Malone’s Matthew McClean did not make the 64 qualifiers for the matchplay phases of the US Mid-Beginner by one stroke when he made a sextuple bogey 11 in a second spherical 81 at Troon North Golf Membership in Arizona.
The 2022 champion was one in all 4 co-leaders after opening with a five-under 66 at Troon Nation Membership, however after making bogeys on the second, third, eleventh and twelfth, he ran a sextuple bogey 11 on the par-five 14th to seek out himself outdoors the projected reduce mark.
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He birdied the sixteenth to get again to four-over for the qualifier however bogeyed the seventeenth and carded a 10-over 81 that left him on 5 over and a shot outdoors a 10-man playoff to find out the final three spots within the high 64 right this moment.
Arizona’s Cody Massa and first-time competitor Patrick Dewey from Florida every posted 5-under-par 137 in stroke play to share medalist honours.
Massa adopted a first-round 70 at Troon Nation Membership with a 4-under 67 at Troon North Golf Membership on Sunday, whereas Dewey added an even-par 71 at Troon C.C. to his opening 66.
Three-time champion Stewart Hagestad, 2024 semifinalist Drew Kittleson, 2022 semifinalist Josh Individuals and Ryan O’Rear completed one stroke again at 4-under 138. O’Rear rebounded from a gradual begin Saturday to play his remaining 30 holes in 8 beneath, together with a Sunday 68 at Troon C.C.
“Yeah, that is superior. We’re having a good time,” O’Rear mentioned. “Troon Nation Membership is a implausible golf course, so I’m excited to get to play it once more tomorrow.”
