Zahringer and Carter Lead Halfway Through Second Day of Stroke Play at 2002 U.S. Mid-AmateurGreenwich, Conn. – George Zahringer, 49, of New York, N.Y., and Pat Carter, 34, of Lesage, W.Va., finished at 1-under-par 142 to lead the 264-player field halfway through the second day of stroke play at the 2002 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship, being held at The Stanwich Club (par-72, 6,952 yards) and the Round Hill Club (par-71, 6,560 yards).
Zahringer, who was the 2001 Mid-Amateur runner-up and holds a membership at Stanwich, shot a 2-over-par 74 after shooting the low score at Round Hill on Saturday, a 3-under-par 68. Carter, who has won eight consecutive West Virginia Amateurs, followed his even-par 72 at Stanwich with a 1-under-par 70 at Round Hill.
“I think I can win and I have won before so that’s not a new step or an additional evolution of my competitive golf game,” Zahringer said. “It’s really staying focused and composed. Sometimes in a match, it’s making fewer mistakes than your opponent, sometime it’s playing better than him. There’s still a lot of golf left. Everybody stay tuned, including myself.”
Three strokes back were Danny Green, 45, of Jackson, Tenn., who won the Mid-Amateur in 1999, and Brad Hardin, 25, of Martinsville, Ind. Green shot 4-over-par 76 at Stanwich, which included four birdies. He had shot 2-under-par 69 at Round Hill Saturday for a +2 145 36-hole total. Hardin had a 3-over-par 75 at Round Hill after a 2-under-70 at Stanwich.
“The course (Stanwich) wasn’t difficult today, I just lost my swing,” said the amiable Green. “As good as I played yesterday was as bad as I played today. I just wasn’t hitting the ball well. I think every fairway I hit, I made birdie.”
Safely into the match play field is defending champion Tim Jackson, 43, of Germantown, Tenn., who fired a 4-over-par 76 to finish at 4-over-par 147
“You’ve got to know when you are putting uphill and when you’re putting downhill,” Jackson said of playing Stanwich. “You’ve got to know which greens receive shots and which ones don’t. Some putts are extremely fast and some are extremely slow. You just have to learn those spots in the green. It is such a big local knowledge course.”
David Herzog, 29, of Palmdale, Calif., matched Jackson when he shot a 3-under-par 69 at Stanwich Saturday, followed with a 7-over-par 78 at Round Hill for a two-day total of 147.
“Stanwich is a golf course that sets up better for me – there’s a lot of blind shots out here,” Herzog said of Round Hill. “My hat’s off to (George) Zahringer (Saturday) – that’s a great score.”
The remaining 132 players in the field still have yet to complete their first round.
Play continues Monday with the first round of match play. The second and third rounds are set for Tuesday and the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds for Wednesday. The Championship runs through Thursday’s 36-hole final match.
The U.S. Mid-Amateur is one of 13 national championships conducted annually by the United States Golf Association, 10 of which are strictly for amateurs.
