RICHMOND, VA - Red-headed Marvin (Vinny) Giles III played like a champion should down the stretch to annex the 1967 Southern Amateur championship at the Country Club of Virginia's James River course. Giles, struggling through the early holes of the final 18, put on a birdie flourish to win the 61st Southern by five shots over Larry Hinson, lanky collegiate golfer from Douglas, Ga. Giles, a University of Virginia law student at Charlottesville, had birdies on three of the final four holes to streak in the champion after going four over par in the first 14 holes. Giles put together rounds of 72-70-68-73 for a total of 283, same total as won the 1966 Southern amateur in Birmingham when Hubert Green took the title. Giles, twenty-four and a three time Virginia state champion, played steady all the-way except for the putting troubles he had early on the final day However, he pulled himself together in time to pull away from Hinson and the rest of the field on the stretch holes. Hinson had tied the medalist record of 136 with opening rounds of 66-70 for 136 But, then he began to find the tough rough and closed on rounds of 74-78 for 288 and second place. Allen Miller, sophomore at the University of Georgia, finished third at 290, to give collegians the first three positions Veteran Lew Oehmig, of Chattanooga, took fourth at 291 to break the youngsters' hold Oehmig has won the Tennessee state title 10 times. Miller, of Pensacola, made an early run at Giles in the final round but fell back to finish with a 75 after rounds of 72-73-70. Green, the defending champion, was in a good position but faded the final 18 He opened with rounds of 71-69-73, closed with an 82, for 296, good for a tie for 11th. The 61st Southern drew an outstanding field Bob Murphy, Jr, Downing Gray, Dale Morey, Billy Joe Patton, all current or former Walker Cup players, added class although none of them could quite get their games together Patton finished in a tie for fifth at 292. Mike Malarkey, a former Southern champion at age of 17, opened with a brilliant 68, four under par, blew to a second round 81, then came back strong at 71-72 for 292. North Carolina took the team championship with a total of 575, one shot ahead of Georgia, which won the 1966 Bob Jones title Carolina's winning team was composed of Ken Sawyer (142), Bobby Edgerton (143), Patton (144) and Joe Inman, Jr (146). For the first time the 61st Southern had a new format After the opening two rounds the field was cut to the low 70 and ties Scores of 156 for the first 36 holes made the championship cut A total of 72 players qualified for the cut and 65 of those completed the entire 72 holes. The 1968 Southern will be held at the Lost Tree Club in North Palm Beach, Florida, and Giles is sure to make a strong attempt to successfully defend his title, something no Southern champion has done in 15 years.

Final Results
Marvin Giles III	Charlottesville,Va	Boonsboro CC	72-70-68-73-283
