Sunnehanna Amateur: Long leads at six under
Jace Long
JOHNSTON, PA (June 9, 2011) -- Jace Long, from Dixon, MO, put together a clean card, that included six birdies, to lead the prestigious 2011 Sunnehana Amateur by two shots over a trio of players.
Will Collins, a recent grad from the University of Virginia, John Peterson, the reigning NCAA Individual champion from LSU and Justin Thomas, an incoming freshman at the University of Alabama are all tie for second place with scores of 66 for the opening round.
Past winners of the Sunnehana Amateur include Rickie Fowler, Lucas Glover and Scott Verplank.
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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