Dan Sullivan takes six-stroke SCGA Mid-Amateur Lead

5/1/2017 | by Southern California Golf Association

36-hole leader Dan Sullivan <br>(SCGA Photo)

Sullivan, who lost to Scott Harvey in the semi-finals of the 2016 U.S. Mid-Am, posted 66 and 67 at Palm Desert's Ironwood G.C.

PALM DESERT, CA (May 1, 2017) - The weather wasn't the only thing on fire Monday at the 34th SCGA Mid-Amateur Championship. Dan Sullivan, who last summer advanced to the semifinals of the U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship, blazed Ironwood CC for 36 holes to hold a 6-stroke lead heading into the tournament's final round Tuesday. Sullivan fired rounds of 67 and 66 to sit at 11-under par for the day, which featured temperatures consistently in the high 90s. The strong play from Sullivan was a constant all day. He began Round 1 by carding three straight birdies, and would later put together a stretch on his back nine in which he would birdie four of six holes. His second round would start similarly, with an eagle on the par-5, 480-yard second hole en route to a front nine 31. Looking up at Sullivan on the leaderboard is Trae Cassell of Indio, who put together solid rounds of 68 and 71 for a total of 5-under. A quartet of competitors sit T3 at 4-under par, including Mark Manwaring of Long Beach, who shot the low round of the day in the afternoon, carding six birdies and one eagle in the bogey-free round that catapulted him from T46 on the leaderboard to T3. Kevin Fitzgerald, Bowen Osborn and Kyle Rector also sit at 4-under. For Sullivan, winning the SCGA Mid-Amateur would cross a huge item off of his golf bucket list. With a number of team SCGA titles on his resume, and an SCGA Public Links victory in the books, Sullivan recently named the SCGA Mid-Amateur as a Championship that would be extra special to win. Round three begins Tuesday at 7:30, with groups going off both 1 and 10 tees. The leaders tee off at 8:33 a.m.

Results: SCGA Mid-Amateur

Place	Player	Location	Pts	Scores
1	Dan Sullivan	Pasadena, CA	350	67-66-72=205
T2	J.R. Warthen	Pacific Grove, CA	230	69-74-66=209
T2	Mark Manwaring	Long Beach, CA	230	75-65-69=209
T2	Kyle Rector	San Diego, CA	230	71-69-69=209
T5	Bowen Osborn	Jacksonville, FL	140	72-68-70=210

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About the SCGA Mid-Amateur

The SCGA Mid-Amateur Championship is open to members ages 25 and older with a Handicap Index of 5.4 and below. Competitors undergo 18 holes of qualifying play in order to reach the final field of 84 players. In the Championship, players compete over ...

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