AUGUSTA, Ga. — Westchester’s Cameron Young, who grew up playing at Sleepy Hollow Country Club, is in the midst of winning not only his first PGA Tour event of his career, but his first major championship.
Young enters the final 36 holes at 1 under, five strokes behind the leader.
But he could have been closer.
Young, who shot a 2-under 70 in the first round, dropped to 5 under for eight holes in the second round, but returned four strokes in the final 11 holes.
“The wind is blowing all over the place and nowhere. We’re just trying to make the best guess we can,” Young said of the turbulent situation.
Asked if he had ever had to blow wind as often as he did Friday, he said: It’s very windy and the trees are all 190,000 feet tall. ”
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England’s Tyrrell Hatton, not known for his patience, had been frustrated by the slow play of the group in front of him (Patrick Reed, Im Sung-jae and Kurt Kitayama) over the past two rounds.
“Yeah, the guys in front of us were very slow,” Hatton said. “It took him 32 holes to get into the game, which is pretty disappointing for everyone involved. [On Thursday]they lost a hole and a half and didn’t get any better after that. [Friday] morning. And in the second round they were just brutal.
“It was really hard to get into a rhythm, so it was unfortunate that it took 32 holes for the judges to say, ‘Oh, we’ve put the group in front of the group in terms of time.’
Neil Shipley, 23, from Pittsburgh, who was runner-up at the U.S. Amateur, was the only amateur to qualify out of the five participants.
Shipley shot a 1-under 71 in the first round, and through three holes in the second round he was up to 3-under for the tournament.
However, he fell back from there and finished the second round with a 76, taking his total this week to 3-over.
But it was enough to get him through the weekend.
“I just had a few bad swings going into the back nine, and I just didn’t play my best golf for a stretch of 10 to 12,” he said. “I made a really good putt on the 13th that gave me some momentum, and from there I was pretty consistent going into the clubhouse.” “I was definitely thinking about Roam,” Shipley continued. Ta. “I thought I had a chance to compete with all of those guys. I thought I showed it. [Thursday] Being able to shoot 1 under in really tough conditions means I deserve to be here. It’s just a matter of proving it.
He said he hopes this won’t be his only Masters.
“It’s possible that your career is going to be different, or that an injury might happen, or that things might not go the way you want them to,” Shipley said. “Obviously, I don’t expect this to be my last Masters, but I think you have to treat every Masters as if it’s your last, until you probably win it.
“It’s just a thought process to just have fun. I think that helped me relax and not be nervous and just try to enjoy the moment.”
He said an 18-place jump on Sunday “would be really great,” adding: “It would be great to put in some low numbers this weekend and really get up on the leaderboard.” I really want to enjoy it. ”
