North & South: Williamson, Bradshaw tied atop leader board
PINEHURST, N. Carolina (July 4, 2012) -- Peter Williamson of Hanover, New Hampshire fired a two-under 69 in the second round to keep pace with Thomas Bradshaw of Columbia, S. Carolina atop the leaderboard at the 112th Men's North & South Amateur at Pinehurst No. 8.
Bradshaw was among the leaders after Tuesday's first round, shooting 68 and stayed hot with a second-round 1-under, 70.
Williamson shot his second straight 69 to tie for the lead after two rounds.
Albin Choi, Michael Cromie, David Erdy, Josh Eure and Ewing Finley, IV are all tied for third place at 139 after Round 2.
A crowded leaderboard heads into Thursday's stroke-play finale ahead of match play where the top 16 will advance.
ABOUT THE North & South Amateur
The North & South Amateur Championship is the
longest consecutively run amateur tournament in
the
United States. Its past winners list includes names
like
Walter
Travis, Francis Ouimet, Billy Joe Patton, Jack
Nicklaus
and Curtis Strange. The field is made up of invited
players as well as open applications. Two rounds of
stroke
play are followed by five rounds of match play
(32
qualifiers) to determine the Champion. All stroke
& match play rounds are contested on
Pinehurst No. 2.
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