Becca Huffer of Denver posted her best finish on the Symetra Tour this year, tying for eighth place Sunday in the Firekeepers Casino Hotel Championship in Battle Creek, Michigan.
The 2013 CoBank Colorado Women’s Open champion shot rounds of 71-68-72 for a 5-under-par 211 total, which left her seven strokes behind champion Erynne Lee.
Huffer (pictured) made four birdies, two bogeys and a double bogey on Sunday, leading to a payday of $2,273. She moved up to 66th on the 2017 Symetra money list with $8,318.
It was the best showing for Huffer on the Symetra Tour since she tied for second late last September at the Murphy USA El Dorado Shootout.
Meanwhile, another player with local connections, Josh Creel of Cheyenne, Wyo., who started his college career at the University of Colorado, finished 10th Sunday in his first Web.com Tour start of the season, at the Digital Ally Open in Overland Park, Kan.
Creel, who Monday qualified for the tournament, carded rounds of 70-66-66-65 for a 17-under-par 267 total. He was bogey-free in the final round. He finished eight strokes behind winner Zecheng Dou.
In amateur golf on Sunday, Colorado State University player Max Oelfke won the German International Amateur Championship, He recorded four consecutive rounds of 68 for a 12-under-par total of 272, then won a playoff against Lukas Euler, making birdie on the third extra hole.
It was Oelfke’s second title this month. Earlier, he won the Luxembourg International Amateur.
