Rice Planters Am: Koepka by 2 Over Cody

June 27, 2009 | by Golfweek

(Florida State University photo)

Brooks Koepka of Wellington, FL loses his lead in the third round but rallies with a 67 to win by 2 over Austin Cody of N. Charleston, SC

MT. PLEASANT, S.C. (June 27, 2009) -- Brooks Koepka, a sophomore-to-be at Florida State, won the Rice Planters Amateur by two shots with an 18-under 270 total at Snee Farm Country Club in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. Austin Cody, a freshman-to-be at Duke, finished second after a final-round 70. Cody started the final round with a one-shot lead, but Koepka passed Cody with a final-round 67. Koepka took the lead by going eagle-birdie-birdie-birdie on Nos. 13-16 in the final round. Koepka shot 9-under 63 in the second round to tie the tournament course record, held by Stewart Cink and Aron Price. Koepka, the ACC freshman of the year, was No. 81 in the Golfweek/Titleist College Rankings last season. The University of Florida’s Arnond Vongvanij shot a final-round 68 to finish third at 12 under par. Duke’s Wes Roach (69) finished fourth at 11 under. Final results of the Rice Planters Amateur, played June 24-27, 2009 at Snee Farm Country Club in Mt. Pleasant, SC:

KOEPKA, BROOKS	66	63	74	67	270
CODY, AUSTIN	65	68	69	70	272
VONGVANIJ, ARNOND	68	69	71	68	276
ROACH, WES	69	68	71	69	277
DAY, KELVIN	69	69	70	71	279
BEAUFILS, RAY	69	70	67	73	279
DOHERTY, GREG	70	68	70	72	280
KNOX, JEFF	70	70	72	69	281
BRAME, STEVEN	73	68	75	67	283
HARVEY, MATTHEW	73	67	68	75	283
WANG, MINGHAO	71	72	70	71	284
BLEUMINIK, LUKE	74	71	68	71	284
SMYTH, MICHAEL	72	72	68	72	284
ATKINSON, BERT	72	70	74	69	285
HUDSON, JOHN DUKE	73	69	73	70	285
HAGY, BRANDON	75	71	70	70	286
CUNNING, PATRICK	72	69	75	70	286
FULFORD, SPENCER	72	70	76	69	287
ASSEY, MICHAEL	69	67	76	75	287
HESTER, DEAN	67	71	77	73	288
BARRETT, PATRICK	72	70	75	71	288
WOODBURY, PAUL	73	73	72	71	289
PARKER, CHASE	72	70	77	70	289
MCGLAMERY, MITCHELL	73	72	73	72	290
DORFMAN, BRIAN	76	69	75	71	291
COLVIN, ANDREW	72	73	72	74	291
MITCHELL, TJ	74	68	79	71	292
MONTE, JOE	76	71	70	75	292
WEATHERLY, BEN	73	73	71	75	292
LYNCH, RYAN	74	69	73	76	292
MALLOY, CHRIS	72	78	73	70	293
GILLINS, BRENDAN	76	74	72	71	293
VINCE, RYAN	72	73	74	74	293
CONTRERAS, CHRIS	73	70	73	77	293
MITCHELL, TIM	76	70	73	74	293
BROWN, CHAPPELL	68	74	75	76	293
MONTGOMERY, MICHAEL	72	73	71	77	293
DROBNICK, MICHAEL	74	72	72	75	293
KNOX, LEE	69	73	71	80	293
MULLANE, JONATHAN	69	76	76	73	294
SMART, BLAKE	78	72	71	73	294
VONBORSIG, CONRAD	73	72	75	74	294
EMIL, JUSTIN	67	75	71	81	294
SORGINI, DANNY	74	70	79	72	295
HOWARD, REED	79	73	70	73	295
OVENDEN, WILL	70	78	74	74	296
RODY, TYLER	73	77	74	72	296
MASHBURN, MICHAEL	78	71	71	76	296
CURRIE, JAMES	75	72	75	74	296
TALLENT, CRAIG	71	71	77	77	296
ELLIS, ALEX	77	73	75	72	297
BURSTYN, JASON	74	78	71	74	297
FOWLER, ALAN	76	74	71	77	298
MCENTIRE, MARK	73	75	75	75	298
DOLAN, FRANK	76	75	74	74	299
BREWER, STEPHAN	74	69	75	81	299
BREEN, COY	72	79	72	77	300
PARKS, AUSTIN	71	75	79	76	301
EVERTS, ROBERT	74	72	79	77	302
JACOBS, MASON	75	78	72	77	302
LANE, CHRISTOPHER	80	73	71	79	303
EVANS, LUSHEN	72	75	74	82	303
BORST, BRENDAN	80	76	69	80	305
MARINO, JOEY	77	72	75	84	308

MISSED THE CUT

BRADSHAW, BREWER	77	75	74		226
LEE, ERIC	78	75	73		226
MARKOVITZ, JIM	78	76	72		226
BURCIN, MICHAEL	78	74	75		227
DAVIS, COLEY	74	78	75		227
MEGGS, DANIEL	76	71	80		227
MONTELEON, JASON	75	76	76		227
CLEMENTS, KARSTEN	77	77	74		228
SMITH, RYAN	76	73	79		228
STUART, SETH	80	76	72		228
BELL, RYAN	72	81	75		228
TOOLEY, ROSS	77	75	77		229
PARK, PAUL	81	79	71		231
SOOWAL, MICHAEL	77	75	79		231
FLEMING, BRUCE	76	78	78		232
BENNETT, ROB	79	75	79		233
THOMSON, ROSS	75	77	81		233
LYONS, PAUL	79	76	81		236
COCHRAN, CASE	74	77	87		238
ZOLLWEG, JOSH	80	87	75		242
DOCHNIAK, BRIAN	77	81	85		243
CONWAY, PAUL	81	87	76		244
HARPER, DAVID	84	77	84		245
O'CONNOR, GREG	80	84	82		246
BLACKBURN, STEVE	87	80	86		253
SHEPPARD, TRE	74	75	71	DNF	220
KIM, CHAN	DNS
SCHOOLCRAFT, BEAU	WDI
BOWERS, JONATHAN	WDI

About the Rice Planters Amateur

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