Men's Golf: Joaquin Niemann #1 in the WORLD

[Mama_Bull]

3 hours ago, Bourbon Bull said:

God I hope he still comes here.  Nice rebound from yesterday.

USF Men's Golf‏ @USFMGolf

USF Men's Golf Retweeted PGA TOUR

@joaconiemann flat out golfing his ball today. Great playing!

USF Men's Golf added,

 

[Mama_Bull]

This article might be easier to read at the link below.

He still expects to enroll at USF in the spring. 

 

 

http://digitalmag.globalgolfpost.com/20170710#&pageSet=36&page=0&contentItem=0

Edited July 10, 2017 by Mama_Bull

[Mama_Bull]

21 hours ago, Bourbon Bull said:

God I hope he still comes here.  Nice rebound from yesterday.

I posted the article about this above, but it might be easier to read at this link:

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      USF Men's Golf‏ @USFMGolf  1h1 hour ago

       

      USF Men's Golf Retweeted Sean Fairholm, PGA

      Go Bulls!

      USF Men's Golf added,

      

      Sean Fairholm, PGA @FairwayFairholm

      Joaquin Niemann will not join USF golf until the spring, but says that he expects to finish college.

       

      READ: po.st/071017Niemann 

       

Edited July 10, 2017 by Mama_Bull

[Skingraft]

Nice!

[Mama_Bull]

World’s Best Amateur Golfer Headed To USF

 

David Wirth
Jul 10, 2017

 

 

 

His name is Joaquin Niemann.  He’s 18 years old,  #1 in World Amateur Golf Rankings and he’s going to play college golf at the University of South Florida. That’s right, the best amateur in the world is headed to Tampa.  Pretty good recruiting job by USF Head Coach for men’s golf Steve Bradley.

“Don’t mistake Joaquin’s even-keel nature and likeability for lack of competitiveness,” said Bradley, in GlobalGolfPost.com.  “He’ll beat you, 9 and 8, and be nice doing it.” The laid-back Joaquin has been doing a lot of winning, in the past two years, while seeming to sneak up on the amateur golf world.  He won 6 junior tournaments in 2016, then has matched that win total so far in 2017.  All on his way to being number one.

“I knew I could reach number-one in the world,” Joaquin told Sean Fairholm of GlobalGolfPost.com.  “But it happened faster than I expected.”

 

Now, this native of Santiago, Chile, has made a dent in the professional golf arena.  He qualified for the U.S. Open in June but missed the cut at Erin Hills when he shot 74-75.

Then, this past weekend,  he played on a sponsor’s exemption in the Greenbrier Classic.  He not only made the cut but finished in a tie for 29th, thanks to firing a 64 on Sunday.  But, he’s still an amateur so no paycheck.

Joaquin originally planned to come to Tampa in the fall, but he’s trying to win the Mark H. McCormack Medal for being the top-ranked amateur in the world.  That will be awarded after the U.S. Amateur in August.  So now, Joaquin plans on enrolling at USF in January of 2018.

He credits his swing coach, Eduardo Miquel, for his rapid development in the past five years. “It was a turning point in my life when I switched coaches,” recalled Joaquin.  “Eduardo taught me to enjoy the game instead of getting frustrated by it.” 

”From the first day, I realized he had something special,” said Eduardo.  “He learned how to understand the game the way it is, and the things that are required to get to the top.”

Joaquin already has a friend in Tampa. Claudio Correa, a fellow Chilean, will be a senior on the USF golf team this fall.  He also caddied for Joaquin at the U.S. Open.  Correa told Coach Bradley about this golfing prodigy years ago.

“I expect to finish college, but you never know what’s going to happen,” Joaquin said of his new school, USF.  “I’m going to miss my family, but I’m also very excited to start this new stage of my life.”

Steve Bradley and USF are pretty excited, too. Read more by Dave Wirth and visit our Tampa Sports Page for on local sports activities and events. (Cover photo Facebook Page Concepción Conectados)

https://www.813area.com/sports/world’s-best-amateur-golfer-headed-to-us.html

[Mama_Bull]

Joaquin Niemann finishes the Greenbrier Classic with a 64

09 Jul 2017
by AmateurGolf.com Staff
see also: Joaquin Niemann Rankings
 

Joaquin Niemann of Chile is heading to USF next year
(Golfweek Photo)

 

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, WV (July 9, 2017) - How do you complete your first weekend on the PGA Tour? Well if you are USF commit Joaquin Niemann it is with a bogey-free 6-under 64 at The Greenbrier Classic.

Niemann was in the third group off on Sunday playing alongside Matt Jones and in a tie for 67th but his fine play rocketed him up the leaderboard at The Old White TPC. When all was said and done Niemann finished his week 5-under in a tie for 29th, a jump of 38 spots.

