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I didn't see a general discussion thread on this anywhere, so apologies if one exists, but is anyone playing in or following someone who's playing at this years Mid Am? I have been fortunate enough to play with Arthur Zelmati, one of the better golfers in Massachusetts, who won his qualifier back in June (https://www.massgolf.org/news/19amqual2/), so I'll be following him as the tournament kicks off this Saturday.

 

Does anyone know if there is any televised or streaming coverage of this championship?

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It's listed on the Fox site as one of the championships they will cover but I don't see any TV networks listed. Not sure if this means online coverage only or what.

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> @JakeW13 said:

> I didn't see a general discussion thread on this anywhere, so apologies if one exists, but is anyone playing in or following someone who's playing at this years Mid Am? I have been fortunate enough to play with Arthur Zelmati, one of the better golfers in Massachusetts, who won his qualifier back in June (https://www.massgolf.org/news/19amqual2/), so I'll be following him as the tournament kicks off this Saturday.

>

> Does anyone know if there is any televised or streaming coverage of this championship?

 

Always interested in how Nathan Smith plays in the Mid Amateur. He's a 4 time winner of the USGA Mid Amateur. Also has another amateur USGA team (four ball) win under his belt.

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This is such a great event. I’ve been to a couple of them and they rank as some of the most satisfying golf-gallery-ing I’ve ever been part of. The one time I got to see Buddy Marucci play in a championship event was the mid-am at the magnificent Milwaukee Country Club.

 

The fact that Colorado Golf Club was awarded this event makes me want to learn much more about it.

 

Anyone with an opportunity to attend should absolutely do so.

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I'm playing. Had my practice round at CommonGround today, Colorado GC tomorrow.

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> @jll62 said:

> I'm playing. Had my practice round at CommonGround today, Colorado GC tomorrow.

 

Good luck boss ..!

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I know there's a member here that made to Mid-Am out of STL qualifier. A local friend that I play with often that qualified last year but missed this year's Mid-Am by couple shots.

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Both practice rounds complete and I think I hit the ball nearly as good as I could have for the 2 days. Putting will be a huge challenge as getting it close on these greens seems to be a chore. Greens at CGC we’re somewhat crusty and unusually firm yesterday. My first hole of the day - Hole #10 at CGC I hit a nipped 80 yard 60* wedge that landed on the front and actually released over the green. Never played a course with greens like that.. Both courses greens have massive slope to them and the ball seems to want to keep trickling so I’m betting there will be a lot of 6 footers for par depending on hole locations

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I'll be tracking some of our locals that made it. Ben Warnquist is playing really well this year, and had a good morning. Super talented.

 

One year I'm gonna make this. Keep coming close. Haven't made it beyond qualifying in a USGA since the Junior years and years ago.

 

Good luck to all the golfwrxers that made it.

 

 

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-1 (69) first round at CommonGround today. I’m happy with it however I had a horseshoe lipout on my last hole from 4 feet for birdie and made par on a par 5 that I was 173 yards dead center of the fairway. Definitely left a few out there but overall I can’t complain at all. Going to try and get off to a quick start tomorrow and see what happens.

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> @golfandfishing said:

> Are you under the impression that these guys are a bunch of 9 handicaps that last played in 2007?

>

>

> > @Divdevil said:

> > Would love to hear a report of what clubs these guys are gaming. Particularly if someone sees anything surprising like GI irons, older drivers, etc.

>

>

 

Um, no?

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> @ThunderBuzzworth said:

> -1 (69) first round at CommonGround today. I’m happy with it however I had a horseshoe lipout on my last hole from 4 feet for birdie and made par on a par 5 that I was 173 yards dead center of the fairway. Definitely left a few out there but overall I can’t complain at all. Going to try and get off to a quick start tomorrow and see what happens.

 

Well done TB. Solid start.

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> @Bluefan75 said:

> Does anyone have the count of reinstated pros? Is the Scott Fawcett that won his quali by 5 the same one as the decade Scott Fawcett?

 

Yes. That's him. Good round from him today considering his crazy travel schedule this week and not playing any practice rounds.

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I shot 74 today at CGC. Solid round overall. Was E going into the 18th and pulled my tee shot left into some bushes. Never found it and ended up making double to shoot +2. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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> @grm24 said:

> There is an 18 man playoff tomorrow morning for the final 6 match play spots. How did @ThunderBuzzworth and @jll62 fare? Nathan Smith made it into match play. Go Nathan.

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> https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/championships/2019/u-s--mid-amateur.html#!scoring

 

I birdied my final 3 holes of the day to sneak into the playoff at +5. I'm in the first threesome off at 7 AM.

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> @jll62 said:

> > @grm24 said:

> > There is an 18 man playoff tomorrow morning for the final 6 match play spots. How did @ThunderBuzzworth and @jll62 fare? Nathan Smith made it into match play. Go Nathan.

> >

> > https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/championships/2019/u-s--mid-amateur.html#!scoring

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> I birdied my final 3 holes of the day to sneak into the playoff at +5. I'm in the first threesome off at 7 AM.

 

Congrats on a strong finish and good luck in the playoff.

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i had a rough day at CGC today. Actually drove the ball nearly perfect again and had iron into every par 5, quite a few wedges in hand and I just hit my approaches like a complete turd today. I hit a lot of pulls, on those green complexes that means balls being nowhere near the hole if they even stay on the green. I missed the cut by 3 shots and I missed 5 putts from inside 5 feet. If my putter had been “normal” I would have been fine.

 

At any rate if I did make it through I don’t think I could have walked tomorrow. I fractured my foot about 2.5 weeks ago and walking 4 days in a row on it was not pleasant at all no matter what I tried. CGC is a tough course to walk for me and I had to hits a handful of approaches out of breath because we were clocked twice with a guy in the bushes and I was dragging my foot along all day. When I played CGC in the practice round after having rested my foot for 2 weeks and feeling confident I shot under par for sure but I don’t keep score in the practice rounds, I kind of play my shots as I would and roll my birdie putts but mainly I look around the green to see where I think the holes will be placed and then putt from where I would like to be so I have a better sense of movement.

 

Overall cool experience and hope to make it in again next year. Best of luck in the playoff and to any other WRXer that made it to match play. A few guys I play with a bit are still in so I’ll be rooting them on also

 

 

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I got knocked out on the fifth playoff hole this morning. Had a 7 footer for birdie on the fourth hole to claim the final spot, but hit the low edge and stayed out. Oh well. USGA events are always special and this was a great week.

 

From an equipment perspective, I got to spend some time chatting with the guys who were onsite collecting data for the Darrell Survey. That was a treat. To answer someone from earlier, there weren’t many unique old clubs in play from what I saw or heard about. For the most part, this isn’t an event with a bunch of grizzled veterans playing old clubs. Most drivers are last couple of years models. Irons are 3-4 year models. One of the Darrell guys called my RSi TP old, if that’s any indication.

 

One exception: My buddy was the only guy in the field with an SLDR.

 

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