LOS ANGELES — Gainesville native Spencer Ralston saw his bid to advance at the 2017 U.S. Amateur golf tournament come to a disappoiting finish Tuesday.
Raslton, a former Gainesville High and current University of Georgia standout, fired a 2-over par 72 at the Bel-Air Country Club course for a two-day total of 147, which placed him in a tie for 130th. He shot a 5-over 75 on Monday at The Riviera Country Club.
The top 64 players after the first two rounds of stroke play will move to the match play portion of the week-long event. The projected cut based was at 4-over par.
Ralston started on No. 10 at Bel-Air and after a par on his opening hole he bogeyed No. 11 but then recorded back-to-back birdies on Nos. 12 and 13 to get to 4-over par. He pared the next five holes but fell back to even on the day and 5-over for the tournament with a bogey on No. 2, his 11th holes of the round. He birdied No. 5 but bogeys on Nos. 6 and 9 dropped back to 7-over.
Hayden Wood of Edmond, Okla., posted a two-day total of 9-under par to lead after the stroke play with just a handful of players left on the courses.
