Barron cruises to Lilac City Invitational victory

Scores four-stroke win on cool, windy finale at The Fairways

For a change, the Lilac Invitational Golf Tournament had little drama at the finish.

Derek Barron, the teaching pro from Lakewood, Wash., earned an easy four-stroke victory over Kevin PomArleau, from East Wenatchee, and Tacoma's Shane Prante on a windy and cool Fairways Golf Course last Sunday.

Since its return to The Fairways in 2012, the tournament has seen some nail-biting finishes, including Brian Miller's one-shot victory in 2015 and amateur Hank Frame's two-hole sudden death victory in 2012.

But Barron shot a 19-under par 269, including a rare final round even-par 72, and kept the challe...

 

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