Alabama's Bobby Wyatt wins Sunnehanna
Bobby Wyatt
JOHNSTOWN, Penn. (June 17, 2012) -- Alabama junior Bobby Wyatt shot a 2-under 68 in Sunday's final round to claim the 59th annual Sunnehanna Amateur. Wyatt, who entered the final round tied for the lead with Mike Miller of Brewster, N.Y., and Sebastian Vazquez of Mexico, finished at 9-under 271 at Sunnehanna Country Club to win by two shots over Miller (70), a former Penn State player who was coming off a June 8 victory at the Westchester (N.Y.) Golf Association's Amateur Championship.
Alabama's Justin Thomas (70), Golfweek's College Player of the Year, tied for third with Vazquez (71) and Georgia's Nicholas Reach (68).
Cory Whitsett, who had joined Crimson Tide teammates Wyatt and Thomas in the top 5 at the start of the final round, shot 3-over 73 and finished 11th.
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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