U.S. Open: Fitzpatrick makes weekend cut
Matthew Fitzpatrick
PINEHURST, N.C. (June 13, 2014) --
University
of
Alabama star Cory Whitsett fired a 1-under 69
on
Friday but it wasn't enough to sneak him
under
the
cut line at the 2014 U.S. Open at Pinehurst
No.
2.
Whitsett missed the 5-over 145 cut by just a
shot,
leaving reigning U.S. Amateur champion
Matthew
Fitzpatrick as the only amateur golfer to make
the
cut at the U.S. Open.
Fitzpatrick shot 1-over 71 on Thursday and
shot
3-
over 73 on Friday to finish the first two days
of
the
event at 144 and two shots under the cut line
heading into the weekend.
Fitzpatrick, of course, also won low amateurs
at
the
British Open last year before being named to
the
Great Britain & Ireland Walker Cup team.
After
just
one semester at Northwestern University,
Fitzpatrick
left the school to focus on his game full-time.
He
intends to turn professional after this
weekend's
play
and recently took a Top 25 at the RBC
Heritage
at
Harbour Town on Hilton Head Island.
Vanderbilt's Hunter Stewart and Illinois star
Brian
Campbell also finished at 146 and just outside
of the
36-hole cut.
Stanford's Cameron Wilson, who won the
NCAA
Championship earlier this month, shot an even
par
70 in Round 2 but it wasn't enough to get him
under
the cut line after a tough opening-round 78.
2014 U.S. OPEN AMATEUR SCORES:
Matthew Fitzpatrick 71-73--144
Cory
Whitsett
77-69--146
Hunter Stewart 75-71-
-146
Brian Campbell 76-70-
-146
Cameron
Wilson 78-70-148
Maverick McNealy 74-
76-
-150
Robby Shelton 78-75-
-153
Oliver
Goss 71-83--154
Brandon McIver 82-73-
-155
Will Grimmer 77-80-
-157
Andrew
Dorn 79-80--159
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