NORMAN, Okla. – UNC Greensboro incoming freshman Robert Hoadley fired an opening round 69 to sit in a tie for sixth at the 84th USGA Amateur Public Links Champions at Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club.
In the first of two rounds of stroke play, Hoadley went out and promptly birdied the first two holes of the day, having teed off at No. 10. He ran off seven straight pars before a bogey at No. 1. He then put together five more consecutive pars before a birdie at No. 7 and two more pars to close the round at 69.
Canadian Nick Taylor fired an opening round 66 to hold the lead. Taylor, who recently tied for 36th and was the low amateur at the 2009 U.S. Open at Bethpage State Park, arrived in Norman fresh off avictory one week ago at the Sahalee Players Championship – a prestigious amateur event held at the site of the 2010 U.S. Senior Open, Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Wash. The University of Washington senior kept his remarkable summer going at the Amateur Public Links with a six birdie, one bogey effort that included a 4-under-par 31 on his second nine.
Fourteen players out of 155 qualifiers carded sub-par rounds on Monday. The top 64 players will advance to match play as of now, that cut sits at three-over par.
Defending champion Jack Newman, 21, of Des Moines, Iowa, shot a 7-over-par 78. He finished tied for 39th in the PGA Tour's John Deere Classic in Silvis, Ill., on Sunday and then drove through the night to arrive in Norman, Okla., in time to begin his first round as the defending champion of the U.S. Amateur Public Links.
Hoadley, a native of Southern Pines, N.C. who won his local qualifier to gain entry in the tournament, will tee it up at 8:13 am central time on Tuesday in his effort to move into Wednesday's field of 64.
The U.S. Amateur Public Links, established in 1922 for bona fide public course players, is one of 13 national championships conducted annually by the United States Golf Association, 10 of which are strictly for amateurs. The APL is open to amateur golfers who have been bona fide public course players since Jan. 1 of the current championship year and have not held privileges of any course that does not extend playing privileges to the general public or privileges of any private club maintaining its own course and hold a USGA Handicap Index not exceeding 4.4.
The 2010 APL Championship will be played at Bryan Park's Champions Course.
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First round results – 84th USGA Amateur Public Links Championship
1
TAYLOR, Nick
66
2
GEYER, Nick
67
T3
LONG, Jace
68
T3
FREEMAN, Ben
68
T3
FOWLER, Rickie
68
T6
MARIN, Chris
69
T6
HOADLEY, Robert
69
T6
FRAME, Hank
69
T9
OBERGOENNER, Todd
70
T9
GUTHRIE, Luke
70
T9
AN, Jake
70
T9
GALKO, Steve
70
T9
SAUER, Jon
70
T9
BENJAMIN, Brad
70
T15
KNAPP, Sean
71
T15
SIKES, Tommy
71
T15
BRYAN, Phillip
71
T15
ROSS, Travis
71
T15
BROWN, Michael
71
T15
CRICK, Brandon
