The first hole

Mills had a 4-up lead, but Ernst -- the 21-year-old Clovis, Calif., player who won the 2010 and 2011 Mountain West Conference titles -- won five straight holes to take a 1-up lead with five to play. "I kept telling myself that I was still in it," Ernst said. "I was down, but I still believed I could pull it off." The first hole stymied Ernst all day. In both the morning round and playoff, he three-putted for bogey. In the afternoon round, he two-putted from 40 feet to save a double bogey and halve the hole. "It's funny, I played that hole pretty well all week," Ernst said. "But today was a different story. It was a tough hole location with the wind, but I needed to do better." The six-day tournament is limited to players who don't hold privileges at any course that doesn't extend playing privileges to the general public. "I'm exhausted," Mills said. "I was waiting to collapse with four holes to play. My legs are killing me, my feet are killing me. I mean, it feels like I've had such a tough match with everybody, so I'm just mentally drained, physically drained. It's a lot of golf you played in a short period of time.