UNC Wilmington golfer Stefan Brewer surges to midway lead in Rice Planters Amateur golf tournament

MOUNT PLEASANT — Stefan Brewer, who just completed his sophomore season at UNC Wilmington, put together a bogey-free round of 8-under-par 64 Thursday to surge into the lead at the halfway point of the 40th annual Rice Planters Amateur golf tournament at Snee Farm Country Club.

Brewer, who is from Charlotte, is at 11-under 133 after two rounds, one shot in front of Clemson’s Thomas Bradshaw, Georgia’s Michael Cromie and North Carolina’s Patrick Barrett. Bradshaw, who is from Columbia, recorded a second-round 68; Cromie, from Cary, N.C., shot 66; and Barrett, from Pinehurst, N.C., shot 75.

Thirty-three-year-old Scott Harvey of Greensboro, N.C., the reigning Carolinas Golf Association player of the year and son of two-time Rice Planters winner Bill Harvey, is fifth at 68-67—135.

Defending champion Austin Cody of North Charleston dropped into a three-way tie at 140 that also included Taylor Zoller of North Charleston.

Brewer had matching nines of 32, recording four birdies on the front side and two birdies and an eagle on the back nine.

Bradshaw’s round was more adventurous with seven birdies and three bogeys, two of them coming on the front nine. Barrett, after opening with a 34, birdied five of six holes on the back nine for a closing 31. Cromie also shot 34 on the front while recording three birdies, an eagle-3 and a bogey on the back nine.

The tournament continues through Saturday, with the field being cut to the low 54 and ties after today’s round. Tee times begin at 7 a.m. with the leaders starting at 11:50 a.m.

Thursday’s Scores
At Snee Farm Country Club

Par 72
Stefan Brewer 69-64—133

Patrick Barrett 69-65—134
Thomas Bradshaw 66-68—134

Michael Cromie 68-66—134
Scott Harvey 68-67—135

Thomas Bass 66-70—136
Alex Ellis 69-68—137

Chris Hemmerich 70-67—137
Zach Munroe 70-67—137

Thomas Birdsey 69-69—138
Trevor Cone 71-67—138

Zachary Edmonson 69-73—138
Logan Jones 71-67—138

Kyle Kochevar 67-71—138
Jackson Moore 72-67—139

Austin Cody 69-71—140
Jay Vandeventer 72-68—140

Taylor Zoller 71-69—140
Ross Thomson 70-71—141

Jon Weiss 73-68—141
Stephen Behr Jr. 73-69—142

Josh Lorenzetti 72-70—142
Mac McLaughlin 71-71—142

Jeff Wibawa 73-69—142
Bert Atkinson 69-74—143

Chris Contreras 70-73—143
Chandler Gruenemeier 68-75—143

Dylan Harris 70-73—143
Trey Valentine 73-70—143

Ryan Vince 70-73—143
David Denlinger 71-73—144

Josh Eure 73-71—144
Nicholas Losole III 74-70—144

Joey Marino 74-70—144
Brent McKenzie 75-69—144

Michael Assey 71-74—145
Devin Hernandez 73-72—145

Spencer Lawson 69-76—145
Chris Malec 76-69—145

Preston Valder 72-74—145
Chad Griffith 69-77—146

Sam Jandel 70-76—146
Bodi Karsono 78-68—146

Michael McGowan 73-73—146
Caulder Moore 72-74—146

Bailey Patrick Jr. 76-70—146
John Skeadas III 75-71—146

Conner Sock 76-70—146
Jarrett Swan 76-70—146

Tyler Williams 73-73—146
Matthew Atkins 74-73—147

Brenden Beeg 72-75—147
Jay Woodward 76-71—147

Jacob Everts 81-67—148
Scott McAlpine 74-74—148

Jonathan Mullane 75-73—148
Bryan Newton 74-74—148

Branden Collins 78-71—149
Paul Conway 77-72—149

Miles Curley 76-73—149
Chipper Hughes 74-75—149

Adam McCleary 76-73—149
Michael McGee 79-70—149

Hugh Morrison 75-74—149
Tommy Hurst 74-76—150

C.J. Deberg 76-75—151
Ross Tooley 73-78—151

John Voetsch 77-74—151
John Assey 81-71—152

Cameron Brown 74-78—152
Alex Hamilton 78-74—152

Matt Laydon 80-72—152
Rob Bovender 80-73—153

Parks Brown 79-74—153
Aaron Eckstein 76-77—153

Greg Holmes 78-75—153
Daniel Kim 77-76—153

Will Pieper 77-76—153
Christian Sease 77-77—154

Mike Wilson 75-79—154
Michah Jacobsen 77-78—155

Brandon Ng 80-76—156
Zane Price 77-79—156

Marc MacDonald 75-82—157
Michael Gates 78-80—158

Andy Burch 84-75—159
Harrison Savage 84-75—159

Nick Celestino 85-75—160
Bruce Fleming 84-77—161

Hayden Garret 78-83—161