Greenwich, Conn. -- Results at the halfway point of Sunday’s second round of stroke play from the 2002 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship at The Stanwich Club (6,952 yards, par 72) and Round Hill Club (6,560 yards, par 71): (SC = The Stanwich Club, RH = Round Hill)
George Zahringer, New York, N.Y., 68RH-74SC--142
Patrick Dean Carter, Lesage, W.Va., 72SC-70RH--142
Danny Green, Jackson, Tenn., 69RH-76SC--145
Brad Hardin, Martinsville, Ind., 70SC-75RH--145
Patrick Pierson, Central Nyack, N.Y., 70SC-76RH--146
John Pate, Santa Barbara, Calif., 74RH-72SC--146
Tim Jackson, Germantown, Tenn., 71RH-76SC--147
John Kemp, England, 74RH-73SC--147
David Herzog, Palmdale, Calif., 69SC-78RH--147
Brendan Hester, Sutton, Mass., 79SC-69RH--148
Timothy Waggoner, Spokane, Wash., 80SC-69RH--149
Tripp Davis, Norman, Okla., 75SC-74RH--149
Terrence Miskell, New Braunfels, Texas, 74RH-75SC--149
Peter Samborsky II, Dayton, Ohio, 74RH-75SC--149
Greg Stebbins, Mahwah, N.J., 77SC-72RH--149
Trip Kuehne, Dallas, Texas, 75SC-74RH--149
Gary Wolstenholme, England, 71SC-78RH--149
Shawn McCaskey, Cincinnati, Ohio, 75RH-75SC--150
Kemp Richardson, Laguna Niguel, Calif., 73RH-77SC--150
Gene Elliott, West Des Moines, Iowa, 73RH-77SC--150
Arnold Cutrell, Greensburg, Pa., 76SC-74RH--150
Gary Lucas, Topeka, Kan., 72RH-78SC--150
Titus Harris III, Houston, Texas, 76RH-74SC--150
Daniel Arvanitis, Manchester, N.H., 74SC-76RH--150
Greg Reynolds, Grand Blanc, Mich., 74SC-76RH--150
Rick Reinsberg, Moraga, Calif., 74SC-77RH--151
Tim Sheppard, East Peoria, Ill., 79SC-72RH--151
Terry Wamack, Columbus, Ohio, 75RH-76SC--151
Gregory Martin, Starkville, Miss., 75SC-76RH--151
Wes Christopher, Kingwood, Texas, 74RH-77SC--151
Dan Falls, Goshen, Md., 76SC-76RH--152
Paul Schlachter, Pittsburgh, Pa., 72RH-80SC--152
Scott Hardy, Pleasant Hill, Calif., 75RH-77SC--152
Tim Hogarth, Northridge, Calif., 76SC-76RH--152
Paul Simson, Raleigh, N.C., 76SC-76RH--152
Kevin Quinn, Needham, Mass., 78RH-75SC--153
Aaron Tallman, Pembroke Pines, Fla., 75SC-78RH--153
Paul Zarek, Burlington, Wis., 75SC-78RH--153
Dean Channell, Cary, N.C., 75RH-78SC--153
Colin Bork, Fargo, N.D., 81RH-72SC--153
James Hay, Fremont, Calif., 75SC-78RH--153
Michael McLoone, Arlington Heights, Ill., 78SC-75RH--153
Malcolm Holland, Dallas, Texas, 74SC-79RH--153
David Lucks, St Louis, Mo., 80SC-73RH--153
Mike McCoy, West Des Moines, Iowa, 72SC-81RH--153
Allen Barber, Yorktown, Va., 75RH-78SC--153
Keith Janecek, Parkton, Md., 76RH-77SC--153
Richard Balla Jr, St Charles, Ill., 74SC-79RH--153
Tim Duffey, Phoenix, Ariz., 78SC-75RH--153
Benji Nelson, Madison, Miss., 77RH-77SC--154
Brian Murphy, Wethersfield, Conn., 77SC-77RH--154
Jay Rice, Darien, Conn., 74SC-80RH--154
Trey Owen, Austin, Texas, 77SC-77RH--154
Bret Voisin, Orlando, Fla., 79SC-75RH--154
Brian Higgins, Franklin, Mass., 80SC-75RH--155
Kenneth Weixel, Columbus, Ohio, 76RH-79SC--155
Sean Hartman, Massapequa, N.Y., 75RH-80SC--155
Jack Kearney, Peachtree City, Ga., 77RH-79SC--156
Brad Cruts, Allen Park, Mich., 79SC-77RH--156
Peter Meurer, Staten Island, N.Y., 82RH-74SC--156
Richard Breed, Farmington, Conn., 78SC-78RH--156
Mark Peel, Delray Beach, Fla., 74RH-82SC--156
Alan Hill, Spring Branch, Texas, 77RH-79SC--156
Clay Long, Carlsbad, Calif., 80RH-76SC--156
William Moore, Pacific Grove, Calif., 77SC-79RH--156
