Las Vegas, NV. – Presented by Callaway Golf, Harris Golf Cars and Vinnie Krikac’s State Farm Insurance Agency, Nebraska PGA Professionals and their teams of Amateurs teed it up at Cascata Golf Club for the final round of the Nebraska PGA Vegas Classic. The private facility and Rees Jones Design featuring a 3,600-foot Red Mountain set up for a fantastic finish to the 31st edition of the event. Playing conditions were slightly better than the day before at TPC Summerlin, but chilly air and consistent winds impacted play once again.

The day began with nearly 10 teams in contention for the team division but a familiar name found themselves at the top of the leaderboard yet again. Patrick Kilbride, PGA of Hillside Golf Course and his team of Amateurs (Tom Birner, Jeff Heller, Dan Carlson, Brian Brummund) scored a field-best 113 points today in route to a wire-to-wire victory in their first ever time playing in the event. Averaging nearly 105 points per round, Team Kilbride made it look easy thanks to an incredible effort on and around the greens. Their week was highlighted by scoring over 110 points two times, while the rest of the field did so just once.

Jumping to the Professional division, Shane Zywiec, PGA of Highlands Golf Course came into today with the lead after two rounds, but two players made late runs to share the title. Nick Shanahan, PGA of Shadow Ridge Country Club and Steve Friesen, PGA of Firethorn Golf Club put together respective final rounds to leap up the leaderboard on the final day. Shanahan scored a field-best 37 points today while Friesen notched 35 of his own and the two PGA Professionals tied at 106 to share low-Professional honors.

We would like to thank Cascata Golf Club and the entire Professional staff for hosting us for the final round of our 31st Nebraska PGA Vegas Classic as well as Rio Secco Golf Club and TPC Summerlin for hosting us the past two days. We would also like to thank Callaway Golf, Harris Golf Cars and Vinnie Krikac’s State Farm Insurance Agency for making this event possible once again. We are already looking forward to next year’s event.

Professional Leaderboard

T1 Nick Shanahan (p) Shadow Ridge CC
T1 Steve Friesen (p) Firethorn GC
3 Shane Zywiec (p) Highlands GC
4  Ted DiGiacomo (p) Golf Galaxy – Omaha
5 Patrick Kilbride (p) Hillside
T6 Jonathan Beaver (p) Landsmeer GC
T6 James Kinney (p) GolfTec – Omaha
8 Nick Wanderscheid (p) Dakota Dunes Country Club
T9 Ryan Norman (p) Fox Run
T9 Kevin Drew (p) Field Club of Omaha
11 Jim White (p) Fairways at Lincoln
12 Anthony Driscoll (p) Bent Tree
13 Dominick Mitchum (p) Omaha CC
14 Tony Pesavento (p) Omaha CC
15 Greg Gilg (p) Field Club of Omaha
16 Trevor Chesnut (p) Scottsbluff CC
17 – Mark Ruhga (p) ArborLinks
18 Troy Harder (p) Firethorn GC
19 Brian Fauss (p) Riverside GC
20 James Weaver (p) Platteview Country Club

F 37 36 33 37 106
F 35 35 36 35 106
F 31 43 30 31 104
F 35 36 32 35 103
F 35 42 24 35 101
F 34 36 28 34 98
F 35 37 26 35 98
F 36 35 26 36 97
F 37 31 28 37 96
F 33 38 25 33 96
F 30 35 30 30 95
F 30 31 32 30 93
F 31 30 28 31 89
F 28 31 29 28 88
F 28 27 24 28 79
F 21 31 26 21 78
F 23 29 23 23 75
F 16 33 22 16 71
F 28 21 15 28 64
F 13 30 20 13 63

Team Leaderboard

1 Patrick Kilbride (p) Hillside
Tom Birner (a)
Jeff Heller (a)
Dan Carlson (a)
Brian Brummund (a) F 113 116 85 113 314

2 Anthony Driscoll (p) Bent Tree
Sean Witecy (a)
Kyle Reznicek (a)
Steve Hogan (a)
Ben Starkel (a) F 105 109 87 105 301

3 Shane Zywiec (p) Highlands GC
John Reiss (a)
Ryan Remmes (a)
Eddy Sabat (a)
Brook Darnell (a) F 97 105 92 97 294

4 Nick Shanahan (p) Shadow Ridge CC
Zach Peed (a)
Nick McDermott (a)
Dustin Heng (a)
Shaun Karch (a) F 94 100 92 94 286

5 Ted DiGiacomo (p) Golf Galaxy – Omaha
Mark Hart (a)
Tim Marchese (a)
Doug Mitchell (a)
Gene Wendt (a) F 96 96 93 96 285

6 Jim White (p) Fairways at Lincoln
Josh White (a)
Jay Winter (a)
Tony Panella (a)
Mike Goltl (a) F 110 99 75 110 284

7 Greg Gilg (p) Field Club of Omaha
Hayden Renter (a)
Darin Taylor (a)
Brian Lundin (a)
Nate Egger (a) F 94 104 85 94 283

8 Nick Wanderscheid (p) Dakota Dunes Country Club
Spencer Christian (a)
Brandon Mahoney (a)
Mike Gregg (a)
Criag Manker (a) F 97 104 79 97 280

9 James Kinney (p) GolfTec – Omaha
Chris Sullivan (a)
Rob Schmitt (a)
Kevin Kalil (a)
Kurt Boustead (a) F 88 108 83 88 279

10 Tony Pesavento (p) Omaha CC
Mike Kubat (a)
Lyle Olson (a)
Rich Manning (a)
Bill Cutler (a) F 91 99 83 91 273

T11 Kevin Drew (p) Field Club of Omaha
Mel Bull (a)
Brett Lundin (a)
Pat Hoshor (a)
Thom Harmon (a) F 95 97 79 95 271

T11  Jonathan Beaver (p) Landsmeer GC
Vinnie Krikac (a)
Tim Bixenmann (a)
Justin Roach (a)
Marcus Kuhlman (a) F 99 97 75 99 271

13 Dominick Mitchum (p) Omaha CC
Steve Ritzman (a)
Tim Kerrigan (a)
Nick Mazgaj (a)
Ken Stoll (a) F 88 95 78 88 261

14 Mark Ruhga (p) ArborLinks
Trevor Knuth (a)
Justin Hart (a)
Derek Lyman (a)
Michael Lucchino (a) F 85 94 81 85 260

15 James Weaver (p) Platteview Country Club
Adam Sautter (a)
Drew Callahan (a)
Scott Sautter (a)
Brian Palmer (a) F 91 98 67 91 256

16 Steve Friesen (p) Firethorn GC
Smokey Cornelius (a)
Art Becker (a)
Jeff Howerter (a)
Heath Jacob (a) F 86 79 85 86 250

17 Troy Harder (p) Firethorn GC
Earl Haddow (a)
Brian McHugh (a)
Jeff Wessel (a)
Bob Glesman (a) F 83 94 72 83 249

18 Ryan Norman (p) Fox Run
Grant Wakefield (a)
Kurt Rames (a)
Chris Harlan (a)
Dave Dales (a) F 87 85 76 87 248

T19 Trevor Chesnut (p) Scottsbluff CC
Nic Haun (a)
Bryce Liptac (a)
Kevin Patterson (a)
John Schlothauer (a) F 73 91 74 73 238

T19 Brian Fauss (p) Riverside GC
Chris Hartwig (a)
Perky Rother (a)
Jason Luebbe (a)
Mike Stoppkotte (a) F 83 92 63 83 238