Texas (TGA) Public Links Championship: Miskell Medals with 64
SAN ANTONIO, TX (June 2, 2011) -- The
conditions couldn’t have been any more
favorable for low scores during the opening
round of the State Public Links Championship
which is being held at Brackenridge Park Golf
Course in San Antonio, TX. Minimal wind and
warm temperatures set the stage for twenty
players to find themselves under par after the
completion of the stroke play qualifying round
of the Public Links Championship. After a 7 for
4 man playoff, thirty-two men have qualified
for tomorrow’s match play portion of the
championship.
Terrence Miskell, the
2007 Public Links Champion, claimed the
medalist honors after firing a seven-under-par,
64. Miskell’s sixty-four was one better than the
two-time defending San Antonio Junior City
Amateur champ, Andrew Carreon, who posted
a six-under-par,65. Miskell started with three
birdies and a lone bogey on his opening nine
before catching fire and posting a thirty on the
back nine which included three birdies and an
eagle. Carreon’s bogey free round included four
birdies and an eagle. After a stroke play
qualifying cut of 73 (+2), thirty-two men find
themselves changing gears to prepare for
tomorrow’s match play portion of the
championship at the historic Brackenridge Park
Golf Course.
The State Public Links is
scheduled for 18 holes of stroke play qualifying
on Thursday, June 2, with the low 32 players
advancing to the match play portion of the
championship. First and second round
matches will be played on Friday. The
quarterfinals and semifinals will be played
Saturday, with the finals on Sunday.
Entries are open to male amateur golfers
who are members of the Texas Golf
Association, are residents of the state of
Texas, and have a USGA Handicap Index of 8.4
or less. Additionally, all applicants must meet
the USGA definition of a public golfer (i.e.,
applicants may not have held privileges of any
course that does not extend playing privileges
to the general public, or privileges of any
private club maintaining its own course as of
January 1, 2011).