AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Augusta State’s Josh
Gregory and Mitch Krywulycz are headed to the U.S. Amateur Public
Links Championship in Norman, Okla.
Gregory, entering his eighth year as head coach of the Jaguars, and
Krywulycz, a rising junior from Sylvania, Australia, finished first
and second in a recent U.S. Amateur Publinx qualifier at Furman
Golf Club in Greenville, S.C.
Gregory posted a six-under 138 over 36 holes while Krywulycz was
three shots back at three-under 141.
The U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship, conducted by the USGA,
is slated for July 13-18 at the Jimmie Austin/Oklahoma University
Golf Club in Norman, Okla. Two rounds of stroke-play qualifying (18
holes each) are followed by six rounds of match play, with the
36-hole championship match slated for Saturday, July 18.
For more information, visit the tournament’s website at www.usapl.org.
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Former Jaguar All-American Scott Jamieson recently claimed his
first big professional win.
A four-year letterwinner and All-American as a senior in 2005,
Jamieson captured the Partypoker.com European Championship on the
EuroPro Tour.
He turned in a 54-hole total of nine-under 207 at Prince’s
Golf Club – Shore and Dunes in Sandwich, Kent, England.
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Former ASU standout Wallace Booth makes his European Tour debut on
Thursday, July 9 when he competes in The Barclays Scottish Open at
Loch Lomond Golf Club in Glasgow, Scotland.
Booth earned an invitation to the Scottish Open as the Scottish
Stroke Play Champion. When former amateur and fellow Scottish Golf
Union member Callum Macaulay turned pro, Booth earned an exemption
into the field.
The Golf Channel has live coverage of the Scottish Open, one of the
biggest non-major events on the European Tour, beginning Thursday
morning at 10 a.m. Eastern.
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NOTABLE … ASU newcomer Patrick Reed recently reached the
quarterfinals of the North & South Amateur at Pinehurst’s
No. 2 course … Eventual champion David Chung of Stanford
defeated Reed 1 up … Reed will be a sophomore for the
Jaguars this fall … Krywulycz tied for 18th in the Dogwood
Invitational on July 4 at Druid Hills Golf Club in Atlanta, Ga.
… Krywulycz, who spent last season as a redshirt and will
have two years of eligibility remaining, booked rounds of
71-71-73-68 for a total of five-under 283 … Rising sophomore
Taylor Floyd led a strong ASU contingent with a tie for fifth in
the Southeastern Amateur in Columbus, Ga. … Floyd tied the
competitive course record with an eight-under 63 in the third round
… Several Jags are in action at the Player’s Amateur,
which begins Thursday, July 9 at Belfair Club in Bluffton, S.C.
… For more information, visit www.playersam.com.