South Carolina Amateur: Hopkins holds on

05 Aug 2007
see also: South Carolina Amateur Championship, Country Club of Charleston
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With a final round of one under par 71 and tournament total of 276, Luke Hopkins is the 2007 SCGA Amateur Champion.

Starting the day with a six-shot lead, Hopkins stayed steady making pars on the first five holes. His first birdie of the day came on the 588-yard par five 6th hole. Two more pars and another birdie on the 9th hole had the 20 year old Clemson sophomore at two-under for the day and nursing an eight shot lead.

The Greer native added another birdie on the par four 10th hole and continued on his par run until hole 15. The Champion’s one hiccup of the day came on the 452 yard par four 15th hole where he made a double bogey. Three pars coming in, including a four on the tough 18th hole, insured Hopkins of the victory.

The victory by Luke Hopkins now means a Clemson University golfer has held the Amateur Championship title seven out of the last 11 years.

The top twenty from this year’s Championship will be exempt from qualifying in 2008 when the event will be conducted at Musgrove Mill. Twenty one players finished at 293 or better which tied for the elusive 20th spot.

Full results follow:

	Name/Hometown	Rd.1	Rd.2	Rd.3	Rd.4	Tot.
1st	Luke Hopkins (Greer)	70	65	70	71	276
2nd	Brent Roof (Columbia)	72	69	73	69	283
t-3rd	Mark Anderson (Ladys Island)	71	72	71	71	285
t-3rd	Rick Cloninger (Fort Mill)	68	70	72	75	285
t-5th	Chris Mitchell (Columbia)	73	72	67	74	286
t-5th	Kellen Altman (Myrtle Beach)	71	71	70	74	286
t-5th	Zach Siefert (Simpsonville)	71	72	71	72	286
t-5th	Patrick Rada (Anderson)	70	71	71	74	286
9th	Ben Martin (Greenwood)	71	75	73	68	287
10th	Baker Elmore (Cheraw)	69	73	72	74	288
t-11th	Thomas III Todd (Laurens)	73	73	69	74	289
t-11th	Jarrett Grimes (Columbia)	72	70	71	76	289
t-11th	Ben Karns (Gaffney)	71	75	72	71	289
t-14th	Michael Sims (Clemson)	75	74	69	72	290
t-14th	Josh Gallman (Gaffney)	70	74	71	75	290
t-14th	Steve Liebler (Irmo)	68	76	73	73	290
t-17th	Jacob Burger (Orangeburg)	72	77	65	77	291
t-17th	Paul Woodbury (Lake City)	74	76	69	72	291
19th	Lee Palms (Greenville)	73	74	73	72	292
t-20th	Jordan Byrd (Pendleton)	72	75	70	76	293
t-20th	Warren Thomas (Columbia)	75	73	71	74	293
t-22nd	Austin Cody (N. Charleston)	76	75	71	72	294
t-22nd	Walter Todd (Laurens)	73	71	74	76	294
t-22nd	George Bryan IV (Chapin)	74	75	74	71	294
t-25th	Matthew Bryant (Columbia)	71	79	69	76	295
t-25th	Allen Koon (Bamberg)	74	73	72	76	295
t-25th	Phillip Mollica (Anderson)	73	69	74	79	295
t-28th	Ben Lown (N. Augusta)	72	74	71	79	296
t-28th	Patrick Cunning (Aiken)	74	74	72	76	296
t-28th	Matt Wood (Charleston)	77	75	72	72	296
t-28th	Bert Atkinson (Charleston)	74	76	73	73	296
t-28th	Justin Hoft (Bluffton)	74	71	73	78	296
t-33rd	Jamie Lightsey (Fort Mill)	75	73	75	74	297
t-33rd	Michael Lawrence (Easley)	70	77	75	75	297
t-35th	Shane Rogan (Blythewood)	75	78	71	74	298
t-35th	Daniel Bowden (Easley)	75	71	71	81	298
t-35th	Paul Tucker (Pageland)	74	75	71	78	298
t-38th	Crawford Reeves (Greenville)	72	76	70	81	299
t-38th	Mark Gaynor (Florence)	78	71	75	75	299
t-38th	Matt Laydon (Mt. Pleasant)	76	72	76	75	299
41st	Evan Phillips (Lexington)	74	72	76	78	300
t-42nd	Todd Hendley (Simpsonville)	77	75	73	76	301
t-42nd	Chip Ridley (Spartanburg)	78	75	73	75	301
t-42nd	Colby Hyduke (Bennettsville)	78	74	75	74	301
t-42nd	Justin Hare (Charleston)	75	71	78	77	301
t-42nd	Todd Stewart (Florence)	73	69	78	81	301
t-47th	Zack Moran (Taylors)	73	77	72	80	302
t-47th	Jeffrey Goff (Jackson)	76	77	72	77	302
t-47th	David Dannelly (Easley)	78	75	73	76	302
t-47th	Wesley Bryan (Chapin)	75	75	74	78	302
t-47th	Ben Dangerfield (Aiken)	74	77	75	76	302
t-47th	Doug Brown (Greer)	71	77	78	76	302
t-53rd	Patrick Smith (Florence)	76	76	70	81	303
t-53rd	Tyler Rody (Spartanburg)	77	74	75	77	303
55th	Gettys Glaze (Charleston)	76	74	77	78	305
56th	Scott Glaze (Sumter)	76	76	79	76	307
t-57th	Cipriano Ayala (N. Myrtle Beach)	79	73	76	80	308
t-57th	Brandon Bradosky (Anderson)	79	73	77	79	308
t-57th	Patrick Wilson (Greenwood)	77	75	78	78	308
t-60th	Chris Marsh (Georgetown)	77	74	77	81	309
t-60th	Chris McAlister (Seneca)	78	74	79	78	309
t-60th	McCuen Elmore (Cheraw)	71	78	81	79	309
t-60th	Michael Meredith (Greenwood)	71	77	83	78	309
64th	Tripp McAllister (Lake City)	77	74	81	78	310
65th	A.J. Sanders (Hartsville)	79	74	75	85	313
66th	Darrell Connelly (Mt. Pleasant)	77	76	80	82	315
67th	Lee Glaze (Sumter)	82	70	81	83	316
68th	Jonathan Rustin (Mt. Pleasant)	77	76	90	85	328

ABOUT THE South Carolina Amateur

The Palmetto State’s finest amateur golfers square off in their annual youth-vs.-experience battle in the South Carolina Golf Association’s Amateur Championship. The 72 hole event will include the top golfers in South Carolina who have either qualified for their position or earned an exempt status through another accomplishment. This Championship brings out the best in all participants and includes former Champions such as Lucas Glover, DJ Trahan and Bill Haas.

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