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14.August.08 Zach Barlow won the Illinois State Amateur by 4 over Philip Arouca.
14.August.08 Matt Hoffenberg beat Josh Dupont 3&1 in the inaugural SCGA Match Am final.
13.August.08 Mike Van Sickle defended his title in the Pennsylvania State Open by one over Nathan Smith & Robert Galbreath.
12.August.08 Jimmy Chestnut won the Michigan Stroke Am by one over Brian Ottenweller.
10.August.08 Zack Sucher defended his title in the Cardinal Amateur by 3 over three others.
10.August.08 Lee Palms won the South Carolina State Amateur by one over two others.
10.August.08 Tommy McDonagh beat Joe Saladino 6&5 in the final of the Metropolitan Am.
10.August.08 Stephan Gross blew out the German Int'l Am by 10 shots over fellow German Sean Einhaus.
10.August.08 Tim Sluiter won the Dutch Stroke Am in a playoff over Darius van Driel.
9.August.08 Glenn Northcutt edged Talbert Griffin 1up in the final of the Alabama Match Am.
9.August.08 Adam Long of MO won the MAGA Amateur by one over Skip Berkmeyer of MO.
9.August.08 Kalle Samooja of Finland won the Finnish Open Am by 5 over L Goddard of ENG.
9.August.08 Chris Paisley of ENG won the Czech Open Am by 5 over Marek Novy of CZE.
8.August.08 Jordan Irwin of Canada won the Pacific Coast Am by 1 over Ryan Hallisey of CA.
8.August.08 Derek Rende won the Tennessee State Amateur in a playoff over Joe David.
8.August.08 Paul Simson of NC won another British Senior Am this time by 2 over C Reynolds.
7.August.08 Sam Matton of ENG won the weather shortened Parman Cup by 3 over three others.
6.August.08 Trent Whitekiller defended his title in the Oklahoma Stroke Am by 4 shots.
4.August.08 Dylan Frittelli of South Africa won the weather shortened Barrett Amateur in New Brunswick Canada by one over David Markle of Ontario.
3.August.08 Medalist Danny Lee of New Zealand beat Erik Flores of CA 4&2 in the final of the Western Amateur moving him to #1 in the G-SPWAR. Victor Dubuisson of France & Conrad Shindler of TX made the Semi's.
3.August.08 Danny Green of TN finished T37 and Low Amateur again in the US Senior Open.
3.August.08 Moritz Lampert of GER won the Swiss Int'l Am by 2 over Xavier Feyaerts of BEL.
2.August.08 Jin Song of Korea beat Doug Smith 4&3 in the final of the Arizona State Amateur.
2.August.08 Todd Adcock got Chris Paisley 2&1 in the final of the English Amateur with Medalist Jason Barnes falling in the 16s.
2.August.08 Callum Macaulay beat Steve McEwan 5&3 in the final of the Scottish Amateur.
2.August.08 Ben Westgate beat Ben Enoch 5&3 in the final of the Welsh Amateur.
31.July.08 Craig Cyr won the New Hampshire Stroke Am by 4 over Craig Steckowych.
30.July.08 Mike Oimoen won the Iowa State Amateur in a playoff with Michael Wuertz.
30.July.08 Mike Van Sickle won the Pennsylvania State Am by one over Nathan Smith.
30.July.08 Jeff Hedden won the Connecticut Open in a playoff over a pro.
30.July.08 Joe Emerich won the Illinois State Open by 2 shots over a pro.
30.July.08 Jorge Campillo won the Spanish Amateur by 5 shots over Borja Etchart.
29.July.08 Amory Davis won the Delaware Open by 5 shots over a pro.
27.July.08 Yu Katayama of Japan won the Minnesota State Open by 2 over Trent Peterson.
27.July.08 Wes McNulty beat Allen McFerran 5&4 in the final of the Arkansas Match Amateur.
27.July.08 Mark Anderson of SC won the Oglethorpe Invitational by 3 over Greg Kennedy of GA.
27.July.08 Sihwan Kim finished T6 in the Nationwide Tour's Children's Hospital Invitational.
27.July.08 Chris Wood's reign as the world's #1 amateur lasted 5 days as the Englishman announced his intention to turn pro yesterday.
27.July.08 Elrick van Eck won the Limpopo Open Am in South Africa by 3 over two others.
26.July.08 Adam Mitchell of TN won the Porter Cup by 3 shots over Zack Sucher of AL with Mike Van Sickle of PA finishing third another 2 back.
