77th Amateur Championship
Palms Rallies For Win
After weekend rounds of 67-69 for a final score of 283, Lee Palms is the 2008 South Carolina Golf Association Amateur Champion.
Palms, a member of Greenville Country Club, started the day two shots behind the third round leader Josh Gallman. Knowing the challenge in front of him, the Greenville resident came out firing making birdies on the first two out of three holes. Bogies on holes 4 & 7 were offset by another birdie on the par four 5th hole to give the Greenville resident a front nine score of 35.
The back nine was more of an adventure for the Insurance representative making bogey on the 10th hole followed by birdies on 11, 13, 14 & 16. Going into the 229 yard par three 17th, Palms held a two shot lead over Will Oldham and Josh Gallman who were following in the last group. After an up and down par three on 17 and an errant tee shot on 18, Palms lipped out a par put to make bogey and finish at five under par 283.
Tied at second were Gaffney’s Josh Gallman and Spartanburg’s Will Oldham who both missed putt’s on 18 to force a playoff.
This is the second SCGA Major Championship Lee Palms has won at Musgrove Mill. Palms also won the 2003 Mid Amateur with a three day score of 214.
The 2008 SCGA Amateur Championship was played on the par 72 – 6,933 yard Arnold Palmer designed Musgrove Mill Golf Course in Clinton, SC. The event began with a field of 137 players and was cut to the low 70 and ties after the first two days of play. The Amateur Championship is one of 19 Major Championships run by the South Carolina Golf Association and is in its 77th year of existence. The 2009 Amateur Championship will be conducted at Berkeley Hall Plantation in Bluffton, SC.
Final Results
|
Lee Palms (Greenville)* |
72 |
75 |
67 |
69 |
283 |
|
Will Oldham (Spartanburg) |
66 |
75 |
72 |
71 |
284 |
|
Josh Gallman (Gaffney) |
71 |
74 |
67 |
72 |
284 |
|
Steve Liebler (Irmo)* |
68 |
72 |
74 |
72 |
286 |
|
Todd White (Moore) |
71 |
69 |
75 |
72 |
287 |
|
Paul Woodbury (Lake City) |
76 |
71 |
71 |
69 |
287 |
|
Jacob Burger (Orangeburg)* |
69 |
72 |
73 |
73 |
287 |
|
Austin Cody (N. Charleston) |
68 |
72 |
74 |
74 |
288 |
|
Patrick Rada (Anderson) |
68 |
71 |
80 |
69 |
288 |
|
Bert Atkinson (Charleston)* |
70 |
69 |
76 |
74 |
289 |
|
George Bryan IV (Chapin) |
68 |
71 |
74 |
76 |
289 |
|
Tyler Rody (Spartanburg) |
69 |
71 |
74 |
75 |
289 |
|
Wesley Bryan (Chapin) |
74 |
68 |
71 |
77 |
290 |
|
Rick Cloninger (Fort Mill)* |
73 |
71 |
73 |
73 |
290 |
|
Tim Tang (Charleston)* |
71 |
69 |
76 |
74 |
290 |
|
Cooper Tinsley (Greenwood)* |
74 |
74 |
71 |
72 |
291 |
|
Warren Thomas (Columbia)* |
72 |
74 |
70 |
75 |
291 |
|
Zach Siefert (Simpsonville)* |
72 |
71 |
74 |
74 |
291 |
|
Sam Lyons (Little River) |
69 |
75 |
71 |
76 |
291 |
|
Patrick Lundy (Little River)* |
68 |
73 |
77 |
74 |
292 |
|
Christopher Couch (Summerville) |
