Amateur Championship – Round One Results
85th Amateur Championship
DeBordieu Club
Georgetown, SC
August 4-7, 2016
Dietrich Tames DeBordieu, Takes First Round Lead at SC Amateur
Georgetown, SC – Conditions were ripe for the picking during the early part of the first round of the 85th South Carolina Amateur Championship at DeBordieu Club in Georgetown, SC. Ben Dietrich of Bluffton holds a three stroke lead after firing an opening five under par 67.
Dietrich started the day on the back nine and posted an round of even par 36. “My game plan was to make some opening pars and hopefully make some birdies on the back,” the rising University of South Carolina senior commented. He did just that by making five birdies on the front side and posting a clean 31 for an impressive overall round.
The golf course held true to form and played tough even after more than two inches of rain the previous 36 hours leading up to the championship.
A slew of players are sitting three shots back at two under par 70 including 2014 champion Andrew Novak (Mt. Pleasant) and 2013 champion, Carson Young (Pendleton). Defending champion, Keenan Huskey (Greenville) shot an opening round of one under par 71.
The 2016 SCGA Amateur Championship is being played in Georgetown, S.C. over the par 72 – 7,012 yard layout of the DeBordieu Club designed by Pete and P.B. Dye. The field consisted of 126 players by the time the first round began that were either exempt or qualified at one of four sites. The Amateur Championship is one of 21 Major Championships conducted by the South Carolina Golf Association and is in its 85th year of existence.
Round One Results
| 1 | Dietrich, Ben (Bluffton) | 31 | 36 | 67 |
| T2 | Cole, Preston (Greer) | 34 | 36 | 70 |
| Howell, Bryce (Blythewood) | 35 | 35 | 70 | |
| Ingle, Taylor (Winnsboro) | 35 | 35 | 70 | |
| Novak, Andrew (Mount Pleasant) | 34 | 36 | 70 | |
| Sellers, Grant (McBee) | 36 | 34 | 70 | |
| Todd, Thomas (Laurens) | 34 | 36 | 70 | |
| Young, Carson (Pendleton) | 33 | 37 | 70 | |
| T9 | Frick, Austin (Myrtle Beach) | 35 | 36 | 71 |
| Huskey, Keenan (Greenville) | 36 | 35 | 71 | |
| Keur, Julian (N. Charleston) | 37 | 34 | 71 | |
| Lutomski, Robert (Mauldin) | 34 | 37 | 71 | |
| Nimmer, Bryson (Bluffton) | 35 | 36 | 71 | |
| Thornton, Cole (Lexington) | 37 | 34 | 71 | |
| White, Todd (Spartanburg) | 34 | 37 | 71 | |
| T16 | Bingham, Carter (Greer) | 38 | 34 | 72 |
| Cauthen, Dwight (Columbia) | 38 | 34 | 72 | |
| Dudley, Parker (Charleston) | 37 | 35 | 72 | |
| Holliday, Judson (Aynor) | 36 | 36 | 72 | |
| Jasmin, Jay (Aiken) | 37 | 35 | 72 | |
