Sucher wins Azalea; Romo finishes 34th
GOLFWEEK STAFF
Zack Sucher shot a final-round 73 Sunday to hold off defending champion Webb Simpson and win the Azalea Invitational.
Sucher finished at even-par 284 at the Country Club of Charleston (S.C.). Simpson finished second at 2-over 286 after a final-round 70. Oklahoma State teammates Trent Leon (70) and Kevin Tway (73) finished third at 8 over par.
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo finished T-34 at 19-over 303, a shot ahead of former U.S. Amateur runner-up and Walker Cup captain Buddy Marucci. Romo shot 2-under 69 in the third round.
Sucher, a junior at Alabama-Birmingham, is No. 45 in the Golfweek/Sagarin College Rankings. He finished fourth at last year’s NCAA Division I Men’s Championship, and won the 2007 Cardinal Amateur. He is No. 63 in the Golfweek/Scratch Players World Amateur Rankings.
U.S. Mid-Amateur champion Trip Kuehne finished T-15 at 14-over 298. He will make his second Masters appearance in two weeks.
Final scores with relation to par from the Azalea Invitational, played March 27-30 at the par-71, 6,600-yard Country Club of Charleston (S.C.):
| 1. Zack Sucher |
72-71-68-73--284 |
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| 2. Webb Simpson |
70-71-75-70--286 |
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2 |
| 3. Trent Leon |
69-74-79-70--292 |
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8 |
| 3. Kevin Tway |
72-72-75-73--292 |
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8 |
| 5. Peter Uihlein |
72-70-76-75--293 |
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9 |
| 6. Bud Cauley |
69-73-75-77--294 |
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10 |
| 7. Walter Todd |
75-70-77-73--295 |
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11 |
| 7. Michael Barbosa |
73-76-70-76--295 |
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11 |
| 7. John Pitt |
74-71-73-77--295 |
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11 |
| 10. Nathan T. Smith |
72-75-73-76--296 |
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12 |
| 10. Patrick Reed |
73-78-72-73--296 |
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12 |
| 10. Tim Jackson |
74-72-74-76--296 |
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12 |
| 13. Jeff Knox |
73-71-76-77--297 |
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13 |
| 13. Warren Thomas |
75-79-71-72--297 |
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13 |
| 15. Mike Cobb |
74-70-75-79--298 |
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14 |
| 15. Trip Kuehne |
72-74-77-75--298 |
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14 |
| 17. Jon McLean |
74-74-74-77--299 |
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15 |
| 17. Rocky Manning |
72-73-77-77--299 |
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15 |
| 17. Austin Cody |
72-74-71-82--299 |
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15 |
| 17. Stephen Sear |
77-70-75-77--299 |
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15 |
| 21. Lee Bedford |
70-76-77-77--300 |
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16 |
| 21. Spencer Cole |
76-81-70-73--300 |
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16 |
| 21. Michael Green |
74-73-78-75--300 |
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16 |
| 21. Rick Cloninger |
80-77-67-76--300 |
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16 |
| 21. Brady Exber |
77-74-76-73--300 |
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16 |
| 21. Gregor Main |
82-73-72-73--300 |
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16 |
| 27. Steven Liebler |
69-74-81-77--301 |
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17 |
| 27. Hunter Hamrick |
78-74-74-75--301 |
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17 |
| 27. Michael Muscatell |
81-75-67-78--301 |
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17 |
| 30. Jack Hall |
72-77-77-76--302 |
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18 |
| 30. Jamie Miller |
75-70-76-81--302 |
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18 |
| 30. Jack Larkin |
76-78-76-72--302 |
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18 |
| 30. Brennen King |
78-72-79-73--302 |
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18 |
| 34. Brent Roof |
71-75-79-78--303 |
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19 |
| 34. Will Kropp |
69-76-81-77--303 |
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19 |
| 34. Kyle Dickey |
79-77-69-78--303 |
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19 |
| 34. Greg Earnhardt |
76-75-79-73--303 |
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19 |
| 34. Tony Romo |
73-80-69-81--303 |
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19 |
| 39. Buddy Marucci |
77-74-74-79--304 |
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20 |
| 39. Dayton Rose |
76-74-78-76--304 |
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20 |
| 39. Gene Elliott |
76-78-73-77--304 |
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20 |
| 39. Jacob Burger |
79-72-76-77--304 |
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20 |
| 43. Tre Sheppard |
80-72-77-76--305 |
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21 |
| 44. Kyle Ellis |
81-74-73-78--306 |
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22 |
| 44. Bert Atkinson |
81-76-69-80--306 |
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22 |
| 44. Michael Morrison |
78-74-75-79--306 |
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22 |
| 44. Jon Schram |
81-71-78-76--306 |
