Australian Open: Curtis Luck heads into weekend three back
Curtis Luck
(Golf Australia Photo)
ROSE BAY, Australia (November 18, 2016) -- After a 1-
under 71 in the second round of the Australian Open
amateur Curtis Luck is 6-under and within three shots of
the lead heading into the weekend. When play resumes
on Saturday Luck will be chase lead man James Nitties
who shot a second round 7-under 65 to reach 9-under
and
the top of the leaderboard at Royal Sydney Golf Club.
Luck, currently tied for fourth, came out firing on
Friday with birdies on the 2nd, 3rd and 5th holes to
quickly move to 8-under. However, a string of bogeys
followed that dropped the 2016 U.S. and Asia-Pacific
Amateur winner back to 4-under.
Looking to rebound and move within striking
distance for the weekend Luck dug deep and surged late
with 16th and 18th hole birdies.
Luck is joined in fourth place by the likes of Adam
Scott, Rod Pampling and Todd Sinnott.
Four other amateurs made the cut and will play the
weekend at the Australian Open. The second low
amateur through 36-holes is Min Woo Lee who is just
one shot behind Luck at 5-under and tied for ninth.
Woo Lee was even-par after the first round and
then came out and shot a 5-under 67 on Friday.
Starting
on the 10th hole Woo Lee birdied four times, bogeyed
once and recorded an eagle on the par-5 7th.
The other three amateurs moving on are Harrison
Endycott (-2, T35), Zach Murray (-2, T35) and Travis
Smyth (-2, T35).
Amateurs to Miss the Cut
Austin Bautista (+1, T77)
Brett Coletta (+1, T77)
Daniel Hillier (+2, T89)
Connor Syme (+2, T89)
Zhengkai Bai (+3, T95)
Yuxin Lin (+5, T114)
Zihong Zhang (+6, T119)
Kazuki Higa (+9, T136)
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