WEB.COM TOUR REPORT AND SCORES
JIMMY GUNN MISSES ANOTHER CUT
IN SOUTH AMERICA - BY FOUR SHOTS
Jimmy Gunn missed another cut on the Web.com Tour on Saturday. In the fourth event of the United States' No 2 pro tour, the Arizona-based Dornoch exile shot 71-75 for 146 - four shots too many to qualify for the final two rounds of the Panama Claro Championship at Panama City.
Gunn's second-round scorecard summed up how he is playing on the South American swing.
He reached the turn in 33 ... so far, so good.
Then came a horrific inward half of 42 shots with double bogey 6s at the 11th and 16th and single shots dropped at the 12th, 13th, 14th and 17th.
MAN FROM DOWN UNDER REMAINS
ON TOP AT PANAMA CITY
FROM THE WEB.COM TOUR WEBSITE
IN SOUTH AMERICA - BY FOUR SHOTS
Jimmy Gunn missed another cut on the Web.com Tour on Saturday. In the fourth event of the United States' No 2 pro tour, the Arizona-based Dornoch exile shot 71-75 for 146 - four shots too many to qualify for the final two rounds of the Panama Claro Championship at Panama City.
Gunn's second-round scorecard summed up how he is playing on the South American swing.
He reached the turn in 33 ... so far, so good.
Then came a horrific inward half of 42 shots with double bogey 6s at the 11th and 16th and single shots dropped at the 12th, 13th, 14th and 17th.
MAN FROM DOWN UNDER REMAINS
ON TOP AT PANAMA CITY
FROM THE WEB.COM TOUR WEBSITE
Panama City, Panama – Australian Aron Price fired a 1-under 69
Saturday and remained atop a packed leaderboard after 54 holes of the
Panama Claro Championship, the fourth stop on the Web.com Tour’s 2014
schedule.
Price started the day tied with Scott Parel (75) at 6-under 134 and offset three bogeys with four birdies which was just enough to inch away from the field and post a 7-under 203 total, one better than rookie Carlos Ortiz (66), Aussie Steve Allan (67) and Texan Roland Thatcher (67).
Andrew Putnam (68), Brasil Champions winner Jon Curran (70) and Californian Mark Hubbard (70) are only two off the pace heading into Sunday’s finale which will start with 17 players within four shots of Price’s lead.
“My job today was to try and keep my patience, that’s absolutely the name of the game on this course,” said Price, who also held a one-shot lead after he opened Thursday with a 4-under 66. “I know it’s a cliché but most of this game is played in your head.”
With golf balls bouncing on concrete-like grass, the name of the game is finding a way to control distance both off the tee and into the green.
“I think anything under par is a good score out here,” said Allan, whose only bogey was a three-putt on the par-3, 6ith. “If you shoot even-par you haven’t played poorly.”
The early starters took advantage of kinder and gentler conditions and posted the day’s best rounds. Louisville grad Derek Fathauer, who shot a 59 in a practice round last week, carded the day’s best, a 5-under 65 which moved him into a tie for eighth.
Ortiz teed off well ahead of the leaders jumped into contention early. The 22-year old from Mexico had four birdies and an eagle and was the clubhouse leader at 6-under for most of the day.
“I wasn’t trying to shoot a particular score,” he said. “With the wind you never know how the scores are going to be. Anything under par I knew was going to be okay and I’ll take 4-under every day.”
Ortiz cashed in with two birdies and an eagle on his first four holes and then played even-par the rest of the way. The highlight of the day was his under-the-tree punch 6-iron from 185 yards that stopped five feet from the cup at No. 4.
“I wound up left in the trees and that’s all I could do,” he said. “I just needed to keep it low and under the branches and it just rolled up there.”
Price started the day tied with Scott Parel (75) at 6-under 134 and offset three bogeys with four birdies which was just enough to inch away from the field and post a 7-under 203 total, one better than rookie Carlos Ortiz (66), Aussie Steve Allan (67) and Texan Roland Thatcher (67).
Andrew Putnam (68), Brasil Champions winner Jon Curran (70) and Californian Mark Hubbard (70) are only two off the pace heading into Sunday’s finale which will start with 17 players within four shots of Price’s lead.
“My job today was to try and keep my patience, that’s absolutely the name of the game on this course,” said Price, who also held a one-shot lead after he opened Thursday with a 4-under 66. “I know it’s a cliché but most of this game is played in your head.”
With golf balls bouncing on concrete-like grass, the name of the game is finding a way to control distance both off the tee and into the green.
“I think anything under par is a good score out here,” said Allan, whose only bogey was a three-putt on the par-3, 6ith. “If you shoot even-par you haven’t played poorly.”
The early starters took advantage of kinder and gentler conditions and posted the day’s best rounds. Louisville grad Derek Fathauer, who shot a 59 in a practice round last week, carded the day’s best, a 5-under 65 which moved him into a tie for eighth.
Ortiz teed off well ahead of the leaders jumped into contention early. The 22-year old from Mexico had four birdies and an eagle and was the clubhouse leader at 6-under for most of the day.
“I wasn’t trying to shoot a particular score,” he said. “With the wind you never know how the scores are going to be. Anything under par I knew was going to be okay and I’ll take 4-under every day.”
Ortiz cashed in with two birdies and an eagle on his first four holes and then played even-par the rest of the way. The highlight of the day was his under-the-tree punch 6-iron from 185 yards that stopped five feet from the cup at No. 4.
“I wound up left in the trees and that’s all I could do,” he said. “I just needed to keep it low and under the branches and it just rolled up there.”
• Saturday weather: Mostly sunny. Wind NNW 12-18 mph with gusts 20-25 mph. Temperature high of 93 degrees.
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