Former Michigan State golfer Matt Harmon of Grand Rapids, Michigan posted a three-under 69 at Peoria Ridge Golf Club in the final round of The 2010 Buffalo Run Casino Classic presented by Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma to capture his second NGA Hooters Tour title
of the season and fourth of his career.

Harmon started the day in 1st at twenty-two-under par after carding rounds of 66-62-66. Playing in the final group with Kyle Ellis (Senatobia, MS) and Will Dodson (Dallas, Texas), the former Spartan started off the same way he had the previous three days with a birdie on the first hole.  After making a par on the second hole, Harmon made the only mistake of the week on the third hole.

With heavy rains soaking the course early in the week, NGA Hooters Tour officials played preferred lies for the first three days but conditions
were better and preferred lies was taken out for the final round.

“I told myself on the first two holes of the round not to pick up my ball
but on the third hole I got a mud ball and I wasn’t thinking and just
picked it up,” said Harmon of his only bogey of the week. “It was a
bonehead mistake but lucky for me it didn’t cost me.”

After the bogey, Harmon made four straight pars before he birdied the par 5 eighth hole to turn at one-under par 35 with a five stroke lead heading into the final nine holes.

“Coming into today with a six stroke lead my game plan was to birdie all the par 5’s and try not to make mistakes on the other holes, said the four-time NGA Hooters Tour winner. “I felt like if I put that pressure on Kyle (Ellis) it would be too much for him to have to overcome.”

Harmon’s game plan worked out as he added two more birdies on his inward nine on both the par fives to finish with a three under par 69 and a four day total of twenty-five-under par 263 and the $30,000 first place check.

 “After last week’s final round I was spraying the ball all over the place
but my good friend Charlie (Waddell) gave me some advice this week on Tuesday and it just clicked for me.”

Harmon’s twenty-five-under par 263 total was five better than Ellis.
Ellis, a former standout at Ole Miss, had the odds stacked against him on Sunday, trailing Harmon by six strokes after he posted rounds of 67-67-66 to open his tournament. He started off hot with two birdies over his first three holes to cut Harmon’s lead to three but a disappointing bogey dropped him back to two-under par 34 at the turn.

Ellis once again cut into Harmon’s lead after he made three birdies on the first five holes on the back nine before a three putt on the par 5
fifteenth hole and a bogey on the seventeenth hole dropped him back to five down with one to play. After closing par, Ellis had a final round
four-under par 68 and four day total of twenty-under par 268 and his first runner-up finish of the season. Ellis earned $15,799 for his finish.

Former Tennessee golfer Philip Pettitt Jr. closed with a final round best
eight-under par 64 and finished tied for third with Daniel Wax of
California.

Former Wichita State golfer Cameron Bishop of Tulsa headed up the Oklahoma contingent in the Buffalo Run Casino classic this week after he posted a four day total of seventeen-under par 271 and finished T-5. Other Oklahoman’s that made the cut included: former Dell City native Ryan Spears (272), former Oklahoma State golfer Tyler Leon (273), former Oklahoma golfer Tyler Rody (276), Craig Van Horn (280), Stafford Gray (280), Robert Streb (281), Ryan Henry (284) and Rhein Gibson (288).

With his victory Sunday, Harmon moves into first place on the season long money list with $79,765 in earnings but more importantly he moves into first place in the Race For The PHS Wichita Open Nationwide Exemption. The Race For The PHS Wichita Open Exemption will be given to the NGA Hooters Tour member that accumulates the most money in the Bentonville, Arkansas, Miami, Oklahoma, Pearland, Texas and Victoria, Texas events. With two events complete Harmon has earned $31,523 and leads second place golfer Mike Lavery by more than $1,500.

The NGA Hooters Tour will take two weeks off before swinging back into action July 5-11 in Pearland, TX at Golfcrest Country Club for the Texas Honing Open.

