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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

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