Tournament Overview

National invitational traditionally played during U.S. Open week, Wednesday through Saturday. Field is limited to 90 players. The format is 72 holes of stroke play. The field will be cut to the low 60 and ties after 54 holes.

$295 entry fee includes practice round, at least three tournament rounds, and breakfast/lunch each day.

Course

Tournament News

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  Carr cruises home to Southeastern Amateur title
  Jun 15, 2019 - Benjamin Carr rides the momentum of a third-round 61 to a home win in the 90th Southeastern Amateur at the CC of Columbus
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  With 61, Carr turns the Southeastern Amateur into a one-man show
  Jun 14, 2019 - Benjamin Carr pushes his lead from one shot to eight with a spectacular third round at the Country Club of Columbus
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  Local knowledge fuels Carr to midway Southeastern Amateur lead
  Jun 13, 2019 - The Georgia Southern player and CC of Columbus member shoots 67 to take a one-shot lead with two rounds to go
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  Aussie Doull takes Southeastern Amateur lead with opening 64
  Jun 12, 2019 - Jordan Doull came from Perth, Australia to play college at Columbus State. A bogey-free 64 has him on top at the CC of Columbus
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  Schorr Thrills Hometown Fans with Southeastern Amateur Win
  Jun 16, 2018 - Stanton Schorr, a Country Club of Columbus member and Mercer University rising senior, wins by two shots
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  Schorr Rides Home Course Advantage to Southeastern Lead
  Jun 15, 2018 - The Mercer University rising senior and CC of Columbus member takes a one-shot lead into the final round
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  Southeastern Am: Liston Holds 1 Shot Lead as Course Toughens
  Jun 14, 2018
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  Liston, Mist Lead Southeastern Amateur at -5
  Jun 13, 2018 - The leaderboard is bunched up at the CC of Columbus, with 21 players within five shots of leaders Matt Liston and Jamie Mist
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  Jonathan Hardee sets 72-hole Southeastern Amateur record
  Jun 17, 2017 - University of Alabama rising senior, who missed spring/summer of 2016 with shoulder surgery, gets a satisfying win
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  James Clark holds 54-hole Southeastern Amateur Lead
  Jun 16, 2017 - Second round co-leader Jonathan Hardee, 13-under, will begin the final round in second place thanks to a flawless 4-under 66
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  Southeastern Amateur: Woods and Hardee Share Halfway Lead
  Jun 15, 2017 - Dillon Woods of Jacksonville, FL and Jonathan Hardee of Boiling Springs, SC are 9-under through 36 holes at the CC of Columbus
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  James Clark Leads Southeastern Amateur After Opening 63
  Jun 14, 2017 - The Georgia Tech golfer shoots a first-round seven-under 63 to lead by two shots at the Country Club of Columbus
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  Jared Bettcher captures Southeastern Amateur
  Jun 18, 2016 - Third time was the charm for Jared Bettcher at the Southeastern Amateur
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  Jared Bettcher takes Southeastern Amateur third round lead
  Jun 17, 2016 - Troy's Jared Bettcher hold the lead heading into the final round of the Southeastern Amateur
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  Grant Hirschman defends title at Southeastern Amateur
  Jun 20, 2015 - For the second year in a row, Grant Hirschman left the Country Club of Columbus as the Southeastern Amateur champion
