At Alabama tourney Wyatt shot 57
At the Alabama Boys State Junior Championship, Bobby Wyatt shot a 57.
At the Country Club of Mobile, the 18-year-old teen from the University of Alabama had 12 birdies, an eagle and 5 pars Wednesday on the par-71, 6,628-yard course. On the 18th green, his birdie putt hung on the lip and he had to settle for par.
Wyatt shot a 9-under 26 on the front nine and needed 23 putts total.
In 2004 on a par-70 layout that measured just over 5,000 yards, 61 was the previous low round in the State Junior by Glenn Northcutt.
Wyatt has won the state’s junior championship the past three years.
In the final round of The Crowns tournament on the Japan Golf Tour on May, Ryo Ishikawa’s 58 is the lowest score on a major tour.
Set in a tournament in Louisiana, Wyatt’s score was five strokes better than his previous career low.
He said, “It was unbelievable. I got off to a fast start with birdies on my first two holes, then was 3-under after four and it kept going from there.”
Among the swelling crowd, watching Wyatt’s round was Alabama coach Jay Seawell. Through the first nine holes, he recorded a 9-under 26.
Wyatt said, “People were congratulating me as I made the turn, but I knew there was a lot of golf to be played, I had to take a few extra practice swings on the 10th tee to get my focus back.”
On the final hole, he birdied Nos. 16 and 17 and just missed another.
Wyatt was playing with Trey Mullinax and Michael Johnson. Mullinax will be his roommate at Alabama.
Wyatt said, “They are two good friends of mine and they talked to me as we went around which helped relax me but didn’t say anything about the round I was having.”
