Florida Azalea Amateur: Uihlein finishes strong

16 Mar 2008
see also: Florida Azalea Amateur, Palatka Golf Club
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pictured after winning the Terra Cotta Invt'l

PALATKA, Fla. (March 16, 2008)--Three steady rounds in the 60's sealed the deal for Peter Uihlein as the IMG/Leadbetter Golf Academy student brought home a five-stroke victory at the Florida Azalea Championship, finishing at 7-under-par 203.

Uihlein entered the day trailing classmate Zeyu He by two strokes, but took advantage of He's final-round 74, which put him in a tie for second with Kevin Phelan of St. Augustine. Phelan is a month removed from winning the Florida Junior Golf Tour's Amelia Island Plantation tournament.

This is the third amateur major for Uihlein, who is the reigning Terra Cotta Invitational champ, and the winner of the 2006 St. Augustine Amateur.

Full results from the 5,942-yard, par-70 Palatka Golf Club follow:

Pos	PLAYER		CITY	ST	Rd.1	Rd.2	Rd.3	Tot.
1	Uihlein	Peter	Bradenton	FL	68	68	67	203
2	He	Zeyu	Bradenton	FL	66	68	74	208
	Phelan	Kevin	St. Augustine	FL	66	72	70	208
4	Murray	Thomas	Orange Park	FL	72	68	70	210
5	France	Marc	Lakeland	FL	74	72	66	212
6	Drill	Tom	Jacksonville	FL	71	70	72	213
	Hao Mou	Tommy Chung	Bradenton	FL	73	66	74	213
	Sykes	Tom	Palatka	FL	69	67	77	213
10	Donovan	Darryl	Morgan Hill	CA	76	70	69	215
	Mitchell	Billy	Roswell	GA	71	69	75	215
	Stainsby	Brad	Lakeland	FL	70	76	69	215
	Tumlin	Ronnie	St. Augustine	FL	72	72	71	215
	Wang	Minghao	Reunion	FL	71	71	73	215
14	Benson	John	St. Augustine	FL	71	71	74	216
	Melnyk	Butler	St. Simons Is.	GA	73	68	75	216
	Snoap	Doug	Apopka	FL	77	71	68	216
	Sprague	Will	Jacksonville	FL	70	71	75	216
18	Murray	Michael	White Lake	MI	69	75	73	217
	Ross	Ian	Jacksonville	FL	71	72	74	217
20	Mckay	Max	St. Augustine	FL	68	72	78	218
21	Cupit	Maxie	Jacksonville	MD	74	69	76	219
	Rowe	Ben	Lancaster	PA	73	72	74	219
	Shuart	T. J.	Coral Springs	FL	78	73	68	219
	Walker	Justin	Greenbrier	TN	73	72	74	219
25	Echavarria	Andres Felipe	Gainesville	FL	74	69	77	220
	Imura	Kazuki	Tampa	FL	68	75	77	220
	Mulvin	Brian	Tallahassee	FL	72	70	78	220
	Phillips	John	Jacksonville	FL	72	71	77	220
29	Gruenemeier	Chandler	Jacksonville	FL	75	76	70	221
	Healy	Stephen	Jacksonville	FL	71	70	80	221
	Mayo	Wayne	Tallahassee	FL	77	72	72	221
	Slaton	Alex	Gainesville	FL	72	72	77	221
	Wade	Chad	Jacksonville	FL	70	74	77	221
34	Ashburn	R. Courtney	Tallahassee	FL	75	73	74	222
	Lunsford	Larry	Orange Park	FL	73	73	76	222
	Martin	Christian	McLean	VA	71	76	75	222
	Potter	Zach	Jacksonville	FL	76	71	75	222
38	Coleman	Will	Kensington	MD	72	75	76	223
	Fritz	John	Charlotte	NC	75	72	76	223
	Hampton	Alan (Dr.)	Brunswick	GA	74	78	71	223
	Hough	Barrett	St. Augustine	FL	72	71	80	223
	Huxman	Gregory	Pinecrest	FL	74	72	77	223
	Lee	Zach	Ponte Vedra	FL	75	72	76	223
	Mathews	Drew	Winter Haven	FL	79	72	72	223
