Sunnehanna Amateur: Sim wins playoff for title
from 2004 Champ Jack Ferguson
JOHNSTOWN, PA (June 12, 2005) -- The 52nd Champion of the Sunnehanna Amateur
Tournament for Champions is Australian Michael Sim. Sim won the tournament
with a birdie putt on the No. 1, the first hole of sudden death playoff after a four hole aggregate playoff with
Nicholas Thompson (Coral Springs, FL) and fellow Australian Jamie Arnold ended in a tie. The three players had finished at 7 nder par.
The prestigious tournament was plagued by rains on the first three days but Sunday's final round was played straight-through without incident. Third round leader Kevin Kisner slid to 73 on Sunday, opening the door for players like Sim, Thompson, and Arnold, who fired Sunday rounds of 69, 67, and 68 respectively. Finishing one stroke out of a playoff was 2003 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion Nathan Smith of nearby Brookville, Pennsylvania.
The round of the day was recorded by Brian Harman of Georgia, whose 65 was still 2 strokes off the low round of the tournament, the course-record tieing 63 fired by champion Sim in the second round.
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Final results from the Sunnehanna Amateur, played at the Sunnehanna Country
Club, Johnstown, PA:
Name |
Hometown |
Rd1 |
Rd2 |
Rd3 |
Rd4 |
Tot |
+/- |
Sim, Michael |
Connolly, AUS |
70 |
63 |
71 |
69 |
273 |
-7 |
Thompson, Nicholas |
Coral Springs, FL |
71 |
66 |
69 |
67 |
273 |
-7 |
Arnold, Jamie |
Caringbah, NSW |
71 |
65 |
69 |
68 |
273 |
-7 |
Smith, Nathan |
Brookville, PA |
69 |
68 |
70 |
67 |
274 |
-6 |
Kisner, Kevin |
Aiken, SC |
65 |
69 |
68 |
73 |
275 |
-5 |
Harman, Brian |
Savannah, GA |
68 |
68 |
74 |
65 |
275 |
-5 |
Texter, Jarred |
Millersville, PA |
69 |
68 |
70 |
69 |
276 |
-4 |
Leon, Trent |
Dallas, TX |
71 |
70 |
69 |
66 |
276 |
-4 |
Ferguson, Jack |
High Point, NC |
67 |
68 |
69 |
73 |
277 |
-3 |
Reifers, Kyle |
Columbus, OH |
68 |
66 |
73 |
70 |
277 |
-3 |
Kirk, Chris |
Athens, GA |
68 |
70 |
72 |
68 |
278 |
-2 |
Ureta, Martin |
Chapel Hill, NC |
69 |
66 |
74 |
70 |
279 |
-1 |
Posey, Ryan |
Stillwater, OK |
71 |
70 |
67 |
72 |
280 |
E |
Jackson, Tim |
Germantown, TN |
72 |
67 |
69 |
72 |
280 |
E |
May, David |
Auburn, NY |
72 |
68 |
70 |
70 |
280 |
E |
Brown, David |
Pittsburgh, PA |
70 |
66 |
74 |
70 |
280 |
E |
Lanza, Joseph |
Bainbridge, WA |
71 |
74 |
70 |
66 |
281 |
1 |
Welch, Mike |
North Quincy, MA |
66 |
76 |
68 |
71 |
281 |
1 |
Rose, Dayton |
Midwest City, OK |
73 |
71 |
69 |
68 |
281 |
1 |
Day, Jason |
Forest Lake, QLD |
73 |
71 |
69 |
68 |
281 |
1 |
Kim, Anthony |
Diamond Base, CA |
67 |
70 |
73 |
72 |
282 |
2 |
Barbosa, Michael |
St. Petersburg, FL |
73 |
70 |
69 |
71 |
283 |
3 |
Hurley, Billy |
Leesburg, VA |
78 |
65 |
70 |
70 |
283 |
3 |
Anderson D., Mark |
Beaufort, SC |
71 |
73 |
72 |
68 |
284 |
4 |
Miles, Tom |
Dublin, OH |
70 |
67 |
72 |
75 |
284 |
4 |
Ruthkoski, Andrew |
Muskegon, MI |
72 |
71 |
70 |
71 |
284 |
4 |
Green, Danny |
Jackson, TN |
74 |
67 |
73 |
70 |
284 |
4 |
Han, Seung-Su |
Bradenton, FL |
