Leader Beau Hossler, right, high-fives caddy Will Griffin after he chipped the ball onto the green and into the hole for an eagle during the third round of the Southern Amateur Championship golf tournament Friday at The Honors Course in Ooltewah.The Honors Course felled one contender from the Southern Amateur on Friday, and Beau Hossler rose above the rest by at least two strokes heading into the final round today.
Hossler, a sophomore at Texas, shot a 2-under-par 70 in a steady rain and is 8 under through three rounds. He leads Trevor Cone of Virginia Tech by two and Will Starke by three.
“Today was a brutal grind,” Hossler said. “It seemed like every time we got to the hard holes, the rain would pick up. You just have to play through it.”
Grayson Murray, who owned the first-round lead and shared the second-round lead with Hossler, had enough after 16 holes and a tee shot Friday.
He quit.