Round One at Merion
Monday, August 22, 2005 at 07:30 PM
Geoff in 2005 US Amateur
merion logo.gifThey'll be jumping for joy in Merionland...scores were astronomically high on the East Course so it must be Open worthy! I'm afraid to think what they resorted to in order to produce such high scores.

Ken Klavon at USGA.org has the gory details, including the 5-hour-plus-pace of play.

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