CASHIERS, N.C. – Sun replaced rain at the 2013 USGA Senior Amateur Championship on Sunday and Wade Hampton Golf Club continued to show the characteristics that make it a formidable venue for this elite 55-and-over field.
Even though the second round of stroke-play qualifying won’t be completed until Monday – only 78 players finished 36 holes before darkness halted play for the day at 7:29 p.m. EDT – two players are in the clubhouse in good position for medalist honors.
Daniel Arvanitis, 60, of Manchester, N.H., fired a 1-under-par 71 and David Szewczul, 59, of Farmington, Conn, carded a second consecutive 73 on the 6,821-yard, par-72 layout to hold the overnight lead at 2-over 146.
They were two strokes ahead of Peach Reynolds, 59, of Austin, Texas. Reynolds carded an even-par 72 in his second round on Sunday.
First-round leader Chip Lutz, of Reading, Pa., who shot a 69 in the driving rain on Saturday, was still on the course when darkness suspended play. Also on the course was defending champion Paul Simson, 62, of Raleigh, N.C. Simson shot a first-round 73.
The second round is scheduled to resume at 7:50 a.m. on Monday, followed by the cut to the low 64 scorers for match play, which will commence later on Monday.
Only half the field completed their first rounds on Saturday when USGA officials halted play at 2:38 p.m. due to unplayable conditions.
I got off to a good start, said Arvanitis. I was four under after six holes. It was really going well. Then I missed a couple of short ones.
On the front side I made a birdie on No. 1, and I was thinking, ‘Geez, this is looking good.’ Then I gave a couple back. I made a 3-footer on the last hole. I was grinding so hard because I wanted to shoot under [par].
With the match-play cut pushed back to later on Monday, Arvanitis and Szewczul can sleep a little easier on Sunday. Just don’t tell Szewczul that.
It’s a step-by-step process in these things, said Szewczul. To get here is one thing, to make match play is another thing. You just don’t get too far ahead of yourself.
Szewczul knows all about the fickleness of match play. In 2010, he lost, 1 down, to eventual runner-up Pat Tallent and last year he fell in the first round to George Zahringer, 1 down. But Szewczul, who is competing in his 24th USGA championship, has been playing well of late. He was the oldest qualifier at last month’s U.S. Amateur and even though he failed to make match play, just competing against the young kids gave him confidence coming into the Senior Amateur.
In Sunday’s second round, he was two under through 14 holes until back-to-back bogeys dropped him out of red figures.
I had good rhythm going, said Szewczul, adding that he missed eight birdie putts of 8 feet or less. I drove it very well, which you have to do here. That took a lot of the pressure off and then you just have to put the ball in the right spot on the greens. I was able to do that today. I hit a lot of fairways and a lot of greens.
The weather-suspended first round resumed at 7:50 a.m. on the first official day of fall under chilly, but otherwise ideal conditions. Temperatures hovered in the 50s as the players got into position for the restart. As the day wore on, the mercury started to rise, but the scores didn’t fall.
It was a little tough getting up this morning, said Pat O’Donnell, 59, of Happy Valley, Ore., a quarterfinalist at the 2012 Senior Amateur, who backed a first-round 72 with an 80 for an 8-over 152 total. Once we made the turn, it kind of heated up and some of the dew got off the ground. It was wet [at the outset].
All of the players who finished their second rounds on Sunday endured a long day of golf. They were on the course when play was suspended yesterday afternoon and had to return this morning to complete their first rounds, before going right back out for their second rounds. Some played as many as 34 holes today.
On one hand, you had to play 34 [holes], but at least you played in drier conditions than yesterday, said Szewczul. It’s a lot of holes, [but] if you have the right pace going, it’s fine. Yesterday was just nasty.
Jeff Altstadter is the manager of media relations for the USGA. Email him at jalstadter@usga.org.
CASHIERS, N.C. – Results from Sunday’s weather-delayed second round of stroke-play qualifying at the 2013 USGA Senior Amateur, being conducted at the 6,842-yard, par-72 Wade Hampton Golf Club. Note: A total of 77 golfers will resume the second round on Monday at 7:50 a.m., followed by the cut to 64 golfers for the first round of match play.
