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see also: Spirit of America Golf Classic, Burningtree Country Club
Florida Southern's Matt Stauch tops Matt Fast of Mississippi State by one shot
DECATAUR, Ala. (July 6, 2008)--Matt Stauch of Florida Southern College carded three rounds of 69 and one of 70 to hold off Matt Fast of Mississippi State University by one stroke. Stauch finished at 7-under-par 277.
It was the first amateur major victory for the All-American honorable mention, who twice led his high school squad in Dublin to the Ohio state championship.
Full results from 7,005-yard, par-71 BurningTree Country Club follow:
| Pos. | Name | Rd.1 | Rd.2 | Rd.3 | Rd.4 | Tot. |
| 1 | Matt Stauch | 69 | 69 | 70 | 69 | 277 |
| 2 | Matt Fast | 71 | 68 | 70 | 69 | 278 |
| T3 | Paul Apyan | 73 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 279 |
| T3 | Hunter Hawkins | 69 | 68 | 70 | 72 | 279 |
| T3 | John Peterson | 74 | 68 | 71 | 66 | 279 |
| T3 | Will Wilcox | 71 | 69 | 72 | 67 | 279 |
| T7 | Lexus Keoninh | 71 | 69 | 69 | 71 | 280 |
| T7 | Josh Oller | 66 | 72 | 69 | 73 | 280 |
| 9 | Adam West | 73 | 68 | 70 | 70 | 281 |
| 10 | Eddie Brescher III | 71 | 69 | 67 | 75 | 282 |
| T11 | Wes Carter | 67 | 71 | 76 | 69 | 283 |
| T11 | Trey DelGreco | 73 | 68 | 70 | 72 | 283 |
| T11 | Brandon Detweiler | 73 | 73 | 69 | 68 | 283 |
| T11 | Chris Griffin | 71 | 73 | 68 | 71 | 283 |
| T11 | Hudson Johnson | 75 | 73 | 69 | 66 | 283 |
| T11 | Jordan Payne | 74 | 70 | 69 | 70 | 283 |
| T11 | Will Swift | 70 | 72 | 70 | 71 | 283 |
| T11 | Keith White | 70 | 68 | 75 | 70 | 283 |
| T19 | Danny Evelyn | 70 | 72 | 73 | 69 | 284 |
| T19 | Neil Horsley | 67 | 70 | 75 | 72 | 284 |
| T21 | Michael Buttacavoli | 74 | 67 | 74 | 70 | 285 |
| T21 | Wade Holland | 76 | 68 | 72 | 69 | 285 |
| T21 | Andrew Villarreal | 72 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 285 |
| T24 | Antonio Asistio | 73 | 70 | 72 | 71 | 286 |
| T24 | Kevin Cooper | 74 | 70 | 67 | 75 | 286 |
| T24 | David Dragoo | 71 | 69 | 72 | 74 | 286 |
| T24 | Ryan Haselden | 74 | 71 | 68 | 73 | 286 |
| T24 | Nicholas Smith | 71 | 74 | 70 | 71 | 286 |
| T29 | Olavo Batista | 68 | 74 | 72 | 73 | 287 |
| T29 | Jason Cuthbertson | 76 | 68 | 73 | 70 | 287 |
| T29 | Adam McDonald | 76 | 69 | 69 | 73 | 287 |
| T29 | Greyson Painter | 78 | 70 | 70 | 69 | 287 |
| T29 | Carl Santos-Ocampo | 75 | 70 | 70 | 72 | 287 |
| T29 | Blake West | 73 | 71 | 71 | 72 | 287 |
| T35 | Karsten Clements | 73 | 71 | 69 | 75 | 288 |
| T35 | Jason Judy | 71 | 73 | 70 | 74 | 288 |
| T35 | Cedric Scotto | 71 | 71 | 73 | 73 | 288 |
| T38 | Freddie Janneck | 76 | 66 | 69 | 78 | 289 |
| T38 | John Gregory Joseph | 70 | 73 | 74 | 72 | 289 |
| T38 | Matt Marshall | 73 | 70 | 69 | 77 | 289 |
| T38 | Will McCurdy | 71 | 73 | 73 | 72 | 289 |
| T38 | Ben Weatherly | 77 | 72 | 71 | 69 | 289 |
| T43 | Cody Causey | 70 | 74 | 76 | 70 | 290 |
| T43 | Woodie Eubanks | 72 | 76 | 72 | 70 | 290 |
| T45 | Brent Cooper | 72 | 73 | 72 | 74 | 291 |
| T45 | Ben Dupont | 73 | 70 | 77 | 71 | 291 |
| T45 | Joseph Kinney | 69 | 72 | 72 | 78 | 291 |
| T45 | Hogan Vaughn | 77 | 72 | 69 | 73 | 291 |
| 49 | Brad Story | 69 | 72 | 78 | 73 | 292 |
| T50 | Ross Anderson | 74 | 74 | 72 | 73 | 293 |
| T50 | Josh Jones | 74 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 293 |
| T50 | Tyler Sparks | 74 | 68 | 77 | 74 | 293 |
| 53 | Andrew Freeman | 71 | 72 | 74 | 77 | 294 |
| 54 | Gator Todd | 74 | 73 | 73 | 75 | 295 |
| 55 | Chase Carroll | 77 | 72 | 71 | 77 | 297 |
| 56 | Jack Belote | 77 | 68 | 75 | 82 | 302 |
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