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Clyburn opens play at U.S. Amateur Championship


Cartersville resident R.B. Clyburn, who qualified for the 2021 U.S. Amateur Championship at Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania, struggled to an opening round 77 at the historic 7,254-yard/Par 70 course. He will play his second round Tuesday at the 6,647-yard/Par 70 Longue Vue Club.

The tournament field of 312 players will be pared down to just 64 players following Tuesday’s rounds. The Round of 64 match play will begin Wednesday. All of the match play rounds will be conducted at Oakmont.

7,811 players entered for a chance to qualify for 121st U.S. Amateur, the most since 1999 when 7,920 entered for a chance to compete at Pebble Beach.

While it will take a strong round by Clyburn to climb the leaderboard Tuesday, he can be encouraged by the fact that every under par round Monday was accomplished at Longue Vue Club. Forty-one players shot under par rounds on the companion course, while only one player — Cole Sherwood (1-under-par, 69) -- assigned to Oakmont Monday was under par.

Jacob Bridgeman leads the field after the opening 18 holes with a 7-under-par 63 at Longue Vue. He leads three players — Joe Highsmith, Mark Goetz, and Alex Fitzpatrick — who all shot 6-under-par.

Tuesday, the players will switch venues prior to the 36-hole cut.

Clyburn is scheduled to start at 8:40 a.m. Tuesday.

 

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