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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.
27.Apr.08 Europe easily retained the title in the biannual Sir Bonallack matches (pitting the top Asia-Pacific amateurs against Europe's best) primarily of the backs of their two Sweds, Joel Sjoholm & Bjorn Akesson who both went untied & undefeated over 9 matches.
27.Apr.08 Andrew Cooley of ENG won the West of England Am by a shot over Ryan Newman.
27.Apr.08 Mu Hu of China attending school in the USA finished T35 in the Euro Tour Asian Open.
26.Apr.08 David Abell won the Coleman Invitational in Florida in a playoff over Roger Hoit.
20.Apr.08 Jeff Wilson won the Southern Cal Mid-Am by a shot over Kevin Marsh of Nevada.
20.Apr.08 Bud Cauley of FL won the Terra Cotta Invitational in Florida by 2 shots over 2 others.
20.Apr.08 Stiggy Hodgson won the Hampshire Salver (England) in a playoff over Luke Goddard.
20.Apr.08 Andres Kristiansen, a junior from Norway, hammered Aussie National Squader from WA, Michael Foster 7&6 in the final of the Australian Amateur. Dale Whitnell of England and Danny Lee of New Zealand made the Semi's.
19.Apr.08 Chan Kim won the Arizona Stroke Amateur by 5 shots over Chris Kessler.
17.Apr.08 Japan's top amateur at #68 in the SPWAR, Yuta Ikeda has turned professional.
17.Apr.08 Daniel Willettt of England was Medalist in the Australian Amateur by a shot over mid-am Grant Scott of NSW and Josh Younger of VIC. With the World Am to be played on the same course in October, the field was almost doubled to about 280 with this event run concurrent with the SAGA Invitational at Royal Adelaide.
13.Apr.08 Nigel Edwards successfully defended his title in the Duncan Putter by 7 shots.
13.Apr.08 Craig Elliott edged Gavin Dear by a shot to win the weather shortened Craigmillar Park Open Am in Scotland.
13.Apr.08 Cameron Johnston won the Cape Province Open Am by 2 shots over Johan deBeer.
11.Apr.08 No amateurs made the cut at the Masters so no SPWAR points awarded in that event.
11.Apr.08 Medalist Michael Foster went on to defeat Jason Scrivener 2&1 in the final match of the Western Australia Amateur.
06.Apr.08 Paul Betty won the snow shortened Scottish Champ of Champs.
06.Apr.08 Nino Bertasio won the Italian Match Amateur final 5&4 over Francesco Bonaga.
05.Apr.08 Shane Lowry of Ireland prevailed over Ben Hebert of France on the fifth extra hole for Medalist honors in the European Nations in Spain.
04.Apr.08 Dylan Frittelli won the South Africa Junior Stroke after prevailing in a 3 way playoff.
30.Mar.08 Victor Dubuisson of France roared from behind to win the Mexican Int'l Amateur by one over Mauricio Azcue of MEX.
30.Mar.08 Zack Sucher of AL beat defending Champion, Webb Simpson of NC by 2 shots to win the Azalea Amateur in South Carolina. Simpson's finish moves him to #1 in the SPWAR.
30.Mar.08 Derik Ferreira edged Dewald Smit by one to win the North West Stroke Am in SA.
30.Mar.08 Divan du Piesanie won the EP & Border Open Am in South Africa by a shot.
30.Mar.08 Daniel Willett finished T19 in the European Tour's MAPFRE Open de Andalucia.
29.Mar.08 Jared Pender won the South Island Amateur in NZ by 3 shots over Nick Gillespie.
28.Mar.08 Dan Nisbet of QLD won the Australian Junior by 3 shots over Aiden Bae of WA.
26.Mar.08 Shane Lowry won the West of Ireland Amateur final 2&1 over Desmond Morgan.
24.Mar.08 Sebastian Schwind of Germany won the French Int'l Junior final match over Erwan Vieilledent of France.
24.Mar.08 Matt Griffin of VIC won the Mandurah Easter Amateur in Western Australia by one over Matt Jager of WA.
23.Mar.08 Pedro Figueiredo of Portugal finished T27 in the Euro Tour's Madeira Islands Open.
23.Mar.08 Danny Lee wins again this time the North Island Am in New Zealand by 7 shots.
