The lesson in placing second: Eva Heinz proved to herself that she could contend.

The lesson in winning a week later: It wasn’t just empty talk.

The Montana State golfer began her junior season with a runner-up performance at a tournament in New Mexico and then mastered the fickle notion of golf momentum by clearing the field by five strokes over two days this week at Bozeman’s Riverside Country Club. Spurred by a school record 62 in Monday’s opening round of the Yellowstone Intercollegiate, Heinz earned top honors for the first time as a college player.

Heinz followed up her 62 with a 1-over-par 73 in Monday’s second round and an even 72 on Tuesday. Her 54-hole score of 207 is tied for the second-lowest in program history. From one week to the next, runner-up to champion, Heinz describ

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