddleback Ridge Golf Course, second
round Saturday at Pleasant Valley Golf Course, third
round Sunday at Finkbine Golf Course. |
| FLIGHT
1 |
| Jon
Feldick |
68-68-73-209 |
| Chad
McCarty |
68-72-69-209 |
| Pat
Roan |
71-71-73-215 |
| Tim
White |
73-70-73-216 |
| Rob
Cordle |
69-76-73-218 |
| Randy
Larson |
70-75-74-219 |
| Doug
Fredericks |
73-73-74-220 |
| Shawn
Hedlund |
74-75-72-221 |
| Robert
Bulmahn |
72-73-76-221 |
| Paul
Robbins |
76-72-74-222 |
| Brett
Baumgart |
74-72-77-223 |
| Tim
Hawkins |
74-71-78-223 |
| Randy
Clemens |
76-74-74-224 |
| Terry
Hockum |
71-73-80-224 |
| Eric
Zahn |
68-78-79-225 |
| Ron
Huckfeldt |
72-74-79-225 |
| Nate
Fethke |
74-77-77-228 |
| Russell
Smith |
73-74-81-228 |
| Ned
Carter |
73-76-79-228 |
| Marv
Cook |
74-73-81-228 |
| Tracy
McArtor |
70-75-83-228 |
| Luke
Greazel |
75-76-78-229 |
| Mark
Cullen |
75-72-82-229 |
| Joel
Gryp |
74-74-82-230 |
| Rick
Leyendecker |
76-75-79-230 |
| Tom
Beemer |
73-78-80-231 |
| Brad
Frantz |
73-78-80-231 |
| Todd
Nelson |
75-76-82-231 |
| John
Rhoades |
75-76-82-233 |
| Randy
Willman |
75-75-85-235 |
| Steve
Almquist |
78-73-85-236 |
| George
Loring |
71-79-89-239 |
| |
| FLIGHT
2 |
| Alex
Bulmahn |
76-77-75-228 |
| Don
Dixon |
71-81-77-229 |
| Steve
Steine |
74-78-81-233 |
| Ted
Fouts |
77-76-80-233 |
| Dan
Rios |
82-76-78-236 |
| Jeff
A. Johnston |
75-82-79-236 |
| Mike
Gatens |
77-80-79-236 |
| John
Huinker |
76-81-79-236 |
| Mike
Young |
74-78-84-236 |
| Mark
Russell |
77-77-82-236 |
| Geoff
Berg |
73-82-82-236 |
| Brad
Lohaus |
83-74-80-237 |
| Perry
Stout |
72-80-85-237 |
| Jerry
Hora |
77-77-83-237 |
| Kevin
Johannsen |
77-77-84-238 |
| Jason
Wageman |
81-79-79-239 |
| Geoff
Lively |
79-78-83-240 |
| Craig
Foerstner |
79-80-81-240 |
| Ed
Schmucker |
76-79-85-240 |
| Kevin
Trom |
80-79-82-241 |
| Brandon
Ross |
77-82-82-241 |
| Ken
Nickels |
76-81-84-241 |
| Leon
Noska |
79-76-86-241 |
| Alex
O'Brien |
80-78-84-242 |
| Larry
Starr |
76-77-89-242 |
| Gary
Doern |
82-78-84-244 |
| Brian
Peterson |
77-82-86-245 |
| Bob
Slagle |
80-79-88-247 |
| Cary
Vorheis |
76-81-WD |
| |
| FLIGHT
3 |
| Deth
Riggan |
83-79-71-233 |
| Bart
Sueppel |
82-79-77-238 |
| Dave
Wooldrik |
81-81-78-240 |
| Chris
McCracken |
80-83-77-240 |
| Zack
Anderson |
81-80-79-240 |
| Chris
Piersen |
76-86-80-242 |
| Mark
Fay |
84-77-82-243 |
| Randy
Rempel |
80-82-81-243 |
| Steve
Yeater |
81-83-79-243 |
| Matt
Miller |
84-78-83-245 |
| Scott
Mehrhoff |
