Patriot All-America: Three tied with 1 round to go

December 30, 2019 | by AmateurGolf.com Staff

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The will be a final-round horse race at the unique event honoring fallen or wounded soldiers

The 9th playing of the Patriot All-America looks to be one of the most exciting yet, as three players co-lead, a past champion is one shot back, and a whopping 23 players are within 5 shots of the lead. Georgia Tech's Noah Norton shot the day's low round at the Wigwam, a 5-under 65, to get into the lead group at 5 under through 36 holes. He is joined by Arizona State's Mason Anderson and first-round leader David Perkins of Illinois State University. Related: Patriot All-America: Perkins jumps out to three-shot lead Among those just one shot back of the leaders is the 2017 Patriot champion Mason Overstreet of the University of Arkansas, who shot a 67 on Monday to get to 4 under. The Patriot All-America Tournament holds great significance as the players are playing for more than just a victory. Each player represents a fallen or severely wounded soldier bearing the name of the American hero embroidered on the player’s golf bag donated by PING. The soldier’s stories are shared on a card and attached to the golf bag so the players can better understand the soldier they are playing for. At the conclusion of the tournament, the player’s bags are shipped back to their school and auctioned off with all proceeds benefiting the Folds of Honor Foundation, which provides scholarships to children and spouses of military service men and women. This is first time Perkins is experiencing The Patriot All-America and since opening ceremonies his entire perspective has changed. “I wanted to come play some golf in warmer weather, but as the tournament preaches it’s really a bigger picture thing and golf is not the most important thing,” said Perkins after round one. “It’s more about those that represent our country, I honestly got a little emotional at opening ceremonies. Listening to that woman’s story (Wesley Baguguess) and look at all the 84 people that we are representing this week it was pretty special. I saved her quote about having a battle buddy and representing the person on your bag. She said they’ll be there with you and I began catching myself looking at the quote every hole and if I had a bad shot I looked at the bag and reflected, things could be worse.” The 54-hole, stroke-play competition will conclude on Tuesday December 31st (New Year’s Eve). The winner of the tournament receives a sponsor exemption into the Korn Ferry Tour’s Wichita Open played June 20-23 at Crestview Country Club in Wichita, Kansas.

Results: Patriot All-America

Place	Player	Location	Pts	Scores
1	Noah Norton	Chico, CA	700	70-65-68=203
T2	Mason Overstreet	Kingfisher, OK	500	69-67-68=204
T2	Sam Choi	Anaheim, CA	500	68-69-67=204
T2	Jackson Suber	Tampa, FL	500	68-68-68=204
T5	Joey Vrzich	El Cajon, CA	400	69-71-65=205

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Patriot All-America: Three tied with 1 round to go

The Wigwam and the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA), in partnership with the Folds of Honor Foundation present the Patriot All- America Invitational. It's one of the most unique events in all of golf. 84 top collegiate players named to the ...