Larry Hinson	Douglas, Ga	Douglas CC	66-70-74-78-288
Allen Miller	Pensacola, Fla	Pensacola CC	72-73-70-75-290
Lew Oehmig	Chattanooga, Tenn	Chattanooga G&CC	72-71-75-73-291
Billy Joe Patton	Morganton, N C	Mimosa Hiils CC	72-72-74-74-292
Mike Malarkey	Signal Mtn, Tenn	Signal Mtn CC	68-81-71-72-292
Lanny Wadkins	Richmond, Va	Meadowbrook C	71-72-74-75-292
Bob Murphy, Jr	Nichols, Fla	Lone Palm CC	74-68-76-75-293
Nelson Broad	Richmond, Va	Glenwood GA	78-70-71-74-293
Joe Inman, Jr	Greensboro, N C	Starmount Forest CC	71-75!-74-73-293
Bobby Edgerton	Raleigh, N C	Pinehurst CC	71-72-77-75-295
Chuck Rea	Meridian, Miss	Northwood CC	73-75-73-74-295
Hubert Green	Birmingham, Ala	CC of Birmingham	71-69-73-82-295
Michael Taylor	Meridian, Miss	Northwood CC	75-74-74-73-296
Daniel Dixon	Richmond, Va	Hermitage CC	74-73-76-73-296
Charles Harrison	Atlanta, Ga	East Lake CC	74-73-74-75-296
Ken Sawyer	Guilford Col, NC	Green Valley CC	72-70-79-75-296
Dowing Gray	Pensacola , Fla	Pensacola CC	73-71-75-77-296
Ed Brantley	Signal Mtn Tenn	Chattanooga G,&CC	74-72-71-79-296
Bill Harey	Greensboro, N C	Sedgefield CC	74-76-73-74-297
Tim Collins	Christiansburg, Va	Round Meadow CC	73-78-71-75-297
Kevin Butler	Palm Beach, Fla	Breakers CC	79-73-73-74-299
David Barnes	Atlanta, Ga	East Lake CC	75-77-76-71-299
Jaclde Cummings	Tuscaloosa, Ala	Indian Hills CC	83-73-71-73-300
Dale Morey	High Point, N C	Willow Creek CC	72-79-74-75-300
Vinnie Rife	Richmond, Va	Meadowbrook CC	76-77-77-71-301
Grover Poole	Jonesboro , Ark	Jonesboro CC	76-71-78-76-301
Tom Raney	Little Rock, Ark	Little Rock CC	77-71-78-76-302
Fred Estridge	Mulberry, Fla	Lone Palm CC	74-76-77-75-302
Jeff Thompson	Greenville, S C	Greenville CC	74-74-74-80-302
Bucky Ayers	Athens, Ga	Athens CC	81-74-74-74-303
Bob Wilson	Memphis, Tenn	Chickasaw CC	71-76-78-79-304
Walton Smith	Clarksville, Tenn	ClarksvilleCC	76-74-73-81-304
Mike Schleuter	Greenville, N C	Starmount Forest CC	74-82-79-71-306
Larry White	Chattanooga, Tenn	Valleybrook G&CC	77-74-79-76-306
Stan Fischer	Charlottesville, Va	Farmington CC	77-74-79-76-306
Bill Lovett	Toccoa, Ga	Toccoa CC	75-77-76-78-306
Bill Wood	Richmond, Va	CC of Virginia	73-80-74-79-306
George Fulton	Roanoke, Va	Roanoke CC	73-74-78-81-306
Lloyd Liebler	Chesapeake, Va	Elizabeth Manor CC	75-75-81-76-307
J P Leigh III	Portsmouth, Va	Elizabeth Manor CC	76-77-79-75-307
Morris Beecroft	Newport News, Va	James River CC	77-75-83-73-307
Burgett Mooney, Jr	Rome, Ga	Coosa CC	78-77-74-78-307
Jerry Greenbaum	Atlanta, Ga	Standard CC	73-76-76-82-307
Harris Prevost	Hazelwood, N C	Waynesville CC	80-74-74-80-308
W B Boles, Jr	Wilson, N C	Finely CC	76-76-78-78-308
James Raines	Greensboro, N C	Green Valley CC	76-77-78-77-308
Abe Andes	Miami, Fla	Finley CC	79-75-77-77-308
Asa Candler	Atlanta, Ga	East Lake CC	73-78-81-79-311
Robert Mathews	Richmond, Va	CC of Virginia	74-77-82-78-311
Landan Cabell	Palm Beach, Fla	CC of Virginia	76-73-79-83-311
