Ian Hessels made a 20-foot birdie putt in pouring rain on the 18th hole to win the Dakotas Tour Arrowhead Pro-Am by a shot on Saturday at Arrowhead Country Club.

Hessels finished the event at 10-under-par 203 (67-66-70), edging Ben Portie, Brian Kortan, Nathan Lashley and Ryan Conn by a single shot.

Rapid City's Jeff Salter continued his dominance in the amateur-portion of the event, shooting a third consecutive red number to win by 12 shots at 12-under 201 (62-69-70).

Hessels shook off a bogey at the par-3 17th and survived a pair of weather delays in pocketing the $21,000 first-place check. On the 550-yard, par-5 18th, Hessels found himself lying 2 in front of the green. He proceeded to hit his shot about 20 feet past the hole, before rolling in the downhill putt.

"I asked my buddy Kevin, I said 'This thing looks pretty straight, doesn't it?' He said 'Yeah,' and I played it just about right edge," Hessels said of the winning putt. "When I hit it about 6- or 7-feet away, I knew it was in."

Hessels joins Tom Kalinowski (1995) as the only players in Dakotas Tour history to win the Hillcrest Invitational Pro-Am and the Arrowhead Pro-Am in the same season.

It was not easy for Hessels, however, as he got off to a rough start Saturday. He didn't make a birdie until the ninth hole, but he managed three on the back en route to a 1-under 34.

"The wind was playing a little havoc on me," Hessels said. "I didn't have quite as good of a ball-striking round as I would have liked.

"But, you know, I've been chipping and putting so good that I gave myself a chance. I was just hanging in there and I knew where everybody else was, so I just gave myself a chance. That's really about it."

Lashley, playing alongside Hessels and Kortan in the final pairing, birdied Nos. 15 and 16 to get back in the hunt, however, he couldn't come up with a birdie over his final two holes and finished tied for second at 204 (67-68-69).

Kortan also had a chance late, but he just missed his eagle pitch on the 18th and settled for birdie. He followed up rounds of 69 and 66 with another 69.

Portie, playing in the second-to-last group, made four birdies and a bogey on the front to erase a four-shot deficit and get into contention at 8-under.

"I had a good front nine … so I knew I was right there," he said.

Following a bogey on No. 10, he birdied Nos. 13 and 14 to get to 9-under.

"I looked back and I knew I was close," Portie added. "I knew I was right there, but I bogeyed 17, which wasn't good.

"But, I had a good week."

Portie and Brett Swedberg had the low round of the day - 4-under 67.

Conn, playing in the next-to-last group, joined Portie as the clubhouse leader after a clutch birdie at the 18th capped his round of 68.

"I was able to make some key putts and I struck it pretty well," said Conn. "Looking back, it was a good week. It's something I can build on for the rest of the Dakotas Tour."

Tim Ailes, the leader for most of the back nine at 10-under, bogeyed his final two holes and carded 70 to finish in a tie for sixth with Swedberg at 8-under 205.

Salter was happy to win on the course he grew up on, as it provided some redemption after last season's South Dakota Golf Association Amateur Championship.

"Yep, that was a fun tournament - the first day (62) kind of put me in cruise control for the rest of the week," Salter said. "It felt really good last year, with the state stroke play. I kind of let it slip out of my hands - I shot 75 on the last day - and I just didn't want that to happen again."

Jeff Salter and his dad, Dave Salter, are now the only father-son duo to each win the amateur event. Dave Salter took home the first-place hardware in 1990.

"Yeah, so now he doesn't have that on me," Salter joked. "I don't think he won by 12 shots though, so now we'll see what the next step is."

Tim Kalil was second at 213 (73-71-69) and six-time winner Tyler Rachetto took third at 214 (69-74-71).

Len Collins won the net title with a 202 total.

