Aug. 24, 2011
Live scoring (USGA.org)
ERIN, Wis. -- Two members of the Texas Men’s Golf team advanced to the Round of 64 at the U.S. Amateur Championship on Wednesday. Freshman Jordan Spieth tied for eighth place in the stroke play portion of the championship at 5-under-par 137 (68-69) and senior Dylan Frittelli finished at 2-under 140 (74-66) and tied for 31st place.
Spieth earned the No. 11 seed in the match play bracket and with face No. 54 Jade Scott (Daingerfield, Texas) at 7:30 p.m. Central tonight. No. 40 Frittelli began his match against No. 25 Jim Markovitz (Bridgeville, Pa.) at approximately 4 p.m.
The second round resumed at 7:30 a.m. today at Blue Mound but fog delayed the resumption at Erin Hills until 8:55 a.m. Tuesday’s second round was suspended due to darkness after a 3-hour, 40-minute weather delay in the morning.
Gregor Main, 22, of Danville, Calif., earned medalist honors by tying for the lowest 36-hole stroke-play qualifying score in U.S. Amateur Championship history Wednesday with a 10-under-par 132.
The 2011 U.S. Amateur Championship consists of 36 holes of stroke play followed by six rounds of match play, with the championship scheduled to conclude with a 36-hole final on Sunday.
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