Grieve holds off charging Smith in playoff to win Illinois State Am

Jul. 19—URBANA — Playing 36 holes in one day was already going to be a grind, but it wasn't enough to decide a winner. After 72 holes in three days, Pierce Grieve and Marcus Smith Jr. were tied at 9 under par atop the leaderboard of the 93rd Illinois State Amateur Championship by late Thursday afternoon, bringing on a three-hole playoff at Atkins Golf Club. "I just took it as another ...