After a five-day marathon that included 36-hole days Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Austin Greaser emerged as the Western Amateur champion, 1 up, over Mateo Fernandez de Oliveira.
Greaser has played a lot of golf the past two summers at the Western, falling in last year’s semifinals to eventual champion Michael Thorbjornsen. This time, there was no denying the Tar Heel.
Fernandez de Oliveira got off to a hot start, going 2 up through three holes after holing out from a greenside bunker at the third.
The Razorback was still 2 up through 11, but that’s when everything started going Greaser’s way.