3 Golfing J's will compete for the US Amateur next week

[GTJT622]

Starting Monday, Aug. 17, at Olympia Fields CC (Illinois). Tee times for Monday and Tuesday's stroke play qualification rounds in hopes of getting to match play...

Chris Petefish (rising Soph at Tech) of Danville, California, will tee off at 9:40amET Monday & 2:40pmET Tuesday.

Tye Waller (signee entering Tech as a freshman) of Griffin, Georgia, will tee off at 1:10pmET Monday & 8:10amET Tuesday.

Vince Whaley (rising Junior at Tech) of McKinney, Texas, will tee off at 1:30pmET Monday & 8:30amET Tuesday.

Whaley is one of two juniors on Coach Heppler's 2015-2016 roster along with Michael Hines. There will be no seniors on this upcoming season's roster. Tech Golf opens the fall season at the 3-day Carpet Capital Classic in Rocky Face, GA, September 11-13 (Fri-Sun).

The schedule:
Monday, Aug. 17: First round of stroke-play qualifying (18 holes)
Tuesday, Aug. 18: Second round of stroke-play qualifying (18 holes)
Wednesday, Aug. 19: First round of match play
Thursday, Aug. 20: Second and third rounds of match play
Friday, Aug. 21: Quarterfinal round of match play
Saturday, Aug. 22: Semifinal round of match play
Sunday, Aug. 23: Championship match (36 holes)

TV Schedule:
Wednesday, Aug. 19, Round of 64 matches, 3:00-6:00pmET, Fox Sports 1
Thursday, Aug. 20, Round of 32 and 16 matches, 3:00-6:00pmET, Fox Sports 1
Friday, Aug. 21, Quarterfinal matches, 3:00-6:00pmET, Fox Sports 1
Saturday, Aug. 22, Semifinal matches, 3:00-6:00pmET, FOX
Sunday, Aug. 23, Championship match, 3:00-6:00pmET, FOX

Matt Kuchar (1997) and Bobby Jones (1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1930) are former Jackets who have won this event. Good luck to Chris, Tye and Vince next week!!

 

[GTJT622]

Tough day for the guys...

Petefish +3 (tied for 144th)
Whaley and Waller both +5 (tied for 214th)

 

[Texwood]

Dang, that was a rough day. Maybe one of them can go low tomorrow and get into match play.

A very nice young girl who works summers at my club made it to the quarterfinals of the women's amateur last week. She's a junior at SMU.

 

[BornAJacket]

hope the strokes fall tomorrow

 

[GTJT622]

Whaley (+2 today) and Waller (+6 today) are done. Petefish (+3 yesterday) and has a chance if he can throw a -2 or better up there for today's round and then get a little luck from some guys in front of him going over par today. He should be in his front 9 as of 5pmET Tuesday.

Leaderboard: http://www.usga.org/championships/2015/u-s--amateur/scoring.html

(scoring updates only after 9 holes and then after finishing)

 

[Texwood]

He dropped a couple strokes on the front nine with three bogeys and a birdie. Needs a strong finish to make the cut. Thanks for the updates and link.

 

[GTJT622]

USGA site advises 2nd round play was suspended at 8:13pmET/7:13pmCT due to darkness. Petefish's 2nd round back nine has not been updated so I assume he'll have to finish up Wednesday morning.

The projected cut line is at +3 so he needs to shoot a 32 or better to keep playing we can guess. Back nine is par 34.

 

[GTJT622]

Petefish finishes +7 and is done. Good experience for these young guys though. Now, they can get back to the start of the academic school year that kicked off this week and get focused on the fall Jacket schedule.