EL PASO, TX (November 24, 2009)--Hunter Hamrick birdied his final hole in regulation Tuesday, then won the Western Refining College All-American Golf Classic with a birdie in extra holes.
The Alabama sophomore shot a final-round 2-under 69 at El Paso (Texas) Country Club to finish at 11-under 202 with Oklahoma State sophomore Morgan Hoffmann (69).
The pair went to the par-4 first hole for the playoff. Hamrick stuck his approach on the 420-yard hole within 5 feet and made the birdie putt. Hoffmann’s bid from just inside Hamrick lipped out.
Hoffmann, the nation’s top freshman and Big 12 Player of the Year in 2009, birdied three of his final five holes.
First-round leader Dustin Garza, a senior at Wichita State who opened with 64, bogeyed No. 16 and made double bogey at 18 in closing 72. He finished third.
Georgia junior Russell Henley (204) was fourth and Washington senior Nick Taylor (205) was fifth.
N.C. State senior Matt Hill, the 2009 NCAA individual champ, tied for 23rd.
Hamrick, an honorable mention All-American last season, posted three top-20 finishes for the Crimson Tide in the fall, including his second career tournament title at the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate. He is ranked 12th in the Golfweek/Sagarin College Rankings.
The Western Refining College All-America Golf Classic is an invitational-only event that featured 32 All-Americans from last season. Former champions includeDavid Duval (1991), Davis Love III (1984) and Tiger Woods (1995).
Final scores with relation to par from the Western Refining College All-American Golf Classic, played Nov. 23-24 at the par-71, 6,842-yard El Paso (Texas) Country Club (Note: x-won playoff):
1
x-Hunter Hamrick, Alabama
66-67-69--202
-11
2
Morgan Hoffmann, Oklahoma State
65-68-69--202
-11
3
Dustin Garza, Wichita State
64-67-72--203
-10
4
Russell Henley, Georgia
68-66-70--204
-9
5
Nick Taylor, Washington
69-65-71--205
-8
6
David Holmes, Tennessee
68-67-71--206
-7
6
Richard Lee, Washington
65-73-68--206
-7
8
John Hahn, Kent State
67-72-68--207
-6
9
Corey Nagy, Charlotte
64-72-72--208
-5
10
Andrew Putnam, Pepperdine
67-71-71--209
-4
11
Kevin Tway, Oklahoma State
67-70-73--210
-3
12
Knut Borsheim, Arizona State
69-71-72--212
-1
13
Lion Kim, Michigan
67-73-73--213
E
13
David Lingmerth, Arkansas
67-70-76--213
E
15
Harris English, Georgia
70-70-74--214
+1
15
Bo Hoag, Ohio State
69-69-76--214
+1
17
Mitchell Fedorka, La Verne
73-67-75--215
+2
17
Tom Hoge, TCU
76-64-75--215
+2
17
Scott Langley, Illinois
72-72-71--215
+2
20
Kevin Foley, Penn State
70-71-75--216
+3
20
Daniel Miernicki, Oregon
71-71-74--216
+3
22
Eddie Olson, UNLV
70-72-75--217
+4
23
George Bryan IV, South Carolina
71-74-73--218
+5
23
Matt Hill, North Carolina State
72-72-74--218
+5
23
Tarquin MacManus, Arizona
67-76-75--218
+5
23
John Peterson, LSU
74-71-73--218
+5
27
Scott Pinckney, Arizona State
75-70-74--219
+6
28
Lance Lopez, Texas
71-77-72--220
+7
29
Gregor Main, UCLA
70-74-78--222
+9
30
Matthew Giles, Southern California
72-73-78--223
+10
31
Alexander Sitompul, Michigan
75-73-77--225
+12
32
Alex Ching, San Diego
77-77-76--230
+17