{"id":44909,"date":"2021-08-31T23:22:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T23:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/flcs-darren-edwards-wins-navajo-open\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T09:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:22:08","slug":"flcs-darren-edwards-wins-navajo-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/flcs-darren-edwards-wins-navajo-open\/","title":{"rendered":"FLC\u2019s Darren Edwards wins Navajo Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Fort
Fort Lewis College senior captain Darren Edwards was the Navajo Trail Open's overall tournament champion this weekend. (Courtesy FLC athletics)<\/span>cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Golf pros from around the country gathered at the Hillcrest Golf Club for the 60th annual TBK Bank Navajo Trail Open on Aug. 27-30.<\/p>\n

An amateur, however, bested all of them.<\/p>\n

Fort Lewis College\u2019s Darren Edwards shot a 66, 69 and 65 to finish with a 200 and as the tournament\u2019s overall champion. He finished two shots better than the pro champion, Wil Collins of Albuquerque.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s pretty impressive,\u201d said Hillcrest golf pro Brett Wolf, noting that it was only about the third time in the tournament\u2019s 60-year history that an amateur claimed the overall title. \u201cThe championship flight was just as strong as the pro flight.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDarren is my captain and he\u2019s a leader,\u201d said Fort Lewis head coach Jim Foltz. \u201cWhen you have someone like that leading your team, nothing bad can happen.\u201d The coach called Edwards a gentleman and said he wouldn\u2019t be surprised of he turned pro after his senior season.<\/p>\n

\"Durango
Durango local Devin Schreiner tees off from 1 on Friday during the first day of the Navajo Open at Hillcrest Golf Club. (Jerry McBride\/Durango Herald)<\/span>cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Edwards is a senior and team captain for the Skyhawks.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe practices here, so it\u2019s nice to see that practice paying off,\u201d Wolf said.<\/p>\n

In general, Wolf said, the amateur side was really strong, noting that the cutoff for the final round was a 1.6 handicap, and it\u2019s normally about a 3 handicap.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was nice to see most of the Fort Lewis golfers playing and doing well,\u201d Wolf said.<\/p>\n

Durango\u2019s Kermitt Barrett tied Sean Griswold for second in the championship flight at 217.<\/p>\n

Collins, however, won the professional flight and the tournament\u2019s top prize of $5,500.<\/p>\n

Collins had to rally after shooting a 73 on Friday\u2019s opening round, which was six shots behind the leader, Santa Clara\u2019s (Calif) John Greco.<\/p>\n

Collins knocked off 8 strokes on Saturday to move into a tie for fourth with Dolores\u2019 Curtis Garver. Greco shot a 67 on Saturday to stay in the lead by four strokes.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, however, Collins shot the best round of the tournament, a 64 to pass Greco, who shot a 69, and win the tournament\u2019s pro division.<\/p>\n

His final round was a bogey-free 64 with seven birdies and the rest pars to earn the title with a three-day 202. Greco finished second with a 203 and Andrew Buckle, of Scottsdale, Arizona, finished third with a 206.<\/p>\n

The course record is a 61, which Dusty Fielding shot at the Navajo Trail Open in 2015.<\/p>\n

Devin Schreiner led the local professional contingent with a three-day score of 218. Cory Gillespie shot a 221, Wolf shot a 237 and Randy Kahn shot a 244. Kahn, however, finished second in the pro\u2019s senior division.<\/p>\n

Other pros finishing in the money included Logan Holt (209), Sam Triplett (209), Mitchell Homb (212), Tony Mike Jr. (212), Garver (213), Robert Kalinowski (214), Drew Trujillo (215), Dylan Healey (215), Gabe Alcala (216), Andrew Romano (217) and Alex DeBry (218).<\/p>\n

In the first flight, Roger Walters shot a 215 to win the title. Dax Loerwald took second in the flight with a 224.<\/p>\n

Robby Davis shot a 234 to win the second flight, four shots better than Greg Knutsen.<\/p>\n

Mark Raney, meanwhile, made a hole-in-one on hole No. 9 during the tournament.<\/p>\n

The club also utilized several tee boxes that are further away for the Navajo, while the course was in good shape.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe course was primed and ready to go,\u201d Wolf said. \u201cIt was the best it\u2019s ever been for this tournament.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Pros
Pros work the greens Friday during the first day of the Navajo Open at Hillcrest Golf Club. (Jerry McBride\/Durango Herald)<\/span>Jerry McBride<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lewis College senior captain Darren Edwards was the Navajo Trail Open's overall tournament champion this weekend. (Courtesy FLC athletics)cca Golf pros from around the country gathered at the Hillcrest Golf Club for the 60th annual TBK Bank Navajo Trail Open on Aug. 27-30. An amateur, however, bested all of them. Fort Lewis College\u2019s Darren […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[2261,28],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-44909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-golf","tag-headlines"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44909"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86271,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44909\/revisions\/86271"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44909"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=44909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}