26.July.08 Cameron Peck of WA buzzed Evan Beck of VA 10&8 in the final of the US Junior.
25.July.08 Jayson Brueggemann won the Nebraska State Amateur by 2 over three others.
24.July.08 Matt Broome won the weather shortened New England Am by one over two others.
24.July.08 Luke Goddard won the South of England Am by one over fellow Englishmen Gary Wolstenholme & Chris Paisley.
24.July.08 Ben Bendtsen won the Wisconsin State Am in a playoff over Danny Zimmerman.
23.July.08 Trent Peterson won the Minnesota State Amateur in a playoff with 2 others.
20.July.08 Kevin Marsh won the Southern California Am by 2 shots over Tim Hogarth.
20.July.08 Chris Wood finished a rare T5 in the British Open to vault to #1 worldwide in the G-SPWAR. Fellow Englishman, Tom Sherreard finished T19 for a G-SPWAR move to #38.
20.July.08 Cameron Bishop beat Pat Roth 4&3 in the final of the Kansas State Amateur.
19.July.08 Kyle Stanley of WA won the Southern Amateur again, this time in a playoff with Mike Van Sickle of PA and Jude Eustaquio of the Philippines.
19.July.08 Jack Newman of IA beat John Chin of CA 5&3 in the final of the US Public Links.
19.July.08 Jeff Wolniewicz beat Tom Muto 5&4 in the final of the New York State Amateur.
18.July.08 Eugene Wong of Canada won the Junior World by one over Daniel Nisbet of AUS.
18.July.08 Darren Lundgren won the Missouri Stroke Amateur by 3 shots over Josh Taylor.
18.July.08 Vaughn Snyder won the Ohio State Amateur by 2 shots over Blake Furgerson.
18.July.08 Cameron Peck of WA won the HP Junior by one shot over Chris Walker of TX.
18.July.08 John Hadges edged Daniel Parziale 1up in the final of the Massachusetts State Am.
17.July.08 Rhein Gibson of Australia got Andrew Green of Edmond 2&1 in the final of the Oklahoma State Am.
17.July.08 Dale Whitnell won the Tillman Trophy in England by 4 shot over Chris Paisley.
13.July.08 Mark Anderson of SC fired a final round 60 to capture the Players Amateur by 5 shots over Matt Jager of Australia. Aussies M Griffin & J Younger of VIC tied for third.
13.July.08 Jude Eustaquio of the Philippines won the Eastern Am by 2 over Eric Onesi of DE.
13.July.08 Matt Hollinsead won the NorCal Stroke Amateur in a playoff with Rick Reinsberg.
13.July.08 Mike McCoy of IA beat Byron Shumate or AR 5&4 in the final of the Tran-Miss Mid.
13.July.08 Russell Henley, Harris English & David Noll finished 1,2 & 3 in the Georgia St Am.
13.July.08 Dan Horner got Devin Daniels on the 38th of the Utah State Amateur final.
13.July.08 Ben Kohles of NC beat Kyle Wilson of NC 3&2 in the final of the Carolinas Amateur.
13.July.08 Guillaume Cambis of France won the Chiberta Grand Prix by 9 over two others.
13.July.08 Scott Henry won the Sutherland Chalice in Scotland by one over Wallace Booth.
12.July.08 Jason Kang waxed fellow Californian Steve Hale 7&6 in the Pac NW Am final in ID.
12.July.08 Scott Langley won the MAGA Open near St Louis in a playoff with a pro.
12.July.08 John Fox edged Tim Jackson 1up in the Tennessee Match Amateur final.
12.July.08 Mark Stevens beat Ryan Friel 2&1 in the final of the New Hampshire State Amateur.
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12.July.08 Bi-O Kim of Korea solidified his G-SPWAR top 10 position with a 7&6 win in the final of the Japan Amateur over Satoshi Kodaira. Yuki Ito & Tomoya Tokunaga made Semi's.
11.July.08 Luke Symons got Derek Tolan 2&1 in the final of the Colorado Match Amateur.
11.July.08 Dave Bunker won the Ontario Amateur by 4 shots over four tied for second.
11.July.08 Medalist David McAndrew buzzed DC Brad Valois 7&5 in the Rhode Is Am final.
8.July.08 Eric Onesi destroyed the Delaware State Amateur field by 13 shots to win a laugher.
8.July.08 Rohan Blizard of Australia, Chris Wood of England and Tom Sherreard of England qualified for the British Open.
