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31.July.10  Tommy Fleetwood beat Warren Harmston 1up in the final of the English Amateur.

30.July.10  Andrew Putnam of WA won the Pacific Coast Am by 4 over Daniel Miernicki of CA.

25.July.10  Philipp Westermann won the German Int'l Am by 1 over fellow German Marcel Schneider.

24.July.10  14 year old Jim Liu of NY nipped Justin Thomas of KY 4&2 in final of US Junior.

22.July.10  Jack Senior of ENG won the South of England Am by 5 over Fernand Osther of NED.

17.July.10  Alex Carpenter of AR won the Southern Amateur by one over Patrick Cantlay of CA.

17.July.10  Lion Kim of KOR beat David McDaniel of AZ 6&5 in the final of the US Public Links.

17.July.10  Brett Drewitt of AUS beat Cory Renfrew of BC 4&3 in the final of the Pac NW Am.

15.July.10  Scott Pinckney of AZ won the Trans-Miss Am in a playoff over Kevin Tway of OK.

14.July.10  David Coupland won the Tillman Trophy in ENG by 8 over Darren Renwick.

11.July.10  Kevin Tway of OK won the Players Amateur by 7 over E Tracy of OH & J White of GA.

11.July.10  Dominic Bozzelli of NY won the Eastern Amateur by 4 over C Cochran of KY & E Beck of VA.

10.July.10  Hiroki Abe beat Kato Gondo in the final of the Japan Amateur.

9.July.10  Peter Uihlein won the Sahalee Players by 7 shots over Andrew Putnam of WA.

3.July.10  Andrew Yun of AZ won the Dogwood Inv in GA by a shot over Anders Albertson of GA.

3.July.10  Donald Constable of MN beat Kelly Kraft of TX 4&3 in the final of the NorthSouth Amateur.

27.June.10  Darren Wright of ENG won Brabazon Trophy by 4 over Simon Richardson of ENG.

26.June.10  Joseph Bramlett of CA won the Northeast Am by 2 over Brad Benjamin of IL.

26.June.10  Scott Travers beat Harry Rudolph 4&3 in the final of California State Amateur.

26.June.10  Carter Newman of GA won Rice Planters in playoff over Jorge Fernandez of ARG.

26.June.10  Ken Looper of LA beat Boom Ratanakul of THA 2&1 in final of Cotton States Inv.

23.June.10  Dara Lernihan beat Rory Leonard 3&2 in the final of the Irish Amateur.

20.June.10  Eddie Pepperell won the Berkshire by 2 over fellow Englishmen Alex Christie.

19.June.10  Jin Jeong of KOR beat James Byrne of SCO 5&4 in the final of the British Amateur with Englishmen Matt Nixon & Chris Paisley making the Semi's.

19.June.10  Derek Chang of GA defended his Southeastern Am title by 3 over two others.

19.June.10  Kyle Peterman of IL won the Monroe Inv by 5 shots over Cam Burke of CAN.

18.June.10  Estanislao Guerrero of MEX won the Southwestern Am by 2 over two others.

18.June.10  Y Asaji of JPN, C Conners of CAN & L Bjerragaard of DEN tied Junior World Cup.

13.June.10  Bobby Hudson of TN won the Sunnehanna Am by 2 over Nathan Smith of PA.

11.June.10  Gerald Piris M of ESP won the World University in Spain by 7 over three others.

6.June.10  Matt Southgate of ENG won the St Andrews Links Trophy by 5 over Philip McLean of SCO & Stiggy Hodgson of ENG.

5.June.10  Francois Illouz of FRA won the European Mid-Am in a playoff over 3 others. 

3.June.10  Scott Langley of MO (U of Illinois)  won the D1 Collegiate National by 2 over Peter Uihlein of FL (OK St) & Alex Ching of HI (U of San Diego).

31.May.10  Anthony Paolucci of CA won Thunderbird Int'l Junior by 1 over D McCarthy of MD.

30.May.10  Romain Wattel of FRA won Scottish Open Am by 6 over Billy Hemstock of ENG.

30.May.10  Alexander Levy of FRA won the French Int'l Am by 2 over Adrian Otaegui of ESP.

24.May.10  Nick Taylor of BC, the SPWAR #1 since Sept 09, won the Hogan Award.

24.May.10  Clement Berardo blitzed Franck Daux 10&8 in final of the French Int'l Match Am.

23.May.10  Eddie Pepperell won the Welsh Open Am by 1 over fellow Englishman, Tom Lewis.

