Great Gavin leads Dixie Amateur at halfway stage after brilliant 62
No Scot has ever won the Dixie men's amateur golf championship in Florida - but Gavin Dear from Scone, a member of Murrayshall Golf Club, Perth, appears to have an excellent chance of ending the 78 "barren" years.
Dear, pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency, leads by two shots at the halfway stage of the 72-hole tournament at Heron Bay Golf Club, Coral Springs after a brilliant second round of 10-under-par 62 - over a course measuring 7258yd - for a 12-under-par tally of 132.
Dear, Wallace Booth and Callum Macaulay won the Eisenhower Trophy world men's amateur team championship for Scotland at Royal Adelaide in October.
The Dixie tournament is the biggest amateur golf event of the Festive season in Florida and this year's field of close on 200 includes many US college players.
The two other Scots in the starting line-up, Carnoustie's Keir McNicoll and Murrayshall member Steven Hume from Errol failed to survive the halfway cut even though they shot level par 144. Hume had a pair of 72s, McNicoll a 71 and 73.
"Gavin just went daft in the second round for his 62. Hopefully he can go on to win it," said Keir McNicoll.
The leading 60 players and ties who will contest the final two rounds all had to shoot at least one-under-par 143 or better.
No Scot has ever won the Dixie men's amateur golf championship in Florida - but Gavin Dear from Scone, a member of Murrayshall Golf Club, Perth, appears to have an excellent chance of ending the 78 "barren" years.
Dear, pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency, leads by two shots at the halfway stage of the 72-hole tournament at Heron Bay Golf Club, Coral Springs after a brilliant second round of 10-under-par 62 - over a course measuring 7258yd - for a 12-under-par tally of 132.
Dear, Wallace Booth and Callum Macaulay won the Eisenhower Trophy world men's amateur team championship for Scotland at Royal Adelaide in October.
The Dixie tournament is the biggest amateur golf event of the Festive season in Florida and this year's field of close on 200 includes many US college players.
The two other Scots in the starting line-up, Carnoustie's Keir McNicoll and Murrayshall member Steven Hume from Errol failed to survive the halfway cut even though they shot level par 144. Hume had a pair of 72s, McNicoll a 71 and 73.
"Gavin just went daft in the second round for his 62. Hopefully he can go on to win it," said Keir McNicoll.
The leading 60 players and ties who will contest the final two rounds all had to shoot at least one-under-par 143 or better.
If Gavin Dear could win the Dixie title he would be following in the footsteps of such previous winners at Frank Stranahan, Lanny Wadkins, Andy Bean, Hal Sutton and Jesper Parnevik.
The Scotland international leads by two shots from Bradenton Golf Academy, Florida student Byeong-Hun An and Ohio State University player Vaughn Snyder. An had a 63 in his second round and Snyder a 65.
LEADERBOARD
Par 144 (2 x 72)
132 Gavin Dear (Murrayshall) 70 62.
134 Byeong-Hun Ann (Bradenton Academy) 71 63, Vaughn Snyder (Ohio State University) 69 65.
135 Brady Exeber (Las Vegas) 69 66.
LEADERBOARD
Par 144 (2 x 72)
132 Gavin Dear (Murrayshall) 70 62.
134 Byeong-Hun Ann (Bradenton Academy) 71 63, Vaughn Snyder (Ohio State University) 69 65.
135 Brady Exeber (Las Vegas) 69 66.
136 Peter Uhlein (Oklahoma State Univ) 69 67, Veinaon Polini (Princesse Anne CC) 66 70.
137 David Chung (Stanford Univ) 70 67, J C Horne (North Florida Univ) 73 64, Greg O'Mahony (Nova SE Univ)) 70 67, Mathieu Rivard (Royal Bromont) 70 67, Aaron Fitzpatrick (Texas Tech Univ) 68 69.
Selected scores:
MISSED THE CUT (143 or better)
144 Keir McNicoll (Carnoustie) 71 73, Steven Hume (Murrayshall) 72 72.
Labels: Amateur Men
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