5.July.08 It took 40 holes but Matt Savage of KY knocked off Medalist Jamie Lovemark of CA in the final of the North & South Amateur. K O'Connell & A Long made the Semi's.
5.July.08 Matt Stauch won the Spirit of America by one shot over Matt Fast.
5.July.08 David Addison won the Cameron Corbett Vase in Scotland by 3 over Scott Henry.
5.July.08 Matt Griffin of Australia won the Rice Planters in SC by one over Mike Stern of FL.
5.July.08 Ireland successfully defended their title in the European Amateur Team Championship led by Gareth Shaw & Paul Cutler but Wallace Booth of Scotland was deemed the overall best finisher individually.
4.July.08 Trent Whitekiller of OK won the Sahalee Players in WA by 2 over Matt Giles of AUS.
2.July.08 Mike Ketcham beat JD Anderson 3&1 in the final of the Iowa Match Amateur.
30.June.08 Danny Lee of NZ just miss qualifying for British Open losing in a playoff at USA site.
30.June.08 G-SPWAR top 10'ers Michael Thompson of AZ and Kevin Chappell of CA along with Swed Jonas Blixt at #43 worldwide have turned professional.
29.June.08 Rohan Blizard of Australia won the East of Scotland Am in a playoff over Scots Craig Watson & Peter Latimer.
29.June.08 Tim Madigan won the New Mexico State Amateur by one over With and Word.
28.June.08 Jason Palmer won the Midland Open Am in ENG by 2 shots over Jamie Abbott.
28.June.08 Rory Hie of Indonesia (& CA) roared out of the pack with a final round 62 to win the Dogwood Inv by 3 shots over third round leader Jonathan Hodge of TN.
28.June.08 Bobby Massa beat fellow Texan Will Osborne 2&1 in the final of the Cotton States.
28.June.08 Brinson Paolini edged Roger Newson 1up in the final of the Virginia State Amateur.
27.June.08 Richard Lee won the Washington State Amateur by 5 shots over 3 others.
27.June.08 Chris Baker won his final event as an amateur taking the Indiana State Am by 7.
27.June.08 Will Strickler defended his Connecticut State Am title with a 8&6 win over E Beirne.
27.June.08 Jonas Blixt of Sweden went untied & undefeated in 4 matches to lead Europe over the USA in the Palmer Cup with Derek Fathauer the top USA performer.
24.June.08 Kevin Foley of NJ won the Metropolitan Stroke Am by one over Morgan Hoffmann.
24.June.08 Nathan Smith defended his Western Penn Am title by 5 shots over two others.
22.June.08 Justin Bardgett hammered Skip Berkmeyer 8&6 in the final of the Missouri St Am.
22.June.08 Judson Eustaquio won the Florida State Amateur by 6 shots over Gary Morrison.
22.June.08 Farren Keenan of England won The Berkshire by 2 over J Shepherd & J Bartlett.
21.June.08 Brendan Gielow of MI won the Northeast Amateur by 3 over Nathan Smith of PA with Billy Horschel of Florida finishing third 6 shots out.
21.June.08 Andrew Landry of TX won the Palmetto Amateur by 5 over Zack Sucher of AL.
21.June.08 Dutchman Reinier Saxton beat Englishman Tommy Fleetwood in the final 3&2 to win the British Amateur. Joe Vickery of Wales & Andrew Sullivan of England made the Semi's with Medalist Sam Hutsby of England going out in the first match round.
21.June.08 Jordan Irwin of Alberta won the Glencoe Invitational by 4 shots over Hill & Rowe.
21.June.08 Alex Ching of Honolulu buzzed Jon Ota of Kauai to win the Hawaii Match Amateur.
21.June.08 Nick Delio of Valencia buzzed 15 yr old Austin Roberts in the final of the Cal St Am.
21.June.08 Blake Seabaugh edged Tim Sundseth 1up in the final of the Oregon State Am.
21.June.08 Jimmy Chestnut beat Steve Cuzzort 4&2 in the final of the Michigan State Am.
21.June.08 Liam MacNamara of IRL won the European Int'l Senior Am by 3 over Lane of ENG.
21.June.08 Bud Cauley of FL & Anders Kristiansen of Norway tied for the Junior World Cup.
20.June.08 Cory Whitsett of TX won the Western Junior by 4 over McCumber & Vogel of FL.
19.June.08 Brady Exber finally won another Nevada State Amateur 17 years after the last.