71 |
73 |
74 |
74 |
292 |
|
Paul Tucker (Pageland)* |
73 |
78 |
68 |
74 |
293 |
|
Luke Hopkins (Greer)* |
75 |
72 |
71 |
76 |
294 |
|
Scott Glaze (Sumter) |
71 |
70 |
82 |
71 |
294 |
|
Kyle Bearden (Barnwell) |
72 |
70 |
77 |
76 |
295 |
|
Michael Sims (Clemson) |
77 |
70 |
77 |
71 |
295 |
|
Caleb Sturgeon (Laurens)* |
71 |
66 |
79 |
79 |
295 |
|
Wayne Rogers (Easley)* |
70 |
76 |
75 |
74 |
295 |
|
McCuen Elmore (Cheraw) |
77 |
70 |
72 |
76 |
295 |
|
Thomas III Todd (Laurens) |
75 |
72 |
78 |
70 |
295 |
|
Geno Berchiatti (Greenville)* |
71 |
70 |
77 |
77 |
295 |
|
Josh Branyon (Honea Path)* |
75 |
74 |
72 |
74 |
295 |
|
Robert Dargan (Columbia)* |
70 |
75 |
74 |
77 |
296 |
|
Ben Martin (Greenwood) |
69 |
76 |
77 |
74 |
296 |
|
Brent Roof (Columbia)* |
76 |
70 |
73 |
77 |
296 |
|
Mark Anderson (Ladys Island) |
74 |
75 |
79 |
68 |
296 |
|
Walter Todd (Laurens)* |
74 |
72 |
79 |
71 |
296 |
|
Luke McClellan (Springdale) |
76 |
69 |
75 |
77 |
297 |
|
David Dannelly (Easley) |
73 |
77 |
78 |
69 |
297 |
|
Robert Godfrey (Seneca)* |
70 |
72 |
74 |
81 |
297 |
|
Baxter Culler (Hartsville)* |
79 |
69 |
73 |
76 |
297 |
|
Tripp McAllister (Lake City)* |
67 |
72 |
80 |
78 |
297 |
|
Kyle Dickey (Summerville) |
70 |
81 |
76 |
70 |
297 |
|
Allen Koon (Anderson) |
73 |
72 |
76 |
76 |
297 |
|
Eddie Hargett (Blythewood)* |
74 |
74 |
80 |
69 |
297 |
|
Todd Satterfield (Greer)* |
76 |
74 |
74 |
73 |
297 |
|
Kyle Scruggs (Chesnee)* |
72 |
75 |
74 |
77 |
298 |
|
Mark Gaynor (Florence)* |
70 |
70 |
77 |
81 |
298 |
|
Todd Hendley (Simpsonville)* |
68 |
73 |
77 |
81 |
299 |
|
Adam Black (Greenville)* |
73 |
75 |
77 |
74 |
299 |
|
David Dargan (Columbia)* |
74 |
75 |
71 |
79 |
299 |
|
Will Ovenden (Spartanburg) |
70 |
72 |
84 |
73 |
299 |
|
Austin Page (Moore)* |
70 |
74 |
78 |
78 |
300 |
|
Casey Smith (Abbeville)* |
73 |
67 |
80 |
80 |
300 |
|
Ben Karns (Gaffney)* |
75 |
75 |
74 |
76 |
300 |
|
Steven Lindsay (Greenville)* |
69 |
78 |
80 |
73 |
300 |
|
Lance Johnson (N. Augusta) |
74 |
75 |
77 |
75 |
301 |
|
Jarrett Grimes (Columbia)* |
74 |
71 |
77 |
79 |
301 |
|
Drew Ernst (Seneca)* |
74 |
77 |
72 |
79 |
302 |
|
John Asay (Camden)* |
75 |
73 |
78 |
77 |
303 |
|
Henry Owen (York)* |
77 |
73 |
79 |
74 |
303 |
|
Justin Hare (Charleston) |
77 |
74 |
76 |
77 |
304 |
|
Michael Thigpen (Florence)* |
76 |
73 |
84 |
73 |
306 |
|
Matt Wood (Charleston)* |
77 |
72 |
88 |
70 |
307 |
|
Timothy Pope (Spartanburg)* |
76 |
71 |
77 |
84 |
308 |
|
J.B. Murphy (Columbia) |
76 |
75 |
77 |
80 |
308 |
|
Daniel Stanley (Inman)* |
76 |
75 |
80 |
77 |
308 |
|
Jordan Byrd (Pendleton) |
72 |
77 |
82 |
78 |
309 |
|
Richard Burgess (Roebuck)* |
69 |
81 |
81 |
80 |
311 |
|
Gary Odom (Greenwood)* |
71 |
76 |
83 |
84 |
314 |
|
Jim Wilson (Travelers Rest)* |
71 |
75 |
85 |
86 |
317 |
|
Jeff McCutcheon (Ninety Six)* |
80 |
71 |
86 |
83 |
320 |
|
*denotes walking |
