Gary shot an 80 on the second day of the Optimist Junior World Championships on the Champions Course at PGA National at Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Starting on # 10 he shot 42 and 38 on each nine. He hit seven fairways, ten greens and had 34 putts with three 3-putts. He was in five fairway bunkers and two green-side bunkers (both on the same hole where he made his only double bogey!). He had one birdie on his 17th hole, hole eight.
Today's fellow competitors Brad Cadigan and Chase Bryant (from Massachusetts and Oklahoma) shot 75 and 81. The scores of the whole field are available by clicking here. Having played the first two days on the Champions Course, home of the PGA Honda Classic, tomorrow he plays the third round on the Palmer course which is said to be somewhat easier with lower slope, higher rating, and more sinkable putts. The putting stroke looks good but the putts aren't falling. We hope a change of course will help. He needs to shoot near par tomorrow to make the cut of low fifty players and ties for Sunday's final round.
Tonight the tournament had a long drive contest and a "night glow" putting contest. These are social events for all the players both boys and girls.
The long drive contest was won by a Canadian Boy who hit his drive 320 yards--a screaming low trajectory hook that sent the measuring crew rapidly back down the fairway! Second place was 302 yards. The Girls contest had a winner of 264 yards.
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