15.June.08 Michael Thompson of Arizona finished the US Open as the Low Amateur at T29 while Rickie Fowler of California finished T60 with Derek Fathauer of Florida at T69.
15.June.08 Mitch Krywulycz of Australia won the Southeastern Am by 5 shots over 2 others.
15.June.08 Wes McNulty won the Arkansas State Amateur by 3 shots over Will Little.
15.June.08 Jack Fields edged Zack Byrd by a shot in the North Carolina State Amateur.
15.June.08 Tripp McAllister edged Brent Roof 1up in the final of the South Carolina Match Am.
14.June.08 Phillip Mollica of SC won another Monroe Invitational & this one by 6 shots.
13.June.08 Matt Hoffenberg of CA won the Southwestern Am by one over Jes Barnley of NM.
13.June.08 Cameron Peck won the Footjoy Boys Invitational by six shots over two others.
12.June.08 Dustin Schwab beat Ben Bendtsen 3&2 in the final of the Wisconsin Match Am.
12.June.08 Tyler Sharpe won the Kentucky State Amateur by one shot over Rick Cockran.
12.June.08 David Byrne beat Brad Larente 3&2 in the final of the Ontario Match Amateur.
11.June.08 Paul O'Hanlon got Dara Lernihan on the 20th hole of the Irish Amateur final match.
8.June.08 Rickie Fowler defended his title in the Sunnehanna Amateur by 5 shots over Dan Woltman of WI and by 6 over mid-am Nathan Smith of PA. Fowler's win moves him to #1 in the G-SPWAR.
8.June.08 Keir McNicoll of Scotland won the St Andrews Links Trophy by a shot over fellow countrymen Michael Stewart, Sam Hutsby of England & Rudy Thuillier of France.
8.June.08 Kelly Kraft won the Texas State Am by 2 shots over John Peterson.
8.June.08 Will Wilcox won the Alabama State Amateur by a shot over Cole Willis.
8.June.08 Trey Denton won the Mississippi State Am by 4 shots over Jon Randolph.
8.June.08 Jarrod Barsamian won the Louisiana State Am by one shot over Bo Stewart.
8.June.08 Michael Mulieri beat Steven Delmar in the final of the Maryland State Am 4&2.
7.June.08 Michael Flindt of Denmark won the European Mid-Am by 3 over Rosenkvist of SWE.
7.June.08 Carlos Pigem of Spain won the Canarias Amateur by 3 shot over three others.
5.June.08 Tom Gramigna won the New Jersey State Amateur by 3 shot over Mike Hyland.
3.June.08 SPWAR #1 Webb Simpson has concluded a legendary amateur career turning pro. Also turning pro are SPWAR top 100's Rob Grube of IL and Joel Sjoholm of Sweden.
2.June.08 Jeff Wilson of CA, Jordan Cox of CA, Kyle Stanley of WA, Kevin Tway of OK, Derek Fathauer of FL, Jimmy Henderson of OH, Michael Quagliano of NY and Nick Taylor of Canada qualified for the US Open at Torrey Pines.
1.June.08 Tim Jackson of TN won his third straight Birmingham Nat'l by 3 shots over 3 others.
1.June.08 Floris de Vries won the Dutch National Open by 5 over amateur Reinier Saxton.
1.June.08 Wallace Booth won the weather shortened Scottish Open Am by 4 shots.
1.June.08 David Antonelli won his country's French Open Am by 5 over F Colombo of Italy.
31.May.08 Kevin Chappell of Fresno CA capped a great college career with a 3 shot victory in the D1 Nationals as both an individual as as a member of team Champion UCLA. Jorge Campillo of Spain & Indiana U tied with Nick Taylor of Canada & U of Washington for 2nd.
30.May.08 Andrew Robb won the Canadian National Collegiate by 2 shots over M Gingras.
28.May.08 Dengshan Koh Singapore got Dante Becierra of the Philippines 2&1 in the final of the Malaysian Open Amateur.
26.May.08 Chris Polski won the Memorial Amateur in Sacramento by 2 over Derek Ernst.
26.May.08 Hyun Seok Lim of CA won the Thunderbird Junior by 1 over G Main & W Kropp.
25.May.08 Chris Wood of England won the Welsh Open Amateur by 6 shots over Sam Hutsby.
25.May.08 Doug Hanzel of GA won the Lupton Inv in a playoff over Steve White of WY.
25.May.08 Gary King of England won the Scandia Junior Open (U22) in Sweden by 6 shots.
