Miller takes Cotton States title after lopsided title match

July 28, 2019 | by AmateurGolf.com Staff

Charlie Miller, Tournament Chairman Stewart Causey, runner-up Sims Abney (Twitter photo)

The match seemed in Miller’s favor from early on, and he was 3 up by the time the first nine was over.

After a long week at the Cotton States Amateur, Charlie Miller is the champion. Miller, a rising Ole Miss sophomore from Jackson, Miss., made relatively quick work of fellow Mississippian Simms Abney in Sunday’s championship match at Bayou DiSiard Country Club in Monroe, La.

The match seemed in Miller’s favor from early on. He was 3 up on Abney, an incoming Alabama freshman, by the time the two made the turn. Miller then knocked in a mid-range birdie putt at No. 11 to go 4 up and made another birdie at the next hole to take his advantage to 5 up.

When Miller’s drive hit a tree at No. 13, Abney had a small opening. He failed to take advantage, however, and the hole was halved with bogeys.

Abney conceded the hole, and the match, on the par-5 14th.

Miller’s Cotton States title is the latest on a summer hot streak. He finished in the top 10 at the Southern Amateur and followed that with a fourth-place finish at the Mississippi State Amateur.

Results: Cotton States Amateur

Place	Player	Location	Pts
Win	Charlie Miller	Jackson, MS	400
Runner-up	Simms Abney	Jackson, MS	300
Semifinals	Charlie Flynn	Alexandria, LA	200
Semifinals	Lance Yates	Baton Rouge, LA	200
Quarterfinals	Mark Reppe	Dallas, TX	100

View full results for Cotton States Amateur

About the Cotton States Amateur

Miller takes Cotton States title after lopsided title match

The Board of Directors of Bayou DeSiard CC has decided to cancel the 2025 W. E. Cole Cotton States Amateur and for the foreseeable futureOriginally played in 1949 as the Bayou DeSiard Labor Day Golf Tournament, the tournament's name was changed to th...