The 2017 KC Fourball Championship was held at Shoal Creek Golf Club June 26 and 27. Twenty-two teams competed in the event with the top 16 teams advancing to the Heart of America Fourball Finals.
During the first round of the Fourball Championship inclement weather caused two rain delays. Jeff Bell and Elliot Soyez didn’t let the delays slow them down, however. They carded eight birdies and only one bogey and fired a seven-under par, 64, on day one. They took a three-shot lead over Travis Mays and Brent Mertz who were in second place heading into the final round.
Bell and Soyez continued right where they left off during the second and final round of the Fourball Championship. With four birdies and a clean card on the back nine, Bell and Soyez shot a five-under, 66, to win the 2017 KC Fourball Championship. Mays and Mertz also shot 66 on day two and finished three strokes behind Bell and Soyez. There was a two-way tie for third place at eight-under by Don and Tripp Walsworth and Jeff Mason and Sam Parrot.
The teams who qualified for the Heart of America Fourball Finals on August 7-9 at Topeka Country Club:
#1 – Jeff Bell & Elliot Soyez
#2 – Travis Mays & Brent Mertz
#3 – Don Walsworth & Trip Walsworth
#4 – Jeff Mason & Sam Parrot
#5 – Grant Grego & Zach Pickett
#6 – Michael Hillyard & Matt Quandt
#7 – Scott Richey & Dave Cunningham
#8 – Matt Kelly & Andy Kelley
#9 – Eric Pahls & Garrett Clark
#10 – Scott Kramer & Mike Hawken
#11 – Logan Truninger & Derek Seid
#12 – Mark Addington & Steve Groom
#13 – Ian Schneider & Chris Beaubien
#14 – Jay Gregory & Rob Peterson
#15 – John Scarsella & Ben Kimminau
#16 – Stan Wiehe & Kevin Rome