Arrowhead Pro-Am 2009

Arrowhead Country Club

Final Results

Professionals

Gross scores

1, Ian Hessels 67-66-70-203

2T, Ben Portie 67-70-67-204

2T, Brian Kortan 69-66-69-204

2T, Nathan Lashley 67-68-69-204

2T, Ryan Conn 65-71-68-204

6T, Brett Swedberg 68-70-67-205

6T, Tim Ailes 66-69-70-205

8, Zen Brown 70-69-68-207

9T, Christopher Galeski 70-69-70-209

9T, Jason Swihart 66-72-71-209

9T, Neil Johnson 69-71-69-209

9T, Travis Williams 68-71-70-209

13T, Britt Pavelonis 69-69-72-210

13T, Chad Fribley 66-73-71-210

13T, Jason Beach 69-70-71-210

13T, Patrick Stolpe 70-69-71-210

13T, Paul Wackerly 70-68-72-210

13T, Tim Kunick 68-70-72-210

13T, To Eubank 73-66-71-210

20T, Curt Schneel 69-67-75-211

20T, Yong Joo 70-71-70-211

22T, Brad Pemberton 69-70-73-212

22T, Dennis kwon 67-71-74-212

22T, Jeff Meyerink 70-67-75-212

22T, Ryan Lenahan 69-72-71-212

26T, Brian Coe 72-68-73-213

26T, Bryan Newman 71-70-72-213

26T, Ra Stolpe 69-71-73-213

29T, Adam Wynia 68-72-74-214

29T, Brad Marek 72-67-75-214

29T, Josh Esler 68-72-74-214

29T, Mike Troyer 71-67-76-214

33, Brady Swedberg 68-73-75-216

34, Jonathan Hanner 72-69-77-218

35, Chris Robertson 71-67-81-219

36, Kellen Moss 72-69-81-222

Amateurs

Gross scores

1, Jeff Salter 62-69-70-201

2, Tim Kalil 73-71-69-213

3, Tyler Rachetto 69-74-71-214

4, Steve Beardsley 74-73-76-223

5T, Brett Simons 78-77-71-226

5T, Doug Murphy 72-77-77-226

5T, Greg O'Kelley 75-79-72-226

5T, Wally Byrne 75-74-77-226

9, James Dyk 72-82-73-227

10, Arthur Barrett 73-81-76-230

11, Josh Cluff 73-81-78-232

12T, Charles Woodard 77-78-79-234

12T, Jon Lesselyoung 81-80-73-234

14T, James Samuelsen 84-78-73-235

14T, Stanton Anker 82-76-77-235

16T, Bob Geis 78-79-79-236

16T, Kelly Farrar 80-72-84-236

18T, Blake Jenniges 77-81-79-237

18T, Chris Donohue 78-77-82-237

18T, Eric Farrar 83-74-80-237

21, Mark Kostenbauer 82-81-75-238

22T, Pat Burchill 77-79-83-239

22T, Ray Strand 77-82-80-239

22T, Ryan Junek 75-86-78-239

22T, Sam Hermanson 74-82-83-239

26T, Jeff Fullerton 80-79-81-240

26T, Mark Bachman 79-78-83-240

26T, Rick Rylance 78-83-79-240

29T, John Crowson 78-80-83-241

29T, Rich Hegre 78-82-81-241

31T, Keith Gesinger 78-86-80-244

31T, Rob James 79-80-85-244

31T, Todd Christensen 84-79-81-244

34, Bill Garrett 80-80-85-245

35T, Bruce Ashland 79-81-86-246

35T, Mike Trompeter 77-84-85-246

35T, Steve Conzet 82-80-84-246

38T, Gene Hensley 86-78-83-247

38T, Trevor Messinger 79-82-86-247

40, Dave Solano 81-82-85-248

41, Tom Morrison 89-82-78-249

42, Tom Odom 83-84-83-250

43, Kim Rosse 84-80-87-251

44T, Dan Ashmore 78-87-87-252

44T, Matt Birrenkott 85-82-85-252

44T, Tony Hensley 80-84-88-252

47T, Jim Whitney 84-84-85-253

47T, Karim Merali 80-85-88-253

47T, Mike Pzanka 84-86-83-253

47T, Rex Hagg 83-85-85-253

47T, Rod Cowling 84-80-89-253

47T, Rod Pappel 84-82-87-253

53, Eugene Martin 85-87-82-254

54, Rod DiBona 77-92-88-257

55T, Jack Lynass 85-91-83-259

55T, Jim Klinefelter 82-85-92-259

57T, Jack Delaney 89-85-88-262

57T, Mark Treadwell 83-88-91-262

59T, Dennis Casey 91-82-80-263

59T, Frank Perea 92-86-85-263

61, Jim Burke 85-90-89-264

62, Mark Gibbens 86-87-92-265

63T, Len Collins 91-88-89-268

63T, Mike Gustafson 86-84-98-268

65, Rich Kinzley 96-87-87-270

66, Charlie Loos 87-92-93-272

67, Stuart Tanner 88-86-99-273

68, Donnie Patton 93-85-97-275

69T, Roger Braunstein 90-91-97-278

69T, Ron Foster 96-90-92-278

71, Jason Slingsby 88-90-103-281

72, Troy Ward 94-89-204-287

Amateurs

Net

1, Len Collins 69-66-67-202

2, Jim Burke 65-70-69-204

3, Pat Burchill 66-68-72-206

4, Steve Conzet 69-67-71-207

5T, Gene Hensley 73-65-70-208

5T, Mark Kostenbauer 72-71-65-208

7T, Donnie Patton 71-63-75-209

7T, Eugene Martin 70-72-67-210

9T, Jeff Fullerton 70-69-71-210

9T, Mark Bachman 69-68-73-210

11T, Karim Merali 66-71-74-211

11T, Mike Gustafson 67-65-79-211

13T, Bob Geis 70-71-71-212

13T, Frank Perea 75-69-68-212

15T, Eric Farrar 75-66-72-213

15T, Rich Kinzley 77-68-68-213