After two perfect rounds, Cummins leads Pac Coast Am by three

July 25, 2019 | by AmateurGolf.com Staff

Quade Cummins (Pacific Coast Amateur photo)

Said Cummins, “I’ve had bogey-free rounds, but I don’t think I’ve ever had two in a row."

Quade Cummins’ performance this week at the Championship Course at UNM in Albuquerque, N.M., has been quite remarkable. For the past 36 holes at the Pacific Coast Amateur, Cummins hasn’t had a bogey on his card. It’s hard to catch a player who isn’t making mistakes, and consequently, Cummins has built his lead to three shots with one round left to play.

Cummins, the Oklahoma City native who plays for the University of Oklahoma, followed Wednesday’s bogey-free round of 66 with a bogey-free 65 on Thursday. He turned a one-shot lead into a three-shot lead.

“I had a birdie on four, birdie on five and a birdie on nine,” Cummins said of making the turn in 3 under.

The low numbers didn’t stop. Cummins birdied No. 13 and eagled No. 15 to finish off the round.

Cummins was paired with Thomas Hutchison of San Jose, Calif., who fired the low score of the second round, and Blake Windred of Australia, who was the co-leader after the first round.

“I’ve had bogey-free rounds, but I don’t think I’ve ever had two in a row,” said Cummins.

Carson Barry of Eagle, Idaho, had Thursday’s best score, an 8-under 63. The Oregon State player, who won last week’s Idaho State Amateur, entered the day 14 shots off the lead at 5-over par, but is now 3 under.

“I had a pretty solid start on the back,” said Barry. “Then I got a long eagle putt to drop on No. 18 and figured I could do something on the front, because I was hitting it really good.”

Barry round also stands as the low 18-hole score of the tournament so far, and helped him climb the leaderboard into the top 25.

Defending champion Isaiah Salinda, a recent Stanford graduate, is 4 under and tied for 16th.

Quotes and information from the Pacific Coast Golf Association used in this report

Results: Pacific Coast Amateur

Place	Player	Location	Pts	Scores
1	Quade Cummins	Weatherford, OK	1200	67-66-65-66=264
2	Blake Windred	, Australia	900	66-68-68-66=268
3	Matt McCarty	Scottsdale, AZ	700	68-69-69-65=271
T4	Sam Choi	Anaheim, CA	700	73-67-65-68=273
T4	Riley Casey	Tuscola, TX	700	70-66-68-69=273

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After two perfect rounds, Cummins leads Pac Coast Am by three

Although its present history only dates from 1967, the Pacific Coast Amateur Championship's roots make it one of the oldest amateur golf championships in American history. The first tournament was held on the links of San Francisco Golf Club at The P...