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Summerhays makes N’wide history

GOLFWEEK STAFF

BYU senior Daniel Summerhays shot 2-under 69 Sunday at Ohio State Golf Club’s Scarlet Course to win the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Invitational and become the first amateur to win a Nationwide Tour event.

Summerhays, 23, finished at 6-under 278, two shots ahead of Chad Collins (69) and Chris Nallen (71). Summerhays birdied Nos. 10 and 12, then parred the final six holes for the victory.

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Summerhays has 60 days to declare himself as a professional if he wants to be exempt for the rest of this season. The deadline is Jan. 1 for the 2008 season. Summerhays, who is a favorite to earn a spot on this year’s U.S. Walker Cup team, said he is undecided about his future.

The Walker Cup, a two-day event, begins Sept. 8, 55 days from now.

“I honestly have no idea what’s going to be best for me,” said Summerhays, nephew of Champions Tour player Bruce Summerhays.

One week earlier, Summerhays shot 8-under 280 at Sahalee Country Club – site of the 1998 PGA Championship – to win the Sahalee Players Championship by seven shots. It was the first national-level amateur title for Summerhays, who is No. 9 in the Golfweek/Titleist Amateur Rankings.

Summerhays never strayed far from the lead all week. He was in second place after his first-round 68, and held at least a share of the lead in each of the final three rounds.

The other All-Americans in the field didn’t fare as well. The tournament granted sponsor exemptions to all first-team All-Americans, but Dustin Johnson was the only other one to make the cut. Johnson, who recently finished his career at Coastal Carolina, shot a final-round 68 to finish tied for 50th at 7 over par. Johnson won the Monroe Invitational and Northeastern Amateur earlier this summer.

This was Summerhays’ second Nationwide Tour start. He shot 79-69 to miss the cut at the 2001 Utah Classic as a 17-year-old. That same year, Summerhays made it to the quarterfinals of the U.S. Amateur and won his second consecutive Utah State Amateur.

Summerhays took a two-year church mission from 2003-2005.

“I think I shot like 42 that first nine holes when I got back,” Summerhays said. “It’s very difficult to come back from taking two years off. But I think the things I learned when I was in Chile as a missionary … made me stronger mentally, and it gave me more sense of purpose. It really allowed me to understand what it takes to be great.”

Summerhays finished fourth at this year’s NCAA Division I Men’s Championship and was ranked 11th in the Golfweek/Sagarin College Rankings. He also tied the NCAA 18-hole scoring record with a 60 at the Ping/Golfweek Preview.

NCAA champion Jamie Lovemark almost beat Summerhays to the record. He lost a playoff to Chris Riley last month at the Rochester Area Charities Showdown. Lovemark missed the cut this week, the first time he failed to qualify for the weekend in five PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour starts.

“We’re pretty good out there on the college scene,” Summerhays said. “We’re all guys that aren’t afraid to take it low and who can play well on tough courses.”

Final scores with earnings and relation to par from the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Invitational, played July 12-15 at the par-71, 7,141-yard Ohio State Golf Club (Scarlet) in Columbus, Ohio (Note: a-amateur):

