TULSA, Okla. — Mike Barry of Medford double-bogeyed two of the last three holes and dropped into a tie for 180th place on the opening day of the 109th U.S. Amateur golf tournament Monday.
Barry finished at 8-over-par 78 at Southern Hills Country Club in the first of two qualifying rounds.
He will play Cedar Ridge Country Club, near Broken Arrow, today, teeing off at 7:40 a.m. local time and 5:40 a.m. Pacific.
After all 312 players have played both courses, the top 64 will advance to match play at Southern Hills.
Southern Hills proved to be the most difficult of the two courses, with an average score of 78.5. The average at Cedar Ridge was 75.6.
