MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (July 5, 2008)--The Australian dominance of the Rice Planters Amateur continued in 2008, with Matt Griffin taking a one-stroke victory over American Mike Stern at the Snee Farm Country Club. Griffin finished at 17-under-par in the 72-hole tourney, jumping out to an early lead after going 67-65 over the first two days. Stern was a stroke back at 272.
In all, three Australians finished in the top-5, with Josh Younger taking third at 273 and Grant Scott fifth at 277. Brent Witcher was fourth at 276.
It is the fifth time in the past eight years that an Aussie finished atop the Rice Planters leaderboard, starting with Adam Groom in 2001, but the first American victory for Griffin.
"To finally bag a US event is just great,” Griffin told an Australian website.
“It got tight towards the middle there with Mike Stern closing the two shot gap. I managed to dig deep and kept it going to pull it off.
“The beauty about winning so early on is that it gives you a tremendous lift heading into the remainder of your schedule. I’ve go the Players Championship as well as the Western, two big events to look forward to, and I feel I can really compete well now in those.”
Full results from the 6,795-yard, par-72 Snee Farms Country Club follow:
| Name | Rd.1 | Rd.2 | Rd.3 | Rd.4 | Tot. | Par |
| GRIFFIN, MATT | 67 | 65 | 70 | 69 | 271 | -17 |
| STERN, MIKE | 70 | 68 | 65 | 69 | 272 | -16 |
| YOUNGER, JOSH | 73 | 69 | 64 | 67 | 273 | -15 |
| WITCHER, BRENT | 68 | 66 | 74 | 68 | 276 | -12 |
| SCOTT, GRANT | 68 | 66 | 77 | 66 | 277 | -11 |
| MACDONALD, NICK | 70 | 74 | 69 | 65 | 278 | -10 |
| TANG, TIM | 67 | 71 | 74 | 66 | 278 | -10 |
| ANDERSON, MARK | 71 | 75 | 66 | 67 | 279 | -9 |
| BLONDELL, LOGAN | 70 | 74 | 70 | 66 | 280 | -8 |
| ELMORE, BAKER | 70 | 69 | 71 | 70 | 280 | -8 |
| EUSTAQUIO, JUDE | 70 | 71 | 71 | 68 | 280 | -8 |
| SCHAETZEL, TIM | 68 | 73 | 72 | 68 | 281 | -7 |
| NEAL, TYLER | 75 | 67 | 70 | 70 | 282 | -6 |
| THOMAS, WARREN | 71 | 68 | 71 | 72 | 282 | -6 |
| BEAUFILS, RAY | 69 | 70 | 73 | 71 | 283 | -5 |
| COCHRAN, CASE | 70 | 72 | 70 | 71 | 283 | -5 |
| HOLMES, DAVID | 65 | 71 | 78 | 69 | 283 | -5 |
| KNIGHT, CAMERON | 72 | 71 | 70 | 70 | 283 | -5 |
| KNOX, JEFF | 71 | 66 | 74 | 72 | 283 | -5 |
| LAUER, SEATH | 72 | 73 | 69 | 69 | 283 | -5 |
| MCGOVERN, RHYS | 74 | 71 | 69 | 69 | 283 | -5 |
| ERVIN, TANNER | 72 | 71 | 73 | 68 | 284 | -4 |
| DOHERTY, GREG | 69 | 72 | 75 | 69 | 285 | -3 |
| FOSTER, MICHAEL | 77 | 72 | 67 | 69 | 285 | -3 |
| HAN, REN | 75 | 69 | 75 | 66 | 285 | -3 |
| JAMES, LEIGHTON | 68 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 285 | -3 |
| PATEL, RAVI | 68 | 71 | 75 | 71 | 285 | -3 |