Daniel Arvanitis, Manchester, N.H. - 75-71--146
David Szewczul, Farmington, Conn. - 73-73--146
Peach Reynolds, Austin, Texas - 76-72--148
Michael Hughett, Owasso, Okla. - 74-75--149
Douglas Hanzel, Savannah, Ga. - 74-75--149
Bill Leonard, Dallas, Ga. - 78-71--149
Hill Adams, Katy, Texas - 74-76--150
Patrick Tallent, Vienna, Va. - 74-76--150
David Nelson, Reno, Nev. - 75-75--150
Edward Steiber, Cincinnati, Ohio - 79-72--151
Bev Hargraves, Helena, Ark. - 76-75--151
David Holmes, Sutton, Mass. - 79-73--152
Pat O'Donnell, Happy Valley, Ore. - 72-80--152
Larry Daniels, Seattle, Wash. - 80-72--152
James Lehman, Minnetonka, Minn. - 75-77--152
Paul Schlachter, Pittsburgh, Pa. - 72-80--152
Peter Wegmann, Sea Ranch Lakes, Fla. - 78-75--153
Jim Rollefson, Franklin, Wis. - 78-75--153
Casey Boyns, Monterey, Calif. - 75-78--153
Mike Greer, Birmingham, Ala. - 82-72--154
Mark Macejko, Vass, N.C. - 76-78--154
Harry Ramirez, San Antonio, Texas - 78-76--154
Ted Smith, Wilkinson, Ind. - 80-74--154
James Gallagher, Yorktown, Va. - 76-78--154
Neil Vanleeuwen, Tarpon Springs, Fla. - 79-75--154
Curt Knorr, Dunwoody, Ga. - 81-73--154
Michael Turner, Sherman Oaks, Calif. - 75-79--154
Rusty Brown, Phoenix, Ariz. - 80-74--154
Ray Thompson, Drexel Hill, Pa. - 81-74--155
Vinny Giles, Richmond, Va. - 75-80--155
Stephen Sharpe, Greensboro, N.C. - 78-77--155
Andrew Congdon, Great Barrington, Mass. - 81-75--156
Tom Schultz, Trinidad, Colo. - 79-77--156
David Schultz, Canada - 77-79--156
Kimble Cater, Salinas, Calif. - 81-75--156
Bob Ammon, Waco, Texas - 81-75--156
Albert Johnson Jr., Lawton, Okla. - 85-71--156
Jon Tingley, Flemington, N.J. - 78-78--156
Buck Baumann, Fremont, Ohio - 78-78--156
Rich Gleghorn, Santa Cruz, Calif. - 76-80--156
Kip Estep, Rockwall, Texas - 80-77--157
Steven Poulson, Bountiful, Utah - 77-80--157
Louis Lee, Heber Springs, Ark. - 79-78--157
Jay Blumenfeld, Parsippany, N.J. - 78-79--157
Mike Krumland, Columbus, Neb. - 79-78--157
Steven Ford, Trappe, Md. - 78-79--157
Kent Frandsen, Lebanon, Ind. - 75-83--158
Mike Bell, Indianapolis, Ind. - 79-79--158
David Delich, Colorado Springs, Colo. - 82-76--158
Jim Knoll, Sunnyvale, Calif. - 84-75--159
Tim Dinwiddie, Afton, Tenn. - 77-82--159
Joe Davis, Gastonia, N.C. - 81-78--159
Bob Stephens, Indianapolis, Ind. - 78-81--159
Walter Odiorne, Columbia, S.C. - 78-81--159
Dave Kempner, Ann Arbor, Mich. - 83-76--159
Gudmund Lindbjerg, Canada - 81-78--159
Steve Rogers, Bowling Green, Ky. - 83-77--160
Hal Wright, Shreveport, La. - 80-80--160
Don Detweiler, Raleigh, N.C. - 78-83--161
Michael Dooner, Havana, Fla. - 82-79--161
Jim Craffey, Franklin Lakes, N.J. - 83-78--161
Cyrus Whitney, Oro Valley, Ariz. - 86-76--162
Brian Johnston, Duluth, Ga. - 83-80--163
Marshall Uchida, Honolulu, Hawaii - 83-80--163
Barry Flaer, Adamstown, Md. - 82-82--164
Peter Sherwin, Cape Coral, Fla. - 85-79--164
Chuck Davis, Tampa, Fla. - 86-79--165
Henry Coffman, Mansfield, Texas - 84-82--166
Michael O'Connor, Benton Harbor, Mich. - 87-81--168
Russ Perry, Winston Salem, N.C. - 86-82--168
Harry Johnson, Vail, Colo. - 87-81--168
Mark Tolson, Lafayette, La. - 84-84--168
Ted Warner, Greeley, Colo. - 84-85--169
Jeff Wiltse, Bemidji, Minn. - 84-85--169
Steve Schiro, Signal Hill, Calif. - 88-84--172
Bradford Kroll, Charlotte, N.C. - 84-89--173
