After shooting a final round 72, Austin Reeves is the 2011 Amateur Champion
finishing at five under par 283 at Colleton River Plantation’s Dye Course.
Third round leader Daniel Stanley finished one shot behind at 284.

Starting three shots behind at the start of the day, Reeves had a mixture of
bogies and birdies throughout the day, but dodged the big numbers to shoot
an ever par 36 on his front nine.  Stanley, a former Newberry golfer,
waivered on the front side making three bogies and doubling the 481 yard par
four 9th hole to shoot 41.  Making the turn Reeves, a Furman player, birdied
the 10th and 11th holes while Stanley righted the ship and eagled the par
five 11th to get back with in two shots.  The two competitors went back and
forth tying each other until the last hole where Stanley made a birdie three
and Austin captured the title with a par four for a round of 72 and a one
shot victory.

Finishing tied for third was 2008 Champion Lee Palms with a three under 285.
Caulder Moore had the low round of the day shooting a 67 and tying Jacob
Burger for fourth at 286.

The 2011 SCGA Amateur Championship is being conducted on the par 72 – 7217
yard Dye Course at Colleton River Plantation in Bluffton, SC. The event
began with a field of 140 players and was cut to the low 70 and ties
following the first two rounds of play. The Amateur Championship is one of
19 Major Championships run by the South Carolina Golf Association and is in
its 80th year of existence.  The 2012 Championship will be conducted at the
Country Club of Spartanburg on August 3-6.