Southern Am champ Olsen in Palmer field

3/17/2014 | by

Zachary Olsen

Defending champion Zach Olsen, a freshman at Oklahoma State, is competing this week at the Palmer Invitational

BIRMINGHAM, AL (March 17, 2014) – Zach Olsen, a freshman Oklahoma State golf team member from Memphis, is competing in the Arnold Palmer Invitational this week at Bay Hill Club in Orlando. The amateur Olsen is playing on a sponsor’s exemption the tournament has awarded the reigning Southern Amateur champion for the past ten years. Olsen, 19, won the 107th Southern Am last summer at Carlton Woods Club outside Houston. He sank clutch, mid-range putts on the 72nd hole to make a 3-man playoff and on the first extra hole to win the coveted title. As a rookie on Oklahoma State’s national powerhouse team, Olsen has posted top-10 finishes in the Cowboys’ last two tournaments against strong fields of top teams and individual college stars. He is scheduled to defend his title in the 108th Southern Am in July at The Honors Course near Chattanooga. The Southern Am is ranked by the Royal & Ancient among the top five amateur tournaments played in the U.S. Among the past Southern Am champs to compete at Bay Hill on that sponsor invitation are current U.S. Open champ Webb Simpson and PGA Tour player Kyle Stanley, who has one Tour victory to his credit. Both are two-time Southern Am champs and each made the 36-hole cut at Bay Hill in one of their two appearances representing the storied amateur tournament. Harris English, who won the 2011 Southern Am at Innisbrook Resort near Tampa, forfeited his SGA invitation to Bay Hill by turning pro soon after, but qualified on his own thanks to a strong rookie season. The Southern Golf Association supports and promotes amateur golf by running the venerable Southern Am and two other national tournaments, plus its coveted SGA National Amateur of the Month award.

Results: Southern Amateur

Place	Player	Location	Pts	Scores
1	M.J. Maguire	St. Petersburg, FL	1000	69-72-72-71=284
T2	Victor Perez	, France	700	72-70-71-74=287
T2	Geoffrey Drakeford	, Australia	700	68-74-70-75=287
T4	Beau Hossler	Mission Viejo, CA	500	70-68-70-80=288
T4	Scott Vincent	, Zimbabwe	500	72-72-74-70=288

View full results for Southern Amateur

About the Southern Amateur

The Southern Amateur, which dates back to 1902, is one of two competitions held by the Southern Golf Association (the other is the Southern Junior). This is a 72-hole stroke play championship with a cut made after 36 holes. Entries are open to any ma...

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