By Andy Simmons

Will Dottley went home $12,500 richer as the second annual Drex Guthrie Classic concluded Friday, with Dottely finishing atop the leaderboard.

The Greenville, Miss., native concluded his final tournament round with an 8-under 63 to finish 18 under for the tournament.

“It feels good,” Dottley said of his triumph.

“I feel like I’ve been playing well lately but I haven’t had very good results. It’s nice to know that my good play worked out for me.”

Dottley knew he was in for a fight. He started the day two back from the leader looking a final round that could take him over the top.

Mission accomplished. Dottley attributed most of his good play towards his time on the green where he was able to bring his “A” game.

“I knew I needed a really low number to win today.” Dottley said

“It was definitely all my putter today. I made everything I looked at all day from inside 15 feet with a exception of a few here and there, but other than that the putting was with me all week.”

This isn’t Dottley’s first win, but he has been absent from tournament play for the last three years so he wasn’t able to recall the last time he had won.

“This is my first one in awhile. It feels like the first one all over again,” Dottley said.

“I knew I had to shoot low so I was playing really aggressive from start to finish.”

When asked who Dottley models his game after, he claimed that he likes to march to the beat of his own drum when it comes to how he plays.

“It’s more like a combination of people,” Dottley said.

“But I kind of have my own philosophies.”

Dottley is hoping he’ll be back to defend his crown next year, but he’s already preparing for his next few tournaments as he readies for the Hooters Tour.

Will Dottley66-66-63-195

G. Northcutt 66-68-63-197

Eric Onesi 66-64-67-197

Matt Hughes 67-65-65-197

Chris Wolfe 66-67-65-198

Jimmy Brandt66-65-68-199

J. Broadaway 70-62-67-199

Nick Rousey 68-67-64-199

Greg Sonnier 67-66-66-199

Heath West 67-64-68-199

B. Anthony 65-70-67-202

Ben Bates 70-67-66-203

Rick Whiteley72-63-68-203

David Miller 68-69-67-204

Gary Rusnak 67-67-70-204

Chase Blaich 67-71-67-205

Chip Deason 71-64-70-205

Denny Lucas 68-66-71-205

Mark Harrell 71-66-68-205

Britt Pavelonis72-68-66-206

D. Morland 72-62-72-206

Evan Hugall 66-70-71-207

Kyle Sapp 64-72-71-207

Kyle Ellis 71-70-67-208

Cole Willis 74-70-65-209

Nate Rau 69-69-71-209

Tony Mitchell69-76-64-209

Z. Portemont 68-70-71-209

Tol Dozier 70-66-73-209

Ricky Casko 71-74-65-210

Fred Holton 69-67-75-211

A. Kilcrease 69-72-70-211

Brad Marek 69-70-72-211

C.Richardson 71-71-69-211

Patrick Drake 68-71-73-212

M. Raines 65-73-75-213

Drew Hanzel 70-72-74-216

Jin Chung 73-74-70-217

D. Devaughn 69-73-75-217

A. Suggs 73-72-73-218

Brooks Lee 78-72-68-218

M. Crumpler 77-71-72-220

C. McCrary 73-76-72-221

Sam Kelley 76-73-74-223

Montgomery 75-76-73-224

Bo Cox 81-73-74-228

Morgan Smith75-80-78-233