Two Teams Earn Medalist Honors at Alabama Four-Ball
Co-medalist winners Jordy Hayden-Ty Thompson (L)
and Andy McRae-Vic Kyatt III (R)
(Alabama Golf Association Photo)
OPELIKA, AL (May 5, 2017) - Teams were greeted with The Open Championship like weather conditions for majority of the day with misting rain, wind and temperatures barely crawling into the low-50’s.
Despite the less than ideal playing conditions, two teams managed to post 36-hole totals of 12-under 132 to share medalist honors. Round one leader Vic Kyatt III of Birmingham - Andy McRae of Hoover carded a three-under 69 while Ty Thompson of Point Clear - Jordy Hayden of Fairhope posted the low round of the day with a six-under 66. Using a blind draw, Kyatt-McRae is the number one seed for match play while Thompson-Hayden will fill the number two seed.
Conditions certainly affected scoring with the average score in round two being 1.2 shots higher than round one at 72.1.
After 36-holes of four-ball stroke play the field was cut to the low 16 teams for match play. The cut line fell at three-under 141 with 16 teams advancing to match play without any playoffs.
ABOUT THE Alabama Four-Ball
36 holes of gross four-ball stroke play to determine
16 sides for match play. Entries are open to sides of
male amateur golfers who are legal residents of
Alabama and have an active Handicap
Index at an AGA member club. Maximum allowable
combined team handicap is 16.8. Two players who
play as partners comprise a side. Partners are not
required to be from the same club.
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