Local boy Fields wins North and South Amateur

July 2, 2011 | by AmateurGolf.com Staff

Jack Fields, Champion<br>2011 North and South Amateur

Jack Fields came back from 3 down in the first nine holes to win the North and South Amateur 36-hole championship match over David Erdy

PINEHURST, NC (July 2, 2011) -- Local golfer Jack Fields came back from 3 down in the first nine holes of Saturday's 36-hole championship match to overtake David Erdy, of Indiana University, 5 and 4. Fields is the first local golfer to win the prestigious amateur championship since Kelly Mitchum brought home the trophy in 1993. “It would be a great honor to win this championship. A lot of people would be proud and happy for me, so I am going to go out giving it my best and hope I can get it done for the home crowd,” Fields said earlier this week. Fields never went down in the match during the final 18 holes. Consecutive birdies on holes No' 25 and 26 put the former Tar Heel golfer 3 up with just 10 holes to play. It was a deficit that the 24th seed Erdy could not make up.

Results: North & South Amateur

Place	Player	Location	Pts
Win	Jack Fields	Southern Pines, NC	1000
Runner-up	David Erdy	Boonville, IN	700
Semifinals	Brad Benjamin	Rockford, IL	500
Semifinals	Brad Schneider	Valrico, FL	500
Quarterfinals	Uly Grisette	Clemmons, NC	400

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About the North & South Amateur

Local boy Fields wins North and South Amateur

The North & South Amateur Championship is the longest consecutively run amateur tournament in the United States. Its past winners list includes names like Walter Travis, Francis Ouimet, Billy Joe Patton, Jack Nicklaus and Curtis Strange. The field is...