Amazing playoff at Rice Planters
- Rice Planters Committee Photo
SNEE FARM, South Carolina (June 26, 2010) -- Augusta State’s Carter Newman fired his second straight, 4-under 68 Saturday and then defeated J. Fernandez Valdes in a five-hole playoff to capture the 38th annual Rice Planters Amateur at Snee Farm Country Club, just outside of Charleston.
Newman, who recorded five birdies against just one bogey in his final round, chipped in for birdie on the par-4 18th hole on the fifth hole of his playoff for the victory. Valdes drained a 20-foot par putt on the first extra hole to extend the playoff, only to have Newman hole an eight-footer for par on the second extra hole to extend the playoff.
Newman shot under par in all four rounds (71-69-68-68) and posted a 72-hole total of 12-under 276. Georgia Southern’s Logan Blondell and Pete Kellerman tied for third at 11-under 277 and Wes Roach alone in fifth at 10-under 278.
ABOUT THE Rice Planters Amateur
The Rice Planters Amateur was the inspiration of
amateur golfer, Dick Horne. During his first Porter
Cup
at the Niagara Falls Country Club in 1973, Horne
befriended the tournament's chairman Dick Harvey.
Harvey encouraged a receptive Horne to develop his
own southern tournament and, consequently, along
with other Porter Cup officials, shared enough useful
information to get Horne started in the South. The
Rice Planters quickly grew to become one of the top
amateur events in the country.
FORMAT AND ENTRY
INFORMATION
The Rice Planters is played over
54 holes of stroke play. While
entries are
by invitation only, the tournament typically
holds a 90-player qualifier for the final five spots in
the
field.
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