Sunnehanna Am: Bedford, Long tied at the top
-- photo Wake Forest College
JOHNSTOWN, Penn. (June 10, 2011) -- Lee Bedford of Cary, N.C. fired a 6-under-par 64 to finish the second round of the 58th playing of the Sunnehanna Amateur tied with first round leader Jace Long of Dixon, MO. The two are at 8-under-par 132 on the 6868 yard, par 70 track at Sunnehanna Country Club.
Will Collins of Salisbury, N.C. is one back at 133.
Started in 1954, the Sunnehanna Amateur was the first country club sponsored 72-hole stroke play competition for amateurs in the United States.
ABOUT THE Sunnehanna Amateur
The Sunnehanna Amateur was inaugurated in
July of
1954 -- it was the first country club
sponsored 72-hole stroke play competition for
amateurs
in the United States. The
tournament is played on a classic A.W.
Tillinghast
design. Only one other amateur
tournament in the United States can list the
likes of
Chick Evans, Arnold Palmer, Julius
Boros, Art Wall, Jack Nicklaus, Phil Mickelson,
Tiger
Woods, and Rickie Fowler as
contestants: the United States Amateur. Its
medal
play
format has been emulated by
countless amateur tournaments across the
country.
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