10 Collegians Miss Cut At U.S. Open

Pablo Martin lives to play on the weekend at Oakmont

June 15, 2007

Complied By CSTV.com Staff

 

After the first two rounds, Oakmont has proved to be one of the most challenging courses in U.S. Open history. With pros and amateurs vying to make the cut for this weekend, most of the collegiate players have found the course challenging and difficult while a few have managed to make it into the weekend.

 

Pablo Martin

 

The newly turned pro and former Oklahoma State Cowboy fired two solid rounds of 71 and 76 to finish +6 Friday, making the cut by 5 shots. A few double bogeys on the back nine of his round Friday hurt Martin because of his inability to drive the ball into the fairway. Martin hit just 50 percent of the 14 fairways Friday after hitting 79 percent Thursday.

 

Mark Harrell


 

 

 

Harrell, a junior from Alabama, was flirting with making the cut, but his bogey on 16 Friday ended up costing him the chance to play on the weekend. For a time, it looked like the cut line would be +11, but at day's end it stood at +10 and that meant Harrell was sent packing despite putting together two solid rounds, carding a 75 Thursday and a 76 Friday.

 

Alex Prugh

 

The Washington senior had an unsuccessful run at his first U.S. Open this week at Oakmont. After struggling during his two rounds. Prugh tried to open up strong in the back nine at Oakmont, which has turned out to be the most challenging section for all competitors, but it was the front nine that gave him the most trouble.

 

During the second round the fourth hole proved to be the most troublesome as Prugh came away with a 10 on his way to limping home to an 81 Friday. After posting an 82 Thursday, Prugh finished +23, missing the cut.

 

Luke List

 

One of two collegiate players in the field who recently turned pro, List, the former Vanderbilt standout, had a troublesome finish to his first two rounds at Oakmont. Although this is List's third U.S. Open, Oakmont has been quite the challenge for him as he finished +7 in the first round and +9 in the second.

 

Martin Ureta

 

The Chilean had a difficult time with the front nine at Oakmont both Thursday and Friday. The third hole was particularly hard for Ureta as he was five strokes over par for the two days. After carding a +23, the recent North Carolina graduate missed the cut.

 

Chris Condello

 

Condello struggled to navigate Oakmont, finishing his two rounds at +22 after an 83 Friday that included 10 bogeys or worse. Condello finished with an impressive birdie-birdie-birdie finish Thursday to walk off the course with a 79, but couldn't carry over the momentum.

 

Rhys Davies

 

Davies will not make the weekend after a poor second round. His prospects looked promising after carding a 74 Thursday, but the Wales native stumbled with six bogeys and three double bogeys Friday on his way to an 83. The East Tennessee State alum missed the cut by two strokes.

 

John Kelly

 

Kelly put himself in great position to make a run at the weekend Friday, but an 84 derailed any hope of a Saturday and Sunday tee time. Five bogeys and one double bogey on the back nine killed Kelly as he matched his first nine 42 with the exact same score on the back. The Missouri grad finished at +18, seven strokes off the cut.

 

Philip Pettit

 

An 81 followed by an 82 doomed Pettit. He had 17 bogeys for the tournament as Friday featured nine of the miscues to go along with two double bogeys. Pettit, a Tennessee junior, had just three birdies the entire tournament.

 

Jason Kokrak

 

Kokrak finished six strokes off the cut line thanks to an 80 Friday. His final hole of the tournament was a real score-wrecker as Kokrak posted a nine on the par 4 18th to come in at 43 on the back nine. Kokrak hit just 29 percent of the fairways and just 28 percent of the greens in regulation Friday. The Xavier grad finished +7 on Oakmont's par 4s.

 

Jeff Golden

 

The Rollins College senior put himself in a tough position after a first round 82 Thursday. So his 78 Friday wasn't nearly good enough to put him into the weekend as Golden finished 20 over par. Playing the par 4s in 13 over really hurt Golden.