22.May.10  The PAC 10 dominated D1 Regional play with 8 teams in the Nationals.

21.May.10  Cyril Bouniol of FRA won the NCAA D2 Nationals by 6 over Justin Yoder of MO.

21.May.10  Justin Lower of Malone won the NAIA Nationals by 6 over Brett Quitiquit of Madanna.

14.May.10  Tain Lee of CA won the NCAA D3 Nationals by 3 over Mitchell Fedorka of CA.

14.May.10  Gavin Fairfax of QLD won the Keperra Bowl by 4 shots over Jin Jeong of KOR.

9.May.10  Alan Dunbar of IRL won the Irish Open Am by 1 shot over Kris Nicol of SCO.

3.May.10  Matteo Manassero of Italy turn pro today going out of the SPWAR at #2.

2.May.10  Paul Cutler of IRL won the Lytham Trophy by 3 shots over Kris Nicol of SCO.

1.May.10  Tyrone Ryan nipped JG Claasen 2&1 in the final of the Western Province Open Am.

27.Apr.10  Tim Hogarth won the Southern California Mid-Am by 3 over Jason Bittick.

25.Apr.10  George Gandranata of INA won the Commuters by 4 over Rick Reinsberg of CA.

24.Apr.10  Kris Mikkelsen of GA won the Coleman Inv in playoff with Kavelman & Nakashian.

20.Apr.10  Matt Jager of AUS defended his NZ Am title with a 7&6 final win over Brad Kendall.

18.Apr.10  Justin Thomas of KY won the Terra Cotta Inv by 3 shots over Cory Whitsett of TX.

18.Apr.10  Chan Kim won the Arizona Stroke Am by 5 shot over 3 others.

18.Apr.10  Andy Sullivan won the Hampshire Salver in ENG by 1 over Laurie Canter.

11.Apr.10  Brad Moules won the South Aus Am Classic by 1 over R McCarthy & J Scrivener.

05.Apr.10  Jason Scrivener of WA won the Mandurah Easter Am in AUS by one over Matt Stieger of NSW.

28.Mar.10  Tyson Alexander defended his title in the Azalea Inv by 5 over Cory Whitsett of TX.

24.Mar.10  Matt Jager blitzed Ben Campbell of NZ 8&7 in final of the Australian Amateur.

21.Mar.10  Rodolfo Cazaubon won the Mexican Int'l Am by 1 over Kevin Carrigan of CAN.

20.Mar.10  Nino Bertasio of ITA won European Nations by 1 over Tommy Fleetwood of ENG.

19.Mar.10  Thaba Maseko nipped JP Blampied on 37th in final of Northern Open Am in RSA.

14.Mar.10  TJ Kua won the Hawaii State Amateur by 4 shots over Bradley Shigezawa.

8.Mar.10  Matt Haines beat fellow Englishman & Walker Cupper, Tommy Fleetwood on the 37th hole of the Spanish Int'l Amateur final.

8.Mar.10  Jin Jeong of KOR won the Riversdale Cup in AUS by 3 over Luke Bleumink of VIC.

7.Mar.10  George Gandranata of INA nipped Cory McElyea of CA 1up in the SF City.

5.Mar.10  Laurie Canter of ENG beat Allen Versfeld 6&5 in the final of the South African Am.

21.Feb.10  Johann Lopez-Lazaro of FRA won the Portuguese Int'l Am by 3 over 2 others.

19.Feb.10  S Chirrakangappa beat Bhanupratap Singh 5&4 in the final of the All India Am.

15.Feb.10  Bobby Wyatt of AL won the HP Boys Inv in TX by 2 over Jordan Spieth of TX.

12.Feb.10  Dean O'Riley won the South African Stroke Am by 6 over T Ryan & B Flanagan.

7.Feb.10  Patrick Reed of GA won the Jones Cup in a playoff over Victor Dubuisson of FRA.

7.Feb.10  Jin Jeong of KOR won the Tasmanian Open in a playoff over Rory Bourke of VIC.

3.Feb.10  Jake Higginbottom of NSW beat Tommy Fleetwood of ENG 3&2 in NSW Am final.

31.Jan.10  Ryan Dreyer won the Gauteng North Open Am in a playoff over Coenie Bester.

24.Jan.10  Daniel Hammond beat Ryan Dreyer in a playoff to win KwaZulu Natal Open Am.

24.Jan.10  Kieran Pratt of VIC blew out the Lake Macquarie Amateur in NSW by 11 shots.

