Weekend Recap: Rain-shortened Azalea & more
25 Mar 2013
by Benjamin Larsen of AmateurGolf.com
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Austin Langdale (left) and Zach Atkinson
were the weekend's two biggest winners.
Considered the official kickoff of the amateur
golf season, the
Azalea Invitational took
over headlines across the
country this
weekend as one of the year’s top fields took
aim at The Country Club of
Charleston.
Unfortunately, Mother Nature had other plans
for the 65th playing of the
prestigious event.
Torrential Saturday rain made the course
unplayable as the tournament committee
called the
event after just two rounds. The win,
however, was still meaningful for Clemson-
bound junior
Austin
Langdale.
“It’s pretty cool,” he said. “It feels weird with
the last shots hit on Friday but it’s a great
feeling. To look at the names on the locker
room wall and see Webb Simpson and names
like that, it’s pretty cool to have my name
next
to last year’s U.S. Open champ.”
Langdale held the lead after the first two days
of play and was declared winner on
Sunday. He
opened play Thursday with a 5-under 66 and
shot 69 on Friday to take a two-shot
lead into the
weekend.
Scott
Harvey, a talented mid-am from North
Carolina, finished alone in second place
at 5-under
after his Friday 67. Will Long, another junior,
finished in third place after two-
straight 69s to
open the event. Jim Liu, who fired a
competitive course record 63 on Friday, was
among a group
of three players tied for fourth place.
Cameron
Champ and Carson Young also
finished at 3-
under.
Mike
Miller, the highest ranked player (5th) in
the event according to the
Goflweek/amateu
rg
olf.com U.S. Player Rankings,
managed a pair
of 70s and finished alone in seventh place.
North Carolina mid-am Matt Crenshaw
and Jack
Maguire, who won the 2012 St. Augustine
Amateur, were one shot back in eighth
place at even
par. Former PGA Tour pro and 1997 Azalea
Invitational champion John Engler
finished tied for
12th. He shot rounds of 73-70 to finish 1-over.
Four-time U.S Mid-Amateur champion Nathan
Smith was tied for 20th at 3-over,
one shot better
than fellow Walker Cup hopeful Todd White.
ATKINSON WINS TEXAS
NORTH MID-AM:
Zach
Atkinson, former golfer at the University
of North Texas and the 2004 Texas
State Amateur
winner, took home the top spot at the Texas
North Mid-Amateur Championship at
the Trophy
Club.
Atkinson fired a second-round 67 that proved
to be the difference maker as his 75
on a chilly
Sunday was just enough to maintain his lead.
Brandon Scott tried to keep pace with
Atkinson, firing a second-round 68 but
finished alone in
second place.
Colby Harwell was third with consecutive 73s
while amateurgolf.com member and
Player Staff
Representative Jay Csipkes took fourth.
WIRE-TO-WIRE WIN FOR
WOULFE/ANDERSON
: Stephen Anderson and Rick Woulfe
combined to shoot a rounds of 65-69 to
win the Florida Mid-
Am/Senior Four Ball at Santa Lucia River Club
in Port St.Lucie. Woulfe, of course,
has a long
history of notable amateur victories. He
defeated Tiger Woods to win the 1992
Dixie Amateur
and has been a mainstay in Florida events for
more than 10 years.
The winners were three shots better than Matt
Bianchini and Owen Joyner, who
went 69-68.
Pete Williams and Steve Earsley tied for third
alongside Jeff Neugebauer.
AGC’S CY
WHITNEY WINS SUN COUNTRY SPRING
STROKE
PLAY: Amateurgolf.com member
and
Player Staff representative
Cyrus Whitney
won easily at
the 2013 Sun Country Amateur Golf
Association Spring Stroke Play Championship
held at Picacho
Hills Country Club in Las Cruces, N. Mex.
Whitney, who won the senior division at the
2013 amateurgolf.com San Diego
County Amateur,
led after a Round 1 73 and cruised to a two-
shot victory.
Patrick Beyhan shot a 3-under 69 on Sunday
but couldn’t quite knock off Whitney,
finishing tied
for second place with Sam Saunders, who shot
70 on Sunday.
Whitney also won the senior division, rolling
past runner-up Jim Collins by an
impressive nine
shots.
BERNSON,
RESSEGUIE PREVAIL AT GEORGIA FOUR-
BALL: Gery Bernson and Scott
Resseguie combined to post rounds of 70-
68-70, finishing atop the
leaderboard at the 2013 Georgia Four-Ball at
Doublegate Country Club in Albany.
Bernson and Resseguie led after 36 holes and
never looked back with a sound 70
to close at the
25th playing of the event. They were one
shot better than David Matthews and
Doug Rayford,
who finished alone in second place.