By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Entering Monday's final round of the Topeka Golf Association City Stroke Play championship at Topeka Country Club, the individual title was definitely up for grabs.
Recent Topeka West graduate Myles Alonzo and Washburn Rural product Luke Leonetti went into the final 18 holes locked in a tie for the lead while Max Stuckey-Halley was just a stroke back.
Recent Topeka West graduate Myles Alonzo captured the TGA City Stroke Play championship Monday at Topeka Country Club by nine strokes. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
But by the end of the day, Alonzo, who won the city high school championship at TCC in April, was all alone at the top of the mountain, carding a final-round 68 to win the title by a whopping nine strokes over Leonetti, with another Rural grad, Hayden Beck, finishing third.
"I felt pretty good,'' Alonzo said. "I knew if I just kept everything the same and just chilled out and made sure everything I was supposed to do was right I knew I'd be just fine.
"I was pretty consistent. I had a few bogeys out there but then I got a few lucky shots, with a chip-in for eagle.''
Topeka West product Myles Alonzo shot a 68 on Monday to pull away for a nine-stroke victory in the TGA City Stroke Play championship. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Myles Alonzo claimed his first TGA City Stroke Play title Monday at Topeka Country Club with a 54-hole score of 205. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Alonzo, who will play college golf at Fort Hays State, finished with a 54-hole total of 205 (68-69-68) while Leonetti, who plays at Missouri-Kansas City, finished at 214 (70-67-77), two strokes ahead of Beck, a Washburn University golfer (75-70-71).
Former Washburn Rural standout Luke Leonetti finished second in Monday's City Stroke Play tournament at Topeka Country Club. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Washburn Rural graduate and current Washburn University golfer Hayden Beck finished third in the TGA City Stroke Play tournament Monday at Topeka Country Club. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Patrick Golden finished fourth (217) while Stuckey-Halley, 2023 champion Brian Walker and Jeremiah Nelson tied for fifth place at 218.
Nelson was one of two golfers who carded holes in one on Monday, with Jeremiah Nelson acing the No. 6 hole and Aaron Rethman acing the 11th hole.
Alonzo's championship came after older brother Addison won the Stroke Play crown in 2022.
"I'm going to try a little bit better than him,'' the 18-year-old Myles cracked. "I'm going to try to beat him (with more titles).''
TGA CITY STROKE PLAY TOURNAMENT
Final results
1. Myles Alonzo - 68-69-68 -- 205
2. Luke Leonetti - 70-67-77 -- 214
3. Hayden Beck - 75-70-71 -- 216
4. Patrick Golden - 65-78-74 -- 217
5. (tie) Max Stuckey-Halley - 68-70-80 -- 218
5. (tie) Brian Walker - 73-70-75 -- 218
5. (tie) Jeremiah Nelson - 72-73-73 -- 218
8. (tie) Phil Frost - 71-73-75 -- 219
8. (tie) Matt Cooper - 69-77-73 -- 219
10. Jacob Diehl - 71-69-80 -- 220
11. Mark Elliott - 72-75-77 -- 224
12. (tie) Aaron Rethman - 70-72-83 -- 225
12. (tie) Adam Head - 73-74-78 -- 225
14 (tie) Bryan Tyrell - 72-75-79 -- 226
14. (tie) Tyler Baumchen - 72-78-76 -- 226
16. James Kuta - 77-78-72 -- 227
17. Justin Reamer - 77-74-77 -- 228
18. Josh Maike - 71-76-82 -- 229
19. Scot Duddy - 75-73-84 -- 232
20. Mac McFarland - 76-76-82 -- 234
21. Tagen Rodriguez - 78-77-80 -- 235
22. (tie) James Monson - 74-79-83 -- 236
22. (tie) Kevin Matayka - 80-74-82 -- 236
22. (tie) Kevin Boyle - 79-79-78 -- 236
22. (tie) Ty Peterson - 75-83-78 -- 236
26. (tie) Cam Zimlich - 74-81-82 -- 237
26. (tie) Maddox Hight - 76-80-81 -- 237
26. (tie) Jay Summers - 77-82-78 -- 237
29. (tie) Zach Hillmer - 77-76-85 -- 238
29. (tie) Tim DeBusk -- 77-79-82 -- 238
29. (tie) Johnny Roberts - 79-78-81 -- 238
32. (tie) Lance Smith - 76-81-82 -- 239
32. (tie) Max Neale - 78-80-81 -- 239
32. (tie) Jack Hillman - 77-84-78 -- 239
35. Chris Bishop - 79-80-83 -- 242
36. (tie) Chris Berroth - 83-79-81 -- 243
36. (tie) Michael Wilson - 76-90-77 -- 243
38. Jacob Padilla 80-82-85 -- 247
39. Jayson Mroz - 79-77-92 -- 248
40. Dustin Calfwell - 79-85-86 -- 250
41. Matt Frances - 78-90-84 -- 252
42. Tyler Wheat - 81-84-88 --253
43. Ryan Eldridge - 88-80-86 -- 254
44. Colin Scott - 83-85-88 -- 256
45. Jett Quintin - 83-81-93 -- 257
46. Chris McPheron - 87-81-91 -- 259
47. Kevin Coleman - 89-82-92 -- 263
48. Raegan Petersen - 87-79-99 -- 265
49. (tie) Kevin Selley - 85-90-95 -- 270
49. (tie) Justin Adams - 91-85-94 -- 270
51. (tie) Jacob Jachens - 94-84-96 -- 274
51. (tie) Stacey Becker -- 85-94-95 -- 274
53. Boshner Whitaker - 95-88-101 -- 284
54. Jackson Noller - 97-109-105 -- 311
