Clyburn in top 40 as Georgia State Am heads into final round
R.B. Clyburn shot a 1-over-par 72 in Saturday’s third round of the 100th Georgia State Golf Association Amateur Championship in Atlanta and moved up a few spots on the leaderboard.
Clyburn, who was the only one of five local golfers in the tournament to make the 36-hole cut with a pair of 73s, moved up from 46th place to a tie for 39th after three rounds. The final round in the 72-hole event will be conducted Sunday at Cherokee Town and Country Club.
With split tee times Saturday, Clyburn started on hole No. 10 and made a birdie-2 on his second hole of the day. He later made bogey at No. 16 to turn his first nine holes at even par for the day. Back-to-back bogeys on No. 2 and No. 3 were followed by a birdie on the par-5 fifth hole. Clyburn then parred his final four holes of the day to finish with a 72 on the par-71, 7,105-yard North Course.
Matt Hughes of Dalton, a senior golfer at the University of Alabama, is tied for the 54-hole lead with University of Georgia junior and Watkinsville native Will Kahlstorf at 6-under-par.
Hughes (70-70-67) and Kahlstorf (70-68-69) will be joined by Kennesaw State sophomore Takafumi Shimoji in Sunday’s final threesome. Shimoji, along with Australian and Georgia State grad student Josh Edgar plus UGA junior Eli Scott of Hartwell are tied for third place at 5-under-par.
In total, 21 players are 1-under-par or better heading into Sunday’s final round.
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