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Walt Porterfield, Jr., took advantage of an unexpected good lie in the trees along the treacherous downhill 16^th hole to make an unlikely birdie that propelled him to his first Rosauers Open title and helped snap an 11-year victory drought.

While nursing a one-stroke lead on the final day of the tournament, Porterfield pushed his drive off the 16^th tee into the trees. Fearing the worst, he walked to his ball, only to find it sitting up in sparse grass between the thick trees. From there, Porterfield was able to knock his ball under a limb and fade it onto the green about 18 feet from the hole.

He calmly rolled in his birdie putt and later made birdie on the par-5 finishing hole to shoot an 11-under par 202 that was two strokes better than Gary Lindeblad, Jerry Minor, and amateur Todd Spence, who tied for second at 204.