Travis Fredborg captured the 2017 Manitoba Men's Amateur Golf Championship Thursday and he ended his day by watching the most memorable putt of his golfing career find the bottom of the cup.

Fredborg rolled in a 25-foot eagle putt on the 18th hole at Elmhurst which put a impressive exclamation mark on his final round four-under par 67.

"As soon as I hit it I knew it was perfect. It looked good the whole way. When I saw it rolling I thought I had a pretty good chance."

The 21-year-old-Selkirk product, who had a one stroke lead on Devon Schade of Elmhurst playing the 18th hole, finished with a 72-hole total of four under par 280 which was three shots better than the 2015 & 2016 champion.

"It's a pretty cool feeling I'm not going to lie," said Fredborg. "I won the Junior twice back in the day and the way Devon's been playing the past couple of years, I didn't know if he was going to be beatable in this event. Everytime he came out he was just lights out - fairways, greens and making everything. I knew I had to come out here today and put a good number together. Funny enough...I said to my parents, to my caddie and to my brother - If I shot 67 tomorrow I'll win and sure enough I went out and shot 67."

Schade, who entered the final round with a one shot lead over Fredborg and Eric Johnson of Breezy Bend, saw his quest to become the first golfer since Todd Fanning accomplished the feat in 1990, '91 & '92, to win back-to-back-to-back Manitoba Men's Amateur Championships come to an end.

"Didn't make any putts today," said Schade. "That was a big problem for me. Hit the ball okay. It just wasn't a good day for putting for me. It came down to the final hole so it was a pretty exciting finish."

 

 

Ross Sheard of Shilo was five over par 76 for the second straight day and finished in a tie for 17th place at plus 16.

"Overall I played solid from tee to green," said Sheard shortly after signing his scorecard. "Would have liked to have had a few more putts go down but that's the way it is sometimes."

Four other Shilo golfers made the cut for the final two rounds at Elmhurst.

Drew Jones was 74 and finished at plus 17.

Austin Dobrescu was 79 and plus 25.

Mark Tokle was 79 and David Glenn was 82.

Both finished at plus 29.