2020 SCGA Mid-Amateur Championship – Final Results
40th SCGA Mid-Amateur Championship
Florence Country Club
Florence, SC
October 2-4, 2020
Siefert Claims Wire to Wire Victory at Mid-Amateur Championship
Florence, S.C. – With a vast amount of grit and grind to complete the task, Zack Siefert (Simpsonville) has earned the title of 2020 SCGA Mid-Amateur Champion after a stellar final round performance of an even par 70 to solidify his victory for a tournament total of 2 under par 208.
Siefert began the day with a one shot lead over defending champion Jordan Sease (Lexington), who had every intention on keeping his title, along with a two shot lead over Cody Clepper (Sumter). Siefert stayed steady throughout the front nine, posting only one birdie to complement eight pars for a front nine score of 33. With another birdie on the par-4 tenth hole, Siefert continued with pars on the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteen holes before two staggering bogies on fourteen and fifteen. Sease would make an eight on the Par-5 fifteenth hole, which would ultimately take his repeat chances away. Siefert’s two bogey swing moved Clepper into a tie for the lead heading into the sixteenth hole. Siefert stated, “I made two bogies in a row and standing on 16 tee was the first time I looked at the leaderboard because I wanted to see where I stood and saw that I was tied”. After pars from Siefert and Clepper on the sixteenth, Clepper made a costly double bogey on the Par-4 seventeenth hole. Heading into the final hole, Siefert knew that playing safe was his best option and proceeded to hit 3 iron off the tee, a 3 iron second shot, wedge into the green, and a two putt to seal his victory. After the round, Siefert said, “my wedge and short game is my best attribute and I knew that I needed to play safely on 18 to win”.
Clepper would finish alone in second place with a three-day tournament total of even par 210 followed by Brian Quackenbush (Aiken) in third place with a 213. Jeremy Revis (Greenville) finished with a solo fourth place and tournament total of 214. The 2018 SCGA Mid-Amateur Champion, Kyle Bearden (Barnwell) and defending SCGA Mid-Amateur Champion, Jordan Sease (Lexington), would finish in a two-way tie for fifth.
For more information about the SCGA Mid-Amateur Championship including detailed scoring, pairings, and results – 40th SCGA Mid-Amateur Championship
The 2020 SCGA Mid-Amateur Championship was conducted on the par 70 ~ 6,413 Florence Country Club layout. The field consisted of 120 players over the age of 25 from around the State of South Carolina and was cut to the low 60 and ties after 36 holes.
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Final Results