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  Southeastern Amateur: Defending champion Grant Hirschman up by five
  Jun 19, 2015 - After tying the course record on Thursday, last year's winner Grant Hirschman shot almost as low in the third round
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  Carter Page shoots 62, grabs hold of Southeastern Amateur lead
  Jun 18, 2015 - Not one, but two players tied the Country Club of Columbus course record on Thursday as Carter Page of NC State jumped into the lead
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  John Jonas leads early at Southeastern Amateur
  Jun 17, 2015 - John Jonas, a senior at College of Charleston, went bogey-free on day one at the Country Club of Columbus
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  Southeastern Amateur: Hirschman tops Tuten in playoff
  Jun 14, 2014 - Grant Hirschman defeated Shad Tuten in a two-hole playoff to win the 85th Southeastern Amateur
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  Southeastern Am: Shad Tuten holds lead
  Jun 13, 2014 - Shad Tuten fired a third-round 66 and will carry a one-shot lead into the final round
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  Hirschmann takes Southeastern Amateur lead
  Jun 12, 2014 - Hirschmann, who birdied six straight holes to turn in one of the day's top cards
• Reeves wins Southeastern Amateur
  Jun 15, 2013 - Seth Reeves shot a final-round 67 to win the Southeastern Amateur by three strokes.
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  Beck continues to lead Southeastern Amateur
  Jun 14, 2013 - 2nd-round leader Jimmy Beck fired a 3rd-round 68 to hold onto the lead by one stroke.
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  Southeastern Am: Beck leads
  Jun 13, 2013 - Jimmy Beck followed his first-round 65 with a 72 on Thursday and leads by 2 entering the final round
• Harbin beats Kelly in Southeastern Am playoff
  Jun 16, 2012 - Dykes Harbin and Sean Kelly finished regulation at 6-under before playing off for the title.
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  Tommy Mou takes lead into Southeastern Am final round
  Jun 15, 2012 - Mou of Bradenton, Fla. leads by two shots at the 83rd Southeastern Amateur at the Country Club of Columbus
• Southeastern Amateur: Mitchell, Chang tied
  Jun 14, 2012 - Chattanooga's Keith Mitchell is tied for the lead with Tommy Mou of Bradenton, FL at 4-under-par 138
• Leaderboard jammed at Southeastern Am
  Jun 13, 2012 - All told, 27 players are within three shots of the lead, making for some intriguing golf left to be played.
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  Reeves wins Southeastern Amateur
  Jun 18, 2011 - Seth Reeves of Duluth, Georgia holds on for a three shot win
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  Southeastern Am: Chang Defends Title with Final-Round 64
  Jun 19, 2010 - Derek Chang of Alpharetta, GA separates himself from a logjam of players with a final-round 64 and a successful defense of his title
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  Southeastern Am: Derek Chang by 7 Shots
  Jun 22, 2009 - Derek Chang of Alpharetta, GA breaks away from the field in the final round to win by 7 over Wade Binfield of Fayetteville, GA
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  Southeastern Amateur: Krywulcz never trails
  Jun 15, 2008 - Mitch Krywulcz goes wire-to-wire to unseat defending champ George Bryan IV and Derek Chang
• Southeastern Amateur: Bryan Takes It
  Jun 17, 2007 - George Bryan IV records wire-to-wire victory
• Southeastern Amateur: Brandon Wins by 2
  Jun 18, 2006 - Seth Brandon of Dalton, Georgia, fueled by a third round 66, posts a solid final round 71 to win by 2 over Matt Berzovich
• Southeastern Amateur: Sharpe (-6) Wins by 2
  Jun 19, 2005 - Bill Sharpe wins 76th Annual event at Country Club of Columbus

