Mitchell last Illinoisan standing in U.S. Amateur
[Your Name Here]Writing from Olympia Fields, Illinois
Thursday, August 20, 2015
Todd Mitchell of Bloomington survived the U.S. Amateur’s round of 32 this morning on Olympia Fields Country Club’s North Course, and moved into a round of 16 match against Matthew Perrine of Austin, Tex., slated for 1:10 p.m.
His citymate, Alex Burge, was not so fortunate. Burge dropped a 2 up decision to Kyle Mueller of Watkinsville, Ga. Mueller, who knocked off medalist Brett Coletta on Wednesday, rolled in a 60-foot putt with six feet of break on the 18th hole to seal the victory. That’s the same green – usually the ninth in member play – that Jerry Barber made a similar putt on to force a playoff with Don January in the 1961 PGA Championship.
Burge’s Illinois teammate, Thomas Detry, also lost. He fell to Japan’s Kenta Konishi on the 19th hole, Konishi making a five-foot birdie putt to close out the match.
David Cooke, who prepped in Bolingbrook and is a senior at North Carolina State, dropped his match to David Oraee, 2 up.
A full report later today, after the round of 16 concludes.
– Tim Cronin
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