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| Near record Amateur
entry, full field in Mid-Amateur Championship |
| By
Western Pennsylvania Golf Association |
| Posted Tuesday, June
24, 2011 |
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Entries for the West Penn Amateur when it's at Oakmont are
much higher than typical years, and 2011 is no exception. A
total of 257 amateurs entered the Championship, three shy of
the record 260 that entered the 1999 edition. Qualifying
rounds begin on June 2 at Kane with 16 players and Lake View
near Erie with 29. The following week finds 71 at
Youghiogheny, McKeesport, on June 6, 19 at Scotch Valley
near Altoona, on June 7, and 72 at Hannastown on June 8. The
qualifiers will join the exempt players in the starting
field of 84 at Oakmont on June 13. The two rounds on the
first day will cut the field to 32 and ties for the third
and final round.
After a few years of entries in the 60-65 range, the
Mid-Amateur at Oak Tree CC in West Middlesex has a full
field of 78 players. The one-day 36-hole competition will be
held on Tuesday, May 31. Two of the nation's top
mid-amateurs lead the field--defending champion Sean Knapp,
Oakmont, and three-time USGA Mid-Amateur Champion, (2003,
2009, 2010), Nathan Smith, Pittsburgh.
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