BOZEMAN — On a bright and sunny day at the Valley View Golf Club a pair of local golfers, Chris Haas and Mark Houser, won the titles for the 38th Montana State Mid-Amateur and the first Master 40 championship Saturday.

Haas utilized his course knowledge and held on for a one-stroke victory over Nathan Bailey in the Mid-Am, while Houser secured a wire-to-wire victory over Whitefish’s Brad Grattan.

Both Haas and Bailey, the 2020 Mid-Amateur champ and an MSGA Hall of Famer. shot 72 Saturday. Haas accumulated one early birdie and had three bogeys, and both golfers shot 2-over 72. Haas' three-round total was 1-over 211.

Bailey, a three-time State Amateur champ from Laurel, missed out on a playoff with a bogey on 18.

In third place was two-time State Am champion Joey Lovell of Bozeman, who s

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