14.Jan.10  Jordan Sherratt of AUS won the Master of Ams in playoff over Bud Cauley of FL.

10.Jan.10  Tommy Mou won New Years Inv in playoff over M McGowan & Nuno Henriques.

9.Jan.10  Emiliano Grillo of ARG won Copa de las Americas by 6 over William Kent of PAR.

30.Dec.09  Romain Wattel of FRA beat Emiliano Grillo of ARG in playoff for Orange Bowl win.

22.Dec.09  Peter Uihlein won the Dixie Amateur in FL in a playoff over Mu Hu of China.

4.Dec.09  Kieran Pratt won the Dunes Medal in AUS by one over Brett Drewitt.

29.Nov.09  Dean Bermester won National Teams in RSA in a playoff over Danie van Tonder.

27.Nov.09  Oliver Schnierderjans of GA edged Cory Whitsett of TX 1up in the Polo Junior final.

22.Nov.09  Romain Wattel of FRA beat Ross Kellett of SCO 7&5 in the final of Argentina Am with Philipp Westermann of GER and Armando Zarlenga of ARG making the Semi's.

15.Nov.09  Emiliano Grillo of ARG won the Tailhade Cup by one over Jose M Joia of POR.

6.Nov.09  Daniel Nisbet of AUS won Hong Kong Open Am by 2 over Mhark Fernando of PHI.

1.Nov.09  Chang-won Han won the Asian Amateur by 5 shots over fellow Korean Eric Chun.

23.Oct.09  Rashid Khan of India won the Singapore Open Am by one over Jerome Ng of SIN.

9.Oct.09  Nathan Smith of PA blitzed Tim Spitz of NY 7&6 in the final of the US Mid-Amateur.

5.Oct.09  Matt Jager of WA defended his title in the Federal Open Am in Australia by 2 shots over Tim Hart of QLD.

4.Oct.09  Jurrian van der Vaart of NED won the Turkish Amateur Open in a playoff over Leo Lespinasse of FRA following his Medalist finish in Euro Tour Stage 1 qualifying.

25.Sept.09  Mark Anderson of SC was individual Medalist by one over Mike Van Sickle of PA in the USGA State Team.  Pennsylvania won the team title (Van Sickle, N Smith & S Knapp).

21.Sept.09  Thomas Shadbolt of ENG nipped Matteo Manassero of ITA 1up in the final of the Italian International Amateur.

17.Sept.09  Marvin Giles of VA got John Grace of TX 1up in the final of the US Senior Amateur.

14.Sept.09  The USA's convincing win in the Walker Cup brought the conclusion of amateur careers for several participants therein.  The following players came out of the SPWAR as of today: 09 World Amateur of the Year, Rickie Fowler, Dale Whitnell, Sam Hutsby, Luke Goddard, Cameron Tringale, Adam Mitchell, Gavin Dear, Wallace Booth and Brian Harman.

7.Sept.09  Ryan Hallisey got Brandon Hagy in a playoff to win the State Fair in CA. 

28.Aug.09  Ben (Byeong-hun) An of KOR beat Ben Martin of SC 7&5 in the final of the US Amateur with Charlie Holland of TX & Bhavik Patel of CA making the Semi's; Medalist Tim Jackson of TN went out in the round of 32.

28.Aug.09  Keisuke Otawa defended his title in the Japan Collegiate by 3 over Hiroki Abe.

21.Aug.09  Victor Dubuisson of FRA won the European Am by 1 over Ross Kellett of SCO.

19.Aug.09  Dodge Kemmer of KS won Scratch Players by 4 over Stanford teammates David Chung of NC & Sihwan Kim of KOR.

15.Aug.09  Clayton Rotz of PA won the Cardinal Am by 3 over Drew Younts of NC.

15.Aug.09  Tomas Cocha of ARG won the South American Am over Daniel Stapff of BRA.

15.Aug.09  Tom Lewis won the match play marathon that is the British Boys 5&4 over fellow Englishman, Eddie Pepperell.

13.Aug.09  Cam Burke successfully defended his Canadian Am title, this time by 1 over Mitch Sutton of ON.

8.Aug.09  John Hahn of OH beat Zach Barlow of IL 3&2 in the final of the Western Amateur with Pat Reed and Bud Cauley making the Semi's; CT Pan of TPE was Medalist.

