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Monday, July 1, 2013

Todd Steps Up At AT&T National

Brendon Todd got into the AT&T National when Justin Rose withdrew.
Brendon Todd made the most of his opportunity at the AT&T National.

On Sunday, Todd, the winner of the Web.com Tour's Stadion Classic at UGA in Athens earlier this year, came in 13th in the AT&T National on Sunday at Congressional in Bethesda, Md., to wind up as the top Bulldog in the field.

Todd secured a berth in the tournament when U.S. Open champion Justin Rose withdrew. Todd was the event's first alternate and he earned more than $125,000.

Russell Henley, Harris English and Erik Compton were 34th at 1-over, while Justin Bolli, Chris Kirk and Brian Harman missed the cut.

• This week's PGA TOUR stop is the Greenbrier Classic in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. Bolli, Compton, Harman, Henley and Bubba Watson are in the field with Todd listed as an alternate.

• In the Web.com Tour's United Leasing Championship in Newburgh, Ind., Richard Scott was 31st at even par, Ryuji Imada came in 42nd at 2-over, while Paul Claxton, Hudson Swafford and Kevin Kisner missed the cut. The Web.com Tour takes this week off.

• Rising senior Joey Garber was the top Bulldog in the Dogwood Amateur as he placed 10th at 10-under. He was followed by rising senior Keith Mitchell (15th, 9-under), signee Greyson Sigg (24th, 6-under) and signee Branson Davis (35th, 2-under).

• In The Rivals Cup race, Georgia and Georgia Tech are in the midst of a battle worthy of a Saturday in late November. The Bulldogs dropped back to No. 2 in this week's rankings with 4,578 points, with Tech taking over at No. 1 with 4,629. Both teams have two wins -- Henley and English for the Bulldogs and both by Matt Kuchar for the Yellow Jackets. Georgia has had nine formers earn FedEx Cup points this year while Georgia Tech has had eight.

• Did you know? The only other time two Bulldogs won on the PGA TOUR in the same year was 1990 when Chip Beck won the Buick Open and Tim Simpson took the Oldsmobile Classic.