After a second-round leaderboard shuffle at the U.S. Senior Challenge, there’s a lot to be said for consistency. That’s how the four-man squad from Louisiana found itself at the top of the team leaderboard with 18 holes left to play at Hobe Sound (Florida) Golf Club.
On a day when scores rose across the board, Louisiana players managed to match their 6-over effort from the first day to not only climb from the third-place spot into the top spot, but build a six-shot cushion over the next-closest team.
In the play-four-count-three team format, Louisiana used rounds of 1-over 73 from Claud Cooper, 2-over 74 from Stan Humphries and 3-over 75 from team captain Grady Brame on Tuesday.
Scores: U.S. Senior Challenge
While one team champion is crowned at the U.S. Senior Challenge, individual champions will be named in each of the four age divisions: senior, super senior, legends and super legends. World Amateur Golf Ranking points are also awarded.
Humphries, at 1 over for the tournament (71-74), is tied for first in the Senior division with Michael Arasin, who is captaining an Alabama-Georgia team that, entering the final round, is closest on Louisiana’s heels. Cooper is another two shots back in a tie for third with Charlie Stevens, a member of the fifth-place Kansas team.
The day began with the Florida team captained by William Boockford, the reigning Legends champion of the Golfweek Senior Tournament of Champions, in the lead. Hobe Sound native Rich Buckner helped greatly in that team effort with an opening 70, but Buckner fell to 82 in the second round as the team slipped to fifth.
Boockford, for his part, is 4 over individually (73-75) and trailing by only two shots in the Legends division.
Donny Phillips, at 5 over, leads the Super Senior division. His Ohio-Georgia team is in a tie for eighth on the team leaderboard. Gary Jeffreys, a member of the Texas team also in a share of eighth, is 9 over and at the top of the Super Legends division.
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