08-15-2019, 04:10 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-15-2019, 04:15 PM by Viking_Guy.)
Spiny--
Yep, Isaiah didn't have his putter today, and failed to take advantage of a lot of chances. He finished bogie bogie birdie par bogie bogie, three over on the last six.
The tee shot on 18 was notable because his opponent had already put his ball in the woods, and Salinda took it into "hold my beer" territory. He had to hit first on his attempted recovery from a bad spot, ending up trying to just center his ball hitting a low runner across the fairway, and overhit it through the rough into the far side scrub. Then hit his third to just off the front edge, about 80 feet from the cup. His opponent knew all he had to do was hit a safe recovery layup, then get close, and force Salinda to hole his chip shot.
More generally, the leaders in stroke play vanished. Highest finisher is now #12 out of 64, and only one of the top ten, #2 Ricky Castillo, made it to the round of 16.
VG
Yep, Isaiah didn't have his putter today, and failed to take advantage of a lot of chances. He finished bogie bogie birdie par bogie bogie, three over on the last six.
The tee shot on 18 was notable because his opponent had already put his ball in the woods, and Salinda took it into "hold my beer" territory. He had to hit first on his attempted recovery from a bad spot, ending up trying to just center his ball hitting a low runner across the fairway, and overhit it through the rough into the far side scrub. Then hit his third to just off the front edge, about 80 feet from the cup. His opponent knew all he had to do was hit a safe recovery layup, then get close, and force Salinda to hole his chip shot.
More generally, the leaders in stroke play vanished. Highest finisher is now #12 out of 64, and only one of the top ten, #2 Ricky Castillo, made it to the round of 16.
VG