Mekus, Irby and Olier win Bud Light Scramble
Published 8:00 am Monday, June 18, 2018
- Teammates Dan Luke and Justin Hayes ride from the 12th to the 13th hole during the Bud Light 3-Man Scramble Saturday at Clear Creek Golf Course. The duo, along with teammate Jacob Paulk, finished second in the tournament. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Nick Mekus, Robert Irby and Stephen Olier went low and left Clear Creek Golf Course flying high.
The trio shot a second-round 56 to win the Bud Light 3-Man Scramble by a comfortable four shots on Sunday over the team of Justin Hays, Jacob Paulk and Dan Luke. Mekus, Irby and Olier finished with a tournament total of 113, while Hays, Paulk and Luke were at 117.
Paulk and Luke won the tournament last year with a different partner, and had entered the final round Sunday tied with Mekus, Irby and Olier for the lead after both teams shot a 57 on Saturday.
Paulk, Luke and Hays shot a 60 on Sunday, however, which was good but not good enough to repeat as champions.
The team of Corey Waltman, Graham Upshaw and Patrick Dickson finished third, with a score of 120. Mason Jarabica, Blake Gober and Chase Lunceford finished with, at 121.
Mekus, Irby and Olier won $1,100 for their victory. Hays, Paulk and Luke pocketed $550 for second place. Waltman, Upshaw and Dickson got $250 and Jarabica, Gober and Lunceford $100 to split between them.
A total of 34 teams and 102 golfers participated in the tournament.