Watch out for the Amateurs...
After posting his second straight 71, Ryan Moore, a Senior at UNLV and winner of the US Am and US Pub Links as well as many other college tournaments is sitting T6 with 2 rounds to go.
Also Luke List posted a solid 69 and is currently T23 after 2 rounds. List is a sophomore at Vanderbilt finished second to Moore at the US Am.
According to golfstat.com, Moore is the #1 ranked college golfer and List is #70. Also, some might remember Casey Wittenberg who is currently T11. Wittenberg left Oklahoma State last year to turn pro and has not done much as a pro.
Hopefully, one of these college or former college folk will be able to beat the so called "big 4."
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Tap Ins...
DiMarco is currently at -10 and will need to continue to race lower as Tiger (-4), Singh (-3), and Phil (-2) are all close behind.
Duval birdied the last two holes to shoot 77. I have a feeling that Duval might actually do something by the end of the year... He appears to be very close.
Paul Casey, who "hates Americans", posted a solid 10 on the 13th hole in the first round. Way to go Paul!
Finally, I love the golf coverage on CBS. Gotta love the Patrons and 54 minutes for every hour of golf coverage! Also, there is no discussion of the prize money and the trophy is a replica of the clubhouse!
3 Comments:
why do you think the amateurs seem to play respectably at the Masters more so than other majors? are there simply more of them in the Masters?
I kinda agree about Duval. At least he's not shooting in the 80s. He actually is playing more like a professional.
I feel that the Amateurs seem to play better because this is a "scoring" golf course. Also, I feel the amateurs might play better because this is "the" promise land for amateur golfers, only 5 get in each year (4 this year because R. Moore won both the pub links and Am). It is also a smaller field.
I feel that the Amateurs might play better because they have had all winter to prep for this tournament while the Open and US Open are during the summer months where the Amateurs are playing week in and week out.
Just a couple thoughts.
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