Donald Constable again wowed the field at the 108th Minnesota State Amateur golf tournament. And this time, the biggest trophy is his.

Constable capped off a wire-to-wire victory in the 54-hole event at White Bear Yacht Club in Dellwood with a 2-under-par 69 on Wednesday to finish 7 under for the tournament. The victory comes a year after his 10-under score at Dacotah Ridge tied the tournament mark for most strokes under par; that is, until Tom Hoge did him one better.

"Last year was not a disappointment; any other year that thing wins by four or five," said Constable, a former Gophers golfer and 2006 Class 2A state champion from Minnetonka. "I've been close but I always come to win. That's why you play the game."

His 206 total was enough, three better than Dillon Schultz and Adam Riddering. Schultz, who won the Class 1A state tournament in 2009 as a sophomore at Springfield/Comfrey and will play for South Dakota State in the fall, carded a 5-under 66 on Wednesday to jump into the second-place slot.

"Last night, the number in my head was 64, actually, if you can believe that," Schultz said. "I was thinking low to make a run."

But the day -- and the tournament -- belonged to Constable.

He entered the final round with a three-shot lead, a number that ballooned to five at one point Wednesday. Constable was far from perfect -- he lost a ball on No. 17 on Tuesday and carded a front-nine double-bogey in the final round -- but five birdies each of the three days was steady enough for the victory.

The long-hitting lefty was 6 under on the par 5s for the week to keep him atop the leaderboard.

Not that he knew.

"I'm not a numbers guy; I hate looking at leaderboards," Constable said. "I knew if I could just make good swings and hit the right spots I would be OK."

Indeed, an 8-foot par save on No. 15 defined Constable's victory more than anything.

"Things can change so quickly out here," Constable said. "That was big when I hit that putt right in the center."

Though he is out of playing eligibility, Constable plans to return to the University of Minnesota to wrap up a few credits and graduate before making any plans about turning professional.