Champ overpowers Prairie Dunes, Wood, Burrows, Eckroat in contention at Trans-Miss
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Texas A&M senior Cameron Champ shot a brilliant 5-under-par 65 on Wednesday and leads the 114th Trans-Mississippi Amateur Championship by one shot at Prairie Dunes Country Club.
The good news-bad news scenario for the rest of the field is Champ’s margin could’ve been three shots wider.
“I really played the same way today as I played yesterday,” said Champ, one of only two amateurs to make the cut at the U.S. Open in June. “Yesterday I just made a triple (bogey). Today I kept it in the fairway, only missed two greens. My only bogey was a three-putt.”
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The 22-year-old from Sacramento, Calif., has been working with noted swing instructor Sean Foley for about seven years. Champ finished T32 at Erin Hills and led the field in driving distance in the first round at a staggering 349.5 yards. His ball speed has been tracked at 198 mph. To put that into perspective, Brandon Hagy leads the PGA Tour in that category this season at 186.31 mph. Dustin Johnson’s ball speed averages 181.4 mph.
“He absolutely crushes it,” said Texas A&M Men’s Golf Coach T.J. Higgins. “He has such a rare combination of incredible power and accuracy. He hits it straighter than any big hitter I’ve ever seen. He not only hits it long, but straight which gives him a lot of opportunities to score well. He is really developing both physically and emotionally as a player. It’s really fun to see him come into his own this year.”
A shot behind the big-hitting Champ are Stoney Crouch, a recent graduate from Nashville’s Lipscomb University who lead after the first round, and Franklin Huang, a senior at Stanford. They’re tied for second place at 4-under 136. Born and raised in Mount Juliet, Tenn., Crouch answered his 3-under 67 in the opening round with a 1-under 69 on Wednesday. Huang, who hails from Poway, Calif., matched Champ’s low score of the second round with a 5-under 65.
Lurking in fourth place is the 112th Trans-Miss Amateur winner Collin Morikawa from La Cañada Flintridge, Calif. The Cal-Berkeley junior was a First-Team All-American in 2016-17 and won this championship in 2015 at nearby Flint Hills National. Through two rounds, Morikawa has posted 70-68 for 2-under 138.
After back-to-back 70s, Oklahoma State junior Hayden Wood from Edmond, Okla., holds fifth place at even-par 170. A total of 15 players are within seven shots of Champ on the eve of the Trans Miss Amateur’s 36-hole finale. Two of those are Cody Burrows of Chickasha and Oral Roberts and Austin Eckroat of Edmond and Oklahoma State, who both shot second-round 68s to pull into contention.
Sixty-five players made the 36-hole cut at 8-over 148 or better.
NOTES
EYE ON MID-AMS: Amateurs aged 25 years and older play in the Mid-Amateur category. They’re an important component of the amateur game, as most of them balance some kind of business career with their passion for competitive golf. With busy lives and often families at home, mid-ams play for the love of the game.
Each year the Trans-Miss Amateur recognizes the Low Mid-Am finisher at the completion of 72 holes. At this year’s 114th playing of the championship, there were 15 mid-ams in the field, including 2017 U.S. Senior Open Low Amateur Robert Funk (who also won the 2006 Trans-Miss), 2016 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion Stewart Hagestad and 2013 U.S. Mid-Am winner Mike McCoy, who won the 2000 and ’08 Trans-Miss titles.
Hagestad, who also earned Low Am honors at this year’s Masters, and Draegan Majors from Tulsa, Okla., were the lone mid-ams to survive the 36-hole cut. Hagestad, from Newport Beach, Calif., has posted 74-70 for 4-over 144. He’s T25 overall. Majors recorded rounds of 76-71 (7-over 147). He’s T46 for the championship.
