Rice Planters: Another Australian victory

05 Jul 2008
see also: Rice Planters Amateur Championship, Snee Farm Country Club
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MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (July 5, 2008)--The Australian dominance of the Rice Planters Amateur continued in 2008, with Matt Griffin taking a one-stroke victory over American Mike Stern at the Snee Farm Country Club. Griffin finished at 17-under-par in the 72-hole tourney, jumping out to an early lead after going 67-65 over the first two days. Stern was a stroke back at 272.

In all, three Australians finished in the top-5, with Josh Younger taking third at 273 and Grant Scott fifth at 277. Brent Witcher was fourth at 276.

It is the fifth time in the past eight years that an Aussie finished atop the Rice Planters leaderboard, starting with Adam Groom in 2001, but the first American victory for Griffin.

"To finally bag a US event is just great,” Griffin told an Australian website.

“It got tight towards the middle there with Mike Stern closing the two shot gap. I managed to dig deep and kept it going to pull it off.

“The beauty about winning so early on is that it gives you a tremendous lift heading into the remainder of your schedule. I’ve go the Players Championship as well as the Western, two big events to look forward to, and I feel I can really compete well now in those.”

Full results from the 6,795-yard, par-72 Snee Farms Country Club follow:

Name	Rd.1	Rd.2	Rd.3	Rd.4	Tot.	Par
GRIFFIN, MATT	67	65	70	69	271	-17
STERN, MIKE	70	68	65	69	272	-16
YOUNGER, JOSH	73	69	64	67	273	-15
WITCHER, BRENT	68	66	74	68	276	-12
SCOTT, GRANT	68	66	77	66	277	-11
MACDONALD, NICK	70	74	69	65	278	-10
TANG, TIM	67	71	74	66	278	-10
ANDERSON, MARK	71	75	66	67	279	-9
BLONDELL, LOGAN	70	74	70	66	280	-8
ELMORE, BAKER	70	69	71	70	280	-8
EUSTAQUIO, JUDE	70	71	71	68	280	-8
SCHAETZEL, TIM	68	73	72	68	281	-7
NEAL, TYLER	75	67	70	70	282	-6
THOMAS, WARREN	71	68	71	72	282	-6
BEAUFILS, RAY	69	70	73	71	283	-5
COCHRAN, CASE	70	72	70	71	283	-5
HOLMES, DAVID	65	71	78	69	283	-5
KNIGHT, CAMERON	72	71	70	70	283	-5
KNOX, JEFF	71	66	74	72	283	-5
LAUER, SEATH	72	73	69	69	283	-5
MCGOVERN, RHYS	74	71	69	69	283	-5
ERVIN, TANNER	72	71	73	68	284	-4
DOHERTY, GREG	69	72	75	69	285	-3
FOSTER, MICHAEL	77	72	67	69	285	-3
HAN, REN	75	69	75	66	285	-3
JAMES, LEIGHTON	68	70	74	73	285	-3
PATEL, RAVI	68	71	75	71	285	-3
WOODBURY, PAUL	69	73	74	69	285	-3
COHAN, ADAM	69	71	73	73	286	-2
MARINO, SCOTT	70	72	76	68	286	-2
BROWN, CHAPPELL	71	70	74	72	287	-1
CUNNING, PATRICK	71	70	75	71	287	-1
GEYER, NICK	72	71	73	71	287	-1
JOHNSTUN, JORDAN	70	71	74	72	287	-1
KNOX, LEE	71	68	76	72	287	-1
BECKMANN, DANIEL	72	75	73	68	288	EVEN
BOWDEN, DANIEL	73	68	70	77	288	EVEN
DICKEY, KYLE	72	72	76	68	288	EVEN
PERRY, DREW	73	72	73	71	289	1
GRAHAM, RHETT	70	78	72	70	290	2
YATES, PRESTON	73	73	74	70	290	2
BALLARD, HAMPTON	72	71	74	74	291	3
COBB, KYLE	68	77	75	71	291	3
TEWES, BEN	72	70	73	76	291	3
WOLFE, CHRIS	71	69	75	76	291	3
COHAN, JASON	74	73	74	72	293	5
KENNEDY, CHRIS	69	77	74	73	293	5
RASETA, MICHAEL	72	70	77	74	293	5
RODY, TYLER	75	73	72	73	293	5
KIM, SOONAM	79	72	71	72	294	6
MURPHY, J.B.	77	68	74	75	294	6
ALRED, BRYAN	77	73	70	75	295	7
BOYD, ALEX	72	74	76	73	295	7
MCENTIRE, MARK	76	71	74	75	296	8
TOOLEY, ROSS	72	77	72	76	297	9
TODD III, THOMAS	72	71	78	76	297	9
PIUMELLI, CHRIS	74	72	70	82	298	10
SMITH, KEVIN	74	69	80	75	298	10
GILLINS, BRENDAN	77	70	76	76	299	11
PARK, PAUL	73	74	76	76	299	11
Missed Cut
HARE, JUSTIN	73	78	73
YAMANE, KENT	77	73	74
EBERT, JOHN	74	76	75
HOFMANN, ADAM	79	75	71
FLEMING, BRUCE	76	76	74
DROBNICK, MICHAEL	76	79	72
LEE, ERIC	77	71	79
BERRY, BRANDON	73	79	75
RANKIN, BRETT	78	72	78
WOOD, MATT	77	77	74
BURSTYN, JASON	81	72	76
ELMORE, MCCUEN	78	73	78
FERRELL, GARLAND	77	76	77
SMITH, MICHAEL	82	71	77
JACOBSEN, MICHAH	79	73	79
CRESS II, MICHAEL	74	78	80
MCDONOGH, TOMMY	79	77	76
THOMAS, LOWERY	76	79	77
SMART, BLAKE	77	82	74
AYALA, CIPRIANO	82	73	79
BLUE, RYAN	75	84	75
BUERGLER, ANDREW	73	84	77
VROON, HOWARD	82	75	81
LEGGETT, LEON	78	86	82
ROACH, JUSTIN	75	71	NC
LEON, HORACIO	DQ
WANG, MINGHAO	DQ
ATKINSON, BERT	WD
ECKSTEIN, AARON	WD
MULLANE, JONATHAN	WD

ABOUT THE Rice Planters Amateur

The Rice Planters Amateur was the inspiration of amateur golfer, Dick Horne. During his first Porter Cup at the Niagara Falls Country Club in 1973, Horne befriended the tournament's chairman Dick Harvey. Harvey encouraged a receptive Horne to develop his own southern tournament and, consequently, along with other Porter Cup officials, shared enough useful information to get Horne started in the South. The Rice Planters quickly grew to become one of the top amateur events in the country.

FORMAT AND ENTRY INFORMATION
The Rice Planters is played over 54 holes of stroke play. While entries are by invitation only, the tournament typically holds a 90-player qualifier for the final five spots in the field.

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