71ST AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

August 10, 2002

Trahan Doubles Down

Hilton Head Island, SC – Defending Champion, D. J. Trahan of Inman captured his second consecutive SCGA Amateur Championship with a final round 2-under-par 69 over the 6882 yard, par 71 Pete Dye designed Long Cove Club. Calm, but humid conditions returned after two days of steady breezes, as the average scores for the field were lower in the final round.

Trahan began the day tied for the lead with fellow Clemson teammate Jack Ferguson at 1-over par 214. Robert Godfrey of Clemson was one stroke back at 215. Bert Atkinson of Charleston and Matt Hendrix, another Clemson player, of Aiken were in contention only four strokes back at 218.

Ferguson made bogeys on the first two holes to move out of the lead, as Trahan recorded pars. Godfrey also fell away, a victim to the watery par-3 second with a double bogey. Ferguson also made bogeys on seven and eight to make the turn in 4-over-par 40. Godfrey recouped with a birdie on the fourth, but lost ground with bogeys at five and six. Godfrey finished the front at 3-over-par 39. Trahan’s only blemish was a three putt bogey at the par-3 eighth on his front nine score of 1-over 37.

As the final group made the turn to the back, Trahan held a three stroke lead over Ferguson and Godfrey and four over Bruce McDonald of Charleston, who posted a 1-under-par 35 on the front, playing two groups in front of the leaders.

Trahan built on his lead over the next four holes, with two birdies. An iron stiff to the flag at eleven and another to ten feet at the short par-3 thirteenth got him inside “his range” as he canned both. Godfrey managed pars over the stretch, but Ferguson fell further back with a double bogey at the tree lined eleventh. McDonald derailed his chances with a double bogey at the 590 yard par-5 fifteenth.

Godfrey made consecutive bogeys at fourteen and fifteen and at that point, began to play for second. A bogey by Ferguson at sixteen and a birdie by Godfrey at seventeen left Godfrey one stroke up for second place with one to play. Meanwhile, McDonald had made birdie from short range at seventeen and a par at eighteen to finish at eight over par. A par by Ferguson at the last and a bogey by Godfrey left them tied with McDonald for second at 7-over-par.

Trahan dropped a twenty foot putt for birdie at seventeen to move to 2-under-par for the day, and 1-under-par for the championship. A par at the final hole and Trahan captured the 2002 Championship by eight strokes.

1st	D. J. Trahan (Inman)	71	76	67	69	283
T-2nd	Bruce McDonald	73	71	76	71	291
	(Charleston)
	Robert Godfrey	70	73	72	76	291
	(Clemson)
	Jack Ferguson (Clemson)	68	75	71	77	291
5th	Thomas Kennaday	75	71	75	72	293
	(Columbia)
T-6th	Nash Elliott (Estill)	68	78	76	72	294
	Scott Usher	72	76	72	74	294
	(Bennettsville)
	Emmett Turner	74	73	73	74	294
	(Greenwood)
T-9th	Scott Feaster	73	77	72	73	295
	(Columbia)
	Brent Delahoussaye	69	72	78	76	295
	(Greer)
T-11th	Bert Atkinson	77	71	70	78	296
	(Charleston)
	Matt Hendrix (Aiken)	75	69	74	78	296
T-13th	Kevin King (Hilton	74	78	76	69	297
	Head)
	Matt Grandy	76	76	75	70	297
	(Simpsonville)
	Duke Delcher (Bluffton)	72	76	75	74	297
T-16th	Mike Bright (Mt.	74	76	75	73	298
	Pleasant)
	Terry Ezell (Rock Hill)	69	76	78	75	298
T-18th	Ben Duncan (Greenville)	70	78	78	73	299
	Jon Stephenson	76	78	72	73	299
	(Columbia)
T-20th	Zack Siefert	81	75	71	73	300
	(Simpsonville)
	Taylor Hough	76	78	72	74	300
	(Spartanburg)
	Nick Biershenk (Boiling	72	76	77	75	300
	Springs)
T-23rd	Gus Sylvan (Columbia)	75	80	76	70	301
	Gregg Jones, Jr.	75	75	77	74	301
	(Florence)
T-25th	Lee Palms (Greenville)	77	77	76	72	302
	Jake Thompson	70	76	83	73	302
	(Greenville)
27th	Brandon Hiott	74	80	75	74	303
	(Walterboro)
28th	Kyle Bradley (North	78	76	74	77	305
	Augusta)
29th	Bill Smunk (Kingstree)	79	76	75	76	306
T-30th	Tim Ferguson (Hilton	76	72	86	73	307
	Head)
	Robert Dargan	78	75	78	76	307
	(Columbia)
	Matt Dura (Sumter)	77	78	75	77	307
	Rusty Flanders (N.	80	74	76	77	307
	Augusta)
T-34th	Brad Krapfel (Columbia)	76	75	79	78	308
	Joey Bradley (Sumter)	75	78	76	79	308
	Gary Moore (Anderson)	80	75	73	80	308
37th	Mark Anderson	81	76	79	73	309
	(Beaufort)
T-38th	Brian Duncan	80	76	75	79	310
	(Greenville)
	Lanny Correll, Jr.	75	79	76	80	310
	(Columbia)
T-40th	Drew Butler (Hilton	77	79	80	75	311
	Head Is.)
	Geno Berchiatti	82	72	81	76	311
	(Simpsonville)
	Alex Hamilton (Aiken)	76	82	75	78	311
	Ken Leopard	71	80	80	80	311
	(Spartanburg)
	Matthew Porter (Easley)	73	78	79	81	311
T-45th	Barry Roof (Conway)	77	77	85	73	312
	Ron Wilson (Bluffton)	78	74	81	79	312
47th	Marshall Swails	73	86	78	76	313
	(Columbia)
T-48th	John H. Edwards (Hilton	80	76	81	77	314
	Head)
	Jared DeCamps	78	80	78	78	314
	(Johnsonville)
	Frank Wrenn, III	77	77	81	79	314
	(Greenville)
T-51st	Jim Ferguson (Hilton	78	80	81	76	315
	Head)
	Jeremy Revis (Taylors)	77	81	78	79	315
	Timothy Tang (N.	73	81	82	79	315
	Charleston)
	Butch Crawford	74	81	79	81	315
	(Florence)
T-55th	Kevin Arnold (Hilton	77	82	79	78	316
	Head)
	John Assey (Charleston)	76	79	81	80	316
	Gavin Gillespie	75	78	82	81	316
	(Lexington)
58th	Jeff Spencer	71	76	85	85	317
	(Blythewood)
T-59th	Chris McAlister	73	79	86	80	318
	(Seneca)
	Rich Rebholz (Rock	80	77	78	83	318
	Hill)
T-61st	Dale Haas (Aiken)	75	81	82	81	319
	John W. Knight	80	76	81	82	319
	(Pageland)
	Ron Schroder (Aiken)	71	81	84	83	319
T-64th	Adam Dox (Columbia)	77	81	82	80	320
	Kyle Owings (Pauline)	80	73	82	85	320
66th	Joe Vignati (Okatie)	77	82	88	75	322
T-67th	Jonathan Hempel (Greer)	80	77	90	76	323
	Thomas Cameron (Clover)	78	78	85	82	323
	Taylor Kush (Columbia)	77	76	87	83	323
T-70th	Ryan Castle	79	78	84	83	324
	(Summerville)
	Bubba Hightower (Moncks	75	83	81	85	324
	Corner)
	Battle Hartman	78	79	81	86	324
	(Jefferson)
73rd	Tommy Bell (Hilton	74	85	86	83	328
	Head)

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