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see also: The Dogwood Invitational, Druid Hills Golf Club

USC rising junior Rory Hie closes with six straight birdies and a tournament-record tying 62 to win the title by three strokes
ATLANTA, Ga. (June 28, 2008)--Now that is how you finish a tournament.
USC rising junior Rory Hie fired a tournament record-tying 10-under-par 62 at the Druid Hills Golf Club to win The Dogwood Invitational by three strokes over 54-hole leader Jonathan Hodge.
Hie finished at 21-under-par 267 over 72 holes.
Hodge, a member of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga golf team, was the runner-up at 270, followed by Hudson Swafford, Harris English, Carlton Forrester and Mark Strickland at 273.
Despite firing three straight rounds in the 60's, Hie found himself tied for 5th, five strokes behind Hodge heading into the final day. His finishing kick was even more impressive considering he overtook seven golfers by finishing with 6 straight birdies and a back nine score of 29.
Hie's career low before the round was 66, which he carded at the Pac-10 Championship in 2007. He recently finished T-13 at the NCAA D-I Championship where the Trojans fell one stroke short of crosstown rivals UCLA for the title.
In the senior division, Johnny Dennis went wire-to-wire, including a final-round 69 to take the victory.
He finished at 212, two strokes better than runner-up Dick Van Leuvan.
Full results from the 6850-yard, par-72 Druid Hills Golf Club follow:
| Pos | Name | Score |
| 1 | Rory Hie | 68-68-69-62--267 |
| 2 | Jonathan Hodge | 67-66-67-70--270 |
| T3 | Harris English | 67-71-69-66--273 |
| Hudson Swafford | 73-69-64-67--273 | |
| Carlton Forrester | 68-68-69-68--273 | |
| Mark Strickland | 70-67-70-66--273 | |
| T7 | Jon Curran | 64-70-71-69--274 |
| Danny Lee | 63-73-67-71--274 | |
| Tim Schaetzel | 65-66-71-72--274 | |
| 10 | Jeff Knox | 69-66-70-70--275 |
| 11 | Brent Witcher | 68-67-68-74--277 |
| T12 | Matthew Giles | 73-68-68-69--278 |
| John-Tyler Griffin | 74-72-65-67--278 | |
| David May | 71-70-69-68--278 | |
| T15 | Russell Henley | 72-67-69-71--279 |
| Glenn Northcutt | 69-71-67-72--279 | |
| Will Wilcox | 66-73-67-73--279 | |
| T18 | Michael Green | 71-71-71-67--280 |
| Matthew Griffin | 74-69-67-70--280 | |
| Derek Chang | 68-71-70-71--280 | |
| Matt Jager | 68-72-68-72--280 | |
| T22 | David Dragoo | 69-71-73-68--281 |
| Tanner Ervin | 77-62-74-68--281 | |
| Patton Kizzire | 72-66-70-73--281 | |
| Daniel Woltman | 74-67-68-72--281 | |
| Josh Younger | 70-71-69-71--281 | |
| Josh Oller | 71-69-71-70--281 | |
| T28 | Mark Anderson | 71-68-69-74--282 |
| Taylor Hall | 69-69-71-73--282 | |
| Ben Martin | 71-71-71-69--282 | |
| Tim Stewart | 63-72-73-74--282 | |
| T32 | Matt Hughes | 69-68-71-75--283 |
| Will Kropp | 68-73-68-74--283 | |
| Jason Scrivener | 71-70-71-71--283 | |
| William Mitchell | 72-71-70-70--283 | |
| 36 | Ryan Thornton | 72-73-68-71--284 |
| 37 | Matthew Galloway | 69-71-69-76--285 |
| T38 | Michael Morrison | 71-69-72-74--286 |
| Jude Eustaquio | 70-71-72-73--286 | |
| 40 | Ji Moon | 67-72-72-77--288 |
| 41 | Luke Hopkins | 76-67-67-80--290 |
| 42 | Jonathan Fly | 70-72-71-78--291 |
| 43 | Jeremy Evans | 67-77-69-81--294 |

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