Well, 2 Jackets are coming off strong showings in Canada this past week. Matt Kuchar, yet again, knocks on the door and finishes in the top 10. Something he has been doing with regularity on the Tour the last 3 months. He finished tied for 9th, just 3 strokes back of winner, Jhonattan Vegas, who fired an 8-under 64 to finish -12 and seal the Canadian trophy. Kudos to Cameron Tringale who has been struggling most of this calendar year with a tie for 14th place finish as well.
This week sees the final major of the season at legendary Baltusrol GC in Springfield, NJ, just west of NYC-Newark. 4 Golfing J's will be competing this week with their tee times...
All 4 of these guys are in great shape to qualify for the upcoming FedEx series of tournaments starting in late August (and secure their Tour cards for next year to be joined by Ollie Schniederjans). Kooch will of course be traveling to Brazil to represent Team USA at the Olympics after this PGA Championship.
TNT will have live TV coverage on Thursday and Friday starting at 1pmET. CBS will have live weekend network coverage starting at 2pmET each day.
Thursday weather appears clear but scorching hot. Friday will be likely delays from t'storms as a cool front passes through. The weekend rounds will be much cooler (highs in mid 80's) with slight chance of storms.
Side note, as you know by now, Tech newbie Luke Schniederjans qualified for the US Amateur last week with the low 2-day rounds in Roswell. One Yellow Jacket, current rising junior, James Clark, is participating today and tomorrow in Newnan, GA. He finished Even today which will put him in contention for one of the qualifying slots tomorrow. I'm unsure how many slots are available. There were 4 in Roswell FWIW. The best finishing score as of 2:25pm is -2 with a bunch of guys at -1. Here's a leaderboard for reference... http://www.gsga.org/index.php/competitions/PairingResult/Stroke/2957/729
Good luck to James as he tries to join Luke in getting to the 116th version of the US Amateur Championship - this year August 15-21 at Oakland Hills CC in Bloomfield Township, Michigan.
edit note: low score for Rd 1 in Newnan is -4. 2 guys at -2. And, 5 at -1. These are just for the morning's rounds. Afternoon rounds kicked off just after noon. James will need to throw a low score up there most likely tomorrow to get into the top 4 or 5 and contention to qualify for one of the spots.
This week sees the final major of the season at legendary Baltusrol GC in Springfield, NJ, just west of NYC-Newark. 4 Golfing J's will be competing this week with their tee times...
- Roberto Castro (Thu 8:40am, Fri 1:55pm*)
- Matt Kuchar (Thu 1:05pm, Fri 7:50am*)
- Bryce Molder (Thu 2:15pm*, Fri 9:00am)
- Cameron Tringale (Thu 2:05pm*, Fri 8:50am)
All 4 of these guys are in great shape to qualify for the upcoming FedEx series of tournaments starting in late August (and secure their Tour cards for next year to be joined by Ollie Schniederjans). Kooch will of course be traveling to Brazil to represent Team USA at the Olympics after this PGA Championship.
TNT will have live TV coverage on Thursday and Friday starting at 1pmET. CBS will have live weekend network coverage starting at 2pmET each day.
Thursday weather appears clear but scorching hot. Friday will be likely delays from t'storms as a cool front passes through. The weekend rounds will be much cooler (highs in mid 80's) with slight chance of storms.
Side note, as you know by now, Tech newbie Luke Schniederjans qualified for the US Amateur last week with the low 2-day rounds in Roswell. One Yellow Jacket, current rising junior, James Clark, is participating today and tomorrow in Newnan, GA. He finished Even today which will put him in contention for one of the qualifying slots tomorrow. I'm unsure how many slots are available. There were 4 in Roswell FWIW. The best finishing score as of 2:25pm is -2 with a bunch of guys at -1. Here's a leaderboard for reference... http://www.gsga.org/index.php/competitions/PairingResult/Stroke/2957/729
Good luck to James as he tries to join Luke in getting to the 116th version of the US Amateur Championship - this year August 15-21 at Oakland Hills CC in Bloomfield Township, Michigan.
edit note: low score for Rd 1 in Newnan is -4. 2 guys at -2. And, 5 at -1. These are just for the morning's rounds. Afternoon rounds kicked off just after noon. James will need to throw a low score up there most likely tomorrow to get into the top 4 or 5 and contention to qualify for one of the spots.
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