Hometown hero Russell Henley won the perpetual trophy of the 2008 Georgia Amateur Championship with a one stroke victory over fellow Georgia Bulldog and 2007 Champion Harris English.  2003 Champion David Noll, Jr. of Dalton finished two strokes back.  Henley's 270 total broke the tournament record held by Tommy Aaron and Allen Doyle.

View photos from Saturday and Sunday at the 2008 Georgia Amateur Championship at Idle Hour Club in Macon.

GSGA.org features a final round summary and final leaderboard.

Stan Awtrey in the AJC says that "the scene at the 18th green was one Russell Henley had dreamed a thousand times."

In the Macon Telegraph's excellent coverage, Jonathan Heeter writes that "Macon native Henley overcomes 4-stroke deficit, 2-hour stoppage to win", Coley Harvey writes that Idle Hour is the "home of a champion",  Jay Adams tells us that "under pressure, Henley delivers big comeback" and Michael A. Lough reveals that  Jay Moseley "finds groove away from pack for top final-round score".