| Lightsey, James (Fort Mill) | 36 | 36 | 72 | |
| Phillips, Trent (Inman) | 34 | 38 | 72 | |
| Ploeger, Hayden (Aiken) | 36 | 36 | 72 | |
| Quackenbush, Brian (Aiken) | 36 | 36 | 72 | |
| White, Taylor (Duncan) | 35 | 37 | 72 | |
| Wilson, Jamie (Mount Pleasant) | 34 | 38 | 72 | |
| T27 | Bell, Weston (Piedmont) | 39 | 34 | 73 |
| Dargan, Robert (Columbia) | 37 | 36 | 73 | |
| Grandy, Matt (Greenville) | 36 | 37 | 73 | |
| Kauffman, Bradley (Greer) | 38 | 35 | 73 | |
| Lucas, Tyler (Rock Hill ) | 39 | 34 | 73 | |
| Obrien, John (Columbia) | 39 | 34 | 73 | |
| Rials, Michael (Florence) | 36 | 37 | 73 | |
| Rogan, Shane (Columbia) | 35 | 38 | 73 | |
| Salley, Trey (Pawleys Island) | 35 | 38 | 73 | |
| Schank, Riley (Bluffton) | 37 | 36 | 73 | |
| Sease, Christian (Mt. Pleasant) | 36 | 37 | 73 | |
| Sowell, Logan (Kershaw) | 37 | 36 | 73 | |
| T39 | Bishop, Zachary (Travelers Rest) | 35 | 39 | 74 |
| Campbell, Matthew (Beaufort) | 36 | 38 | 74 | |
| Carter, Matt (Easley) | 37 | 37 | 74 | |
| Eassy, Chris (Greer) | 39 | 35 | 74 | |
| Eberhardt, Nick (Lake Wylie) | 37 | 37 | 74 | |
| Fulmer, TA (Goose Creek) | 36 | 38 | 74 | |
| Grab, Jeremy (Daniel Island) | 39 | 35 | 74 | |
| Jordan, JJ (Ninety Six) | 36 | 38 | 74 | |
| Mackay, Cameron (Bluffton) | 41 | 33 | 74 | |
| Moore, Rion (Georgetown) | 34 | 40 | 74 | |
| Muir, Louis (Mount Pleasant) | 37 | 37 | 74 | |
| Reynolds, Ryan (Camden ) | 38 | 36 | 74 | |
| Wooten, Raymond (Clemson) | 35 | 39 | 74 | |
| T52 | Bruns, Connor (Duncan) | 40 | 35 | 75 |
| Herd, Briar (Rock Hill) | 35 | 40 | 75 | |
| Hoisington, Trent (Hilton Head Is) | 36 | 39 | 75 | |
| Homad, Jeffrey (Columbia) | 38 | 37 | 75 | |
| Jackson, Sam (Pelion) | 38 | 37 | 75 | |
| Mills, Sawyer (Easley) | 36 | 39 | 75 | |
| Mulkey, Chandler (Charleston) | 40 | 35 | 75 | |
| Parker, Jon (Greenwood) | 36 | 39 | 75 | |
| Wrenn, Frank (Greenville) | 37 | 38 | 75 | |
| T61 | Boyette, Riley (Charleston) | 36 | 40 | 76 |
| Coggins, Richard (Gaffney) | 36 | 40 | 76 | |
| Fickes, Josh (Beaufort) | 35 | 41 | 76 | |
| Parks, Hunter (Union) | 41 | 35 | 76 | |
| Reid, Steven (Simpsonville) | 36 | 40 | 76 | |
| Revis, Jeremy (Greenville) | 40 | 36 | 76 | |
| Richards, R.K. (Florence) | 36 | 40 | 76 | |
| Russell, Nick (Hilton Head Island) | 40 | 36 | 76 | |
| Self, Coleman (Greenwood) | 38 | 38 | 76 | |
| Waldthausen, Kurt (Simpsonville) | 37 | 39 | 76 | |
| T71 | Baliker, Christian (Simpsonville) | 41 | 36 | 77 |
| Bell, Cally (Bishopville) | 37 | 40 | 77 | |
| Berchiatti, Geno (Greenville) | 38 | 39 | 77 | |
| Brown, Tadd (Moncks Corner) | 36 | 41 | 77 | |
