Tradition Meets Talent at Snee Farm
The Rice Planters Amateur Championship returns to Snee Farm Country Club in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, June 24-26, bringing one of competitive amateur golf's most distinguished lineages to the Lowcountry for its 53rd playing.
Founded in 1973 by Dick Horne after attending Niagara Falls' Porter Cup, the Rice Planters has established itself as a premier proving ground for elite amateur talent. The tournament's roll of champions includes Brooks Koepka, Stewart Cink, Tom Lehman, and Hal Sutton—collectively winners of 12 major championships and more than 160 PGA Tour titles.
An international field of approximately 80 to 90 competitors will contest 54 holes of stroke play across three days, vying for one of the top honors in southeastern amateur golf.
Recent History
Last year, Wofford's Charles Warren went wire-to-wire to claim the title at 15-under 201, holding off Auburn's Connor Doyal by a single stroke. Doyal fired a tournament-low 63 in the second round but could not catch Warren, who posted rounds of 68-64-69.
The 2024 championship saw Hampden-Sydney's Nick Rubino prevail at 9-under 207, rallying from a double bogey on the 15th hole to birdie the last and edge Georgia State's Gareth Steyn by one. That marked a significant scoring shift from Warren's winning total—a six-shot difference that underscores how course conditions and setup can vary year to year at Snee Farm.
Steyn, who finished runner-up in 2024 and tied for 11th in 2025, has proven one of the event's most consistent performers in recent editions.
What to Watch
The stroke-play format demands sustained precision over three rounds, with little margin for error when winning scores hover between 8- and 15-under par. Snee Farm's layout will test ball-striking and course management, particularly if weather conditions influence scoring.
Several names from the 2025 leaderboard could return, including Auburn's Connor Doyal, Ohio State's Tyler Sabo (third at 13-under), and a trio that finished at 10-under: Minnesota's Jack Crousore, Furman's Zachary Frazer, and Austin Peay's Patton Samuels. College of Charleston's Miles Eubanks, who tied for seventh last year, would have home-course knowledge as an added advantage.
With the field yet to be announced, the tournament remains one of the summer's most competitive amateur events, drawing top collegians and international competitors to South Carolina's coastal region for three days of championship golf.