Versailles native Justin Yoder made strong first and second rounds hold up to win the 2009 Greystone Invitational amateur golf tournament on Sunday in Birmingham, Ala.
Yoder carded rounds of 3-under 69 on Thursday and Friday on the Greystone Golf and Country Club Founder’s Course. He shot 74 on Saturday and 75 on Sunday to finish with at 1-under 287.
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