by Bob Royak passed Tuesday at the Pirate Golfweek classic that goes back in line. Royak, the 2019 American senior amateur champion, was the only man in any division to break 70 in the second round at TPC Tampa Bay, and he moved him to the top of the senior division classification.
Royak, from Alpharetta, in Georgia, left with a job to do after opening this tournament with 74. It was a round in which the 63 -year -old played the last two holes in 3. He had played The previous five holes in 3 sous.
However, Tuesday, Royak rebounded with only two bogeys to be removed from his five birdies.
Royak finished in 2024 with a senior Invitational International team victory before participating in the prestigious Eastern West West. He also reached the third round of match to the American amateur of the American amateur and was semi-finalist in 2023.
This week, Royak is winning at the classic of the first pirate only a few days after a T-2 finish at the Gasparilla Senior Invitational, played just at the bottom of the road at the Palma Ceia Golf and Country Club.
Even if Royak separated for the solo head at the end of the day, the senior division was close to most of the second round, with up to three players equally at one point. Jerry Slagle of Southlake, Texas, the first senior round, had a second round 73 which included an eagle in Par-4 12th. He has 1 for the tournament and a blow behind Royak. Bryan Hoops de Scottsdale, Arizona, and Brian Keenan from Tampa, Florida, are 2 and tied in third place while Todd Doss of Mandeville, in Louisiana, is 3 years old in fifth.
In the Master’s Division (for players aged 40 to 55), Thad Hudgens of Longwood, Florida, only took it further. After opening with an eagle on the first hole on Monday, Hudgens climbed at 67 on Tuesday, he returned with 70 and now leads his division by 18 shots.
Byron Whitman by Bonita Springs, in Florida, leads by a blow in the super senior division after consecutive towers of 75.
The leaders of the legends and super legends divisions managed to distance themselves on Tuesday. Greg Osborne de Lititz, in Pennsylvania, is 2 on five shots from the legends division. Frank Polizzi from Plymouth’s meeting, Pennsylvania, is 3 years old and also has a five -stroke cushion among the Super Legends.
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