The Southeastern Amateur was created in 1922 by Fred Haskins, the Head Golf Professional at the Columbus Country Club, and was known as the Columbus Country Club Invitational. W.H. Dismuke Sr. won that inaugural event.

The tournament was later renamed in 1938 to the Southeastern Amateur. Mr. Tommy Barnes was the first to have his name inscribed on the newly named, Jordan-Martin Trophy.

The tournament has been held in both Match- Play and Stroke-play formats, and many records have been set along the way.

Among the winners since that event are Doug Sanders, Tommy Aaron, Danny Edwards, Curtis Strange, Columbus native Kenny Knox, and 5 time champion Allen Doyle. Included on the runner-up list are Mason Randolph, Gardner Dickinson, Bert Greene, Steve Melnyk, Gary Koch, Ben Crenshaw, Fuzzy Zoeller, Andy Bean, Willy Wood, and Paul Azinger. Aaron, Crenshaw, and Zoeller wear the green jacket of a Masters Champion, and Mr. Doyle launched into his senior tour career, shortly after winning his fifth Southeastern, where he has won the Senior U.S. Open twice.

The first tournament in 1922 was held before the course was actually complete and was only a 13-hole course.

Once the Donald Ross design was put into place between 1923 and 1925 making the course a full 18- holes, the tournament flourished. By the 50's, it had become the premier tournament for amateurs in the southeastern United States. As travel became more convenient, the tournament has transformed into what it is today, a top level amateur tournament that attracts the top players from around the world.

The course itself had been through many changes through the history of the tournament. In 2003, the course was put through an extensive renovation after Cecil Calhoun obtained the original Donald Ross designs. The course was made as close to those designs as possible during that rennovation, including the famous postage stamp green on #4, and of course the ever present "shaved" collection areas that are the signature of all Donald Ross designs.

PAST CHAMPIONS

2019 Benjamin Carr
2018 Stanton Schorr
2017 Jonathan Hardee
2016 Jared Bettcher
2015 Grant Hirschman
2014 Grant Hirschman
2013 Seth Reeves
2012 Dykes Harbin
2011 Seth Reeves
2010 Derek Chang
2009 Derek Chang
2008 Mitch Krywulcz
2007 George Bryan IV
2006 Seth Brandon
2005 Bill Sharpe
2004 Ted Smith
2003 Carter Mize
2002 (no tournament held)
2001 Bryant Odom
2000 Wright Waddell
1999 Jeff Klauk
1998 Jeff Klauk
1997 Ryuji Imada
1996 Wright Waddell
1995 Jay Hobby
1994 Wright Waddell
1993 Will Blackmon
1992 Allen Doyle
1991 Carter Mize
1990 Allen Doyle
1989 Wright Waddell
1988 Allen Doyle
1987 Elliott Kirven
1986 Hugh Royer III
1985 (no tournament held)
1984 Allen Doyle
1983 Allen Doyle
1982 John Spelman
1981 Elliott Kirven
1980 John Spelman
1979 Rafael Alarcon
1978 Terry Anton
1977 Kenny Knox
1976 Terry Anton
1975 Ed Davis
1974 Bo Trotter
1973 Curtis Strange
1972 Danny Edwards
1971 Allen Miller
1970 Allen Miller
1969 Bob Barbarrosa
1968 Jack Key, Jr.
1967 Steve Eichstaedt
1966 Earl Bowden, Jr.
1965 Gene Dahlbender
1964 Gene Dahlbender
1963 Sonny Swift
1962 Billy Key
1961 Howell Fraser
1960 Tommy Aaron
1959 Frank Eldridge
1958 Tommy Aaron
1957 Sonny Swift
1956 Sonny Swift
1955 Cecil Calhoun
1954 Doug Sanders
1953 Doug Sanders
1952 George Hamer
1951 George Hamer
1950 Gilbert Wesley
1949 Jack Key, Jr.
1948 Press Thornton
1947 Arnold Blum
1946 Tommy Barnes
1945 (no tournament held)
1944 (no tournament held)
1943 (no tournament held)
1942 (no tournament held)
1941 Arnold Blum
1940 Jack Slayton
1939 Arnold Blum
1938 Tommy Barnes
1937 Dan Kirkland
1936 Bill Eager
1935 Dupont Kirven, Jr.
1934 Stanley Holditch
1933 Dupont Kirven, Jr.
1932 R.K. Sutherland
1931 Frank Garrard, Jr.
1930 Frank Garrard, Jr.
1929 Frank Garrard, Jr.
1928 Charley Brumby
1927 Gene Cook
1926 Fred Minnich
1925 (no tournament held)
1924 Watts Gunn
1923 (no tournament held)
1922 W.H. Dismuke