Vernon wins Ozark title

Poplar Bluff's Carr Vernon chips onto the 15th green Sunday at Westwood Hills Country Club in Poplar Bluff. (DAILY AMERICAN REPUBLIC/Brian Rosener)

UPDATE: Photos from the weekend are now online to view and purchase. (Sorry it took so long but I shot over 500 photos and missed a few days with a back injury). You can view them here.

POPLAR BLUFF -- Carr Vernon, a 16-year-old sophomore from Poplar Bluff, shot a 4-under-par 67 Sunday to overtake first-round leaders Jeff Johnson and Skip Berkmeyer to win the 64th Ozark Invitational at Westwood Hills Country Club.

Vernon became the youngest Ozark winner with a two-day total of 137, 2 strokes better than both Johnson and Berkmeyer, both of St. Louis.

Poplar Bluff's Ben Godwin was third at 141 followed by Wayne Fredrick of Springfield at 142 and Jeff Chandler of Kenton, Tenn. at 143. Defending champion Darren Lundgren shot 1-under 70 Sunday to finish at 144, tied in a group of four for seventh.

64th MICHELOB OZARK INVITATIONAL

At Westwood Hills Country Club, Yardage: 6,248; Par: 71 (142)

Carr Vernon, Poplar Bluff 70-67 -- 137

Skip Berkmeyer, St. Louis 69-70 -- 139

Jeff Johnson, Ballwin 69-70 -- 139

Ben Godwin, Poplar Bluff 73-68 -- 141

Wayne Fredrick, Springfield 71-71 -- 142

Jeff Chandler, Kenton, Tenn. 72-71 -- 143

Darren Lundgren, Grover 74-70 -- 144

Lane Pippen, Ocean Springs, Miss. 73-71 -- 144

Neil Vanleeuwen, Tarpon Springs, Fla. 72-72 -- 144

Scott Harvey, Greensboro, N.C. 72-72 -- 144

Chance Holden, Dexter 73-72 -- 145

Scotty McClellan, O'Fallon 74-71 -- 145

Buddy Allen, Pevely 74-71 -- 145

Ben Brumitt, Poplar Bluff 73-72 -- 145

Greg Ford, Paducah, Ky. 72-73 -- 145

Derek Rahlmann, Collierville, Tenn. 73-73 -- 146

Brett McCauley, Poplar Bluff 71-75 -- 146

Chad Niezing, Manchester 74-72 -- 146

Tyler Hillis, Poplar Bluff 74-73 -- 147

Scott Kirchoff, Wentzville 74-73 -- 147

Tom Barry, St.Louis 77-71 -- 148

Ryne Fisher, Columbia 77-71 -- 148

Jarred Green, Silva 74-74 -- 148

Todd Metz, Hattiesburg, Miss. 74-74 -- 148

Matt Murray, Overland Park, Kan. 74-74 -- 148

Steven Souchek, Columbia, Ill. 75-73 -- 148

Sam Bass, Doniphan 78-71 -- 149

Trent Hillis, Poplar Bluff 77-72 -- 149

Travis Mitchell, Springfield 75-74 -- 149

Bob Meeh, St. Louis 73-76 -- 149

Tyler Stalker, Springfield 79-71 -- 150

Mark Monroe, Springfield 74-76 -- 150

Lucas Black, Columbia 78-73 -- 151

Brevin Giebler, Cape Girardeau 76-75 -- 151

Luke Chailland, Doniphan 74-77 -- 151

Logan MacDonald, Poplar Bluff 75-76 -- 151

Tim Holmes, Springfield 74-78 -- 152

Glenn Eubanks, Poplar Bluff 76-76 -- 152

Jon Key, Burlington, Ky. 78-75 -- 153

Ryan Chandler, Kenton, Tenn. 72-81 -- 153

Richard Williams, Eminence 76-77 -- 153

Tanner Werner, Jackson 81-73 -- 154

Tanner McKinney, Piedmont 80-74 -- 154

Justin Robinson, Cahokia, Ill. 77-77 -- 154

Ronnie Strong, Jackson 74-80 -- 154

Joe Behl, St. Louis 78-76 -- 154

Ken Ozbun, Malden 76-78 -- 154

Antonio Serrano, Springfield 83-72 -- 155

Charlie Adams, Newburg 80-75 -- 155

Nathan Fredrick, Springfield 78-77 -- 155

Chris Dale, Rogers, Ark. 78-77 -- 155

