Lawson new leader at the Lupton Invitational
OOLTEWAH, Tenn. (May 25, 2012) -- Starting his day one off the pace, Andrew Lawson of Dallas, TX fired a second round 69 to take the lead in the Mid-Amateur flight of the Lupton Invitational.
Lawson sits at 139 (70-69) and holds a one stroke lead over first round leader, Tyler McKeever of Atlanta, GA who is at 140 (69-71.)
Carlton Forrester of Atlanta, GA is alone in third at 143 (70-72) and there is a three-way tie for fourth at 144 between Brad Wilder of Fort Wright, KY (70-74,) Kris Mikkelsen (72-72) and Tim Jackson (72-72.)
ABOUT THE Lupton Memorial Invitational
This event, named after club founder John T.
Lupton,
debuted in 2005 on a spectacular Pete Dye
golf course
near Chatanooga. Mitch Voges won the 1991
U.S.
Amateur here, and Tiger Woods won the
1996
NCAA
Championship here despite a final round 80.
54
hole
individual event with a 36 hole cut. Stroke
play
format
for the Championship division and Stableford
format
for the Senior division. Committee will invite
72
mid
ams and 54 senior ams. The field will be cut to
approximately 75% in each division following the
2nd round.
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