He’s his own caddy, and his caddy does a hell of a job.
Tim Hogarth shot 7 under 65 and finished 10 over 36 holes to win medalists in the US Senior Amateur at the Detroit Country Club at Grosse Pointe Farms.
Hogarth of Northridge, California set two records for the championship. His 65 was the lowest score in US senior amateur stroke play history, and his 134 two-round total was the best of 36 holes. And he’s done all of that while carrying his own rackets this week, in pretty intense heat, no less. He will now have the top seeded player starting on Monday.
“You know this is exciting,” Hogarth said afterwards of the records. “Every time you do something that is significant in history, I am proud of it.”
This is the third time Hogarth has received medalists at a United States Golf Association championship. In 1996 he won the US Amateur Public Links Championship.
This week marks his 37th USGA appearance and his first US Senior Amateur. In June he reached the age requirement of 55 years.
In stroke play, he was four shots ahead of Chip Lutz of Reading, Pennsylvania. Another setback was Sean Knapp of Oakmont, Pennsylvania and Sherill Britt of West End, Pennsylvania.
US SENIOR AMATEUR MATCH PLAY MOUNT
At 3 under and in sixth place was Ovid’s Jerry Gunthorpe, who is promoted to 64-player match play. He followed a 71 on the first lap with a 70 on the second lap. He is accompanied in match play by Kevin VandenBerg, who tied on points in 21st place; VandenBerg now lives in New York but was previously Michigan based and won the 2000 Triple Crown of Michigan Golf – the Michigan Amateur, the Golf Association of Michigan’s Championship, and the GAM’s Mid-Amateur.
Commerce Township’s Tom Gieselman bounced back from a 76 opening with a 70 to make matchplay, and Orchard Lake’s Rich Herpich made after his 76.
Chris Chocola of Harbor Springs (8 above) and Mark Eriksen of Clarkston (16 above) missed the cut.
Hogarth made birdies on four of his last five holes and played a morning tee time in relatively calm conditions. He could have had the single-round and 36-hole scoring records to himself if it hadn’t been for two three-putt pars.
“Today was just better,” said Hogarth, who opened at 69. “Especially in the game, when I hit really solid, I feel good.”
Monday is a single round of match play, followed by a double round on Tuesday and another Wednesday with the quarter-finals and semi-finals. The 18-hole championship game is Thursday.
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