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Rochester, New York –
CONGRATULATIONS TO BOBBY McCARTNEY OF PENFIELD, NY ON HIS STERLING PERFORMANCE IN THE UNITED STATES GOLF ASSOCIATION AMATEUR PUBLIC LINKS SECTIONAL QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT HELD AT WEBSTER GOLF CLUB ON TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 2009.
 McCARTNEY POSTED A 2 UNDER PAR SCORE OF 142 AFTER 36 HOLES ON THE 7,064 YARD EAST COURSE, WINNING THE QUALIFIER BY 6 STROKES OVER KEVIN KAYE OF WEST HENRIETTA, NY WHO TURNED IN A SCORE OF 148 [+4]. SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL BLAIR OF BURLINGTON, ONTARIO, CANADA, TOOK THIRD PLACE WITH A SCORE OF 151 [+7].
McCARTNEY’S NEXT STOP WILL BE THE USGA AMATEUR PUBLIC LINKS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TO BE HELD AT THE JIMMIE AUSTIN GOLF COURSE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA IN NORMAN, OKLAHOMA FROM JULY 14 – JULY 18, 2009. TRADITIONALLY, THE WINNER OF THE NATIONAL PUBLIC LINKS CHAMPIONSHIP HAS RECEIVED AN INVITATION TO COMPETE IN THE MASTERS TOURNAMENT IN AUGUSTA, GEORGIA THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
TWENTY-ONE VERY SKILLED PLAYERS FROM NEW YORK, VIRGINIA, AND CANADA, COMPRISED THE FIELD FOR THE QUALIFIER. ALTHOUGH THE SIZE OF THE FIELD WAS RELATIVELY SMALL, THEY WERE ALL PLAYING FOR ONLY A SINGLE SPOT IN THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SO THE COMPETITION WAS INTENSE.
THE QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT WAS RUN BY DAN OVERBECK OF FAIRPORT, NEW YORK, A NEWLY APPOINTED MEMBER OF THE USGA AMATEUR PUBLIC LINKS COMMITTEE, WITH THE ABLE ASSISTANCE OF SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE ROCHESTER DISTRICT GOLF ASSOCIATION WHO SERVED AS RULES OFFICIALS, STARTERS AND SCORERS.
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