Mathers edges two-time defending champ at Spirit of America
6/30/2019 | by AmateurGolf.com Staff
see also: View results for Spirit of America, Burningtree Country Club
For the first time in three years, the winner of the Spirit of America title was not named Brooks Rabren.
Mathers is a rising junior at Huntingdon College, an NCAA Division III school in Montgomery, Ala. He put together rounds of 70-66-67-68 for a 13-under total that left him on top of the individual leaderboard. Already this summer, Mathers logged a top-10 finish at the Dogwood Invitational.
There is also a team component to the Spirit, and together with teammate Connor Bruce, Mathers finished third overall. Huntingdon had six total players in the event and three two-man teams. Huntingdon No. 1 (Arthav Argade and Owen Burt) finished 10th and Huntingdon No. 3 (Mark Connelly and Carson Whitton) was eighth.
Alabama’s Tyler Hitchner finished three shots behind him, followed by Tennessee’s Bryce Lewis in fourth another shot back. Vanderbilt’s Michael Shears rounded out the top 5 at 6 under.
Results: Spirit of America
| Place | Player | Location | Pts | Scores |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mobile, AL | 300 | 70-66-67-68=271 | |
| 2 | Andalusia, AL | 200 | 69-67-65-72=273 | |
| 3 | Tuscaloosa, AL | 100 | 69-70-71-66=276 | |
| 4 | Hendersonville, TN | 100 | 71-65-72-69=277 | |
| 5 | Franklin, TN | 100 | 70-68-71-69=278 |
About the Spirit of America
The Spirit of America Golf Classic is Burningtree Country Club's long-running, fundraising tournament held annually in conjunction with Decatur’s Spirit of America Festival, which itself is one of the largest, free Fourth of July festivals in the sou...
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