Mike Morrison	Richmond, Va	CC of Virginia	73-78-75-85-311
Dick Pride	Tuscalosoa, Ala	Indian Hills CC	77-79-75-82-313
Layne Wallock	Montgomery, Ala	Woodley CC	77-77-77-82-313
Bobby Wadkins	Richmond, Va	Meadowbrook CC	77-72-85-79-313
Peter Dodd	Waynesboro, Va	Waynesboro CC	74-80-80-79-313
Dr Wm Tucker	Richmond, Va	CC of Virginia	78-75-79-83-315
Harry Easterly	Richmond, Va	CC of Virginia	76-77-80-82-315
Alec Grant	Jasper, Ala	Musgrove CC	75-80-77-83-315
David Catlin	Jamestown, N C	Sedgefield CC	74-78-85-78-315
Richard Sugarman	Richmond, Va	Lakeside CC	74-79-79-84-316
John C Minor	Roanoke, Va	Roanoke CC	78-76-84-78-316
Dr Frank Holt	Birmingham, Ala	CC of Birmingham	75-81-81-82-319
T Robert Chanin	Macon, Ga	Idle Hour CC	79-76-79-87-321
W E Lovett	Toccoa, Ga	Toccoa CC	83-72-82-86-323
Tom Barnes, Jr,	Atlanta, Ga	East Lake CC	71-73-79-NC
Truman Connell	Boynton Beach, Fla	Pine Tree CC	71-76-77-WD
Clyde Mangum,Jr	Pinehurst, N C	Pinehurst CC	73-75-78-WD
Lon McCabe	Lakeland, Fla	Lone Palm CC	74-79-76-WD
Junius Rappold	Hampton, Va	Williamsburg CC	80-76-78-WD
Tom Vander Voort	Belleair, Fla	Pelican CC	75-76-NC
Curtis Person, Sr	Memphis, Tenn	Colonial CC	75-77-WD

Failed to Make Cut
Randy Hoff	81-76-157
John Nickey	78-79-157
Erdman Auman	78-79-157
Hal Mason, Jr	77-80-157
Frank Filipowicz	78-80-158
Wayne Jackson	78-80-158
Archie McDowell	76-82-158
W H Williamson III	79-79-158
Billy Wilkins	79-79-158
Bill Cowardin	75-83-158
Jimmy Morgan	80-78-158
George Whittaker	80-78-158
Carroll Cooper	80-78-158
Emmett Holloway	77-82-159
John Hawkins	77-82-159
Donald Jones	76-83-159
Leland Fisher	75-84-159
William R Bowland	78-81-159
Ned Baber	82-77-159
Horace McCowan, Jr	75-84-159
Joe Thornton	78-81-159
William Toler, Jr	79-81-160
John Battle	81-79-160
T Robert Chanin	79-81-160
Cobby Ware	85-75-160
Doug Gunter	78-82-160
Peter Chanin	79-81-160
Larry Dixon	77-83-160
Charles Hillyer	83-78-161
Johnny Berry, Jr	79-82-161
Richard Catlett, Jr	79-82-161
J J Harding, Jr	84-77-161
Walter Marcuson	81-80-161
Tim Boatwright	84-77-161
Steven Head	79-82-161
Mac Sartain	80-82-162
David Everett	77-85-162
Jay Pickus	84-78-162
Ken Tomey	81-81-162
Joe Coffman	79-84-163
John Napier	83-80-163
Ben Hanson	83-80-163
Fred Kelly	82-81-163
Arthur Ross	81-83-164
Toby Wolter	79-85-164
Pat Foy Brady	87-77-164
Crawford Rainwater	82-83-165
Allyn Thames	84-81-165
A M Walker	84-81-165
Lew Boyd	85-81-166
Elbert Jemison, Jr	83-83-166
Don Brown	86-80-166
Walker Reynolds, Jr	82-84-166
David Martin	86-80-166
Howard Jenkins III	85-81-166
Bill Hanson	84-83-167
John Kendrick	79-89-168
Don Bryan	87-81-168
Johnny Mann	87-81-168
Hugh Keyser	83-85-168
Ross Shawaker	90-78-168
Peter Tufts	80-88-168
Bob Thompson	84-85-169
W Holt Souder	83-87-170
Frank Gossett	85-85-170
Jennings Gordon	90-81-171
William S Gordon, Jr	87-84-171
Jessee Jones	85-86-171
Jack Muther	86-86-172
Burgett Mooney III	86-86-172
William J Houck	88-87-175
Ethan Clark	88-90-178