Cory Whitsett wins SGA Nat'l Amateur of Month
08 Jul 2013
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Cory Whitsett
BIRMINGHAM, ALA – University of Alabama golfer
Cory Whitsett has been selected as the Southern
Golf Association’s National Amateur of the Month
for June after
capping a remarkable month with victory in the
prestigious Northeast Amateur at Wannimoisett
CC in Rumford, RI. The rising senior from Houston
won the event
against a field loaded with nationally-ranked
amatuers by two shots with a 10-under 266 total.
The All-American Whitsett closed the triumph
with a final-round 63 on the par-69 course.
He opened June by providing the final-match
win to clinch the NCAA Championship for Alabama
at the Capital City Club’s Crabapple Course
outside Atlanta.
The next week, he led the U.S. team to victory
over Europe in the Palmer Cup with a 3-0-1
record in his matches at Wilmington (Del.)
Country Club. Whitsett
followed that with a second-place finish in the
elite Sunnehanna Amateur in Johnstown, PA, as a
tune-up for his victory in the Northeast to close
out his stunning
run.
Recent SGA Ams of the
Month Winners-
September: Nathan Smith,
U.S. Mid-Am | More
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October: Meghan Stasi, U.S. Women's
Mid-Am | More
- March: Patrick Rodgers, Stanford |
More
- April:
Tianlang Guan, Masters | More
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May: Max Homa, Cal | More
|
Consolation honors were awarded to Auburn
junior Michael Johnson, who broke seveal records
with his 28-under 260 total to win the Dogwood
Invitational at
Druid Hills, Atlanta. Johnson won by 7 strokes
after closing with 63-64 in the final two rounds.
The Am of the Month award is selected by a
national, blue-ribbon panel of golf officials,
coaches and journalists. This year’s previous
winners of the March-
thru-October award were Stanford’s Patrick
Rodgers, Chinese teen Masters sensation Guan
Tianlang, and Cal’s Max Homa. The honor is one of
the ways the SGA
promotes and advances amateur golf, including its
storied Southern Amateur, the 107th playing
scheduled for July 17-20 at The Club at Carlton
Woods outside
Houston.