The first birdie of his final round came on the 5th hole and he added additional circles on Nos. 9, 12 and 17. For Niemann the highlight of his day came when he holed out for eagle from 128 yards on the 385 yard par-4 10th.

 

 

ROUND THREE RECAP

Joaquin Niemann learned first hand what happens to your position on a PGA Tour leaderboard when you post an over-par round. And it happened in the span of three holes, when the Chilean star went double-bogey-double on Nos. 3-5.

For most of us, a run like that could have spelled disaster but Niemann (a recent qualifier for the U.S. Open and Mexican Amateur champion) pulled it together to go even par the rest of the way, posting 75. After working himself into T22 with consecutive 68s at The Greenbrier, Niemann finished the day T67.

But hey, Niemann can do better on Sunday, and he's the only one of three amateurs (Alan Cooke and Braden Thornberry missed the cut) still around to post a 72-hole total. He hasn't even started college yet, and we have a feeling we'll be hearing from Niemann for a long time.

ROUND TWO RECAP

After a second consecutive 2-under 68 USF commit Joaquin Niemann is 4-under and headed for the weekend in a PGA Tour event for the first time in his career.

The native of Chile, Niemann got off to a quick start on Friday at The Greenbrier Classic as he birdied his opening hole, the first of his three on the front nine against one bogey. 4-under for the tournament after the turn, Niemann reached 5-under with a birdie on the par-5 12th only to give the shot back and more with a 16th hole double-bogey. He then bounced back on the ensuing hole with his fifth and final birdie of the day.

Niemann, the top-ranked player in the World Amateur Golf Rankings, will begin his third round at 11:40 a.m. EST alongside Scott Stallings.

Two other amateurs were in the field this week at The Old White TPC Course and both missed the cut. NCAA Individual winner and Ole Miss junior Braden Thornberry shot a pair of 4-over 74's to post an 8-over tally while former West Virginia golfer Alan Cooke finished 13-over.

The 2016 West Virginia Amateur winner, Cooke, was five-strokes better on day two, firing a 4-over 74 that included four birdies. Overall Cooke birdied seven-times during his two rounds.

ROUND ONE RECAP

Joaquin Niemann of Chile made a splash on day one of The Greenbrier Classic and at 2-under he is tied for 25th place and in line to make his first career cut.

Playing at The Old White TPC Course, Niemann who played in last months U.S. Open, started on the second nine and he turned in an even-par 35 first side as he bogeyed the 15th and then recorded a birdie on the 17th. Following a par on the 18th hole Niemann, the top-ranked player in the World Amateur Golf Rankings, really found his grove early on the back nine carding birdies on Nos. 1 and 3 before parring his way to the house.

Two other amateurs are in the field this week including NCAA Individual winner Braden Thornberry. Just weeks after finishing fourth at the FedEx St. Jude Classic in his first career PGA Tour appearance Thornberry struggled on Thursday despite a strong start. Thornberry, the No. 1 player in the Golfweek/AmateurGolf.com World Rankings, started on No. 10 and he birdied the 12th hole to reach 1-under but from then on it was a struggle as he bogeyed five-times, including four-times on the front, his second nine, to post a 4-over 74 that leaves him in a tie for 141st.

The final amateur in the field is 2016 West Virginia Amateur champion Alan Cooke. After the tournament was cancelled last year due to flooding an invitation was extended to Cooke for the 2017 event. A former West Virginia golfer, Cooke birdied three-times during his Thursday 9-over 79.

https://www.amateurgolf.com/golf-tournament-news/19596/Joaquin-Niemann-finishes-the-Greenbrier-Classic-with-a-64

[CousinRicky]

1 hour ago, Mama_Bull said:

 

“I expect to finish college, but you never know what’s going to happen,” Joaquin said of his new school, USF.  “I’m going to miss my family, but I’m also very excited to start this new stage of my life.”

Steve Bradley and USF are pretty excited, too. Read more by Dave Wirth and visit our Tampa Sports Page for on local sports activities and events. (Cover photo Facebook Page Concepción Conectados)

https://www.813area.com/sports/world’s-best-amateur-golfer-headed-to-us.html

That italicized part is scary.

[Mama_Bull]

23 minutes ago, Bourbon Bull said:

That italicized part is scary.

Not really.

If he just stays at USF for two years, before turning pro, he will have left his mark and helped to build our men's golf program.

 

[bullsmeanbusiness]

We will have 2 Bulls at the US Amateur!

 

[Mama_Bull]

59 minutes ago, bullsmeanbusiness said:

We will have 2 Bulls at the US Amateur!

 

Both Cristian DiMarco and Jimmy Jones are "alternates" for the US Amateur. So, in the event some qualified players withdraw they might still be added.