| 114th Trans-Miss Amateur Championship Prairie Dunes Country Club Hutchinson, Kan. |
| July 12, 2017 ROUND TWO RESULTS Cameron Champ, Sacramento, Calif. – 70-65–135 Stoney Crouch, Mt. Juliet , Tenn. – 67-69–136 Franklin Huang, Poway, Calif. – 71-65–136 Collin Morikawa, La Canada, Calif. – 70-68–138 Hayden Wood, Edmond, Okla. – 70-70–140 Spencer Soosman, W. Village, Calif. – 70-7–141 Ruben Sondjaja, Ames, Iowa – 72-69–141 Jamie Cheatham, Rancho St Fe, Calif. – 70-71–141 Tyler Strafaci, Davie, Fla. – 72-70–142 Jeff Swegle, West Des Moines, Iowa – 70-72–142 Daniel Sutton, Sutton Coldfield, WMD – 69-73–142 Hunter Richardson, Clarksville, Tenn. – 67-75–142 Matt Hutchins, Naples, Fla. – 76-66–142 Matthew Walker, Ottumwa, Iowa – 68-74–142 Chandler Phillips, Huntsville, Texas – 69-73–142 Cody Burrows, Chickasha, Okla. – 74-68–142 Austin Eckroat, Edmond, Okla. – 75-68–143 Douglas Ghim, Arlington Heights, Ill. – 77-66–143 Will Zalatoris, Plano, Texas – 73-70–143 Brandon Wu, Scarsdale, N.Y. – 73-70–143 Isaiah Salinda, South San Fran, Calif. – 72-71–143 Brandon Bauman, Las Vegas, Nev. – 73-70–143 Scottie Scheffler, Dallas, Texas – 73-70–143 Trevor Brown, Austin, Texas – 69-74–143 Blaine Hale, Dallas, Texas – 72-72–144 Luis Gagne, Orlando, Fla. – 75-69–144 Kiran Day, Perth, WAU – 72-72–144 Matthew Perrine, Austin, Texas – 72-72–144 Jake Fendt, Suwanee, Ga. – 74-70–144 Denzel Ieremia, Ames, Iowa – 76-68–144 Garrick Higgo, Stellenbosch, WC – 75-69–144 Stewart Hagestad, Newport Beach, CA – 74-70–144 Chris Nido, Miami, Fla. – 74-70–144 Gray Townsend, Winston Salem, N.C. – 73-71–144 Sulman Raza, Eugene, Ore. – 70-75–145 Sean Carlon, Albuquerque, N.M. – 74-71–145 Yechun (Carl) Yuan, Lake Mary, Fla. – 75-70–145 Benjamin Shipp, Duluth, Ga. – 75-70–145 Kaiwen Liu, San Diego, Calif. – 74-71–145 Wes Artac, Kingwood, Texas – 74-71–145 Stratton Nolen, Austin, Texas – 75-70–145 Cameron Young, Scarborough, N.Y. – 72-73–145 Daniel Wetterich, Cincinnati, Ohio – 77-69–146 Ben Albin, Santa Fe, N.M. – 75-71–146 Reese Ramsey, Austin, Texas – 71-75–146 Eric Ansett, Spokane, Wash. – 73-74–147 Garrett May, Hope, Ark. – 72-75–147 Rylee Reinertson, Gibbon, Neb. – 73-74–147 Austin Squires, Union, Ky. – 75-72–147 Kyle Michel, Kialla, VIC – 75-72–147 Draegen Majors, Tulsa, Okla. – 76-71–147 Peter Kuest Jr, Fresno, Calif. – 73-74–147 Philip Barbaree, Shreveport, La. – 74-74–148 Lawren Rowe, Victoria, BC – 74-74–148 Daniel Gale, Castle Hill, NSW – 71-77–148 Andrew Alligood, Saint Johns, Fla. – 75-73–148 Jake Staiano, Cherry Hills Vill., Colo. – 75-73–148 James Anstiss, Hammond, La. – 73-75–148 Dylan Perry, Aberdeen, NSW – 74-74–148 Daniel Connolly, San Francisco, Calif. – 77-71–148 Alex Springer, Olathe, Kan. – 72-76–148 Andy Spencer, Prairie Village, Kan. – 70-78–148 Parker Coody, Plano, Texas – 73-75–148 Tanner Hughes, Livermore, Calif. – 71-77–148 Wells Padgett, Wichita, Kan. – 75-73—148 —————-MISSED THE CUT——————— Adam Wood, Zionsville, Ind. – 73-76–149 Clayton Feagler, Laguna Niguel, Calif. – 75-74–149 Hayden Buckley, Belden, Miss. – 73-76–149 Jacob Bergeron, Slidell, La. – 76-73–149 Derek Hitchner, Minneapolis, Minn. – 71-78–149 Tyson