2.Aug.09  Rickie Fowler solidified his "no doubt about it" #1 real world amateur ranking with a second in the Nationwide Tour's Children's Hospital.  Morgan Hoffmann was T8.

1.Aug.09  Luke Goddard beat Farren Keenan 3&2 to clinch the English Am and Walker spot.

31.July.09  Chan Kim won the Pacific Coast Amateur by one over Zack Sucher of AL.

25.July.09  Brandon Gielow of MI prevailed in a playoff over Andrew Yun of AZ & Cody Gribble of TX to win the Porter Cup.

23.July.09  Jason Palmer won South of England Am by 1 over fellow Englishman S Hodgson.

18.July.09  Gregor Main of CA won the Southern Amateur by 2 over Taylor Hall of GA.

18.July.09  Brad Benjamin of IL blitzed Nick Taylor of CAN 7&6 to win the US Public Links.

17.July.09  Emiliano Grillo of Argentina won Junior World by 4 over Chang-won Han of Korea.

16.July.09  Dale Whitnell defended his title by 4 over D Renwick in England's Tillman Trophy.

12.July.09  Bud Cauley of FL won the Players Amateur but two over George Bryan of SC.

12.July.09  Yuki Usami hammered Masamichi Ito 6&5 in the final match of the Japan Amateur.

11.July.09  Tyler Matthews of WA beat Josh Anderson of CA 5&4 in final of Pac Northwest Am.

4.July.09  Brian Harman of GA led a Bulldog sweep by four shots in the Dogwood Invitational.

4.July.09  David Chung beat Wes Bryan 4&3 in the final of the North & South Amateur.

4.July.09  Matteo Manassero of Italy was deemed the top individual in the European Team.

3.July.09  Canadian, Nick Taylor won the Sahalee Players by one over Aussie, Daniel Nisbet.

27.June.09  Dan Woltman of WI won the Northeast Amateur by 2 over W Bryan & D Holmes.

27.June.09  Brooks Koepka of FL won the Rice Planters Am by 2 over Austin Cody of SC.

23.June.09  With a 53rd place finish in the US Open, Kyle Stanley turned pro for this week's Travelers event on the PGA Tour going out of the SPWAR at #2 worldwide.

21.June.09  Bo Hoag of OH nipped B Wright & P Mollica by one to win the Monroe Invitational.

20.June.09  16 year old Medalist, Matteo Manassero of ITA beat Sam Hutsby of ENG 4&3 in final of British Amateur.  Englishmen Darren Renwick & Stiggy Hodgson made semi's.

19.June.09  Travis Woolf of TX won the Southwestern Am by one over Michael Jensen of CA.

14.June.09  Kevin Foley of NJ won the Sunnehanna Amateur in PA by 5 over Brian Harman of GA with 2-time defending Champion, Rickie Fowler finishing third. 

9.June.09  The following top 100 SPWAR players have turned pro:

- Jorge Campillo of ESP goes out at #5

- Jamie Lovemark of CA goes out at #21

- Trent Leon of TX goes out at #59

7.June.09  Josh Gallman of SC won the Palmetto Amateur by 1 over Scott Strohmeyer of AL.

7.June.09  Alan Dunbar of IRL won the St Andrews Links Trophy by 1 over Matt Haines of ENG.

4.June.09  Billy Horschel of FL turned pro going out at #3 in the SPWAR.

31.May.09  Tommy Fleetwood of ENG won the Scottish Open Amateur by 8 shots.

31.May.09  Kalle Samooja of SWE won the French Int'l Am by 2 over Darren Wright of ENG.

28.May.09  Matt Hill of NC State & Canada won the NCAA D1 National by 2 over Hogan Award winner, Kyle Stanley of Clemson & State of Washington.

25.May.09  Scott Arnold, #6 in the SPWAR, turned pro.

24.May.09  Andreas Harte of DEN won the Welsh Open Am by 4 over Matt Haines of ENG.

22.May.09  Gavin Smith of Scotland got Kelbi Lee of MT in a playoff for the NCAA D2 title.

21.May.09  Shane Lowry of IRL tuned pro going out of the SPWAR at #3.

17.May.09  Niall Kearney of Ireland won the weather shortened Brabazon Trophy by 5 shots.

17.May.09  Shane Lowry of Ireland wins the European Tour's Irish Open in a playoff.

16.May.09  NCAA D1 Regional results as follows:

- Central, Matt Hill of NC St by one over fellow Canadian, Nick Taylor of Washington.

- Northeast, Hunter Hamrick of Alabama by one over David Holmes of Tennessee.

