Gainesville golfer says U.S. Amateur rough is 'really tough'
By by Ken Stanford
Posted 8:31AM on Thursday, August 21, 2003
OAKMONT, PENNSYLVANIA - A Gainesville golfer advanced Wednesday to the second round of the 103rd U.S. Amateur Championship in Oakmont, Pennsylvania.<br>
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Stuart Moore beat Nicholas Thompson of Coral Springs, Florida, 4-and-3.<br>
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"The rough's really tough, so, if you can't get it in the fairway, then you really don't have a good chance to make par," Moore said. "(My) driver's really been good this week."<br>
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Moore will tee off Thursday at 8:05 in the second round of the tournament, playing in a twosome with Adam Rubinson of Fort Worth, Texas.<br>
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"I'll have to play really good to keep winning," Moore said.<br>
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Moore is the son of Steve and Cahty Moore of Gainesville.