25.May.08 Stanislas Gautier beat Raphael Marguery on the 38th hole to win the French Am.
22.May.08 Cody Hale won the Tennessee State Open by 3 shots w/ Danny Green finishing T3.
21.May.08 Derek Berg lost a playoff to finish second in the Washington State Open.
21.May.08 Walker Cupper, Daniel Willett of England and #8 in the G-SPWAR has turned pro.
18.May.08 Tim Hogarth wins again; this time in defending the Pasadena City.
18.May.08 Steven Uzzel of England won the weather shortened Brabazon Trophy by 4 shots.
17.May.08 Joey Benedetti of U of Oregon was Medalist in the NCAA D1 West Regional.
17.May.08 Russell Henley & Zach Sucher were co-Medalists in the NCAA D1 East Regional.
17.May.08 Kevin Tway of OSU was Medalist in the NCAA D1 Central Regional.
17.May.08 Jeff Goff beat Jude Eustaquio in a playoff for Medalist at the NCAA D2 Nationals.
16.May.08 Scott Harris won the NCAA D3 National by 5 shots playing for St John Fisher.
16.May.08 Sam Cyr of Hawaii won the NAIA National by 5 shots playing for Pt Loma Nazarene.
16.May.08 Matt Griffin of VIC won the Keperra Bowl in Australia by a shot over Ray Beaufils of QLD and Ryan McCarthy of TAS.
15.May.08 Andy Cooper of TX won Carlton Woods Inv in a playoff over Rob McWilliams of LA.
14.May.08 The largest single input annually in the G-SPWAR went in today with the 07/08 D1 season in it's entirety before the D1 Regionals. This also halved 06/07 points with 05/06 points vanishing affecting over 350 players.
13.May.08 The G-SPWAR has been updated for D2, D3 & NAIA 07/08 collegiate season.
11.May.08 Woodie Eubanks won the Greystone Invitational in AL by 1 shot over Bud Cauley of FL & Paul Haley of TX.
11.May.08 Junior Pedro Figueiredo of Portugal won the Irish Open Amateur by 7 shots.
10.May.08 Carlos Pigem beat Jordi Garcia in a playoff for the Andalucia Cup in Spain.
09.May.08 Khrongpa Thanyakorn of Thailand won the Asia-Pacific Junior by 2 shots.
09.May.08 Jared Consoli took out Do Eun An 3&2 in the final of the Queensland Amateur for his biggest finish ever.
07.May.08 Dewald Smit and Dylan Frittelli both roared out of the pack with final round 63's to blitz the Boland Open Am field in South Africa finishing 1 & 2 respectively.
04.May.08 Matthew Haines of ENG won the Lytham Trophy by 1 over Dale Whitnell of ENG with Shane Lowry of Ireland finishing third.
04.May.08 Daniel Willett of England finished T10 in the European Tour's Spanish Open moving him to #8 in the SPWAR.
04.May.08 Bi-o Kim of Korea finished T3 in the Asian Tour's Maekyung Open (T4 last year).
03.May.08 Alvaro Ortiz of Costa Rica won the Lima Int'l by 1 over Tomas Cocha of Argentina.
03.May.08 Justin Turner beat Aaron Russell 3&2 in the final of the Western Province Open Am in South Africa. Medalist Cameron Johnston went out in the Quarters.
02.May.08 Brett Rankin was Medalist in the Queensland Amateur by 7 shots.
30.Apr.08 Today concluded the major collegiate conference championships in the USA with:
- Creighton Honeck of Arizona winning the PAC 10 (72 holes)
- Rickie Fowler of Oklahoma State winning the Big 12 (72 holes)
- Michael Thompson of Alabama winning the SEC (54 holes)
- Webb Simpson of Wake Forest winning the ACC (54 holes)
- Jorge Campillo of Indiana winning the Big 10 (72 holes)
Each of these Champions get a diminutive but special bonus level of SPWAR points as the bulk of their performance is reflected in the collegiate rankings inputted into the SPWAR with the next & final 07/08 "in-season" collegiate ranking update going into the SPWAR right before the Regionals for D1 players.
29.Apr.08 Thomas Spearman-Burn got Kevin Smith 4&2 in the final of the New Zealand Am.
27.Apr.08 Michael Jensen (Cal redshirt) won the Commuters in CA by 3 shots over 2 others.
27.Apr.08 Romain Wattel of France won the Frayssineau-Mouchy Cup in France by one shot.