- South Central, Kevin Tway by one over fellow OSU Cowboy, Peter Uihlein.

- Southeast, Tarquin MacManus of Arizona by 2 over Brad Schneider of UCF.

- Southwest, Lance Lopez of Texas by 5 over Billy Horschell of Florida.

- West, Jesper Kennegaard of Arizona St by 1 over Bronson Burgoon of TX A&M.

15.May.09  Daniel Nisbet of QLD edged Brendan Smith of NSW by 1 to win Keperra Bowl.

10.May.09  Gavin Dear won the Irish Open Am by 2 over fellow Scotsman, Wallace Booth.

4.May.09  The largest change annually in SPWAR just occurred with the collegiate D1 update for the season just prior to Regionals with previous year halved.

3.May.09  James Robinson of ENG won the Lytham Trophy by 1 over Ben Westgate of WAL.

2.May.09  Trevor Mahoney nipped Leon Knoll on 37th hole for Western Province Open Am.

28.Apr.09  Matt Jager of AUS beat Nicol van Wyk of RSA 6&5 in the New Zealand Am final.

13.Apr.09  Matt Ceravolo of FL won the Terra Cotta Inv in FL by 2 over Mario Clemens of CA.

13.Apr.09  Danny Lee, the world's top amateur since last summer, turned pro after Masters.

13.Apr.09  Daniel Beckmann pipped Tim Hart by 2 to win the Mandurah Easter Am in AUS.

28.Mar.09  Tyson Alexander of FL won the Azalea Invitational by 2 over Zack Sucher of AL.

28.Mar.09  Sam Hutsby of ENG nipped Carlos Pigem of ESP in a playoff for Euro Nations win.

25.Mar.09  Scott Arnold beat Daniel Beckmann 3&1 in the Australian Amateur Final.

22.Mar.09  Brad Kropp of OK beat Chris Marin of CA 1up in the Scratch Players Mid-Am final with Gary Vanier of CA winning the Senior Am title.

15.Mar.09  Lorens Chan smoked the field by 8 in the rain shortened Hawaii State Am.

13.Mar.09  Nicol van Wyk beat Christiaan van der Merwe 3&2 in final of Northern Open Am.

9.Mar.09  Jordan Sherratt won the Riversdale Cup by 4 over defending champ, Scott Arnold.

1.Mar.09  14 year old, Carlos Briones became the youngest Champion in the 92 year history of the San Francisco City beating Cal Freshman, Jamie Core 3&2 in the 36 hole Final.

1.Mar.09  Ryan Dreyer beat Adrian Ford 5&3 in the final match of the South African Amateur.

1.Mar.09  Reinier Saxton of NET beat Sam Hutsby of ENG 2&1 in final of Spanish Int'l Am.

22.Feb.09  Dale Whitnell beat fellow Englishman, J Abbott in playoff for Portuguese Int'l Am.

22.Feb.09  Dean O'Riley won the FS&NC Open Am in RSA by 3 shots over Leon Knoll.

22.Feb.09  Danny Lee of NZL won the European Tour's Johnnie Walker Classic by a shot.

22.Feb.09  Ryan McCarthy of TAS won the Tasmanian Open by 6 over Kalem Richardson.

8.Feb.09  JG Claassen won the South African Stroke Am by 2 over Y Jung & A Russel.

8.Feb.09  Kyle Stanley nipped Morgan Hoffmann in a playoff to win the Jones Cup in Georgia.

8.Feb.09  Michael Smyth of NSW got Scotsman Ross Kellett 2&1 in the NSW Amateur final.

25.Jan.09  Scott Arnold won the Lake Macquarie Am in Australia by 3 over Brendan Smith.

22.Jan.09  Jason Perry defended his title in the Australian Mid-Am by 2 over K Johnson of NZ.

21.Jan.09  Leon Knoll won the Princes Grant Am in South Africa by 3 over Steven Ferreira.

15.Jan.09  Mithun Perera of Sri Lanka won the Asia-Pacific Am in playoff over Kaleka & Yates.

15.Jan.09  Mark Anderson won the Master of the Amateurs in a playoff over Richie Fowler.

11.Jan.09  Peter Uihlein won the New Years Invitational in FL by 3 over Jonathan Randolph.

10.Jan.09  Tom Cardno won the New Zealand U23 by 2 shots over Bradley Kendall.

5.Jan.09  Michael Foster of AUS, Bi-o Kim of Korea and others turned pro.

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