	Murray	Jim	Orange Park	FL	75	68	80	223
	Wilhite	Warren	Palatka	FL	79	72	72	223
47	Dunlop	Jim	Cocoa	FL	75	70	79	224
	Westhorpe	Christian	Titusville	FL	70	76	78	224
49	Della-Pietra	Greg	Stuart	FL	74	79	72	225
	Gerlach	A. J.	Falls Church	VA	72	76	77	225
	Kinsella	Kevin	Jacksonville	FL	76	72	77	225
	Meier	Justin	Oldsmar	FL	73	76	76	225
	Rustin	Jonathan	Mt. Pleasant	SC	75	69	81	225
54	Sheehan	Brendan	Ft. Myers	FL	74	75	77	226
55	Allen	Andrew	Jacksonville	FL	74	74	79	227
	Kern	Max	Marietta	GA	75	73	79	227
	Ruel	Daniel	Plant City	FL	79	73	75	227
	Szem	Nicholas	Wall	NJ	79	74	74	227
	Tipton	Tanner	Palatka	FL	73	74	80	227
	West	Copeland	Palatka	FL	78	73	76	227
61	Madson	Curt	Mt. Dora	Fl	77	70	82	229
	Norman	Gregory M.	Jupiter	FL	74	75	80	229
63	Everson	Brent	St. Augustine	FL	69	78	83	230
	Hirsch	Michael	Orlando	FL	79	74	77	230
	Howard	Andrew	Gainesville	FL	75	74	81	230
	Jolly	Derek	Jacksonville	FL	70	79	81	230
	Jones	Scott	Orange Park	Fl	76	74	80	230
	Stiles	Kyle	Athens	GA	78	76	76	230
69	Baldwin	Spencer Tyler	Plant City	FL	77	72	82	231
	King	Garrett	Charlotte	NC	70	76	85	231
	Mainey	Patrick	Naples	FL	82	76	73	231
72	Jennison	Jay	St. Augustine	FL	75	76	81	232
73	Lastrapes	Jay	Jacksonville	FL	80	76	77	233
	Ostrowski	David	Bradenton	FL	76	75	82	233
	Slaton	Andrew	Gainesville	FL	78	77	78	233
76	Frye	Cameron	Jacksonville	FL	76	77	81	234
	Mathison	Matt	Atlanta	GA	73	79	82	234
78	Durrance	Joel	Ocala	Fl	79	75	81	235
79	Carroll	Matt	Heathrow	FL	78	79	79	236
	Echols	Trey	Jacksonville	FL	78	74	84	236
	Ross	Jim	Fernandina	FL	82	75	79	236
82	Kellermann`	Dan	Jacksonville	FL	78	76	83	237
	Tolliver	Scott	Deland	FL	74	83	80	237
	Waller	Ed	Ponte Vedra	FL	85	76	76	237
85	Ivarsson	Fredrik	St. Augustine	FL	74	80	84	238
86	Dahlenburg	Joel	St. Augustine	FL	79	76	84	239
	White	Brandon	Ocala	FL	80	85	74	239
88	Salmon	Jamey	Jacksonville	FL	77	80	83	240
89	Ross	Craig	Atlantic Bch	FL	81	80	80	241
90	DeVries	Kyle	Jacksonville	FL	78	84	81	243
91	Kelley	James	Port Orange	FL	88	82	80	250
92	Wolstencroft	Michael	Marietta	GA	87	76	88	251

	Bowery	James P.	Jacksonville	FL	72	73		WD
	Kirk	Andrew	Roswell	GA	76	78		WD
	Lawson	Matt	Raleigh	NC	75	74		WD
	O'Neal	Tim	St. Augustine	FL	79	77		WD
	Wingo	Justin	St. Augustine	FL	75	74		WD

ABOUT THE Florida Azalea

The Florida Azalea was started in 1958 as a two-man team tourney. The field has, over the years, boasted players who have gone on to greatness at the professional level. Tommy Aaron, who teamed with Dan Sykes for the 1960 Florida Azalea team title, went on to win the 1973 Masters. And Bob Murphy, winner of back-to-back Florida Azalea titles while playing for the University of Florida golf team in 1965-66, was an 11-time winner on the PGA Tour.

The 220-man Azalea field competes in one of six flights. The first flight is Championship, with a cut after 36-holes. The next five flights are Net.

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