Steven Ihm
JOHNSTOWN, Penn. (June 13, 2013) -- "That other
tournament" in Pennsylvania managed to get
most its first round in despite the massive amounts of
rain and wind to hit the region.
Steven Ihm leads one of the season's best fields by
three shots after Round 1.
The Iowa State junior fired a 4-under 66 on the 6,868-
yard Sunnehanna Country Club and leads a
group of three at 1-under, including Cory Whitsett of
Alabama, Cameron Wilson of Stanford and
Shotaro Ban of top-ranked Cal.
With the NCAA Championship complete, the
Sunnehanna annually features one of the best summer
fields of any amateur tournament.
Notable names lurking after Round 1 include: Brandon
Hagy of Cal (E, T4), defending Southeastern
Am champ Dykes Harbin (E, T4), Tom Lovelady of NCAA
Champion Alabama (E, T4), Alex
Carpenter, former Southern Amateur winner, (+1, T14),
Richy Werenski, the 2012 Porter Cup
winner (+1, T14) and No. 6-ranked player in the
Golfweek/amateurgolf.com World Rankings Mike
Miller (+2, T25).
Hoping to make a move in Round be reigning Rice
Planters champ Thomas Bradshaw (+3, T32),
Nicholas Reach, who won the Palmetto Amateur last
week (+3, T32), top-ranked Golfweek junior
Robby Shelton (+3, T32) and Four-time and defending
U.S. Mid-Amateur champion Nathan Smith
(+3, T32).
Defending champion Bobby Wyatt of Alabama sits in a
tie for 66th, 12 shots off the lead.
Second-round play is slated to begin following the
completion of the first round. Four groups didn't
complete first-round play.
ABOUT THE Sunnehanna Amateur
The Sunnehanna Amateur was inaugurated in
July of
1954 -- it was the first country club
sponsored 72-hole stroke play competition for
amateurs
in the United States. The
tournament is played on a classic A.W.
Tillinghast
design. Only one other amateur
tournament in the United States can list the
likes of
Chick Evans, Arnold Palmer, Julius
Boros, Art Wall, Jack Nicklaus, Phil Mickelson,
Tiger
Woods, and Rickie Fowler as
contestants: the United States Amateur. Its
medal
play
format has been emulated by
countless amateur tournaments across the
country.
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