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Golf Australia National Squad and Cottesloe member Curtis Luck has finished right on the cut line at 2-over par after two rounds of Stroke Play at the US Amateur. In a nail-biting finish to the day, he will now go to sudden death with 17 others, playing for 4 spots in the Match Play section of this year’s championship.
312 starters completed the stroke-play qualifying at the US Amateur at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Georgia. The field played 18 either at the par-71 Highlands Course (which will host the match-play for the top 64-qualifiers) and then swap over an play their second 18 with the other course the par-72 Riverlands Course.
Luck finished the highest of the seven Australians after the stroke play, and it will be a nervous wait overnight to see if he will be the lone Aussie contesting the match play.
Gosnells’ Jarryd Felton made a huge comeback in the second round, shooting a 70, one of the best scores for the day, to finish just outside the cut at 3-over.
Victorian Lucas Herbert missed the qualifying mark after rounds of 74-72 as did Ryan Ruffels (76-71) and Queensland’s Taylor MacDonald who slipped to a 79 after a first round 68. Fellow Queenslander Kade McBride finished at 10-over par.
Curtis was off early at 8.10 and shot an even par 72 at the Riverside course before a long afternoon waiting to hear how his total of 2-over par would go in making the round of 64 match play.