1. a-Daniel Summerhays	$0	68-69-72-69--278		-6
2. Chad Collins	100,800	69-72-70-69--280		-4
2. Chris Nallen	100,800	67-72-70-71--280		-4
4. Tjaart van der Walt	47,600	72-71-69-69--281		-3
5. Patrick Sheehan	26,390	73-67-76-66--282		-2
5. Steven Bowditch	26,390	72-73-71-66--282		-2
5. Tom Scherrer	26,390	72-71-72-67--282		-2
5. Brenden Pappas	26,390	72-72-71-67--282		-2
5. Jason Day	26,390	74-70-71-67--282		-2
10. Jon Mills	18,200	72-69-75-67--283		-1
10. Michael Sims	18,200	74-69-72-68--283		-1
10. David McKenzie	18,200	73-70-71-69--283		-1
10. Danny Ellis	18,200	75-70-69-69--283		-1
14. Kelly Grunewald	14,000	68-71-76-69--284		E
14. Brad Adamonis	14,000	70-70-72-72--284		E
16. Todd Demsey	11,550	74-70-72-69--285	+	1
16. Jimmy Walker	11,550	72-73-71-69--285	+	1
16. Joe Daley	11,550	71-71-73-70--285	+	1
16. Scott Gardiner	11,550	72-68-73-72--285	+	1
20. Rick Price	8,785	70-72-77-67--286	+	2
20. Brock Mackenzie	8,785	76-70-72-68--286	+	2
20. Jess Daley	8,785	71-75-71-69--286	+	2
20. Kyle Thompson	8,785	76-68-68-74--286	+	2
24. Marc Turnesa	6,720	75-70-73-69--287	+	3
24. Brian Smock	6,720	73-72-72-70--287	+	3
24. Esteban Toledo	6,720	72-71-71-73--287	+	3
27. Dustin Bray	5,100	74-72-72-70--288	+	4
27. Jason Enloe	5,100	71-73-73-71--288	+	4
27. Skip Kendall	5,100	73-71-72-72--288	+	4
27. Todd Fischer	5,100	70-72-73-73--288	+	4
27. Matthew Jones	5,100	70-74-71-73--288	+	4
27. Nick Flanagan	5,100	74-72-69-73--288	+	4
27. Franklin Langham	5,100	73-71-70-74--288	+	4
34. Tim O'Neal	3,850	72-69-76-72--289	+	5
34. Joseph Alfieri	3,850	71-69-77-72--289	+	5
34. Martin Laird	3,850	75-71-70-73--289	+	5
34. D.A. Points	3,850	74-70-71-74--289	+	5
34. Gary Christian	3,850	72-71-72-74--289	+	5
34. James Driscoll	3,850	74-72-69-74--289	+	5
34. Stephen Gangluff	3,850	73-70-71-75--289	+	5
34. John Riegger	3,850	70-70-72-77--289	+	5
42. Keoke Cotner	2,818	75-71-76-68--290	+	6
42. Deane Pappas	2,818	70-72-78-70--290	+	6
42. Keith Nolan	2,818	73-71-76-70--290	+	6
42. Lee M. Williamson	2,818	75-71-73-71--290	+	6
42. Aaron Watkins	2,818	73-73-72-72--290	+	6
42. Tee McCabe	2,818	73-68-75-74--290	+	6
42. Roland Thatcher	2,818	73-69-73-75--290	+	6
42. Jason Allred	2,818	69-68-75-78--290	+	6
50. a-Dustin Johnson	0	76-70-77-68--291	+	7
50. Ricky Barnes	2,415	75-70-76-70--291	+	7
50. Tom Carter	2,415	71-74-75-71--291	+	7
50. Chris Thompson	2,415	74-70-76-71--291	+	7
50. Tim Wilkinson	2,415	73-71-75-72--291	+	7
50. David Morland IV	2,415	73-73-73-72--291	+	7
56. Josh Broadaway	2,240	71-73-76-72--292	+	8
56. Scott Anderson	2,240	71-71-76-74--292	+	8
56. Jeff Klauk	2,240	74-68-76-74--292	+	8
56. Peter Tomasulo	2,240	71-71-75-75--292	+	8
56. Henrik Bjornstad	2,240	72-70-71-79--292	+	8
61. Lee Williams	2,118	70-72-73-78--293	+	9
61. Richard Johnson	2,118	70-69-72-82--293	+	9
63. Ron Whittaker	2,013	74-69-78-73--294	+	10
