Castellano captures Florida Mid-Am Stroke Play title
10/10/2021 | by Florida State Golf Association
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Castellano made birdies on holes 2 and 3 and then eagled the par-5 fifth hole to seize control of the tournament. However, a poor drive on the par 4, 9th by Castellano found the penalty area, and ultimately lead to a double-bogey, 6, trimmed the lead from four strokes to just two. Another bogey on the challenging par 4, 11th saw Castalleno's lead to shrink fall to just one stroke over Bassett.
The par 3, 12th would bring a pivotal three-shot swing and change all the momentum in the Championship. Castellano would convert for a birdie, 2, while Bassett faltered making a double-bogey; seeing Castellano's lead back up to four strokes.
While Bassett continued to struggle through the closing six holes, Castellano hit fairways and got on or around greens making six pars in the challenging conditions, to close with his third consecutive 68, and post the lowest round of the on Sunday.
Blanton Farmer (72-68-69, 209) birdies the 16th and then closed with two pars, tying Spencer Provow (68-70-71, 209) for second-place at one-under-par. Ty Capps, of Palm Coast & Devin Hernandez, of Saint Petersburg would post the only other red numbers on Sunday, with 69's, when the scoring average was 74.9 for the field.
Jim Young of AmateurGolf.com contributed to this report.
About the Florida Mid-Am Stroke Play
An estimated 300+ mid-amateurs (25 years of age and older) will attempt to qualify for this premier championship with a Championship field of 84 players. Format is 36 holes of stroke play with the low 32 scores advancing to match play.
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