Brian Hall, O'Fallon 76-79 -- 155

Scott Whittaker, Springfield 81-75 -- 156

Shane Burkett, Jay, Fla. 81-75 -- 156

Joe Craigmyle, Springfield 77-79 -- 156

Jerrod Murphy, Poplar Bluff 80-77 -- 157

Brad Thielemier, Jefferson City 79-78 -- 157

Joseph Christian, St. Louis 78-79 -- 157

Chris Love, Poplar Bluff 78-79 -- 157

Mike Morriss, Waynesville 82-76 -- 158

Aron Persons, Poplar Bluff 81-77 -- 158

Mike Ivie, Poplar Bluff 81-77 -- 158

John Shock, Poplar Bluff 77-81 -- 158

Jason Waddell, Poplar Bluff 74-84 -- 158

Rob Haik, Nixa 80-79 -- 159

Jamie Hathcock, Springfield 79-80 -- 159

Bill Wynn, Nixa 78-81 -- 159

Bob Englehart, Jackson 78-81 -- 159

Craig Caringer, Palm Harbor, Fla. 81-79 -- 160

Sammy Gonzales, Poplar Bluff 82-79 -- 161

Russell Brightman, St. Louis 83-78 -- 161

Chris Montgomery, Poplar Bluff 81-81 -- 162

Jacob Siwak, St. Louis 81-81 -- 162

Bobby Godwin, Poplar Bluff 85-78 -- 163

Tyler Berry, Poplar Bluff 84-79 -- 163

David Johnson, Kirkwood 86-78 -- 164

Chris Rahlmann, Poplar Bluff 81-83 -- 164

Troy Bell, Poplar Bluff 81-83 -- 164

Jake Leonard, St. Louis 83-81 -- 164

Mike Lynch, St. Louis 82-83 -- 165

Jake Robertson, Poplar Bluff 79-87 -- 166

Chase Johnston, Columbia 86-80 -- 166

Shad McCue, Springfield 87-84 -- 171

Jeff Davis, Springfield 85-86 -- 171

Alex Vahldick, Kansas City 92-80 -- 172

Michael Perryman, Springfield 84-88 -- 172

Justin Bliss, St. Louis 90-83 -- 173

Mike Sissum, Dudley 92-82 -- 174

Tony Markham, Piedmont 87-87 -- 174

Travis Fitzgerald, Cahokia, Ill. 87-90 -- 177

Denny Reagan, Ballwin -- WD

Steve Shock, Poplar Bluff -- WD

Ron Mangold, Pocahontas, Ark. -- WD

Rob Burke, Van Buren -- WD

Jeff Resnik, Poplar Bluff -- NC

Jeff Lee, Springfield -- DNS

Mike Carroll, Saddlebrooke -- DNS

Tim Liebe, St. Louis -- DNS

Senior Division

Don Bliss, Chesterfield 70-72 -- 142

Ron Eilers, Columbia 73-73 -- 146

Steve Groom, Raytown 74-72 -- 146

Gerald Siemons, Jefferson City 75-74 -- 149

Ben Cantrell, Cape Girardeau 72-79 -- 151

Robert Trittler, Wentzville 76-75 -- 151

Andy Smith, Kansas City 79-73 -- 152

Ed Walsworth, Kansas City 79-74 -- 153

Darrel Huisinga, Fenton 77-77 -- 154

Dirk Teagarden, St. Louis 82-72 -- 154

Billy Pyland, Poplar Bluff 78-77 -- 155

Jeff Sarni, St. Louis 79-77 -- 156

David Estes, Florissant 77-80 -- 157

John Kueper, Carlyle, Ill. 81-76 -- 157

Vincent LoPiccolo, Creve Coeur 81-76 -- 157

Walter Powell, Springfield 76-81 -- 157

Scott Thomas, St. Louis 81-76 -- 157

Tim Boyd, Eureka 80-79 -- 159

Schooner Fitzgerald, Cahokia, Ill. 79-80 -- 159

Glenn Paulus, Lake St. Louis 79-80 -- 159

John Bailey, Nashville, Tenn. 79-82 -- 161

Tim Horne, Piedmont 80-83 -- 163

Barry Stahl, Ellsinore 80-85 -- 165

Terry Souchek, Columbia, Ill. 82-83 -- 165

Rocky Walther, St. Louis 84-81 -- 165

Tony Brown, St. Louis 83-85 -- 168

Thomas Rainwater, Jackson 89-80 -- 169

Don Johnson, Nixa 89-80 -- 169

Bill Jett, Maumelle, Ark. 90-80 -- 170

Richard King, Fulton 91-91 -- 182

J.T. Thompson, St. Louis 92-78 -- 187

Michael Hartman, St. Louis -- WD

Scott Edwards, St. Louis -- DNS