63. Garth Mulroy	2,013	72-71-78-73--294	+	10
63. Ben Bates	2,013	69-77-74-74--294	+	10
63. Josh Williams	2,013	73-73-69-79--294	+	10
67. Kim Felton	1,925	71-74-74-77--296	+	12
68. Boyd Summerhays	1,873	74-72-79-72--297	+	13
68. Fran Quinn	1,873	73-73-70-81--297	+	13
70. Miguel Carballo	1,820	74-72-78-74--298	+	14
• • •
Missed the cut
71. Scott Dunlap		78-69--147	+	5
71. Chris Smith		76-71--147	+	5
71. Elliot Gealy		74-73--147	+	5
71. Greg Chalmers		74-73--147	+	5
71. Camilo Benedetti		73-74--147	+	5
71. a-Chris Kirk		77-70--147	+	5
71. Tommy Biershenk		77-70--147	+	5
71. Scott Sterling		77-70--147	+	5
71. John Kimbell		76-71--147	+	5
71. Fabian Gomez		78-69--147	+	5
71. Matt Weibring		72-75--147	+	5
71. Rich Morris		76-71--147	+	5
83. Nicholas Thompson		79-69--148	+	6
83. Sal Spallone		76-72--148	+	6
83. Bob Sowards		76-72--148	+	6
83. Steve Friesen		72-76--148	+	6
83. Dawie van der Walt		73-75--148	+	6
83. Mike Capone		74-74--148	+	6
83. Danny Briggs		74-74--148	+	6
83. Omar Uresti		74-74--148	+	6
83. Michael Long		75-73--148	+	6
83. Kris Blanks		79-69--148	+	6
83. Brendon Todd		77-71--148	+	6
94. Chris Anderson		79-70--149	+	7
94. Bob Burns		75-74--149	+	7
94. Jon Turcott		76-73--149	+	7
94. Jeff Wood		75-74--149	+	7
94. a-Billy Horschel		73-76--149	+	7
94. a-Jamie Lovemark		73-76--149	+	7
94. Marc Leishman		79-70--149	+	7
94. Aron Price		73-76--149	+	7
94. Tommy Tolles		72-77--149	+	7
94. Matt Hansen		75-74--149	+	7
94. Andrew Pratt		72-77--149	+	7
94. David Mathis		76-73--149	+	7
94. David Lutterus		75-74--149	+	7
107. Hunter Haas		78-72--150	+	8
107. Mario Tiziani		77-73--150	+	8
107. David Hearn		76-74--150	+	8
107. Paul Claxton		75-75--150	+	8
107. Michael Letzig		76-74--150	+	8
107. Kevin Hall		77-73--150	+	8
107. John Morse		76-74--150	+	8
107. Brian Unk		80-70--150	+	8
107. Greg Sonnier		73-77--150	+	8
116. Brad Fritsch		81-70--151	+	9
116. Robin Freeman		78-73--151	+	9
116. Ryan Blaum		77-74--151	+	9
116. Paul Dickinson		78-73--151	+	9
120. Jason Caron		75-77--152	+	10
120. Bryn Parry		83-69--152	+	10
120. Curtis Malm		77-75--152	+	10
120. Andrew Johnson		81-71--152	+	10
120. Kyle McCarthy		76-76--152	+	10
125. Kevin Gessino-Kraft		78-75--153	+	11
125. Niklas Lemke		77-76--153	+	11
125. Pat Bates		77-76--153	+	11
125. Chris Baryla		77-76--153	+	11
129. Emlyn Aubrey		77-77--154	+	12
129. Adam Riddering		75-79--154	+	12
129. Scott Parel		77-77--154	+	12
129. Brian Quackenbush		79-75--154	+	12
133. B.J. Staten		81-74--155	+	13
133. Zoran Zorkic		81-74--155	+	13
135. Ryan Howison		82-75--157	+	15
136. Brent Delahoussaye		78-80--158	+	16
137. Erik Compton		78-81--159	+	17
138. Craigen Pappas		81-91--172	+	30
WD. David Sanchez		81-WD
WD. Bradley Hughes		79-WD
WD. Chez Reavie		83-WD
WD. Brad Ott		87-WD
DQ. Justin Bolli		75-DQ

Posted: 7/15/2007

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