19.Mar.08 Sam Hutsby won the South of England Youth (U21) by one over Darren Wright.
19.Mar.08 Borja Etchart won the Spanish Junior (U21) by one over Jordi Garcia who was the low finisher among those under age 18.
18.Mar.08 Billy Horschel has moved into the #1 spot in the SPWAR after updating the for the 07/08 USA collegiate season through March 18. Virtually tied with Horschel just 2 points behind is 07 World Amateur of the Year, Jamie Lovemark bumping Webb Simpson to the #3 spot.
16.Mar.08 Travis Toyama won the Hawaii State Amateur by 8 shots over 2 others.
16.Mar.08 Peter Uihlein is back in the winner's circle with a 5 shot victory in the Florida Azalea.
16.Mar.08 Webb Simpson of North Carolina & Wake Forest Univ has moved from #4 in the SPWAR up to #2 with a T31 finish in the PGA Tour's Arnold Palmer Invitational.
16.Mar.08 Alvaro J Arizabaleta of Colombia won the South American Junior Team Medalist title by 2 shots over Tomas Cocha of Argentina.
14.Mar.08 Derik Ferreira edged Yubin Jung 1up in the final match of the Northern Open Am in South Africa. Coenie Bester and Johan Du Duisson made the semi's. Ryan Clarke beat Dylan Frittelli in a playoff after stroke play for Medalist honors.
10.Mar.08 Scott Arnold of NSW prevailed over Kieran Pratt of VIC in a playoff for the Riversdale Cup. Rhys McGovern and Brendan Smith of NSW tied for third.
09.Mar.08 Martin Trainer got Randy Haag 2up in the final match of the San Francisco City.
09.Mar.08 Tim Duffey won the Arizona PubLinks by one shot over David McDaniel.
09.Mar.08 Sean Riordan won the SBS Invitational in New Zealand by 2 over Daniel Pearce.
07.Mar.08 Jacques Blaauw of SA defeated Nigel Edwards of Wales 6&5 in the finals of the South African Amateur. Cameron Johnston & Michael Palmer of SA made the semi's.
02.Mar.08 Walker Cupper, Daniel Willett won the Spanish Int'l Amateur with a 5&3 final match victory over Jordi Garcia P of ESP. E Pepperell of ENG & J Lopez of FRA made semi's.
02.Mar.08 Chris Austin successfully defended his title in the South Australia Amateur with a 2up final match victory over stroke play Medalist, Stephen Speirs.
01.Mar.08 J Hossain Mullah won the Bangladesh Amateur by 2 shots over Md Shohel.
24.Feb.08 Pedro Figueiredo of Portugal won his home country's International Amateur by 2 shots over Eduard Dubois of France with Dale Whitnell of England in third.
24.Feb.08 Tim Stewart of NSW is back in the winner's circle with 4 shot victory in the rain shortened Tasmanian Open over Luke Young of the host state.
18.Feb.08 Cody Gribble won the AJGA Houston Boys Inv by 2 shots over Morgan Hoffmann.
17.Feb.08 Jacques Blaauw won again this time in the Free State & Northern Cape Open Am in South Africa by 2 shots over Michael Palmer.
16.Feb.08 Emiliano Grillo won the Argentina Stroke Amateur by 5 shots over 2 others.
16.Feb.08 Alvaro Ortiz of Costa Rica won another Central American Am this time by 5 shots over countryman, Paulo Montoya.
10.Feb.08 Bradley Shigezawa of Hawaii was low amateur & T6 in the Pearl Open.
10.Feb.08 Michael Raseta prevailed over Tim Hart 3&2 in the final of the New South Wales Amateur. Medalist Rohan Blizard went out in the round of 16.
8.Feb.08 Jacques Blaauw won the inaugural South African Stroke Play Championship by one over fellow South Africa Leon-Brink Knoll and by 2 over Victor Dubuisson of France.
03.Feb.08 Ryan Clarke won the Gauteng North Open Am in South Africa by 5 shots over PG van Zyl and last week's winner, Dean O'Riley.
1.Feb.08 Rufino Bayron won the Philippines Open Am picking up the title his pro brother Jay won last year with Rufino finishing second.
29.Jan.08 Jhared Hack of Florida, the 07 Western Am Champ, SPWAR #53 & Freshman at UCF, has turned pro signing with Vantage Sports Management.