Thompson Fires 66, Wins Jones Cup Invitational

February 20, 2005 | by

- Hole No. 11

Thompson posts the low round of the tournament, to overcome a 4-stroke deficit while round 2 leader Harman stumbles at 18

Sea Island, Georgia (Feb 19, 2005) -- Nicholas Thompson posted the kind of final round at the difficult Ocean Forest Golf Club on Sunday that can pass a lot of players, regardless of where you stand on the leaderboard.

In Thompson's position, however, just a group in front of the leaders and trailing by 4 heading into the final round, it was much more than that. As 36-hole co-leader Roberto Castro was having problems making birdies in the final group, Thompson was only challenged by Brian Harman (the other 36-hole co-leader) who was in perfect position on the 18th fairway needing a par to force a playoff.

With the pin in a treacherous back-left location -- a place that Assistant Pro Matt Stewart called "not very accesible" Harman went right for it and short sided himself, then left his pitch shot short of the green.

“I just didn’t execute correctly,” said Harman, 18, who will be attending Georgia this fall. “I felt good over the shot. I knew I had the right club, right everything. I just went for the pin. I wasn’t playing for a playoff, I was playing to win.”

The resulting double bogey gave Thompson the title of this prestigious event, held biannually to showcase Walker Cup talent on the years that the GB&I vs. U.S. Match is played.

Thompson, who in January participated in a camp featuring golfers being considered for invitations to the U.S. Walker Cup team this summer and is currently the Golf Week #5 ranked amateur, looks solid for a spot on the U.S. Team.

This year's Walker Cup info> will be held at Chicago Golf Club on August 12-14. The Great Britain and Ireland Team currently hold the Cup.

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Final results from the Jones Cup Invitational, played at the par-72, 7140 yard Ocean Forest Golf Club:

Player	Rd1	Rd2	Rd3	Tot
Nicholas Thompson	77	71	66	214
Brian Harman	71	73	72	216
Jason Hodges	70	76	69	217
Rhys Davies	73	74	70	217
Matt Rosenfeld	74	72	71	217
Roberto Castro	71	73	74	218
Jeff Overton	78	72	69	219
Jack Ferguson	72	76	71	219
Richard Scott	73	75	71	219
Kevin Larsen	77	75	68	220
Richard Ramsay	73	78	70	221
Luke List	72	78	71	221
Duke Delcher	73	77	71	221
Roy Moon	71	75	75	221
Tripp Davis	76	75	71	222
Michael Green	73	76	73	222
Kyle Reifers	80	74	68	222
David Denham	75	77	71	223
Chris Kirk	81	71	71	223
Pat Tallent	76	74	73	223
Nigel Edwards	78	73	73	224
Jon McLean	74	74	76	224
Brendon Todd	76	71	77	224
Martin Ureta	75	79	71	225
George Murray	79	74	72	225
Chan Song	79	72	74	225
Todd White	79	71	75	225
Michael Barbosa	74	72	79	225
Mark Love	79	71	76	226
Jordan Dempsey	73	80	74	227
Adam Gee	81	82	74	227
Craig Smith	77	76	74	227
Stuart Wilson	80	78	69	227
Matthew Richardson	77	79	71	227
Brent Delahoussaye	71	76	80	227
Webb Simpson	74	79	75	228
Dayton Rose	74	78	76	228
Wright Waddell	75	77	76	228
Danny Green	74	75	80	229
Gareth Wright	75	81	73	229
Carlton Forrester	82	76	71	229
Jimmy Johnston	75	78	77	230
Gene Elliott	80	76	74	230
Kevin Kisner	77	77	76	230
Michael Morrison	78	76	76	230
Gordon Strother Jr.	77	77	77	231
Cian McNamara	79	73	79	231
Andrew McArthur	81	77	73	231
Trent Leon	81	76	74	231
Gary Wolstenholme	79	77	75	231
Scott Henry	81	77	74	232
Trip Kuehne	80	77	75	232
Llyod Saltman	80	77	75	232
Buddy Marucci	79	77	76	232
Dalton Melynk	83	78	72	233
David Abell	85	73	75	233
Paul Simson	82	75	76	233
Josh Dennis	82	74	77	233
Lee Corfield	80	84	70	234
Zac Gould	82	82	70	234
Jeff Knox	82	77	75	234
Tim Jackson	76	81	77	234
Nathan Smith	77	77	80	234
Jon Curran	79	80	77	236
Austin Eaton III	83	77	76	236
Michael McCoy	82	76	78	236
Steve Smyers	75	80	81	236
Brian Duncan	79	86	72	237
Todd Satterfield	77	81	79	237
David May	79	77	81	237
Rob Langley	79	77	82	238
Sean Knapp	80	82	77	239
Jonathan Moore	82	79	78	239
Roger Hoit	84	80	76	240
Thomas Jordan	85	79	77	241
Robert Gerwin	89	80	74	243
Butler Melnyk	82	77	84	243
Kelly Miller	86	76	82	244
Alan Fadel	84	83	78	245
Chip Lutz	80	85	80	245
Michael Skelton	84	79	86	249

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