Aug 11, 2021

It's wait-and-see at the U.S. Open

There’s still a lot of golf to be played at the U.S. Amateur outside of Pittsburgh, thanks to dangerous weather that wreaked havoc on the field of 312 players.

When play was halted because of darkness Tuesday evening, only three of the seven local entrants had completed 36 holes. Liam Gill of Wayland High School (76-77 – 153) and Rhode Islander Brad Valois (76-74 – 150) appeared destined to miss the cut, which was projected to be at 5-over 145.

That projection puts Weston Jones of Sudbury squarely in the waiting room because he backed up Monday’s 74 at Oakmont with a 72 at the Longue Vue Club to sit at 146.

Of those who will come back Wednesday to finish Round 2, the most notable name is Michael Thorbjornsen of Wellesley. Coming off victories in the Massachusetts Amateur and Western Amateur, he is 1-over through six holes at Oakmont CC, but 4-under overall.

Davis Chatfield of Attleboro has nine more holes to play at Longue Vue, where he is currently 2-under to sit at 1-over for the tournament.

Xavier Marcoux of Concord opened with a 73 at Oakmont but played six holes in 1-under at Longue Vue to get to 2-over overall.

The situation is a bit more precarious for James Imai of Brookline (currently 6-overall, with five holes to play at Longue Vue) and Andrew DiRamio of Boston (12-over with six holes left at Oakmont).

Once the field is trimmed to the 64 stroke-play qualifiers, Round 1 of match play will commence.