Welcome home, Lucas Horrobin.

Horrobin, a 1997 graduate of Oak Harbor High School, returned to the course where he played high school golf to win the 50th annual Whidbey Golf Club Men’s Invitational Saturday and Sunday, May 23 and 24.

After shooting a two-over 74 and down two strokes to Tracy Vass after the first round, Horrobin captured the lead two holes into the second round and won going away. He birdied two of the final three holes to dash any comeback hopes from runners-up Tim Wyer and Mike Zarraonandia, who tied for second with 149s.

Horrobin, who played collegiately at San Jose State University, finished the second day with a five-under 67 for a two-day winning total of 141 and an eight-stroke victory.

Horrobin’s hot second round broke open a tight tournament. When play concluded Saturday, eight golfers were within three strokes of the lead.

Vass led with a 72, Horrobin and John Henriot carded 74s, and Wyer, Brian Wasinger, Rob Srdar, Doug Pierce and Ron Bates all sat at 75.

While Horrobin was pulling away from the field in the low gross division, Denny Behrman was even more dominant in the low net race, winning by 11 strokes with a 129.

The trio of Roger Pierce, John Matzen and Jeff Rodgers, who all shot 140, finished first in Flight 1 net scoring.

In Flight 2, Arik Dahlen led in low gross with a 160; Alex McCollum was the low net winner at 139.

Dennis Ross captured Flight 3 in low gross with a 164, while John Bates was the net leader with a 139.

Gold Flight leader in low net was Gary Boonstra with a 141.

Results:

Flight 1, low gross: 1, Lucas Horrobin, 141; 2 (tie), Tim Wyer, 149; Mike Zarraonandia, 149; 4, Doug Pierce, 150; 5, Tracy Vass, 151.

Overall low net: Denny Behrman, 129.

Fight 1, low net: 1 (tie), Roger Pierce, 140; John Matzen, 140; Jeff Rodgers, 140; 4, Keith Tod, 141.

Flight 2, low gross: 1, Arik Dahlen, 160; 2 (tie), Greg Hamming, 163; Neal Kloke, 163; 4 (tie), Don Beeson, 165; Chuck Yurcina, 165.

Flight 2, low net: 1, Alex McCollum, 139; 2, Mel Elvebak, 140; 3, Chuck Krieg, 142; 4, Bob Wilzen, 143.

Flight 3, low gross: Dennis Ross, 164; 2, Steve Anderson, 168; 3 (tie), Bob Merrick, 170; Mike Ryan, 170.

Flight 3, low net: 1, John Bates, 137; 2, Craig McCaul, 138; 3, Doug Brown, 142; 4, Bob Tracy, 143.

Gold Flight, low net: 1, Gary Boonstra, 141; 2, Marv Anderson, 142; 3, Glenn Smith, 143; 4, Tom Belew, 145.

Closest to pin, 0-10 handicap (Sunday): Hole No. 2, Horrobin, 6’11”; No. 7, Billy VanCleef, 2’7″; No. 13, Martin Pool, 4’10”; No. 17, Roger Pierce, 9’1″.

Closest to pin, 11-plus handicap (Sunday): No. 2, Ryan, 10’5″; No. 7, Mike Lacey, 10’9″; No. 13, Brown, 8’1″; No. 17, McCollum, 8’1″.

Skins, gross (Sunday): No. 8, Beeson, 2; No. 12, Doug Pierce, 3; No. 18, Tom Kidd, 3.

Skins, net (Sunday): No. 8, Beeson, 1; No. 12, Doug Pierce, 2; No. 14, Todd Melnick, 2; No. 15, Dahlen, 2; No. 18, Kidd, 2.

Deuce pot (Sunday): VanCleef (2), Horrobin, Zarraonandia, Ron Bates, Matzen, Roger Pierce, Ron Coleman, Lenny Thompson, Ryan Elvebak, Krieg, Beeson, Chuck Flajole, Pool, Kidd, Oly Olson.

140 Club: Horrobin, Roger Pierce, Rodgers, Matzen, McCollum, Mel Elvebak, John Bates, McCaul, Anderson, Ross, Behrman.

(Denny Behrman shows off one of his awards for finishing with the low net score in the WGC Men’s Invitational. Photo submitted by David Phay.)