By Chic Riebel
The Virginian-Pilot
SUFFOLK
After sinking a 5-foot par putt that wrapped up Eastern Region tournament medalist honors Tuesday, Moss Clark made his way up a small hill from the 18th green at Sleepy Hole.
Everyone wanted to make contact with the Cox senior - teammates, opponents, spectators. A hug. A handshake. A slap on the back.

Sept. 24, 2008: John Dawson, then a junior at Hickory High School, sinks a 10-foot par putt on the 18th hole at Sleepy Hole Golf Course to notch his second straight Southeastern District individual title. He wins by a stroke. Oct. 7, 2008:

VIRGINIA BEACH Should you bump into Marc Leishman sometime soon at the beach, his preferred local golf course, Virginia Beach National, or strolling through Town Center with his fiancee, feel free to offer the PGA Tour rookie star a hearty "Good going, bloke!" It would be the neighborly thing to do. Because while it's true he's from Australia, Leishman is also one of us now.

Anheuser-Busch has decided not to renew its title sponsorship of the Michelob Ultra Open at Kingsmill next year, ending the seven-year run of one of the most popular tournaments on the LPGA Tour.

Kellam's Trey Smith worked all summer to become a better golfer. It wasn't long before Smith - and the rest of the state - saw just how much he had improved. Smith's 2-foot par putt in a one-hole playoff last month earned him medalist honors in the Virginia High School Invitational in Midlothian.

VIRGINIA BEACH Virginia Beach's Greg Thomas won twice in match play Wednesday to reach today's quarterfinals of the Virginia State Golf Association Senior Amateur at Princess Anne Country Club. Thomas, who plays Suffolk's Bobby Bleiler, eliminated O.D. Gardner of Newport News 4 and 3 and Bill Cowardin of Newport News 2 and 1. Virginia Beach's George B. Owens also reached the quarterfinals.

ST.LOUIS Norfolk's Kristen Simpson shot a 3-over-par 74 in the first round and trails leader Amy Anderson of North Dakota by six strokes in the U.S. Women's Amateur Championship at the Old Warson Country Club. Kimberly Kim from Hilo, Hawaii, and Ha Na Jang of Korea share second place at 69.

Duke University begins classes on Aug. 24, but incoming freshman Brinson Paolini, the two-time Virginia State Amateur champion, won't be there.

HOT SPRINGS Peggy Woodard of Virginia Beach and Cindy Morris of Portsmouth will meet in a match-play quarterfinal today at the 52nd Virginia State Golf Association Senior Women's Amateur Championship at The Homestead's Old Course. Woodard needed 19 holes to defeat Arline Hoffman of Alexandria on Wednesday. Morris advanced with a 2-and-1 victory over top seed Lindsay Wortham of Richmond.

PETERSBURG Richmond's Adam Ball shot a 5-under-par 67 on Monday to take a one-shot lead after the first round of the VSGA Junior Amateur Championship at the Country Club of Petersburg. Ball, 15, is a stroke ahead of Midlothian's Nick Austin and Centreville's Ji Soo Park, who each posted a 4-under 68.