Rice Planter's Amateur: USF's Fernandes leads by 5

6/20/2014 | by Benjamin Larsen of AmateurGolf.com

University of South Florida star Rigel Fernandes shot an even-par 72 Friday and maintains a five-shot lead

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (June 20, 2014) -- University of South Florida star Rigel Fernandes shot an even-par 72 Friday and maintains a five-shot lead entering Saturday's final round at the 2014 Rice Planter's Amateur at Snee Farm country Club. Fernandes has led from the start thanks to a 65-67 effort in his first two rounds. Zhongyang Fu and Travis Smyth are tied for second at 7-under. Smith shot 67 on Friday while Fu turned in a 69 to climb the leaderboard. Ryan Cole is fourth at 6-under while a group of four players, including Dru Love, the son of Davis Love III, is at 5-under. The Atkinson Cup, which is awarded to the low three-person team made up of players from the same college golf team, was won by Charleston Southern.

Results: Rice Planters Amateur

Place	Player	Location	Pts	Scores
1	Rigel Fernandes	, India	700	65-67-72-67=271
2	Andrew Novak	Mount Pleasant, SC	500	71-69-71-67=278
T3	Danny Pizetoski	Davidson, NC	400	71-70-71-68-280
T3	Rhyne Jones	Blowing Rock, NC	400	70-69-72-69=280
T5	Tom Swanson	Missoula, MT	400	72-73-68-68=281

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The Rice Planters Amateur was the inspiration of amateur golfer, Dick Horne. During his first Porter Cup at the Niagara Falls Country Club in 1973, Horne befriended the tournament's chairman Dick Harvey. Harvey encouraged a receptive Horne to develop...

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