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Josh Gass wins Illinois Valley Men’s Golf Championship for first time since 2016 · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Josh Gas wins Illinois valley Men's Golf Championship for first
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  Speaker 1: time since twenty sixteen. Written by Kevin Schlum, This article
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  Speaker 1: is being read by an automated voice brought to you
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  Speaker 1: by Everlett. Josh Gas waited on the green with open arms.
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  Speaker 1: As his sons ran toward him. He wrapped them both
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  Speaker 1: in a hug when they arrived. Gas had waited a
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  Speaker 1: decade to celebrate this moment. He shot a two round
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  Speaker 1: score of eight under par one hundred and thirty four
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  Speaker 1: to win the Illinois valley Men's Golf Championship on Sunday
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  Speaker 1: at Deer Park Golf Club in Oglesby, claiming the crown
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  Speaker 1: for the first time since twenty sixteen. Caleb Zierzinski, who
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  Speaker 1: won in twenty twenty three, placed second with a one
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  Speaker 1: hundred and thirty eight, and defending champion John Prescott finished
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  Speaker 1: third at one hundred and forty Four. Time champion Bailey
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  Speaker 1: Lair was fourth at one hundred and forty, with Ben
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  Speaker 1: Sear founding out the top five with a one forty one.
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  Speaker 1: It's been ten years since I won it, so this
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  Speaker 1: one feels pretty good, Gas said, Hopefully I don't have
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  Speaker 1: to wait another ten years to win again. But that's
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  Speaker 1: how it goes. There's so many good players around here
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  Speaker 1: and anybody can win it. It feels really good to
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  Speaker 1: win this one. Gas put himself in a strong position
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  Speaker 1: after shooting a sixty eight on Saturday at Edgewood Park
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  Speaker 1: Golf Club in McNab, sitting one stroke behind Zirzinski. Six
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  Speaker 1: players shot in the sixties on Saturday, with Lair also
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  Speaker 1: sitting at sixty eight and Carson Zellers, Mason Kimberly, and
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  Speaker 1: Troy Bauer at sixty nine. With Caleb being on his
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  Speaker 1: home track and being right there with Bailey, I knew
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  Speaker 1: I was right where I wanted to be, Gas said,
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  Speaker 1: I could have been a little bit better Saturday, but
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  Speaker 1: that's the way it goes sometimes. Gas birdied two of
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  Speaker 1: his first four holes Sunday and shot a thirty three
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  Speaker 1: on the front nine. He began to pull away on
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  Speaker 1: the back nine with birdies on number fourteen and number sixteen.
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  Speaker 1: He finished with a sixty sixth I checked the scores
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  Speaker 1: after nine and on the back nine a little bit,
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  Speaker 1: Gas said, I knew once I too put it on
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  Speaker 1: fifteen and birdied sixteen that I could pretty much cruise
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  Speaker 1: along to win. It was a solid round all the
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  Speaker 1: way through. Gas said he began to change his approach
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  Speaker 1: with a comfortable lead on the back nine through thirteen.
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  Speaker 1: When I had a four shot lead, I usually hit
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  Speaker 1: driver on fourteen, but I laid back a little bit
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  Speaker 1: and it paid off because I made birdie. Gas said,
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  Speaker 1: it worked out in my favor. I hit a nice wedge.
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  Speaker 1: The wedge was really good this weekend, as well as
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  Speaker 1: the putter. Zirzinsky birdied his first two holes Saturday along
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  Speaker 1: with number nine, before recording five birdies on the back
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  Speaker 1: on his way to the first round lead. I hit
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  Speaker 1: the ball really well, Djiuzinsky said. I kind of struggled
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  Speaker 1: with the putter all weekend, but Saturday I hit it
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  Speaker 1: close enough where I was able to get some tap
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  Speaker 1: in birdies and played the par five s a little
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  Speaker 1: bit better. Edgewood is my home court, so I feel
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  Speaker 1: pretty comfortable there. Zierzinsky carted a one over seventy one
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  Speaker 1: on Sunday. I didn't have my best stuff today, Zierzinsky said,
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  Speaker 1: but I grinded it out. Unfortunately, Josh was just too
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  Speaker 1: good to catch today. I've had some close finishes in
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  Speaker 1: the last couple of years I had a good chance
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  Speaker 1: to win, and unfortunately I didn't get it done. But
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  Speaker 1: there's a lot of good competition here. I'm proud of
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  Speaker 1: the way I fought to be able to place. Prescott
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  Speaker 1: was tied for seventh with a seventy one after Saturday's round.
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  Speaker 1: He shot a sixty nine on Sunday to earn a trophy.
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  Speaker 1: With Josh and Bailey playing their home course and being
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  Speaker 1: three shots ahead of me, I didn't think there was
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  Speaker 1: much of a chance for me to win, Prescott said,
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  Speaker 1: I just tried to climb and see what happens. It
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  Speaker 1: feels good to place third. It's always good to take
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  Speaker 1: home a piece of hardware. Connor Baker won the A
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  Speaker 1: class with a one hundred and forty three, followed by
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  Speaker 1: Tucker Hill one hundred and forty nine and Rich Williams
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  Speaker 1: one hundred fifty. Jake Nautek won B class with a
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  Speaker 1: one hundred and fifty four, topping Matt Obmen in a playoff.
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  Speaker 1: Mark Prescott took third with a one hundred and fifty six.
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  Speaker 1: In C class, Tyler Hartman won with a one hundred
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  Speaker 1: and sixty six, Jordan Sweetech one hundred and seventy was second,
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  Speaker 1: and Chance Blumhorst one hundred seventy was third. Spark Larkin
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  Speaker 1: one hundred and forty five won Senior class, Jerry Joyner
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  Speaker 1: one hundred and forty eight top Brian Lair in a
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  Speaker 1: playoff to win Legends class, and Carson Zeller's one hundred
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  Speaker 1: and forty one won the junior class. Mendota won the
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  Speaker 1: team title by one strokeover Deer Park