Tim Jackson (50) leads US amateur qualifying
American Tim Jackson, twice winner of the USGA Mid-Amateur championship, shot a two-under 68 to take the lead after the first qualifying round of the U.S. Amateur Championship at Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Jackson, 50, made three birdies against one bogey at Southern Hills Country Club. Jackson, from Germantown, Tennessee, was the only player in the field of 156 to beat par. golfer in the field at Southern Hills. Four players managed to shoot 1-under at the second qualifying venue, Cedar Ridge Country Club in Broken Arrow.
A maximum qualifying aggregate of 147 is predicted to reach the match-play stages.
Shooting one-under at Cedar Ridge were Matthew Broome of Barrington, R.I., John Peterson of Fort Worth, Texas, Will Strickler of Gainesville, Fla. And Cameron Tringale of Laguna Niguel, Calif.
American Tim Jackson, twice winner of the USGA Mid-Amateur championship, shot a two-under 68 to take the lead after the first qualifying round of the U.S. Amateur Championship at Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Jackson, 50, made three birdies against one bogey at Southern Hills Country Club. Jackson, from Germantown, Tennessee, was the only player in the field of 156 to beat par. golfer in the field at Southern Hills. Four players managed to shoot 1-under at the second qualifying venue, Cedar Ridge Country Club in Broken Arrow.
A maximum qualifying aggregate of 147 is predicted to reach the match-play stages.
Shooting one-under at Cedar Ridge were Matthew Broome of Barrington, R.I., John Peterson of Fort Worth, Texas, Will Strickler of Gainesville, Fla. And Cameron Tringale of Laguna Niguel, Calif.
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