Brown, Taylor drive Sidney golfers to top three at Ogallala

Brendon Brown had a ready explanation for his team-leading round of 74 after Thursday’s Ogallala Invite.

“I was just hitting everything straight,” he said.

The score put him third on the leaderboard, a stroke ahead of teammate Taylor Barton’s 75. With the addition of Ryan Birner’s solid 89, the Raiders secured the third slot out of 14 teams.

Brown recorded three birdies and ten pars by shooting on a line, though his birdie on 17 may have been the most important.

The back nine was on the verge of tripping up Sidney’s number two. He bogeyed 12, recovered with a par then dropped st...