US MEN'S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
LLOYD WELL PLACED BUT RICHIE NEEDS
VERY GOOD SECOND ROUND
Walker Cup Scots Lloyd Saltman (Craigielaw) and Richie Ramsay (Royal Aberdeen) had contrasting fortunes in the first of two qualifying rounds for the United States men's amateur championship at Chaska, Minnesota.
Two courses are being used to whittle a field of 312 entries down to 64 qualifiers for the match-play stages which begin on Wednesday and end on Sunday with a 36-hole final.
Lloyd Saltman was playing the "easier" Chaska Town Course and had a two-under-par 69 (best score was a 60 at this venue), while Richie played the par-72 tougher Hazeltine National course - over which the championship proper will be played - and struggled a wee bit to come off with a three-over-par 75 (37-38).
The United States Golf Association has lumped together all the qualifying scores so that Lloyd is joint eighth overall and Richie is 86th. This is a bit misleading as the players exchange courses today and those with the higher scores on Hazeltine National on Monday are liable to score a few less over the Chaska Town course - and vice versa, of course.
SCOREBOARD
FIRST QUALIFYING ROUND
CHASKA TOWN COURSE
(6,843yd, par 71)
60 Billy Horschell (Florida) 30-30.
66 Mark Harrell (Georgia) 31-35, Eddie Olson (California) 33-33.
68 Kyle Davis (Pennsylvania) 34-34, Mark Sommerfield (Canada) 34-34, Shane Prante (Washington) 32-36.
69 Lloyd Saltman (Scotland) 33-36, Jordan Cox (California) 32-37, Rickie Fowler (California) 33-36, Beck Troueman (Mississippi) 35-34.
Other scores on this course:
72 Robert Dinwiddie (England) 34-38.
HAZELTINE NATIONAL
(7,473yd, par 72)
68 Dustin Johnson (South Carolina) 33-35.
71 David Merkow (Wisconsiin) 35-36.
73 Rhys Davies (Wales) 36-37.
Other scores on this course:
72 Pablo Martin (Spain) 36-36, Oliver Fisher (England) 36-36.
75 Richie Ramsay (Scotland) 37-38.
VERY GOOD SECOND ROUND
Walker Cup Scots Lloyd Saltman (Craigielaw) and Richie Ramsay (Royal Aberdeen) had contrasting fortunes in the first of two qualifying rounds for the United States men's amateur championship at Chaska, Minnesota.
Two courses are being used to whittle a field of 312 entries down to 64 qualifiers for the match-play stages which begin on Wednesday and end on Sunday with a 36-hole final.
Lloyd Saltman was playing the "easier" Chaska Town Course and had a two-under-par 69 (best score was a 60 at this venue), while Richie played the par-72 tougher Hazeltine National course - over which the championship proper will be played - and struggled a wee bit to come off with a three-over-par 75 (37-38).
The United States Golf Association has lumped together all the qualifying scores so that Lloyd is joint eighth overall and Richie is 86th. This is a bit misleading as the players exchange courses today and those with the higher scores on Hazeltine National on Monday are liable to score a few less over the Chaska Town course - and vice versa, of course.
SCOREBOARD
FIRST QUALIFYING ROUND
CHASKA TOWN COURSE
(6,843yd, par 71)
60 Billy Horschell (Florida) 30-30.
66 Mark Harrell (Georgia) 31-35, Eddie Olson (California) 33-33.
68 Kyle Davis (Pennsylvania) 34-34, Mark Sommerfield (Canada) 34-34, Shane Prante (Washington) 32-36.
69 Lloyd Saltman (Scotland) 33-36, Jordan Cox (California) 32-37, Rickie Fowler (California) 33-36, Beck Troueman (Mississippi) 35-34.
Other scores on this course:
72 Robert Dinwiddie (England) 34-38.
HAZELTINE NATIONAL
(7,473yd, par 72)
68 Dustin Johnson (South Carolina) 33-35.
71 David Merkow (Wisconsiin) 35-36.
73 Rhys Davies (Wales) 36-37.
Other scores on this course:
72 Pablo Martin (Spain) 36-36, Oliver Fisher (England) 36-36.
75 Richie Ramsay (Scotland) 37-38.
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