July 20-21: Best time of year! My Dad and I set off the quest to repeat as club champion. First round was 97 degrees and humid. Second day was in the 80s and still humid. A big thanks to my Dad for carrying in this heat. I was steady through the first two rounds, no score worse than bogey. At the same time, I was scrambling and never got too much momentum. Finished strong both days, going -1 under on last 4 and even on last 6. Shot 75-76. Led after first day and currently in 2nd place, one shot back. Below is a recap from Lexington GC website.
Round 2: Several players used round 2 to make a serious move up the leaderboard. Brett Douglass made the most of the ideal scoring conditions to fire low round of the day, a 1 under par 70. Combined with his opening round 80, he is your half way tournament leader at 150 (+8). Round 1 leader and defending champion Kurt Flionis stumbled a bit on the back nine, opening with 3 consecutive bogeys. However, he held on the shoot a 76 for a 2 day total of 151, good for 2nd place. Also making a big move up the leaderboard was Steve Geldart. His 1 over par 72 - 153 total was good for T3. Also at 153 was Rob Lynch (76-77).
Rounding out the top 10, we had Steve Keegan (154), Chris Barry (155), Dave Rubin (156), Kenny Collina (156), Jim Magliozzi (157), and Brian DelGreco (158).
In all, there are 12 players within 10 strokes of the leader. With 36 holes to be played next weekend, anything can happen. This years tournament may well prove to be the closest on in several years.
After Round 2, my family and I headed to Foxwoods to gamble and party with my 97 year old Gram. And that we did at Scorpion Bar, David Burke's, and Cedars. Amazing trip.
Looking forward to the final two rounds,
Kurt
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