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| | | For Immediate Release | August 12, 2010 |
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| | | NO DOUBT: INDIA CRUISES TO STATE AM TITLE AT BEVERLY |
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| | Thursday, August 12, 2010 - Vince India (Deerfield) shook off six bad holes to start the event and played 14 under par the final 66 holes to cruise to a dominating victory at the 80th Illinois State Amateur Championship at Beverly Country Club in Chicago. The University of Iowa senior finished with a 10 under par 274, seven strokes better than Blake Johnson (Winnetka) and Bennett Blakeman (Burr Ridge).
“It feels good to finally get the big win,” India said. “This one goes right up there with the Iowa Open (won in 2009), though I think the field here was a little better.”
India started Thursday with his third consecutive round in the 60s, a 69, to open a four-shot lead over 2007 champion Ravi Patel (Evanston). In the afternoon’s final round, India’s only real challenge came from the sweltering heat, as heat indices approached 100, but India kept his cool, carding a 70.
“It was nice coming in on the back nine with a big lead,” India added, as his lead for the final nine holes ranged between five and eight shots throughout. “I really put it on cruise control the last five holes.”
First round leader Blakeman played the last two rounds in the final pairing with India, tallying a 74 and 70 to finish tied for second.
“It’s disappointing to start as well as I did on Tuesday with the 65 and not back it up the rest of the week,” Blakeman said. “This summer has been a struggle since the U.S. Open, I drive it well one day and putt it well the next, I just haven’t pieced it all together at the same time.”
Johnson completed Thursday with rounds of 69 and 70 to pull even with Blakeman at 3 under for the championship.
“It’s tough playing out here with these guys,” the 41-year old Johnson said. “They’re out there driving the ball 50 yards past me and it takes learning to play within yourself to keep up.”
The best round all day Thursday was surprisingly in the afternoon heat. On his 32nd birthday, Todd Mitchell (Bloomington) closed the final round with a 67, after a bogey on the par-5 18th hole. The two-time champion completed the event at 1 under par 283 in a tie for fourth.
India, who finished second at the CDGA Amateur, made the 36-hole cut at the Western Amateur and has qualified for this month’s U.S. Amateur Championship in Chambers Bay, Wash.
The top 15 players plus ties in the championship have earned exemptions into the 81st Illinois State Amateur Championship, to be held Aug. 9-11, 2011 at Glen Oak Country Club in Glen Ellyn, Ill. | | | Chicago District Golf Association
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