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Newcomb Counting Web.com Tour Experience Valuable
6/25/2012 8:00:00 PM | Men's Golf
Quail Crossing Results I Old Vincennes Results I Web.com Tour
Round 2
Murray State golfer Patrick Newcomb fired a second round 78 Friday at the Web.com Tour United Leasing Championship at Victoria National GC in Newburgh, Ind.
Coupled with his first round 73, Newcomb's total of 151 wasn't enough to get into the top-70 and make the cut to play this weekend.
Newcomb, who will be a senior in the fall for Coach Eddie Hunt, said he enjoyed the experience. _Playing as an amateur in a field of proven professionals was just one of many experiences Newcomb has had this spring and summer beginning when he was named the Ohio Valley Conference Golfer of the Year in April.
“This was a great experience,” Newcomb said. “It was especially good for me to be between the ropes. I'm a little disappointed that I couldn't make the cut. Yesterday I hit the ball better than I did at the State Am, but just threw it away at the end. Today I took some chances out there early because I was trying to make the cut.”
“This was really eye opening for me,” Newcomb said. “I learned what I have to get better at. I strike the ball well, but everybody out here strikes the ball well. I've got to get better at course management. But this was a lot of fun and disappointing at the same that I didn't do better.”
Round 1
Patrick Newcomb carded a 1-over-par 73 in the first round playing in more than 100-degree heat in the late afternoon.
The MSU senior-to-be started his day on the 10th hole which he birdied. But bogeys on the 12th and 15th holes caused Newcomb to make the turn at 1-over-par. He made birdies at the 3rd and 7th holes to go to 1-under-par. Newcomb had an unfortunate double bogey at his second to last hole, the 8th and finished the day 1-over-par with a 73. He is in a large group of players that are tied for 69th place.
Omar Uresti is the first round leader with a 7-under-par 65.
Nationwide Tour becomes Web.com Tour
See sponsorship change for the PGA Tour's second league.
Tee Times Announced
Patrick Newcomb has been paired with Jack Fields and John Dalcorobbo and will play the first round Thursday from the 10th tee at 2:31 p.m. The same three play from the first tee Friday in the second round at 8:51 a.m.
Newcomb Qualifies for the Nationwide Tour Stop In Evansville
Murray State golfer Patrick Newcomb carded an 8-under-par 63 Monday and survived a six-way playoff to qualify for this week's stop on the Nationwide Tour in Newburgh, Ind.
Newcomb's low round came during qualifying at Quail Crossing GC in Evansville, Ind., where he secured one of 14 spots into this week's United Leasing Championship at Victoria National GC. Play begins Thursday and concludes Sunday.
Qualifying was also conducted at Old Vincennes GC in Vincennes, Ind.
Newcomb, a senior-to-be from Benton, Ky., just won his second straight Kentucky State Amateur title last week and kept his good play going Monday. He and five others that shot 63 had a playoff for four spots in the field of the main event. Newcomb said the he nearly hit his drive on the first playoff hole out of bounds, but eventually saved par making a long putt to stay in the hunt. Newcomb birdied the second extra hole and was clear when two other golfers made bogey to drop out.
Several other former Racer golfers were in the field playing as professionals including Nick Newcomb, Patrick's brother who was one shot from being in the playoff with a 64. Other former MSU players in the field included: Mitchell Moore (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 65, Jared Wolfe (Louisville, Ky.) 66, Cameron Carrico (Owensboro, Ky.) 68 and Hunter Ford (Paducah, Ky.) 71.
“I'm really playing well right now,” Newcomb said via phone from Evansville Monday evening. “I'm driving the ball well, getting it on the green and making some putts, so I'm having a lot of fun. This will be a great experience to play in a Nationwide Tour event.”
With his plans suddenly changed from driving home to Benton Monday night, to staying in the Evansville area, Newcomb will play a practice round Tuesday at Victoria National and prepare to tee it up in the first round on Thursday.
