Tournament News
Lanting Wins the 2021 National Car Rental Colorado Assistant PGA Professional Champion
Lanting claimed his third title in four years
The National Car Rental Colorado Assistant PGA Professional Championship concluded with an exciting final round at Highland Meadows Golf Course. Ben Lanting, PGA Assistant Golf Professional at Bear Creek Golf Club, claimed his third Colorado Assistant PGA Professional Championship title! Lanting started the final round trailing leader Andrew Connell, PGA Assistant Golf Professional at The Ridge at Castle Pines North, by four strokes and two behind Mike Weingartner, PGA Assistant Golf Professional at Walnut Creek Golf Preserve, which led to a strong battle to claim victory. Knowing he had to play well with strokes to gain, Lanting was able to keep a level head and a “keep doing what I’ve been doing” attitude. He shared, “I’m playing well enough to shoot a low number today. The putts weren’t going in yesterday so I needed to stay patient and read the greens well and in-depth.” Lanting played a “zoned in, freeflowing” final round en route to hoisting his third trophy. Despite the overall performance, Lanting carded a bogey on hole one. “I chunked the second shot into the water and had to make a 15 footer for bogey which felt like a birdie.” Ironically, when Lanting won his second Championship at Walnut Creek Golf Preserve in 2019, he doublebogeyed the first hole, stating, “It refocuses me.” This setback lit a fire in him for the final 17 holes; he bounced right back with a birdie on hole two and didn’t drop a shot the rest of the round. Birdies on 5, 7, and 9 closed out his front nine in style, turning at 6-under-par for the tournament. Four more birdies followed on the back nine leading to a 10-under-par total of 132.
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The SUMMIT