1       1       Matthew Harmon
Grand Rapids, MI        -25     F       -3      66      62      66      69      263     $30,000.00
2       2       Kyle Ellis
Senatobia, MS   -20     F       -4      67      67      66      68      268     $15,779.00
T3      T13     Philip Pettitt Jr
Murfreesboro, TN        -19     F       -8      68      69      68      64      269     $9,729.00
T3      T4      Daniel Wax
Pacific Palisades, CA   -19     F       -6      67      68      68      66      269     $9,729.00
T5      T13     Cameron Bishop
Wichita, KS     -17     F       -6      67      72      66      66      271     $7,129.00
T5      T8      Shawn Stefani
Baytown, TX     -17     F       -5      71      64      69      67      271     $7,129.00
T7      T4      Parker LaBarge
St. Louis, MO   -16     F       -3      65      68      70      69      272     $5,267.00
T7      T8      Ryan Spears
Wichita, KS     -16     F       -4      69      69      66      68      272     $5,267.00
T7      T4      Scott Feaster
Columbia , SC   -16     F       -3      67      67      69      69      272     $5,267.00
T10     T28     David Skinns
Lincoln, England        -15     F       -6      70      67      70      66      273     $3,375.00
T10     T19     Brandon Brown
Shelbyville, KY -15     F       -5      69      72      65      67      273     $3,375.00
T10     T19     David Miller
Daphne, AL      -15     F       -5      68      71      67      67      273     $3,375.00
T10     T19     Jarrod Barsamian
Ponte Verda Beach, Fl   -15     F       -5      68      71      67      67      273     $3,375.00
T10     T13     Ted Potter
Silver Springs, FL      -15     F       -4      69      67      69      68      273     $3,375.00
T10     T13     Garrett Jones
Madison, WI     -15     F       -4      66      70      69      68      273     $3,375.00
T10     T8      Tyler Leon
Dallas, TX      -15     F       -3      67      71      66      69      273     $3,375.00
T17     T19     Kevin Warrick
Valrico, FL     -14     F       -4      65      72      69      68      274     $2,374.00
T17     T8      Todd Bailey
Spanish Fort, AL        -14     F       -2      64      71      69      70      274     $2,374.00
T17     T4      Adam Swope
Wesley Chapel, FL       -14     F       -1      70      66      67      71      274     $2,374.00
T20     T34     Nick Rousey
Pensacola, FL   -13     F       -5      69      72      67      67      275     $2,127.00
T20     T28     Jeff Corr
Longwood, FL    -13     F       -4      68      70      69      68      275     $2,127.00
T20     3       Will Dodson
Dallas, TX      -13     F       +1      66      69      67      73      275     $2,127.00
T23     T40     Matthew Anderson
Minneapolis, MN -12     F       -5      65      74      70      67      276     $1,840.00
T23     T34     Ian Rochester
Cordova, TN     -12     F       -4      70      71      67      68      276     $1,840.00
T23     T28     Oscar Alvarez
Medellin, Colombia      -12     F       -3      68      71      68      69      276     $1,840.00
T23     T19     Tyler Rody
Spartanburg, SC -12     F       -2      70      68      68      70      276     $1,840.00
T23     T19     Chip Deason
Lexington, SC   -12     F       -2      69      70      67      70      276     $1,840.00
T23     T13     Yohann Benson
Montreal, Canada        -12     F       -1      73      65      67      71      276     $1,840.00
T23     T8      James Vargas
Miami, FL       -12     F       E       67      69      68      72      276     $1,840.00
T30     T34     Mark Blakefield
Maysville, KY   -11     F       -3      67      72      69      69      277     $1,644.00
T30     T28     Will Osborne
Wichita Falls, TX       -11     F       -2      68      69      70      70      277     $1,644.00
T30     T13     Madalitso Muthiya
Albequreque, NM -11     F       E       70      69      66      72      277     $1,644.00
T33     T40     Andy Pope
Glen Ellyn, IL  -10     F       -3      71      67      71      69      278     $1,504.00
T33     T34     Chris Naegel
Chesterfield, MO        -10     F       -2      72      68      68      70      278     $1,504.00
T33     T40     Brian Carroll
Crystal Lake , IL       -10     F       -3      68      71      70      69      278     $1,504.00
T33     T43     Jordan Payne
West Memphis, AR        -10     F       -4      72      69      69      68      278     $1,504.00
T33     T49     Kevin Larsen
