Georgia’s Mitchell leading Southern Amateur

7/19/2012 | by

Keith Mitchell

Keith Mitchell takes lead at Southern Amateur with borrowed clubs

LITTLE ROCK, AR (July 19, 2012) -– Georgia rising junior Keith Mitchell, playing with a throw-together set of clubs in a UGA team bag bearing the name of ex-teammate Harris English, surged into the halfway lead Thursday in the 106th Southern Amateur at Chenal CC. Two weather delays will force a handful of players to finish their second round Saturday morning. Mitchell, whose clubs were stolen out of his car two weeks ago, cobbled together an assortment of clubs borrowed from several UGA teammates and used team golf bag he found in the Georgia locker room that English had used before turning pro last year. Harris won the Southern Am last July at Innisbrook Resort near Tampa, then turned pro and is having a good first year on the PGA Tour. His bag, however, with his name in large letters, could win the Southern Am back-to-back if Mitchell keeps up the play that has led to an 8-under total of 136. “I told Harris I was using his bag before he headed over to England last week (for the British Open) and he said he hoped it would bring me luck,” mused Mitchell, a Chattanooga native. “Winning this would be big. This is one of the truly premier amateur events,” he said. Two shots off the pace at 138 is recent Central Florida grad Brad Schneider and N.C. State rising senior Hunter Howell. The inspirational little (5’6”, 140 lbs) Schneider of Valrico, FL, won the David Toms Award this year after overcoming a shattered femur, complications from surgery and spending four months in a hospital bed before gradually walking and successfully returning to competitive golf. Howell raced off to five straight birdies Thursday en route to the day’s low round of 67. World No. 11 ranked amateur Bobby Wyatt of Mobile, AL, moved into contention and is 5-under with one hole to play. The field will be cut for the final two rounds Friday and Saturday.

Results: Southern Amateur

Place	Player	Location	Pts	Scores
T1	Peter Williamson	Hanover, NH	1000	70-69-70-67--276
T1	Bobby Wyatt	Mobile, AL	1000	71-68-70-67--276
3	Daniel Berger	Jupiter, FL	500	70-72-68-67--277
T4	John Catlin	Carmichael, CA	500	71-74-70-69--284
T4	Talor Gooch	Midwest City, OK	500	76-69-69-70--284

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About the Southern Amateur

The Southern Amateur, which dates back to 1902, is one of two competitions held by the Southern Golf Association (the other is the Southern Junior). This is a 72-hole stroke play championship with a cut made after 36 holes. Entries are open to any ma...

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