80 |
69 |
65 |
71 |
285 |
5 |
Carter, Pat |
Huntington, WV |
73 |
66 |
74 |
72 |
285 |
5 |
Delcher, Duke |
Bluffton, SC |
71 |
74 |
71 |
70 |
286 |
6 |
Curran, Jon |
Hopkinton, MA |
73 |
69 |
71 |
73 |
286 |
6 |
Lowry, Randy |
Spring, TX |
72 |
75 |
69 |
71 |
287 |
7 |
Quinn, Kevin |
Boston, MA |
73 |
68 |
73 |
73 |
287 |
7 |
Thomas, Matt |
Blasdell, NY |
76 |
73 |
70 |
68 |
287 |
7 |
Thompson, Dan |
Johnstown, PA |
70 |
72 |
71 |
74 |
287 |
7 |
Irwin, Steve |
Golden, CO |
70 |
71 |
72 |
74 |
287 |
7 |
Moon, Roy |
North Hills, CA |
72 |
72 |
70 |
73 |
287 |
7 |
Neville, Ted |
Oklahoma City, OK |
70 |
79 |
69 |
70 |
288 |
8 |
Leon, Tyler |
Dallas, TX |
69 |
72 |
77 |
71 |
289 |
9 |
Velardi, Steve |
Hamden, CT |
78 |
71 |
70 |
71 |
290 |
10 |
White, Todd |
Moore, SC |
71 |
70 |
75 |
75 |
291 |
11 |
Cocco, Chandler |
Bend, OR |
73 |
75 |
73 |
71 |
292 |
12 |
Hamilton, Alex |
Aiken, SC |
75 |
72 |
66 |
79 |
292 |
12 |
Davis, Tripp |
Norman, OK |
74 |
73 |
75 |
71 |
293 |
13 |
McLean, Jon |
Weston, FL |
73 |
72 |
69 |
79 |
293 |
13 |
Clark, Colin |
Durham, NC |
77 |
70 |
71 |
76 |
294 |
14 |
Robinson, Zack |
Stillwater, OK |
76 |
72 |
72 |
74 |
294 |
14 |
Eaton, Austin |
New London, NH |
73 |
76 |
71 |
74 |
294 |
14 |
Lambert, Tristan |
Casula, NSW |
73 |
78 |
72 |
71 |
294 |
14 |
Davis, Tom |
Wavell Heights, Brisbon, QLD |
74 |
72 |
76 |
72 |
294 |
14 |
Saunders, Sam |
Windermere, FL |
75 |
71 |
78 |
70 |
294 |
14 |
Deutsch, Eric |
Rochester, MN |
72 |
75 |
77 |
71 |
295 |
15 |
Anderson T., Mark |
Sioux Falls, SD |
72 |
74 |
73 |
77 |
296 |
16 |
Dodt, Andrew |
Gatton, QLD |
72 |
75 |
74 |
75 |
296 |
16 |
Song, Chan |
Orlando, FL |
77 |
74 |
75 |
70 |
296 |
16 |
Peffley, Blaine |
Lebanon, PA |
72 |
73 |
76 |
76 |
297 |
17 |
Knapp, Sean |
Oakmont, PA |
74 |
74 |
76 |
73 |
297 |
17 |
Dudley, Jonathan |
Irasburg, VT |
76 |
76 |
74 |
73 |
299 |
19 |
Boyle, Pat |
South Milwaukee, WI |
75 |
74 |
75 |
76 |
300 |
20 |
Wood, Banks |
Charlotte, NC |
75 |
77 |
74 |
74 |
300 |
20 |
Vana, Frank |
Shrewsbury, MA |
74 |
74 |
78 |
74 |
300 |
20 |
Smith, Ted |
Westlake, OH |
74 |
80 |
70 |
77 |
301 |
21 |
Quiri, Brad |
Tampa, FL |
77 |
73 |
74 |
78 |
302 |
22 |
Myers, Brett |
Broken Arrow, OK |
84 |
70 |
73 |
75 |
302 |
22 |
McKolosky, Dennis |
Johnstown, PA |
75 |
79 |
74 |
74 |
302 |
22 |
Thomas, Allan |
Maumelle, AR |
79 |
73 |
78 |
76 |
306 |
26 |
Dunn, Nate |
Cedar Rapids, IA |
76 |
73 |
77 |
0 |
226 |
WD |
ABOUT THE Sunnehanna Amateur
The Sunnehanna Amateur was inaugurated in
July of
1954 -- it was the first country club
sponsored 72-hole stroke play competition for
amateurs
in the United States. The
tournament is played on a classic A.W.
Tillinghast
design. Only one other amateur
tournament in the United States can list the
likes of
Chick Evans, Arnold Palmer, Julius
Boros, Art Wall, Jack Nicklaus, Phil Mickelson,
Tiger
Woods, and Rickie Fowler as
contestants: the United States Amateur. Its
medal
play
format has been emulated by
countless amateur tournaments across the
country.
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