Australians take Top 3 at Rice Planters

Mt. Pleasant, S.C. -- Story courtesty www.riceplanters.org

July 10, 2004 -- With two holes remaining in the 2004 Rice Planters Amateur, Fellow Ausralians Aron Price and Marc Leishman were deadlocked at 17 under par. A thunderstorm stopped play for 45 gut-wrenching minutes and at the resumption, Aron Price holed a difficult putt to edge Marc Leishman by one stroke and set a new tournament record.

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Final round scores Saturday, July 10, from the Rice Planter's Amateur Championship played at the Snee Farm Country Club, Mt. Pleasant, S.C.:

Pos	Player	Hometown	R1	R2	R3	R4	Tot	+/-
1	Aron Price	Sydney, Australia	63	68	69	71	271	-17
2	Marc Leishman	Victoria, Australia	68	67	71	66	272	-16
3	Andrew McKenzie	Canberra, Australia	66	68	69	70	273	-15
4	Clint Provost	Gulf Breeze, FL	69	68	71	68	276	-12
4	Scott Brown	North Augusta, SC	68	69	70	69	276	-12
6	Brad Iles	New Zealand	64	72	68	73	277	-11
7	Buck Williams	Raleigh, NC	71	67	71	69	278	-10
7	Brent DelaHoussaye	Greenville, SC	72	68	69	69	278	-10
9	Ryan Posey	Dallas, Texas	70	68	68	73	279	-9
10	Heath D'Altera	Victoria, Australia	67	72	71	70	280	-8
10	Gavin Flint	Brisbane, Australia	69	71	68	72	280	-8
12	Joseph Sykora	Daphne, Alabama	70	68	77	66	281	-7
12	Jeff Bell	Plano, Texas	74	66	71	70	281	-7
12	Brian Duncan	Greenville, SC	76	66	69	70	281	-7
12	Kane Streat	Victoria, Australia	70	69	71	71	281	-7
12	Stephen Poole	Spartanburg, SC	72	71	67	71	281	-7
17	Bert Atkinson	Charleston, SC	71	69	72	70	282	-6
17	Neven Basic	Sydney, Australia	68	71	69	74	282	-6
19	Will Claxton	Swainsboro, GA	71	71	71	70	283	-5
19	Jonathan Abbott	Victoria, Australia	69	71	72	71	283	-5
19	Thomas Smith	Harriman, Tenn	66	75	68	74	283	-5
22	John Assey	Mount Pleasant, SC	73	71	71	69	284	-4
22	Andrew Purnell	Jacksonville, FL	73	70	72	69	284	-4
22	Duke Butler IV	Ponte Vedra, FL	71	70	71	72	284	-4
25	Ben Spickard	Roswell, Georgia	69	69	74	73	285	-3
26	Jeff Wolniewicz	W. Seneca, NY	67	76	75	68	286	-2
26	Brian Meck	Austin, Texas	72	69	76	69	286	-2
26	Tanner Ervin	Mount Pleasant, SC	75	72	70	69	286	-2
26	Luke Hickmott	Melton, Australia	71	76	69	70	286	-2
26	Chris Epperson	Savannah, GA	71	69	71	75	286	-2
31	Adam Grodhaus	Duluth, GA	75	74	70	68	287	-1
31	Ashley Hall	Victoria, Australia	69	73	73	72	287	-1
31	Dennis McCollum	Summerville, SC	69	74	72	72	287	-1
34	Zack Robinson	Stillwater, OK	72	67	75	74	288	Even
34	Ty Callahan	Tampa, FL	73	69	71	75	288	Even
36	Michael Quagliano	White Plains, NY	75	66	75	73	289	1
36	Tucker Ervin	Mount Pleasant, SC	74	71	70	74	289	1
36	Anthony Brown	Victoria, Australia	69	70	72	78	289	1
36	Gordon Strother	St. Simons Is., GA	71	72	67	79	289	1
40	Kellen Altman	Myrtle Beach, SC	68	75	74	73	290	2
40	Justin Hare	Charleston, SC	73	72	71	74	290	2
40	Kevin Ward	Leawood, Kansas	66	75	72	77	290	2
43	C. J. Gatto	Columbus, Ohio	75	74	74	68	291	3
43	Charlie Woo	Louisville, Kentucky	75	72	69	75	291	3
45	Ian Schneider	Charlotte, NC	75	71	74	72	292	4
45	Daniel Sloan	Greenville, SC	75	70	73	74	292	4
45	Michael Thompson	Tucson, Arizona	78	70	70	74	292	4
45	Tyler Hall	Wayne, NJ	71	72	70	79	292	4
49	Rand Williams	Raleigh, NC	71	75	75	72	293	5
49	Craig Smith	Chatham, NJ	74	74	72	73	293	5
49	Johnny Dennis	Greenville, SC	71	71	77	74	293	5
52	Sam Nicholson	Augusta, GA	71	77	69	76	293	5
53	Gary Woodland	Berryton, Kansas	72	75	78	69	294	6
53	Justin Fraley	Rowlett, Texas	69	71	74	80	294	6
55	Frank Thomas	Luquillo, Puerto Rico	75	75	74	72	296	8
55	Matt Giffin	Easley, SC	74	75	73	74	296	8
57	Adam Scrimenti	Dania Beach, FL	75	71	78	74	298	10
57	Zac Reynolds	Edmond, OK	73	74	75	76	298	10
59	Ben Goforth	Shelby, NC	73	79	74	73	299	11
59	Will Hutchins	Columbia, SC	71	74	78	76	299	11
59	Jonathan Mullane	Mount Pleasant, SC	75	74	74	76	299	11
59	Bubba Hightower	Moncks Corner, SC	75	74	73	77	299	11
63	Dalton Melnyk	St. Simons Is., GA	71	75	78	76	300	12
64	Kelly Miller	Southern Pines, NC	76	75	74	76	301	13
65	Michael Cress	Port Washington, MD	77	76	77	72	302	14
66	Adam Dox	Columbia, SC	73	78	69	83	303	15
67	Andrew Lewis	Raleigh, NC	75	80	73	76	304	16
68	Ryan Rainer	Norman, OK	75	79	75	76	305	17
69	Eric Lee	Nashville, Tennessee	79	72	80	76	307	19
70	Bill Duncan	Greenville, SC	77	77	80	74	308	20
70	Patrick Cunning	Aiken, SC	75	78	80	75	308	20
70	Michael Cook	Winter Park, FL	75	75	81	77	308	20
73	James Kemp	Pensacola, FL	76	74	78	81	309	21
74	Toshi Hirata	Savannah, GA	82	80	73	77	312	24
75	Roger Newsome	Mount Pleasant, SC	80	76	82	79	317	29
76	Will Grace	Gulf Breeze, FL	78	86	73	81	318	30
77	Patrick Myers	Camden, SC	84	84	77	85	330	42
78	Blair Miller	Southern Pines, NC	86	79	80	88	333	45
79	Thomas Blankvoort	Wassenaar, Netherlands	75	68	DQ
80	Greg Rodgers	Phoenix, Maryland	67	81	DQ
81	Zach Siefert	Simpsonville, SC	74	WD
82	Christian Ries	Columbus, GA	78	WD