Neal Shipley has hung tough with a six-under 65 to hold onto a one-shot lead from fellow American Ben Kohles going into the final round of the PGA Tour’s inaugural Biltmore Championship Asheville. The PGA Tour rookie made an eagle and a birdie on the two back-nine par 5s in his third straight bogey-free round Read more…
Australia’s Cam Davis and Karl Vilips have made the cut at the PGA Tour event in North Carolina, which for Davis ends a run of six successive missed cuts in America. Davis is tied for 38th after he posted an even-par 71 on Friday (Saturday AEST) to go with his first-round 66. Vilips has registered Read more…
Check out this video of Shipley, now a Korn Ferry Tour rookie, describing the unusual way he and his caddie have kept busy during long rounds – by working on maths problems.
Neal Shipley will officially go down as the low amateur at the Masters but, unofficially, he was also the high golfer in terms of viral moments from Sunday at Augusta National.
The five-time champion finished with a 16-over 304 total, surpassing the 301 strokes he accumulated two years ago as his highest aggregate score in his 26 Masters appearances. Will there be another? That remains to be seen.