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7.0 years ago by Andrew Bushnell

Champagne ends golf career with second individual D-III title in a row


Monitor staff

Sunday, October 09, 2016

It’s been some kind of year for Doug Champagne.

The standout senior golfer from Bow High School just recently put the finishing touches on an undefeated season for the Falcons (27-0), guiding them to their fifth straight Division III title. On Saturday, he capped off an outstanding high school career the only way he knows how: on top.

Champagne returned to Waukewan Golf Club – the same course he dominated during Thursday’s team championship – and stole the show yet again, edging Gilford’s Grant Workman by four strokes in the second round for a total of 149 to claim his second straight D-III individual championship.

Champagne only got better as he became more and more comfortable with the course. His score of 75 on the par-72 course on Thursday was among the best and he brought that same level of play back with him in the second round, using six pars and four birdies to top the field with a 74.

Workman carded a 78 to place second overall with total of 157 while Lebanon’s Kyle Pelletier (158), Derryfield’s Colin McCaigue (162), Lebanon’s Alex Bitler (164) and Prospect Mountain’s Sam Reynolds (164) rounded out the top five finishers.


In D-IV, which teed off just after D-III at Waukewan, Newport’s Cameron Gebo hung on for the title with a second round score of 83 for a total of 160.Champagne’s morning began with three consecutive bogeys, but his play picked up towards the end of the front nine. He birdied hole No. 6 and collected an eagle on the 430-yard, par-5 eighth hole before grabbing another birdie at No. 9. Champagne also notched birdies on holes 12 and 15 to win the individual title. Bow teammates Jack Olson, Ronan Lucey and Colin Plumb weren’t far behind Champagne on Saturday. Olson finished seventh overall with a total score of 165, while Lucey finished tied for ninth (170) and Plumb took 11th (171).

Hopkinton’s Nicholas Fairneny and Gorham’s Hunter Desilets also finished at 160 to tie for second place. Hillsboro-Deering’s Jacob Cole, coming off a first round score of 84, dropped six strokes and carded the lowest second-round total of the tournament at 78 to place fourth. Moultonborough Academy's Bailey Jensen settled for fifth with a total of 167.

Hanover’s Phin Choukas claimed the crown in Division II at Beaver Meadows Golf Course, shooting a 70 in the second round for a winning total of 143. Bishop Brady’s Nick Grimbilas took four strokes off his first-round total to place third overall at 148. Coe-Brown’s Joel Boulanger was 10th overall with his two-round total of 158, and his Coe-Brown teammate Dylan Andrews was right behind with a 159. John Stark’s Ryan Rothdiener tied for 16th with a 165.

The D-I individual championship was hosted by Hanover Country Club and was won by Nashua North’s Brandon Gillis with a total of 138.

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