Patrick Newcomb is the first Racer to make it into a field of the Nationwide Tour since Nick Newcomb qualified for the same tour last August at the News Sentinel Open in Chattanooga, Tenn.
Round 2
Murray State golfer Patrick Newcomb fired a second round 78 Friday at the Web.com Tour United Leasing Championship at Victoria National GC in Newburgh, Ind.
Coupled with his first round 73, Newcomb's total of 151 wasn't enough to get into the top-70 and make the cut to play this weekend.
Newcomb, who will be a senior in the fall for Coach Eddie Hunt, said he enjoyed the experience. _Playing as an amateur in a field of proven professionals was just one of many experiences Newcomb has had this spring and summer beginning when he was named the Ohio Valley Conference Golfer of the Year in April.
“This was a great experience,” Newcomb said. “It was especially good for me to be between the ropes. I'm a little disappointed that I couldn't make the cut. Yesterday I hit the ball better than I did at the State Am, but just threw it away at the end. Today I took some chances out there early because I was trying to make the cut.”
“This was really eye opening for me,” Newcomb said. “I learned what I have to get better at. I strike the ball well, but everybody out here strikes the ball well. I've got to get better at course management. But this was a lot of fun and disappointing at the same that I didn't do better.”
Round 1
Patrick Newcomb carded a 1-over-par 73 in the first round playing in more than 100-degree heat in the late afternoon.
The MSU senior-to-be started his day on the 10th hole which he birdied. But bogeys on the 12th and 15th holes caused Newcomb to make the turn at 1-over-par. He made birdies at the 3rd and 7th holes to go to 1-under-par. Newcomb had an unfortunate double bogey at his second to last hole, the 8th and finished the day 1-over-par with a 73. He is in a large group of players that are tied for 69th place.
Omar Uresti is the first round leader with a 7-under-par 65.
Nationwide Tour becomes Web.com Tour
See sponsorship change for the PGA Tour's second league.
Tee Times Announced
Patrick Newcomb has been paired with Jack Fields and John Dalcorobbo and will play the first round Thursday from the 10th tee at 2:31 p.m. The same three play from the first tee Friday in the second round at 8:51 a.m.
Newcomb Qualifies for the Nationwide Tour Stop In Evansville
Murray State golfer Patrick Newcomb carded an 8-under-par 63 Monday and survived a six-way playoff to qualify for this week's stop on the Nationwide Tour in Newburgh, Ind.
Newcomb's low round came during qualifying at Quail Crossing GC in Evansville, Ind., where he secured one of 14 spots into this week's United Leasing Championship at Victoria National GC. Play begins Thursday and concludes Sunday.
Qualifying was also conducted at Old Vincennes GC in Vincennes, Ind.
Newcomb, a senior-to-be from Benton, Ky., just won his second straight Kentucky State Amateur title last week and kept his good play going Monday. He and five others that shot 63 had a playoff for four spots in the field of the main event. Newcomb said the he nearly hit his drive on the first playoff hole out of bounds, but eventually saved par making a long putt to stay in the hunt. Newcomb birdied the second extra hole and was clear when two other golfers made bogey to drop out.
Several other former Racer golfers were in the field playing as professionals including Nick Newcomb, Patrick's brother who was one shot from being in the playoff with a 64. Other former MSU players in the field included: Mitchell Moore (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 65, Jared Wolfe (Louisville, Ky.) 66, Cameron Carrico (Owensboro, Ky.) 68 and Hunter Ford (Paducah, Ky.) 71.
“I'm really playing well right now,” Newcomb said via phone from Evansville Monday evening. “I'm driving the ball well, getting it on the green and making some putts, so I'm having a lot of fun. This will be a great experience to play in a Nationwide Tour event.”
With his plans suddenly changed from driving home to Benton Monday night, to staying in the Evansville area, Newcomb will play a practice round Tuesday at Victoria National and prepare to tee it up in the first round on Thursday.
Patrick Newcomb is the first Racer to make it into a field of the Nationwide Tour since Nick Newcomb qualified for the same tour last August at the News Sentinel Open in Chattanooga, Tenn.
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