At the 46th U.S. Senior Open Championship (July 2-5) at the Scioto Country Club in Columbus, Ohio, longtime Wellington resident Justin Hicks finished in a tie for 26th place. In four rounds, Hicks shot 70-72-71-69 (282; two-over-par).
With his 26th place finish, Hicks defeated four other former U.S. Senior Open winners: 2015 winner Jeff Maggert (four-over-par), 2016 winner Gene Sauers (five-over-par), 2014 winner Colin Montgomerie (six-over-par) and 2011 winner Olin Browne (missed cut). Ireland’s Padraig Harrington won this year’s U.S. Senior Open Championship with a score of 12-under-par.
The next big event for Hicks will be traveling to Scotland in order to qualify for the ISPS Handa (British) Senior Open Championship, which is being held July 23-26 at Scotland’s Gleneagles King’s Course. Hicks’ qualifier will be Monday, July 20 in Scotland.
In local amateur golf, on Friday, June 26, 14-year-old Wellington resident Mateo Muniz won the South Florida PGA Prep Tour event at the Hunter’s Run Country Club in Boynton Beach with a level-par round of 71. Muniz and the other players in the field had to deal with a lightning delay, morning rain and high humidity.
