Connor Rakowski of Carbondale shot a 2-under-par 70 on Sunday and won the CGA Western Chapter Championship by four strokes at The Links at Cobble Creek in Montrose.
Rakowski, a golfer at Rocky Mountain College in Billings, Mont., finished the two-day tournament with a 7-under-par 137 total. The Basalt High School graduate shared the lead after the first round with Dean Clapp of Aurora and Drew Trujillo of Montrose.
Clapp, winner of the last two CGA Two-Man Team Championships with Jon Lindstrom, fired a 74 on Sunday and tied for second place at 141 with Mesa State College golfer Brandon Bingaman, who closed with a 68.
CGA Western Chapter Championship Scores
At Par-72 Links at Cobble Creek in Montrose
CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT
Connor Rakowski 67-70–137
Brandon Bingaman 73-68–141
Dean Clapp 67-74–141
Keith Humerickhouse 73-69–142
Drew Trujillo 67-77–144
Jim Doidge 74-71–145
Tim Fitzgerald 74-72–146
Nick Tarasiewicz 72-78–150
Collin Covault 74-77–151
Jay-Jay Botha 76-75–151
Brian Grubbs 77-76–153
Lamar Carlile 78-75–153
Dustin Martin 79-77–156
Marty Marquez 77-81–158
Joe Distefano 87-78–165
FIRST FLIGHT
Eric Scanniello 79-68–147
Aaron Gardner 74-76–150
Garrett Johnson 79-75–154
Donny Stewart 79-78–157
Rob Griffin 80-78–158
Kevin Osborne 83-83–166
Rick Ott 79-88–167
Scott Gardner 82-86–168
Gregg Mueller 86-85–171
Andrew Hamilton 88-84–172
Wayne Smith 99-97–196
Francisco Ruiz 97-101–198
Chris Curran 99-105–204
David Sjoberg WD
Mike Trujillo WD
SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT
Harry Johnson 71-71–142
Dennis Lucero 72-75–147
Bruce Hogg 74-76–150
Robert Polk 77-75–152
Doug Jones 73-81–154
Cary Dilzell 75-80–155
Frank Wilkinson 77-78–155
John Meredith 78-79–157
James Kronus 81-80–161
Steve Jantzer 84-82–166
Bert Welz 86-81–167
SENIOR FIRST FLIGHT
Steve Larson 81-75–156
Hugh Jeffries 81-79–160
Paul Yonn 82-88–160
Terry Hunt 88-78–166
Stephen Woody 169
Terry Heinz 84-88–172
Michael Wommack 95-78–173
Mark Scanniello 86-89–175
Rob DeBaca 92-88–180
Dean Wolford NS