79-84-82-245 |
| Dan
Ahrens |
81-83-81-245 |
| Brad
Goodfellow |
79-86-80-245 |
| Doug
Goettsch |
82-83-81-246 |
| Jarod
Webb |
81-80-87-248 |
| Rick
Loring |
80-81-87-248 |
| Mike
Potter |
78-86-84-248 |
| Justin
Rios |
79-83-88-250 |
| Ron
Wright |
80-84-87-251 |
| Ken
Volk |
86-82-83-251 |
| Jeff
Meyer |
82-86-83-251 |
| Tom
Ward |
87-78-88-253 |
| Cam
Stockman |
82-85-86-253 |
| Steve
Carneol |
85-83-85-253 |
| Kerry
Feuerbach |
85-80-89-254 |
| Ron
Jones |
81-84-90-255 |
| Randy
Cullin |
80-87-89-256 |
| Mark
Peterson |
83-84-91-258 |
| Dirk
Marple |
87-80-98-265 |
| Rex
Smolek |
85-83-97-265 |
| |
| FLIGHT
4 |
| Kyle
Stahle |
85-86-78-249 |
| Tom
Scherrman |
81-91-80-252 |
| John
Geers |
83-86-87-256 |
| Kevin
Link |
78-91-88-257 |
| Greg
Timlin |
85-88-84-257 |
| Steve
Cooper |
78-94-86-258 |
| W.C.
Hutt |
82-88-89-259 |
| Kris
Richardson |
86-92-81-259 |
| Rick
Bachelder |
86-83-91-260 |
| Mike
Diers |
84-88-88-260 |
| Roy
Rios |
91-85-85-261 |
| Steven
Roe |
83-89-90-262 |
| Ned
Pirotte |
86-84-92-262 |
| Ryan
Kennedy |
83-89-90-262 |
| Scott
Pantel |
84-87-92-263 |
| Brad
Rios |
91-86-86-263 |
| Jeremy
Karstens |
84-92-89-265 |
| Clinton
Svoboda |
87-82-96-265 |
| Bill
Hoesing |
81-88-96-265 |
| Tony
Fackler |
87-86-92-265 |
| Ed
Sarrazin |
84-91-90-265 |
| Mike
Dill |
85-85-97-267 |
| Larry
Noska |
84-87-96-267 |
| Augie
Rodriguez |
90-86-94-270 |
| Jim
McClanahan |
87-88-98-273 |
| Kevin
Kasparek |
90-88-95-273 |
| Clint
Bell |
81-91-NS |
| |
| FLIGHT
5 |
| Todd
Werner |
99-81-88-268 |
| Michael
Gunn |
89-90-91-270 |
| Chris
Lee |
89-93-88-270 |
| Doug
Brown |
94-85-92-271 |
| Jake
Wombacher |
86-94-92-272 |
| Dave
Engelstad |
91-90-92-273 |
| Rich
Lehnhardt |
99-88-89-276 |
| James
Kinney |
93-88-89-277 |
| Ed
Jones |
89-90-100-279 |
| George
Murphy |
92-90-97-280 |
| Matt
Adams |
87-96-97-280 |
| Matt
McKay |
89-95-96-280 |
| Rich
Lansdon |
90-97-95-282 |
| John
Corson |
95-101-87-283 |
| Troy
Barthelow |
91-91-102-284 |
| Clyde
Guillaume |
92-98-98-288 |
| Paul
Heeren |
93-91-104-288 |
| Bob
Muller |
96-105-91-292 |
| Jim
Christensen |
96-96-100-292 |
| Jim
Hampton |
90-100-102-292 |
| Veasner
Yem |
99-94-102-295 |
| John
Kuddes |
98-98-100-296 |
| Tim
Colvin |
92-102-105-299 |
| Steve
Rumelhart |
103-99-100-302 |
| Pat
Ekleberry |
105-106-101-312 |
| Brad
Bengtson |
92-101-NS |
| Curt
Reekers |
88-97-DQ |
| Dave
Metzler |
91-97-NS |
| Kurt
Kostiv |
WD |
| Keith
Fleck |
WD |
