CHARLESTON, S.C. (March 30, 2008)--Zach Sucher's third-round score of 3-under-par 68 was the third-best round of the entire Azalea Invitational tournament, vaulting him into the lead over defending champion Webb Simpson heading into the final round. Sucher, a junior at the University of Alabama-Birmingham, held on for the victory, finishing at even-par 284, two strokes clear of Simpson, who carded a final-round 70, but was derailed by his third-round 75.

It was Sucher's second amateur major victory, the first coming last year at the Cardinal Amateur.

Oklahoma State's Trent Leon, fresh off a medalist finish at the U.S. Collegiate Championship, took third at 292 along with Kevin Tway.

Peter Uihlein, last seen winning the Florida Azalea Amateur, rounded out the top-5 at 293.

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo made the cut and finished tied for 34th at 19-over 303, highlighting his tournament with a third-round 69. That score was one-stroke better than last year's Walker Cup captain Buddy Marucci.

Final results from the 6,600-yard, par-71 Country Club of Charleston follow:

Name	Score
1. Zach Sucher	72-71-68-73--284
2. Webb Simpson	70-71-75-70--286
3. Trent Leon	69-74-79-70--292
3. Kevin Tway	72-72-75-73--292
5. Peter Uihlein	72-70-76-75--293
6. Bud Cauley	69-73-75-77--294
7. Walter Todd	75-70-77-73--295
7. Michael Barbosa	73-76-70-76--295
7. John Pitt	74-71-73-77--295
10. Nathan T. Smith	72-75-73-76--296
10. Patrick Reed	73-78-72-73--296
10. Tim Jackson	74-72-74-76--296
13. Jeff Knox	73-71-76-77--297
13. Warren Thomas	75-79-71-72--297
15. Mike Cobb	74-70-75-79--298
15. Trip Kuehne	72-74-77-75--298
17. Jon McLean	74-74-74-77--299
17. Rocky Manning	72-73-77-77--299
17. Austin Cody	72-74-71-82--299
17. Stephen Sear	77-70-75-77--299
21. Lee Bedford	70-76-77-77--300
21. Spencer Cole	76-81-70-73--300
21. Michael Green	74-73-78-75--300
21. Rick Cloninger	80-77-67-76--300
21. Brady Exber	77-74-76-73--300
21. Gregor Main	82-73-72-73--300
27. Steven Liebler	69-74-81-77--301
27. Hunter Hamrick	78-74-74-75--301
27. Michael Muscatell	81-75-67-78--301
30. Jack Hall	72-77-77-76--302
30. Jamie Miller	75-70-76-81--302
30. Jack Larkin	76-78-76-72--302
30. Brennen King	78-72-79-73--302
34. Brent Roof	71-75-79-78--303
34. Will Kropp	69-76-81-77--303
34. Kyle Dickey	79-77-69-78--303
34. Greg Earnhardt	76-75-79-73--303
34. Tony Romo	73-80-69-81--303
39. Buddy Marucci	77-74-74-79--304
39. Dayton Rose	76-74-78-76--304
39. Gene Elliott	76-78-73-77--304
39. Jacob Burger	79-72-76-77--304
43. Tre Sheppard	80-72-77-76--305
44. Kyle Ellis	81-74-73-78--306
44. Bert Atkinson	81-76-69-80--306
44. Michael Morrison	78-74-75-79--306
44. Jon Schram	81-71-78-76--306
44. John Finster	79-73-76-78--306
49. Buzz Peel	79-71-77-80--307
50. Brad Wilder	78-74-73-83--308
50. Andres Echavarria	73-77-79-79--308
50. Jim Lehman	78-77-75-78--308
53. David McCrary	76-75-73-85--309
54. Vance Welch	74-76-78-82--310
54. Matt Sughrue	78-76-74-82--310
56. Billy Mitchell	80-72-78-81--311
57. Keith Waters	83-73-74-82--312
58. Kevin Driggers	74-77-78-85--314
**** Missed cut ****
61. John Finnin	81-71-79--231
61. John Wright	72-79-80--231
61. Randy Teegardin	78-78-75--231
61. Mark Johnson	76-80-75--231
61. Brad Marek	75-80-76--231
61. Tim Tang	72-82-77--231
61. Robert Dargan	76-79-76--231
61. Justin Schulte	73-79-79--231
61. Erin McDonald	77-77-77--231
70. Dan Crockett	78-80-74--232
70. Harold Wyatt	77-80-75--232
70. Bill Williamson	74-82-76--232
70. Bob Burton	79-79-74--232
70. Charles Buddin	76-80-76--232
70. Wesley Bryan	76-73-83--232
70. Whitten Meares	80-77-75--232
70. Ben Dangerfield	78-78-76--232
70. Rob Wilson	78-76-78--232
79. Robert Gerwin	80-79-74--233
79. Phillip Weaver	74-80-79--233
79. Charlie Harrison	78-80-75--233
79. Minghao Wang	79-77-77--233
79. Hunter Slatton	75-76-82--233
84. Steve Slayden	81-80-73--234
84. Joe Palmer	85-76-73--234
84. Rion Moore	80-80-74--234
84. Jim Burgess	80-78-76--234
84. Wesley Graham	81-77-76--234
84. Kevin Quinn	81-74-79--234
90. Matt Wood	74-84-77--235
90. Justin Hare	79-83-73--235
90. Chris Corn	78-78-79--235
90. David Nelson	78-76-81--235
94. Gus Sylvan	78-75-83--236
94. Jack Kelly	79-78-79--236
96. Frank Ford	83-73-81--237
96. Walker Taylor	81-82-74--237
96. Alan Fadel	83-80-74--237
99. Cordes Ford	78-84-81--243
100. Austin Parks	88-77-79--244
101. Michael Atkeison	87-85-73--245
102. Cory Crump	87-81-78--246
WD. Kyle Simmons	80-83-WD
WD. Dean Channell	77-81-WD
WD. Danny Green	78-72-79-WD
WD. Morgan Hoffmann	72-73-78-WD

 

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