AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Augusta State head men’s golf coach Josh Gregory carded a two-under 68 Thursday and is in second place after one round of the Georgia Amateur Championship at Idle Hour Club in Macon, Ga.
Gregory, coming off a third-place finish in the Palmetto Amateur three weeks ago in Aiken, S.C., notched a pair of one-under 34’s on each side of the par-70, 6,617-yard layout. He trails leader Robert Sheats of Atlanta by two shots.
Inclement weather forced a delay of more than two hours, with 44 of the 156 players in the field not able to complete their first round.
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ASU’s Carter Newman posted a one-under 69 Thursday in the first round of the Players Amateur at Belfair Golf Club in Bluffton, S.C.
A rising sophomore, Newman is tied for 19th place, four shots off the lead held by John Tyler Griffin, Matthew Griffin and Josh Younger. Rising junior Mitch Krywulycz and recent graduate Keith Guest turned in a pair of three-over 73’s and are tied for 55th.
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In the pro ranks, former All-American Vaughn Taylor booked a three-under 68 Thursday in the first round of the John Deere Classic at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Ill.
Taylor is tied for 28th, four strokes behind co-leaders Ken Duke and Charlie Wi.
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Oliver Wilson shot an even-par 71 Thursday in the European Tour’s Scottish Open at Loch Lomond Golf Club.
Wilson, who is paired with world No. 2 Phil Mickelson and world No. 56 Ross Fisher for the opening two rounds, is tied for 77th place and is seven shots off the pace of Thailand’s Thongchai Jaidee and Sweden’s Alex Noren.
Wilson, along with former Jaguar teammate Jamie Elson, is in the field for next week’s Open Championship at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, Merseyside, England.
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