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

[Mama_Bull]

Joaco lost in the quarter finals.

C. Champ defeats J. Niemann
3 and 2

[Mama_Bull]

Just to tie up some loose ends from the weekend.

Former USF golfer, Rigel Fernandes missed the cut by two strokes on the PGA Canadian tour stop.

At the Western Amateur, Cameron Champ lost his semi final match to the eventual winner Norman Xiong who had also won the stroke play portion of the event.

Considering the detailed info our new member from Chile supplied on how the WAGR is computed, I won't attempt to predict the margin #1 Joaco will have over #2 McNealy when they update their rankings on Wednesday. The only thing I know for sure is that Joaco will still be ahead of him.

From what I have read, Joaco won't play in any more tournaments until the US Amateur later this month. I don't know McNealy's full schedule, but he will also be playing in that event.

 

U.S. Amateur

The Riviera Country Club
Pacific Palisades, Calif.

Bel-Air Country Club
Los Angeles, Calif.

August 14-20, 2017

 

http://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/championships/2017/u-s--amateur.html

 

Edited August 6, 2017 by Mama_Bull

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I didn't know that #2 WAGR Maverick Mcnealy played this past weekend on the PGA tour at the Barracuda Championship and finished T65.

So, I don't know how that will impact the WAGR which will be released on Wednesday. 

http://www.golfchannel.com/tours/pga-tour/2017/barracuda-championship/

 

[Mama_Bull]

USF golfer Jimmy Jones playing in Canadian Amateur in honor of his late mother.

After one round he is T14 (-2). 

Leaderboard: https://golfcanada.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/rcga17/event/rcga1726/contest/1/leaderboard.htm

 

Golf Canada‏Verified account @TheGolfCanada  12h12 hours ago

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.@Jimmy_Jones91 tees off at the 113th Canadian Men's Amateur, honouring his late mother Dawn Coe-Jones @CGHF #CDNAm

 

 

 

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[Mama_Bull]

In this week's WAGR #1 Joaco is 28.3 points ahead of #2 McNealy.

http://www.wagr.com/en/Mens-Ranking.aspx

The WAGR leader after the upcoming US Amateur, August 16-20, will win the Mark McCormack medal and gain entry into the 2018 US Open and 2018 Open Championship:

U.S. AMATEUR
Inside the Field

U.S. Amateur Home

FIELD NOTES – Among the 312 golfers in the 2017 U.S. Amateur Championship:

 

Maverick McNealy, 21, of Portola Valley, Calif., earned the Mark H. McCormack Medal as the world’s top-ranked amateur in 2016. He is competing in his ninth USGA championship and fourth U.S. Amateur. McNealy was a first-team All-America and first-team All-Pac-12 Conference selection for the third consecutive season as a senior at Stanford University. McNealy, who was a member of the 2015 USA Walker Cup Team, was the recipient of the Ben Hogan Award, as the nation’s top collegiate player, and received the Byron Nelson Award and Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year. He competed in this year’s U.S. Open at Erin Hills and The Open Championship at Royal Birkdale and tied for 44th in the PGA Tour’s John Deere Classic.

 

Joaquin Niemann, 18, of Chile, played in this year’s U.S. Open and advanced to the Round of 16 in last year’s U.S. Amateur. Niemann rose to No. 1 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking™ this spring. In 2017, he won the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley and the AJGA Sergio Garcia Foundation Junior and tied for second in the Latin America Amateur Championship, losing on the second playoff hole. Niemann tied for 29th in the PGA Tour’s Greenbrier Classic, carding a final-round 64 on July 9.

 

Won Jun Lee, 18, of the Republic of Korea, is playing in his sixth USGA championship (four U.S. Junior Amateurs, two U.S. Amateurs). Lee advanced to match play in the U.S. Junior Amateur for four consecutive years. He progressed to the semifinals in 2015, losing to eventual champion Philip Barbaree. Lee, who graduated from Saddlebrook Prep School in Wesley Chapel, Fla., is a two-time Rolex Junior All-American. He finished eighth in the 2016 Asia-Pacific Amateur.

 

http://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/championships/2017/u-s--amateur/articles/117th-u-s--amateur--inside-the-field.html

In addition to Niemann and Lee, USF golfer Kyle Flexsenhar will also be playing.

Starting with the round of 64 matches, following stroke play, there will be TV coverage of the event.

http://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/championships/2017/u-s--amateur.html

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The tee times are out for the 2017 U.S. Amateur – and there are some good pairings.

Joaquin Niemann, Maverick McNealy and Braden Thornberry – ranked Nos. 1-3 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, respectively – are grouped together, as are the last three low amateurs in majors – Stewart Hagestad (Masters), Scottie Scheffler (U.S. Open) and Alfie Plant (British Open).

Read more at:  https://t.co/PsShCh1igT

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USF golfer Jimmy Jones finished T-13 at the 113th Canadian Men's Amateur Championship.

https://golfcanada.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/rcga17/event/rcga1726/contest/1/leaderboard.htm

 

 

[Mama_Bull]

I don't know what happened, but USF signee Won Jun Lee is now going to UF.

GATORS ADD LEE TO 2017 RECRUITING CLASS

Won Jun Lee becomes fifth member of 2017 class.

By Andrew Kovar | Saturday, August 12, 2017

 

http://floridagators.com/news/2017/8/12/mens-golf-gators-add-lee-to-2017-recruiting-class.aspx

 

If anybody knows the story on why he switched schools, post it here.

 

In other news, USF golf, apparently, has gotten another 2018 verbal. I don't know who that is.

 

USF Men's Golf‏ @USFMGolf  Aug 10

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Great call today. #2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Mama_Bull]

Well, It appears that USF Men's golf still thinks Joaco will end up at USF.

1. USF Men's Golf‏ @USFMGolf  10h10 hours ago

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   USF Men's Golf Retweeted Brad Caldwell

   Play well @Kyleflex & @joaconiemann #GoBulls

   USF Men's Golf added,

   Brad Caldwell @B_RadCaldwell

   Good luck this week to our @USFMGolf fellas @Kyleflex & Joaco in Tinseltown at the Riv for the big one!! #USAm #GoBulls https://twitter.com/usga/status/896484947422269440 …

    

    

   US Amateur leaderboard: http://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/championships/2017/u-s--amateur/scoring.html

    

Edited August 14, 2017 by Mama_Bull

[Mama_Bull]

After one round, Joaco is -2, T6.

Maverick McNealy is +2,  T64.

Kyle  Flexsenhar is +8, T243.

After two rounds, the field will be cut to the top 64 players who will then be seeded for match play.

http://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/championships/2017/u-s--amateur/scoring.html