| WOODBURY, PAUL | 69 | 73 | 74 | 69 | 285 | -3 |
| COHAN, ADAM | 69 | 71 | 73 | 73 | 286 | -2 |
| MARINO, SCOTT | 70 | 72 | 76 | 68 | 286 | -2 |
| BROWN, CHAPPELL | 71 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 287 | -1 |
| CUNNING, PATRICK | 71 | 70 | 75 | 71 | 287 | -1 |
| GEYER, NICK | 72 | 71 | 73 | 71 | 287 | -1 |
| JOHNSTUN, JORDAN | 70 | 71 | 74 | 72 | 287 | -1 |
| KNOX, LEE | 71 | 68 | 76 | 72 | 287 | -1 |
| BECKMANN, DANIEL | 72 | 75 | 73 | 68 | 288 | EVEN |
| BOWDEN, DANIEL | 73 | 68 | 70 | 77 | 288 | EVEN |
| DICKEY, KYLE | 72 | 72 | 76 | 68 | 288 | EVEN |
| PERRY, DREW | 73 | 72 | 73 | 71 | 289 | 1 |
| GRAHAM, RHETT | 70 | 78 | 72 | 70 | 290 | 2 |
| YATES, PRESTON | 73 | 73 | 74 | 70 | 290 | 2 |
| BALLARD, HAMPTON | 72 | 71 | 74 | 74 | 291 | 3 |
| COBB, KYLE | 68 | 77 | 75 | 71 | 291 | 3 |
| TEWES, BEN | 72 | 70 | 73 | 76 | 291 | 3 |
| WOLFE, CHRIS | 71 | 69 | 75 | 76 | 291 | 3 |
| COHAN, JASON | 74 | 73 | 74 | 72 | 293 | 5 |
| KENNEDY, CHRIS | 69 | 77 | 74 | 73 | 293 | 5 |
| RASETA, MICHAEL | 72 | 70 | 77 | 74 | 293 | 5 |
| RODY, TYLER | 75 | 73 | 72 | 73 | 293 | 5 |
| KIM, SOONAM | 79 | 72 | 71 | 72 | 294 | 6 |
| MURPHY, J.B. | 77 | 68 | 74 | 75 | 294 | 6 |
| ALRED, BRYAN | 77 | 73 | 70 | 75 | 295 | 7 |
| BOYD, ALEX | 72 | 74 | 76 | 73 | 295 | 7 |
| MCENTIRE, MARK | 76 | 71 | 74 | 75 | 296 | 8 |
| TOOLEY, ROSS | 72 | 77 | 72 | 76 | 297 | 9 |
| TODD III, THOMAS | 72 | 71 | 78 | 76 | 297 | 9 |
| PIUMELLI, CHRIS | 74 | 72 | 70 | 82 | 298 | 10 |
| SMITH, KEVIN | 74 | 69 | 80 | 75 | 298 | 10 |
| GILLINS, BRENDAN | 77 | 70 | 76 | 76 | 299 | 11 |
| PARK, PAUL | 73 | 74 | 76 | 76 | 299 | 11 |
| Missed Cut | ||||||
| HARE, JUSTIN | 73 | 78 | 73 | |||
| YAMANE, KENT | 77 | 73 | 74 | |||
| EBERT, JOHN | 74 | 76 | 75 | |||
| HOFMANN, ADAM | 79 | 75 | 71 | |||
| FLEMING, BRUCE | 76 | 76 | 74 | |||
| DROBNICK, MICHAEL | 76 | 79 | 72 | |||
| LEE, ERIC | 77 | 71 | 79 | |||
| BERRY, BRANDON | 73 | 79 | 75 | |||
| RANKIN, BRETT | 78 | 72 | 78 | |||
| WOOD, MATT | 77 | 77 | 74 | |||
| BURSTYN, JASON | 81 | 72 | 76 | |||
| ELMORE, MCCUEN | 78 | 73 | 78 | |||
| FERRELL, GARLAND | 77 | 76 | 77 | |||
| SMITH, MICHAEL | 82 | 71 | 77 | |||
| JACOBSEN, MICHAH | 79 | 73 | 79 | |||
| CRESS II, MICHAEL | 74 | 78 | 80 | |||
| MCDONOGH, TOMMY | 79 | 77 | 76 | |||
| THOMAS, LOWERY | 76 | 79 | 77 | |||
| SMART, BLAKE | 77 | 82 | 74 | |||
| AYALA, CIPRIANO | 82 | 73 | 79 | |||
| BLUE, RYAN | 75 | 84 | 75 | |||
| BUERGLER, ANDREW | 73 | 84 | 77 | |||
| VROON, HOWARD | 82 | 75 | 81 | |||
| LEGGETT, LEON | 78 | 86 | 82 | |||
| ROACH, JUSTIN | 75 | 71 | NC | |||
| LEON, HORACIO | DQ | |||||
| WANG, MINGHAO | DQ | |||||
| ATKINSON, BERT | WD | |||||
| ECKSTEIN, AARON | WD | |||||
| MULLANE, JONATHAN | WD |