Long with even par on front 9 - good enough to move up to 9th for now.
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Long finished +3 on the round, +7 on the tourney which was good for T13 and a nice $210,757 payday.
Obviously, it is just the start of the season, but Kevin Streelman is 7th in the FedEx Cup standings while Adam Long is 24th. A very solid start for each of these guys.
Just checked the field for this week's PGA at Punta Cana and five former Duke golfers are entered. Wes Roach, Ryan Blaum, Adam Long, Alex Smalley, and Matt Oshrine. Five must be a Duke record for number of entries. Kevin is sitting this one out.
In the Punta Cana Resort and Club Championship, Adam Long just completed a string of six consecutive birdies and is in third place at -9. Alex Smalley, who has finished his round, is T-10 at -7.
Ryan Blaum (-3) may miss the cut by one shot. Wes Roach and Matt Oshrine are out as well.
Long in a 6-way tie for the lead at -12 through 7.
Long takes the outright lead at -16 on hole 13 and is 7 under for the day.
Long finishes at -17 with a two shot lead going into Sunday!
Not a good start for Long who is now 2 shots back after six holes, +1 on his round
Pocketed $164,000 though....
Am curious to know how Alex is qualified to play on the Tour, sponsor's exemption? Other? 2019 Duke grad I think.
He is on the Canadian Mackenzie Tour, which is owned by the PGA Tour. Perhaps he is somewhere on the pecking order for entry into main tour events. I would expect that playing in the D.R. in the time of coronavirus might create some openings.
Interesting bio info on Alex:
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Carries no more than two tees in his right pocket during a round.
Loves to go to Disney World.
Graduated with a 3.6 GPA from Duke University.
First golf memory was hitting a rubber golf ball in his backyard in the snow in North Carolina.
Adam Long, fresh off his 5th place finish at Corales Puntacana in the D.R., is playing this week at the Sanderson Farms Championship in Jackson, MS. He tees off at 1:06 CDT. I couldn't find anyone else from Duke.
Blaum, Roach, and Max Greyserman are playing the Korn Ferry Tour this week. All three were T30 after yesterday's opening round in Savannah.
And reality set in for Adam, shooting a 74, 10 shots behind the first day leaders. Tough uphill battle for Adam to make the cut this week. http://www.crazietalk.net/ourhouse/i...es/devil9f.gif