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22 |
| 44. John Finster |
79-73-76-78--306 |
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22 |
| 49. Buzz Peel |
79-71-77-80--307 |
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23 |
| 50. Brad Wilder |
78-74-73-83--308 |
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24 |
| 50. Andres Echavarria |
73-77-79-79--308 |
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24 |
| 50. Jim Lehman |
78-77-75-78--308 |
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24 |
| 53. David McCrary |
76-75-73-85--309 |
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25 |
| 54. Vance Welch |
74-76-78-82--310 |
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26 |
| 54. Matt Sughrue |
78-76-74-82--310 |
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26 |
| 56. Billy Mitchell |
80-72-78-81--311 |
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27 |
| 57. Keith Waters |
83-73-74-82--312 |
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28 |
| 58. Kevin Driggers |
74-77-78-85--314 |
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30 |
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| Missed the cut |
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| 61. John Finnin |
81-71-79--231 |
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18 |
| 61. John Wright |
72-79-80--231 |
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18 |
| 61. Randy Teegardin |
78-78-75--231 |
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18 |
| 61. Mark Johnson |
76-80-75--231 |
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18 |
| 61. Brad Marek |
75-80-76--231 |
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18 |
| 61. Tim Tang |
72-82-77--231 |
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18 |
| 61. Robert Dargan |
76-79-76--231 |
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18 |
| 61. Justin Schulte |
73-79-79--231 |
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18 |
| 61. Erin McDonald |
77-77-77--231 |
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18 |
| 70. Dan Crockett |
78-80-74--232 |
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19 |
| 70. Harold Wyatt |
77-80-75--232 |
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19 |
| 70. Bill Williamson |
74-82-76--232 |
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19 |
| 70. Bob Burton |
79-79-74--232 |
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19 |
| 70. Charles Buddin |
76-80-76--232 |
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19 |
| 70. Wesley Bryan |
76-73-83--232 |
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19 |
| 70. Whitten Meares |
80-77-75--232 |
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19 |
| 70. Ben Dangerfield |
78-78-76--232 |
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19 |
| 70. Rob Wilson |
78-76-78--232 |
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19 |
| 79. Robert Gerwin |
80-79-74--233 |
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20 |
| 79. Phillip Weaver |
74-80-79--233 |
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20 |
| 79. Charlie Harrison |
78-80-75--233 |
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20 |
| 79. Minghao Wang |
79-77-77--233 |
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20 |
| 79. Hunter Slatton |
75-76-82--233 |
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20 |
| 84. Steve Slayden |
81-80-73--234 |
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21 |
| 84. Joe Palmer |
85-76-73--234 |
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21 |
| 84. Rion Moore |
80-80-74--234 |
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21 |
| 84. Jim Burgess |
80-78-76--234 |
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21 |
| 84. Wesley Graham |
81-77-76--234 |
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21 |
| 84. Kevin Quinn |
81-74-79--234 |
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21 |
| 90. Matt Wood |
74-84-77--235 |
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22 |
| 90. Justin Hare |
79-83-73--235 |
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22 |
| 90. Chris Corn |
78-78-79--235 |
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22 |
| 90. David Nelson |
78-76-81--235 |
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22 |
| 94. Gus Sylvan |
78-75-83--236 |
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23 |
| 94. Jack Kelly |
79-78-79--236 |
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23 |
| 96. Frank Ford |
83-73-81--237 |
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24 |
| 96. Walker Taylor |
81-82-74--237 |
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24 |
| 96. Alan Fadel |
83-80-74--237 |
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24 |
| 99. Cordes Ford |
78-84-81--243 |
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30 |
| 100. Austin Parks |
88-77-79--244 |
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31 |
| 101. Michael Atkeison |
87-85-73--245 |
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32 |
| 102. Cory Crump |
87-81-78--246 |
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33 |
| WD. Kyle Simmons |
80-83-WD |
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| WD. Dean Channell |
77-81-WD |
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| WD. Danny Green |
78-72-79-WD |
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| WD. Morgan Hoffmann |
72-73-78-WD |
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Posted: 3/30/2008
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