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• Cohen Trolio among 2 positive COVID-19 tests at U.S. Amateur

  11-08-2020 23:36
  
  BANDON, Ore. – Over 1,700 on-site COVID-19 tests were conducted earlier this week at the U.S. Amateur.Just two players tested positive. Both withdrew prior to teeing it up.One of them was Cohen Trolio, the 18-year-old who last summer advanced all the way to the semifinals at Pineehurst. This time around, Trolio’s U.S. Amateur was over before it even started.“We’re disappointed, obviously,” Trolio’s dad, V.J., told Mississippi Today as he and his son made the 2
  
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• Despite MC at U.S. Amateur, Nick Geyer leaves Bandon happy – and with a fiancee

  11-08-2020 20:49
  
  BANDON, Ore. – Nick Geyer is going home early at the 120th U.S. Amateur.He won’t be leaving disappointed.Geyer, the 32-year-old Scotty Cameron fitter from San Diego, shot 84-76 to miss the cut at Bandon Dunes, but it didn’t matter. During his practice round Sunday, Geyer got down on one knee on Bandon’s picturesque 16th hole and popped the question to his girlfriend, Lacey Pelham.“It always matters what I shot, but certainly not as much as how lucky I am to be with
  
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• Justin Thomas assured $2 million after winning Wyndham Rewards

  11-08-2020 18:44
  
  SAN FRANCISCO – Justin Thomas shot only one round in the 60s at Harding Park, tied for 37th and lost the No. 1 ranking that he had held all of one week.The week wasn't a total loss.Thomas has played so well this year with a PGA Tour-best three victories that he is assured of being the No. 1 seed when the FedEx Cup postseason begins. That also means he wins the Wyndham Rewards for leading after the regular season, which comes with a $2 million bonus.So he earned $45,000 from the P
  
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• Luck of the draw a huge factor in U.S. Amateur stroke play

  11-08-2020 18:17
  
  BANDON, Ore. – If Bandon Dunes is considered as close to true links golf as it gets in the U.S., then stroke play at the 120th U.S. Amateur might as well be half an Open Championship.The luck of the draw has certainly been a big factor.With a smaller field this year, down to 264 players, all competitors teed off the first tees at Bandon Dunes and stroke-play co-host Bandon Trail. This caused 60 players to receive two starting times before noon PT while four groups drew the short straw with
  
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• Better lucky than good at U.S. Amateur? Feels that way

  11-08-2020 18:17
  
  BANDON, Ore. – If Bandon Dunes is considered as close to true links golf as it gets in the U.S., then stroke play at the 120th U.S. Amateur might as well be half an Open Championship.The luck of the draw has certainly been a big factor.With a smaller field this year, down to 264 players, all competitors teed off the first tees at Bandon Dunes and stroke-play co-host Bandon Trail. This caused 60 players to receive two starting times before noon PT while four groups drew the short straw with
  
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• Bandon Dunes: History, Dreams Fulfilled and What to Expect at the 2020 U.S. Amateur Host Site

  11-08-2020 17:12 via youtube.com
  
  
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• SMU's McClure Meissner (64) sets early pace at U.S. Amateur

  11-08-2020 02:12
  
  BANDON, Ore. – Each competitor at this week’s U.S. Amateur is allowed, per USGA protocols, up to two people inside their “bubble.”McClure Meissner is safely within that limit, choosing his dad, Kurt, and instructor, Bryan Gathright, to make the trip with him from San Antonio. However, if Meissner’s bubble appears a little bigger than others, it’s because it’s swelling with confidence.The SMU senior, who earlier this summer topped a loaded field at the So
  
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• Michael Thorbjornsen's strong U.S. Am start aided by caddie, the No. 10 amateur in world

  11-08-2020 00:41
  
  BANDON, Ore. – There are just 21 guys ranked higher than Michael Thorbjornsen this week at Bandon Dunes.One of them just happens to be his caddie.When Karl Vilips, the world’s No. 10 amateur, decided to skip the 120th U.S. Amateur as he continues to recover from a broken left grip finger, he offered his looping services to Thorbjornsen, his friend and fellow Stanford freshman. The partnership paid off brilliantly in Monday’s opening round around Bandon Trails, where Thorbjornse
  
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• Michael Thorbjornsen starts strong at U.S. Am with help from caddie, the No. 10 amateur in world

  11-08-2020 00:41
  
  BANDON, Ore. – There are just 21 guys ranked higher than Michael Thorbjornsen this week at Bandon Dunes.One of them just happens to be his caddie.When Karl Vilips, the world’s No. 10 amateur, decided to skip the 120th U.S. Amateur as he continues to recover from a broken left grip finger, he offered his looping services to Thorbjornsen, his friend and fellow Stanford freshman. The partnership paid off brilliantly in Monday’s opening round around Bandon Trails, where Thorbjornse
  
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