Southwestern Am: Hahn, Padgett Lead; Defending Champ Lurks
June 15, 2018 | by AmateurGolf.com Staff
see also: Wells Padgett, View results for Southwestern Amateur, Desert Mountain Golf Club
Jordan Hahn and Wells Pagdett co-lead at 10 under, while 2017 champ Jino Sohn sits just two shots back at Desert Mountain
Jordan Hahn (Spring Grove, IL), the rising senior at the University of Wisconsin who led after two rounds, maintained a share of the lead with a 3-under 67 on Friday. But it didn't come easily, with two early bogeys knocking him back. His putter would take over, however, with three putts made over 30 feet.
“It didn’t start out very pretty,” said Hahn, “but my putting really saved metoday. Seven birdies in the round provides me a lot of hope for tomorrow, but I also made fourbogeys, so I really need to clean some things up on Saturday.”
“It was a pretty solid round of golf,” said Padgett. “The golf course really fits my eye andseems pretty wide open. I did miss a couple of short putts today that hopefully I can clean uptomorrow.”
If either Hahn or Padgett are to win this year's championship, they will need to keep pushing deeper into red figures, because the defending champion Jino Sohn sits just two shots back after a round of 67.
Sohn obviously has good memories in this tournament from last year's victory, and has now posted seven straight rounds in the 60s on the Cochise Course over two years in the Southwetern Amateur.
As the wind starts to pick up, reigning champion @jino_sohn (@sundevilmgolf) takes his turn on 16.
— Southwestern Amateur (@SouthwesternAm) June 15, 2018
Sohn is -3 through 15 today and just one stroke off first place! pic.twitter.com/gapTvme7Hu
“I really played very steady golf today,” said Sohn. “The conditions today were a little morechallenging because of the wind, but I am very happy with the way that I played. I hit a lot offairways and greens, and am looking forward to tomorrow’s final round.”
One other player is within three shots of the lead: George Markham (Phoenix, AZ) of the Colorado School of Mines, the first-round co-leader who shot a 68 Friday and is 7 under par.
The next group of players is another six shots back and would need a very low round to pass the top four players.
The final round begins Saturday morning with the lead group of Hahn, Padgett and Sohn teeing off at 9:36am local time.
Results: Southwestern Amateur
| Place | Player | Location | Pts | Scores |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wichita, KS | 700 | 66-68-66-68=268 | |
| 2 | Honolulu, HI | 500 | 67-68-67-66=268 | |
| 3 | Spring Grove, IL | 400 | 66-67-67-70=270 | |
| 4 | Albuquerque, NM | 400 | 70-67-69-65=271 | |
| T5 | Alpharetta, GA | 400 | 69-66-72-68=275 |
About the Southwestern Amateur
The Southwestern Men's Amateur Golf Championship is a prestigious 72-hole stroke play competition open to top national-level amateurs holding a handicap index of 1.4 or better. Following the first 36 holes, the field will be cut to the low 36 players...
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