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shoot his 7 straight 27. Round 8 would become more of a match play
event; however, Brown was playing ahead of Burton and continually

placing the pressure on Burton to match his terrific performance.
Brown would close the tournament with a

steady 25 which would extend his lead to four

over Burton who could score no better than a
27…which happens to be the same score shot

by Bill Kirby. Kirby’s rounds were exceptional
in that they were all the same: 27 for all 8

rounds. Talking with Lewis Burton about the

tournament, he conveyed that it would have
been a tragedy if Mike had not won. Lucky

Lewis made some unusual aces on day 2 and Mike Brown

watched Mike Brown display some
magnificent putting.

In the amateur division, Johnathan Koo dominated the tournament,
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but it should be noted that some future champions finished 2 and 3 .
Jeff Brown finished four strokes back with a total of 217 – seven strokes

behind Brown was Nate Nichols.

In 2003, the National Invitational was held in Spartanburg, SC. A course
that was tough and rewarded players, as well as punished players. The

weather was more than accommodating as day dne never saw the
temps leave the 70s and day two topped at 85 degrees in the

afternoon. The scores were low as expected, but no single player shot

consistently low. However, the winner, Rod Miller, would shoot 25 or
26 for six of his eight rounds. The remaining rounds were 22 and 24.

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Impressively, the 22 came during the 7 round, just when he needed it
the most. But Rod Miller was not the leader at the conclusion of the

first day of competition; that was Joel Baker. After a slow start with a

first round of 28, Baker closed with 24,22, and 23 for a total of 97. Just