Brutally high temperatures and difficult pin placements led to rounds lasting well past five hours and resulting in few low scores during the first day of play in the 15-18 age division of the Press Thornton Future Masters on Thursday.
There were some exceptions, such as 16-year-old Connor Cassano of Shreveport, La., who came in at 3-under par 67 after shooting 33 on the front and staying solid with a 34 on the back to take the first round lead.“I struck it really well … made a bunch of putts, made a bunch of birdies ,” Cassano said. “Really didn’t make any mistakes until the last hole.”“I had to punch out and had an unfortunate three-putt for double,” Cassano said.
Henry O’Keefe of Augusta, Ga., and Tyler Spielman of Cave Creek, Ariz., are both a stroke back of Cassano after scores of 68. Also under par included Tom Fischer of Birmingham, Brycen Jones of Thomasville, Ga., Sterling Hurd of Austin, Texas, and Drew Jones of Tallahassee, all at 69. Another case in point of starting strong and struggling on the final nine was Blake Cornell, a 15-year-old from Daphne who was playing in his first Future Masters.
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