Hie Named Southern Golf Association National Amateur Of Month
BIRMINGHAM , Ala. – Southern Cal All-American Rory Hie has been named as the Southern Golf Association’s National
Amateur of the Month for June, primarily by beating a strong field in the recent Dogwood Invitational at Druid Hills CC in Atlanta .
Hie closed the tournament with a stunning 10-under-par 62 to win by three shots with a total of 19-under-par 267. The feat
capped off an impressive June for Hie, who started the month fresh from a 13th place finish in the NCAA championship. Two weeks later, he posted a fourth-place tie in the prestigious Northeast Amateur in Rhode Island as his final tune-up before the Dogwood.
Hie is a rising junior at USC from Lakewood , CA .
The 5-year-old SGA award is determined each month by a blue-ribbon national selection panel of golf officials, coaches and journalists. Previous winners this year have included Oklahoma State ’s Trent Leon, Alabama’s Michael Thompson and UCLA’s Kevin Chappell. The 106-year-old Southern Golf Association promotes amateur golf in a variety of ways, including the staging of the prestigious Southern Amateur Championship, which will include Hie in the field, July 16-19 at the Lake Nona Club in Orlando , FL.
From golfweek.com:
In a battle among USC teammates, Rory Hie, No. 8 in the SPWAR and a first-team All-American as a sophomore last season, edged past No. 54 Tom Glissmeyer, 2 up. Glissmeyer, from Colorado Springs, Colo., was 2 up after three holes, but the match was all square after 7. Hie won Nos. 8 and 10, but Glissmeyer won 11 and 13. Hie closed things out by winning Nos. 16 and 18 with birdies.
“It was a tough match and tough to play because we are teammates,” said Hie, who last week won the Dogwood Invitational. “I knew I was going to have to play well today to beat him and I did. I was 2 under. Right now it’s just a big relief.”