Steve Sabatini, La Quinta, Calif. - 90-85--175
George Waterhouse, Jackson, Wyo. - 85-93--178
Carl Ho, Honolulu, Hawaii - 77-NC--NC
Mike Booker, The Woodlands, Texas - 76-NC--NC
Ross McCaskill, Little Rock, Ark. - 88-NC--NC
George Marucci Jr., Villanova, Pa. - 77-NC--NC
Keith Waters, Raleigh, N.C. - 79-NC--NC
James Hegarty, Grand Rapids, Mich. - 83-NC--NC
Mills Brown, Scottsdale, Ariz. - 81-NC--NC
David Pohlmann, Louisville, Ky. - 81-NC--NC
Scott Sullivan, Grand Junction, Colo. - 79-NC--NC
Mike Poe, Athens, Tenn. - 76-NC--NC
Paul Simson, Raleigh, N.C. - 73-NC--NC
Dick Satterfield, Cincinnati, Ohio - 94-WD--WD
Buzz Fly, Memphis, Tenn. - 72-NC--NC
Craig Calkins, Manhattan Beach, Calif. - 76-NC--NC
Richard Areddy, Aurora, Ohio - 90-NC--NC
Jack Hall, Sea Island, Ga. - 72-NC--NC
Mark Wagner, Statesville, N.C. - 81-NC--NC
Robert Parmar, Fairhope, Ala. - 80-NC--NC
James Dunn, Collinsville, Ill. - 78-NC--NC
Walter Himelsbaugh, Leesburg, Fla. - 82-NC--NC
David Pulk, Williamsburg, Va. - 85-NC--NC
John Long, Centreville, Va. - 77-NC--NC
Gay McMichael, Macon, Ga. - 79-NC--NC
Mark Knutson, Eden Prairie, Minn. - 80-NC--NC
David Lind, Burr Ridge, Ill. - 86-NC--NC
Michael Mercier, Juno Beach, Fla. - 76-NC--NC
Dan Mueller, Kenosha, Wis. - 87-NC--NC
Steve Golliher, Knoxville, Tenn. - 80-NC--NC
David Vlasic, Valparaiso, Ind. - 83-NC--NC
Ken Palladino, Dunedin, Fla. - 77-NC--NC
Steve Melnyk, Jacksonville, Fla. - 84-NC--NC
David Jacobsen, Portland, Ore. - 82-NC--NC
Craig Ling, Monterey, Calif. - 86-NC--NC
Stan Lee, Heber Springs, Ark. - 78-NC--NC
Joe Walker, Dennis, Mass. - 81-NC--NC
Kevin King, Bluffton, S.C. - 82-NC--NC
Terry Foreman, Antioch, Calif. - 79-NC--NC
Mark Burden, Atlanta, Ga. - 82-NC--NC
Martin West, Rockville, Md. - 82-NC--NC
Rick Cloninger, Fort Mill, S.C. - 73-NC--NC
Robert Valerio, Hawthorne, Calif. - 77-NC--NC
Mike Raymond, Jackson, Mich. - 79-NC--NC
William Heffernan, Dover, Mass. - 84-NC--NC
Gregory Brooking, Natchez, Miss. - 86-NC--NC
Mike Rice, Houston, Texas - 82-NC--NC
Chip Lutz, Reading, Pa. - 69-NC--NC
Neil Kopinski, Sarasota, Fla. - 81-NC--NC
Stephen Macgeorge, Shoreline, Wash. - 84-NC--NC
Gregory Hetzer, San Pedro, Calif. - 86-NC--NC
Ronald Vannelli, Edison, N.J. - 81-NC--NC
Patrick Duncan, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. - 75-NC--NC
Don Donatoni, Malvern, Pa. - 77-NC--NC
Tom Norton, Muscatine, Iowa - 78-NC--NC
Bob Kain, Gates Mills, Ohio - 79-NC--NC
George Zahringer, New York, N.Y. - 74-NC--NC
Don Erickson III, Dubois, Pa. - 76-NC--NC
Randal Lewis, Alma, Mich. - 79-NC--NC
Mike Peck, Irving, Texas - 80-NC--NC
Jim Shindler, Milwaukie, Ore. - 78-NC--NC
Allan Small, Florham Park, N.J. - 80-NC--NC
Greg Reynolds, Grand Blanc, Mich. - 83-NC--NC
Philip Moulton, Ivins, Utah - 81-NC--NC
Brady Exber, Las Vegas, Nev. - 80-NC--NC
Rick Ten Broeck, Chicago, Ill. - 79-NC--NC
Thomas Dicinti, Voorhees, N.J. - 78-NC--NC
David Zeid, Redding, Conn. - 78-NC--NC
Jim Gallagher, Charlotte, N.C. - 79-NC--NC
Bruce Cadwell, Boise, Idaho - 92-NC--NC
Michael Kelly, Odenton, Md. - 79-NC--NC
Neil Spitalny, Chattanooga, Tenn. - 78-NC--NC
Mickey Jones, Odessa, Texas - 76-NC--NC
Steven Poseler, Gibsonburg, Ohio - 85-NC--NC
Craig Stein, Moorhead, Minn. - 84-NC--NC
Mike Pierce, Houston, Texas - 97-NC--NC
John Montross, Reno, Nev. - 80-NC--NC