Rice Planter's: USF's Fernandes goes wire-to-wire

6/21/2014 | by Benjamin Larsen of AmateurGolf.com

Rigel Fernandes

Rigel Fernandes completed a masterful run at the 2014 Rice Planter's Amateur, firing a closing 5-under 67 to win by seven shots

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (June 21, 2014) -- University of South Florida's Rigel Fernandes completed a masterful run at the 2014 Rice Planter's Amateur, firing a closing 5-under 67 to win by seven shots. Fernandes led wire-to-wire and it was never really in doubt. He opened with a 7-under 65 at Snee Farm Country Club and turned in two other rounds in the 60s. His bookend 67s through the final three rounds helped him gain and then keep pace with Andrew Novak, who took second place. Novak carded rounds of 71-69-71-67 to finish alone as the runner-up. Daniel Pizetoski and Rhyne Jones were tied for third thanks to solid play in Saturday's finale. Pizetoski shot 68 while Jones fired a 69 to climb the leaderboard. The trio of Tom Swanson, Jon Weiss and Travis Smyth tied for fifth, finishing 10 shots off the stellar pace set by Fernandes.

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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