Reeder, Edmond, Okla. – 76-73–149 Hugo Bernard, Mont Saint Hilaire, QC – 78-71–149 Cooper Dossey, Austin, Texas – 74-76–150 Broc Everett, West Des Moines, Iowa – 77-73–150 Cole Hammer, Houston, Texas – 73-77–150 Scott Stevens, Chattanooga, Tenn. – 72-78–150 Frank Garber, Kirkland, Wash. – 75-75–150 Daniel Hudson, Western Springs, Ill. – 72-78–150 James Grierson, Sydney, NSW – 77-73–150 Sam Stevens, Witchita, Kan. – 80-70–150 Tanner Napier, Paris, Texas – 73-77–150 Ryan Grider, Lewisville, Texas – 74-76–150 Ben Sigel, Deephaven, Minn. – 72-78–150 Nick Voke, Ames, Iowa – 76-74–150 Tanner Gore, El Paso, Texas – 81-69–150 Zachary Sokolosky, Wichita, Kan. – 73-77–150 Jake Marriott, Augusta , Ga. – 75-76–151 Rhett Rasmussen, Draper, Utah – 75-76–151 Derek Bard, New Hartford, N.Y. – 72-79–151 Davis Shore, Knoxville, Tenn. – 77-74–151 Chase Hanna, Leawood, Kan. – 75-76–151 Matthew Wolff, Agoura Hills, Calif. – 77-74–151 Hunter Shattuck, Waco, Texas – 79-72–151 Riley Johnson, Fargo, N.D. – 78-73–151 Brian Ohr, Wheeling, Ill. – 74-77–151 Shuai Ming Wong, Spring, Texas – 75-76–151 Derek Busby, Ruston, La. – 73-78–151 Trevor Ullestad, Jewell, Iowa – 73-78–151 Tyler Gray, Huntingburg, Ind. – 77-74–151 Brendon Jelley, Tulsa, Okla. – 75-77–152 Joshua Martin, Pinehurst, N.C. – 81-71–152 Cameron John, Melbourne, VIC – 79-73–152 Gene Elliott, West Des Moines, Iowa – 77-75–152 Patrick Cover, Huntersville, N.C. – 73-79–152 Aaron Hickman, Tyler, Texas – 76-76–152 Yuxin Lin, Beijing, BEI – 76-76–152 Austin James, Bath, ON – 79-73–152 Clancy Waugh, North Palm Beach, Fla. – 76-76–152 Turner MacLean, Fort Worth, Texas – 80-72–152 James Clark, Fortson, Ga. – 75-78–153 Sebastian Crampton, Pacific Grove, CA – 73-80–153 Cole Nygren, San Luis Obispo, Calif. – 78-75–153 Jeff Bell, Overland Park, Kan. – 79-74–153 Andrew Kozan, West Palm Beach, Fla. – 76-78–154 Mason Nome, Houston, Texas – 82-72–154 Roy Cootes, Rolling Hills, Calif. – 74-81–155 Mike McCoy, Des Moines, Iowa – 80-75–155 Chris Parra, Dallas, Texas – 78-77–155 Jordan Hahn, Spring Grove, Ill. – 72-83–155 Spencer Painton, Aurora, Colo. – 73-82–155 Kyler Dunkle, Parker, Colo. – 78-77–155 Robert Funk, Canyon Lake, Calif. – 77-79–156 Zach Smith, Goleta, Calif. – 82-74–156 Joo-Young Lee, Dekalb, Ill. – 85-71–156 Will Strauss, La Jolla, Calif. – 77-79–156 Samuel Kim, Irvine, Calif. – 77-80–157 Charles Kim, Fayetteville, Ark. – 80-77–157 Kyle Sterbinsky, Yardley, Pa. – 82-75–157 Matthew Cheung, Okla. City, OK – 76-81–157 Jordan Roberts, Manhattan, Kan. – 81-77–158 Ryan Gerard, Raleigh, N.C. – 79-79–158 Jay Reynolds, Austin, Texas – 80-80–160 Mason Overstreet, Kingfisher, Okla. – 84-76–160 Carson Cavner, Jupiter, Fla. – 84-77–161 Josh Seiple, Castle Rock, Colo. – 85-77–162 Sean Griswold, Durango, Colo. – 85-78–163 Charlie Netzel, Western Springs, Ill. – 77-87–164 Bradley Lane, Lawrence, Kan. – 87-77–164 Nick Heinen, Edmond, Okla. – 83-84–167 Tj Vilkanskas, Manhattan, Kan. – 86-82–168 Blake Vinson, Fort Worth, Texas – 84-WD Andrew McCain, Saint Paul, Minn. – WD Jacob Huizinga, Orlando, Fla. – WD Frankie Capan, North Oaks, Minn. – WD
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