71
T15
DENNIS, Jeff
71
T22
SCIALO, Christopher
72
T22
CHIEN, Sam
72
T22
OLSON, Eddie
72
T22
WOLFE, Jared
72
T22
MCDANIEL, David
72
T22
ROBERTS, Andy
72
T22
LYONS, Sam
72
T22
PALADINO, Cody
72
T22
NAGY, Corey
72
T22
HAMMOCK, Cason
72
T22
BARLOW, Zach
72
T22
ALBERTSON, Anders
72
T22
O'NEILL, Peter
72
T22
MAEKAWA, Sean
72
T22
KIM, Lion
72
T37
POIRIER, Garren
73
T37
CHIN, John
73
T37
JONES, Josh
73
T37
LOGAN, Liam
73
T37
JOHNSTUN, Jordan
73
T37
WILSON, Chase
73
T37
MARQUEZ, Braxton
73
T37
MURRAY, Tommy
73
T37
JONES, Ricky
73
T37
BOWMAN, Austin
73
T37
NAGY, Matt
73
T37
PEREZ, Ryan
73
T37
WILLIAMS, Jeff
73
T37
BARTON, Scott
73
T37
CYR, Craig
73
T37
BRYAN, Wesley
73
T37
BROWN, Zahkai
73
T37
WILLIAMSON, Peter
73
T37
MUNSON, Brett
73
T37
WHITNEY, Tom
73
T37
POLSKI, Chris
73
T58
BLAUM, Brent
74
T58
KIM, Sihwan
74
T58
JOHNSON, David
74
T58
BROCK, Josh
74
T58
KRYWULYCZ, Mitch
74
T58
WEBSTER JR, Gene
74
T58
PECK, Cameron
74
T58
GREGORY, Josh
74
T58
YI, Sang
74
T58
ERKENBECK, James
74
T58
SPAUN, J J
74
T58
SURI, Julian
74
T58
BOOTH, Brent
74
T71
TIMBY, Thomas
75
T71
LEWIS, Danny
75
T71
HASKELL, Brian
75
T71
SCHULTZ, Jack
75
T71
ANDERSON JR, Alton
75
T71
IGNASIAK, Michael
75
T71
NEWTON, Scott
75
T71
SEBERT, Zach
75
T71
MASSIE, Jesse
75
T71
LANSBURGH, Peter
75
T71
RIESEN, Robert
75
T71
FLYNN, Brenton
75
T71
PETTS, Thomas
75
T71
PIERCE, Bryan
75
T71
DAMUS, Federico
75
T71
SCOTT, Kyle
75
T71
WILSON, Steven
75
T71
MARCHIORI, Brian
75
T71
LEE, John
75
T90
KRETZ, Kelly
76
T90
MADIGAN, Tim
76
T90
LINDSTROM, Jon
76
T90
FRAME, Andrew
76
T90
BLACK, Ryan
76
T90
NOTO, Andrew
76
T90
FISHER, Tim
76
T90
HASTINGS, Brad
76
T90
WILLIAMS, Spencer
76
T90
MCCARTNEY, Bobby
76
T90
SLOANE, Ryan
76
T90
BLAIR, Zack
76
T90
DEWLING, James
76
T90
KIRBY, Mike
76
T90
HOM, Ryan
76
T90
FLORES, Erik
76
T106
WOOD, Jason
77
T106
KAY, Tim
77
T106
SHUEY, Jordan
77
T106
MCCARTHY, Thomas
77
T106
MLYNARSKI, John
77
T106
BROWN, Jon
77
T106
PETERMAN, Kyle
77
T106
HANSEN, Andy
77
T106
SULLIVAN, Dan
77
T106
JOHNSON, Eric
77
T116
WILLIAMS, Matthew
78
T116
GREIL, Maximilian
78
T116
LEE, Beon Yeong
78
T116
ERDMAN, Kellen
78
T116
VORNSAND, Josh
78
T116
ALOI, Anthony
78
T116
MCCONNELL, Ian
78
T116
PRITCHARD, Kyle
78
T116
NEWMAN, Jack
78
T116
DOYLE, Brendan
78
T116
MILLS, Corbin
78
T116
DALGA, Jared
78
T116
HOFFMAN, Ian
78
T129
WILKERSON, Cash
79
T129
HONG, Skyler
79
T129
JENNINGS, David
79
T129
MONAS, Kent
79
T129
ZANE, Stephen
79
T129
PALADINO, Brent
79
T129
FISCHER, Zack
79
T129
SHAW, Brent
79
T137
BOLL, Randall
80
T137
DARBY, John
80
T137
MILLER, Scott
80
T137
SMITH, David
80
T141
WENTWORTH, Kevin
81
T141
HAMM, Tim
81
T141
SHIN, Donnie
81
T141
BOWMAN, Trevor
81
T141
MCCASLIN, Jonathan
81
T146
NOEL, Marc
82
T146
RUST, Dillon
82
T146
GILLETT, Lance
82
T149
SEXTON, Scott
83
T149
LEACH, Kyle
83
151
VICKERMAN, Ted
84
T152
SANDERS, Greg
85
T152
MAY, Michael
85
T154
ARCHER, Joel
87
T154
VOLPENHEIN, Alex
87
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