Mark Etue, Carlsbad, Calif., 78RH-78SC--156
Michael McGowan, Bethesda, Md., 78SC-78RH--156
Michael Stone, Glenview, Ill., 76SC-81RH--157
Frank Babusik, Ft Lauderdale, Fla., 80SC-77RH--157
Jeff Burda, Modesto, Calif., 76RH-81SC--157
Robert Valerio, Hawthorne, Calif., 81RH-76SC--157
Greg Nichols, Pigeon Forge, Tenn., 79SC-78RH--157
Brian Komline, Gladstone, N.J., 74SC-83RH--157
Timothy Byers, McHenry, Ill., 81SC-76RH--157
John Kelley, Winston-Salem, N.C., 78RH-80SC--158
Paul Houvener, Bothell, Wash., 80RH-78SC--158
Ray Makloski, Pueblo, Colo., 78RH-80SC--158
Joel Sandler, North Potomac, Md., 75RH-83SC--158
David Delich, Cos, Colo., 78SC-80RH--158
Frank Acker, Las Vegas, Nev., 78SC-80RH--158
Peter Dahlberg, Fort Worth, Texas, 81RH-77SC--158
Jeff Scohy, Mt Gilead, Ohio, 78RH-80SC--158
Doug Green, Cumming, Ga., 76RH-82SC--158
Richard Blooston, Edina, Minn., 79SC-79RH--158
Ken Eichele, Beechhurst, N.Y., 83RH-75SC--158
James Camaione, Upland, Calif., 77SC-81RH--158
Lance Parker, San Luis Obispo, Calif., 86SC-73RH--159
Roy Neal, Mt Pleasant, S.C., 80RH-79SC--159
Claud Cooper, Birmingham, Ala., 76RH-83SC--159
Mike McClung, Horseshoe Bay, Texas, 77SC-82RH--159
Michael Nealy, Boca Raton, Fla., 82SC-78RH--160
Brian Coakley, Wellesley, Mass., 81SC-79RH--160
Alex Moore, Winnetka, Ill., 78RH-82SC--160
Rich Berglund, Oakmont, Pa., 80SC-80RH--160
Kenneth Malloy, Rye, N.Y., 81RH-79SC--160
Randall Conroy, Lawrence, Kan., 78SC-82RH--160
Dennis Younglove, El Macero, Calif., 81RH-79SC--160
Robert Godfrey, Clemson, S.C., 81RH-80SC--161
Skip Taylor, Flat Rock, N.C., 77RH-84SC--161
John Carras, Midland, Mich., 79RH-83SC--162
Randy Elliott, Winter Park, Fla., 84SC-78RH--162
Jason Griffith, Gainesville, Ga., 81RH-81SC--162
Bill Land, Lafayette, La., 82SC-80RH--162
Jerry Greenbaum, Atlanta, Ga., 78RH-84SC--162
Mark Amundson, Sioux Falls, S.D., 78SC-85RH--163
Gayle Sanchez, Baton Rouge, La., 81RH-82SC--163
Mitch Wyatt, Salisbury, Md., 86SC-77RH--163
W Keith Wood, Atlanta, Ga., 79RH-84SC--163
Jim Vallone, San Dimas, Calif., 80SC-83RH--163
Kenny Wilson, Murfreesboro, Tenn., 83RH-80SC--163
John McDonald, San Clemente, Calif., 83RH-80SC--163
David Hayes, Menands, N.Y., 78RH-85SC--163
Bryan Sasek, Lenexa, Kan., 81SC-83RH--164
Glenn Wityak, Middlebury, Conn., 83RH-81SC--164
Mike Cotter, Albany, Texas, 85SC-79RH--164
P Chet Walsh, Norristown, Pa., 86RH-78SC--164
Edward Vomastek, Traverse City, Mich., 82RH-82SC--164
Larry Gilhuly, Gig Harbor, Wash., 86SC-79RH--165
Terrell Coffield, Bennington, Vt., 80RH-87SC--167
Brian Oakley, Phoenix, Ariz., 80SC-88RH--168
David Kokesh, Bloomington, Minn., 82SC-86RH--168
Michael J Karger, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., 87SC-82RH--169
Kevin Watford, Nashville, Tenn., 79RH-90SC--169
Trey Wilkinson, Houston, Texas, 87SC-82RH--169
Chris Heidenreich, San Mateo, Calif., 81RH-90SC--171
David Swanson, Sacramento, Calif., 90RH-82SC--172
David Murray, Grapevine, Texas, 83SC-89RH--172
Jeff Mehlberth, Centerville, Ohio, 87RH-86SC--173
Joe Kohmann, Twinsburg, Ohio, 83RH-90SC--173
Robert Caton, Huntington Beach, Calif., 76RH-98SC--174
Jason Hlatky, Denver, Colo., 88SC-90RH--178
Anthony Kondracki, Kingston, Pa., 96RH-87SC--183
