Sunnehanna Amateur: Foley Scorches the Field

June 14, 2009 | by AmateurGolf.com Staff

2009 Sunnehanna Amateur champion

The summer race to make the Walker Cup team starts with a dominating wire-to-wire performance by Kevin Foley of Somerville, NJ

JOHNSTOWN, PA (June 14, 2009)--Kevin Foley of Somerville, NJ scorched the Sunnehanna Amateur field with an opening 9-under 61 and never looked back, finishing with a five shot win and a 13-under-par 267 total.

Brian Harman of Savannah, GA finished as the runner-up at 8-under, while Rickie Fowler of Murrieta, CA, two-time defending champion and World #2 in the Golfweek/amateurgolf.com Player Rankings, finished third at 7-under.

Four players--Fowler, Cameron Tringale (Laguna Niguel, CA), Drew Weaver (High Point, NC), and Ben Martin (Greenwood, SC)--head to the U.S. Open at Bethpage after strong finishes at the Sunnehanna.

The summer race to make the Walker Cup team has begun, and many Walker Cup front-runners and hopefuls were in the field, including 13 of the top 20 ranked U.S. players. U.S. Walker Cup captain George "Buddy" Marucci got a good close look at the players and the course, finishing tied 28th at 6-over.

Foley surely threw his name into the mix for Captain Marucci's consideration, moving up to World #50 and U.S. #19 with a summer full of big tournaments ahead.

Final scores with relation to par from the Sunnehanna Amateur, played June 11-14 at the par-70, 6,868-yard Sunnehanna Country Club in Johnstown, Pa.:

1. Kevin Foley 61-68-70-68--267 -13
2. Brian Harman 66-69-67-70--272 -8
3. Rickie Fowler 67-71-67-68--273 -7
4. Corey Nagy 64-73-69-70--276 -4
4. Nathan Smith 70-70-69-67--276 -4
4. Cameron Tringale 67-71-72-66--276 -4
7. Cody Gribble 70-69-70-69--278 -2
8. Drew Weaver 69-74-65-71--279 -1
9. Brendan Gielow 67-68-72-73--280 E
9. John Hahn 71-72-67-70--280 E
9. Derek Rende 68-73-69-70--280 E
12. Mark Anderson 67-68-72-74--281 + 1
12. Zach Barlow 74-68-69-70--281 + 1
12. Ben Kohles 70-72-73-66--281 + 1
12. Ben Martin 68-69-71-73--281 + 1
12. David May 73-71-68-69--281 + 1
12. Gavin Smith 69-73-70-69--281 + 1
12. Peter Uihlein 70-69-68-74--281 + 1
19. Matt Hoffenberg 72-70-70-70--282 + 2
19. Richard Lee 71-68-72-71--282 + 2
19. Zachary Sucher 71-67-69-75--282 + 2
22. Blayne Barber 74-72-66-71--283 + 3
22. John Peterson 71-72-70-70--283 + 3
24. Cory Whitsett 74-69-70-71--284 + 4
25. Sean Knapp 71-74-71-69--285 + 5
25. Mike McCoy 73-72-72-68--285 + 5
25. Philip Mollica 71-73-68-73--285 + 5
28. Mitch Krywulycz 73-71-71-71--286 + 6
28. George "Buddy" Marucci 73-71-71-71--286 + 6
28. Tim McKenney 71-72-70-73--286 + 6
28. Patrick Reed 74-70-74-68--286 + 6
28. Will Strickler 76-69-72-69--286 + 6
33. Patrick Carter 70-75-71-71--287 + 7
33. Jack Newman 68-75-69-75--287 + 7
35. Ray Beaufils 72-73-69-74--288 + 8
35. Wesley Bryan 69-72-70-77--288 + 8
35. Nick Delio 71-73-73-71--288 + 8
35. Dan Horner 71-70-74-73--288 + 8
35. Alex Martin 72-69-72-75--288 + 8
35. Eric Onesi 71-71-72-74--288 + 8
35. Matthew Savage 73-72-72-71--288 + 8
42. Robby Fillmore 71-72-71-75--289 + 9
42. Sam Saunders 68-74-71-76--289 + 9
44. Jarrod Barsamian 72-74-76-68--290 + 10
44. George Bryan 72-67-74-77--290 + 10
44. Jeff Wolniewicz 72-73-75-70--290 + 10
47. Zack Byrd 72-74-71-74--291 + 11
47. Jonathan Hodge 72-74-72-73--291 + 11
49. Justin Bardgett 72-74-74-72--292 + 12
49. Brady Exber 75-70-73-74--292 + 12
51. Rufino Bayron 78-72-68-75--293 + 13
51. Cam Burke 72-75-72-74--293 + 13
51. Matt Moot 73-73-73-74--293 + 13
51. Michael Mulieri 74-78-68-73--293 + 13
51. Mike Van Sickle 71-76-72-74--293 + 13
56. Jin Jeong 75-72-73-74--294 + 14
57. Antonio Asistio 75-71-79-70--295 + 15
57. Jimmy Chestnut 71-76-73-75--295 + 15
57. Jude Eustaquio 73-69-76-77--295 + 15
57. Tommy McDonagh 72-73-76-74--295 + 15
57. John Popeck 71-75-75-74--295 + 15
57. Michael Smyth 71-73-72-79--295 + 15
63. Clayton Rotz 78-73-75-71--297 + 17
64. Michael Oimoen 76-72-78-73--299 + 19
64. Eddie Olson 71-71-77-80--299 + 19
66. Chesson Hadley 76-78-75-71--300 + 20
67. David McAndrew 76-73-79-73--301 + 21
67. Gregor Orlando 77-77-72-75--301 + 21
69. Tim Madigan 74-81-70-78--303 + 23
70. John Zack 74-76-79-75--304 + 24
71. Matt Broome 70-80-76-79--305 + 25
72. Brandon Detweiler 77-78-76-75--306

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