Santa Barbara, CA       -10     F       -5      68      71      72      67      278     $1,504.00
T33     T49     Patrick Nagle
Pacifica, CA    -10     F       -5      69      72      70      67      278     $1,504.00
T39     T34     Perry Moss
Shreveport, LA  -9      F       -1      69      71      68      71      279     $1,364.00
T39     T28     Jay Woodson
Richmond, VA    -9      F       E       67      68      72      72      279     $1,364.00
T39     T43     Kelly Sellers
Bartow, FL      -9      F       -3      72      66      72      69      279     $1,364.00
T39     T19     Chase Baldwin
Memphis, TN     -9      F       +1      69      69      68      73      279     $1,364.00
T39     T19     Britt Pavelonis
Harrisburg, IL  -9      F       +1      70      70      66      73      279     $1,364.00
T44     T34     Michael Schachner
Libertyville, IL        -8      F       E       67      71      70      72      280     $1,262.00
T44     T43     Craig Van Horn
Oklahoma City, OK       -8      F       -2      66      73      71      70      280     $1,262.00
T44     T43     Scott Tashie
Memphis, TN     -8      F       -2      71      68      71      70      280     $1,262.00
T44     T43     Stafford Gray
Oklahoma City, OK       -8      F       -2      68      71      71      70      280     $1,262.00
T44     T28     Michael Daniels
Auburn, AL      -8      F       +1      71      68      68      73      280     $1,262.00
T44     T59     Charlie Waddell
Wilmette, IL    -8      F       -5      70      71      72      67      280     $1,262.00
T50     T49     Robert Streb
Edmond, OK      -7      F       -2      67      74      70      70      281     $1,227.00
T50     T49     Kyle Moore
Lake Worth, FL  -7      F       -2      71      70      70      70      281     $1,227.00
T50     T19     David McKendrick
West Monroe, LA -7      F       +3      72      68      66      75      281     $1,227.00
T50     T55     Drew Lethem
Overland Park, KS       -7      F       -3      70      71      71      69      281     $1,227.00
54      T55     Jeff Street
Charlotte, NC   -6      F       -2      70      68      74      70      282     $1,214.00
T55     T55     Chris Devlin
Ireland         -5      F       -1      65      75      72      71      283     $1,204.00
T55     T59     Richard Swift
Sydney, Australia       -5      F       -2      72      68      73      70      283     $1,204.00
T55     T59     Christopher Gold
Haddonfield, NJ -5      F       -2      70      67      76      70      283     $1,204.00
T58     T43     Jerrett Hamilton
Richardson, TX  -4      F       +2      68      73      69      74      284     $1,165.00
T58     T49     Ben Silverman
Delray Beach, FL        -4      F       +1      68      73      70      73      284     $1,165.00
T58     T55     Chris Walker (a)
Woodlands, TX   -4      F       E       70      71      71      72      284     $750.00
T58     T59     Ryan Henry
Broken Arrow, OK        -4      F       -1      70      68      75      71      284     $1,165.00
T58     T59     Justin Ahasic
Aurora , IL     -4      F       -1      69      71      73      71      284     $1,165.00
T58     T59     Matt Boyd
Sugarland, TX   -4      F       -1      71      70      72      71      284     $1,165.00
T64     T59     Jay Whitby
Wyoming, DE     -3      F       E       67      72      74      72      285     $1,003.00
T64     T59     William Lanier
Augusta, GA     -3      F       E       69      72      72      72      285     $1,003.00
T64     T69     Greg Mcauley
Cloverdale, BC  -3      F       -2      69      72      74      70      285     $1,003.00
67      T49     Christopher Brown
Farmers Branch, TX      -2      F       +3      68      69      74      75      286     $1,003.00
T68     T59     Eric Gibbs
Bella Vista AR  -1      F       +2      69      71      73      74      287     $1,003.00
T68     T59     Brad Marek
Arlington Heights, IL   -1      F       +2      67      73      73      74      287     $1,003.00
T70     T69     Matt Johnston
Winnipeg, Canada        E       F       +1      73      67      75      73      288     $1,003.00
T70     T72     Rhein Gibson
Edmond, OK      E       F       -2      73      68      77      70      288     $1,003.00
T70     71      Kevin Messer
Missouri City, TX       E       F       E       76      64      76      72      288     $1,003.00
73      T72     Jeff Warden
Praire Grove, AR        +19     F       +17     69      71      78      89      307     $1,003.00