| Butler, Keaton (Beaufort) | 38 | 39 | 77 | |
| Lobban, Robert (Charleston) | 36 | 41 | 77 | |
| Miller, Jake (Anderson) | 37 | 40 | 77 | |
| Payseur, Josh (Great Falls) | 38 | 39 | 77 | |
| Reid, Wyatt (Rock Hill) | 38 | 39 | 77 | |
| Sanders, Weston (Greenwood) | 40 | 37 | 77 | |
| Skiff, Spencer (Aiken) | 38 | 39 | 77 | |
| Spencer, Kyle (Mount Pleasant) | 38 | 39 | 77 | |
| Warnock, Jordan (Roebuck) | 37 | 40 | 77 | |
| T84 | Bagwell, Charlie (Anderson) | 38 | 40 | 78 |
| Butt, Zakariya (Summerville) | 38 | 40 | 78 | |
| Cassidy, Drake (Hartsville) | 40 | 38 | 78 | |
| Hunter, Roy (Pawleys Island) | 40 | 38 | 78 | |
| Langford, Adam (Murrells Inlet) | 39 | 39 | 78 | |
| Milner, Kyle (Spartanburg) | 39 | 39 | 78 | |
| Robertson, Seth (Inman) | 41 | 37 | 78 | |
| T91 | Day, Jeff (Blythewood) | 37 | 42 | 79 |
| Gravley, Mike (Greer) | 41 | 38 | 79 | |
| Hudson, Craig (Clover) | 40 | 39 | 79 | |
| Jansen, Ben (Blythewood) | 36 | 43 | 79 | |
| McCoy, Ellison (Greenville) | 40 | 39 | 79 | |
| Muscatell, Michael (Lake Wylie) | 39 | 40 | 79 | |
| Parrott, Jack (Columbia) | 39 | 40 | 79 | |
| Waters, Cabrick (Gaffney) | 37 | 42 | 79 | |
| T99 | Grimes, Jarrett (Columbia) | 40 | 40 | 80 |
| Joiner, Levi (Prosperity) | 39 | 41 | 80 | |
| Maull, Jonathan (Charleston) | 43 | 37 | 80 | |
| McKee, Michael (Ware Shoals) | 41 | 39 | 80 | |
| Merryman, Bob (Summerville) | 40 | 40 | 80 | |
| Mixon, Dylan (Varnville) | 38 | 42 | 80 | |
| Scruggs, Kyle (Chesnee) | 42 | 38 | 80 | |
| Sieling, Hank (Summerville) | 40 | 40 | 80 | |
| Taylor, Seth (Gaffney) | 40 | 40 | 80 | |
| T108 | Handy, Alex (Aiken) | 41 | 40 | 81 |
| Hester, Kevin (Blythewood) | 41 | 40 | 81 | |
| Mallard, Patrick (Charleston) | 39 | 42 | 81 | |
| Woodrow, Fitz (Lexington) | 44 | 37 | 81 | |
| T112 | Laydon, Matt (Charleston) | 41 | 41 | 82 |
| Mancill, Travis (Hilton Head) | 40 | 42 | 82 | |
| T114 | Bentley, Reed (Wellford) | 41 | 42 | 83 |
| Bostic, Zach (Gaffney) | 46 | 37 | 83 | |
| Conway, Paul (Daniel Island) | 42 | 41 | 83 | |
| Evans, Alex (Rock Hill) | 40 | 43 | 83 | |
| T118 | Dickson, Mitchell (Fort Mill) | 44 | 40 | 84 |
| Knight, Robert (Greenville) | 40 | 44 | 84 | |
| T120 | Cole, Jackson (Pawleys Island) | 41 | 44 | 85 |
| Maiorelle, Michael (N. Charleston) | 41 | 44 | 85 | |
| T122 | Palms, Lee (Greenville) | 41 | 45 | 86 |
| Wilson, Jack (Simpsonville) | 44 | 42 | 86 | |
| 124 | Flowers, Dixon (Sumter) | 43 | 44 | 87 |
| 125 | Finley, Austin (Simpsonville) | 44 | 44 | 88 |
| 126 | Babcock, Blair (Columbia) | 39 | 50 | 89 |
| T127 | Gray, Tyler (Lugoff) | WD | ||
| Salzer, Christian (Sumter) | WD |
