Two medalists are better than one as far as the 2022 Michigan Amateur Golf Championship is concerned.
Charles DeLong of DeWitt and Bradley Smithson of Grand Rapids shared medalist honors Tuesday at Hawk Hollow Golf Club in Bath after each shot 8-under-par 134 during two rounds of stroke play.
They’ll lead 64 players into match play beginning Wednesday.
DeLong, who plays at Grand Valley State University, shot a pair of 4-under 67s while Smithson, the first-round leader, carded 65-69.
Macomb’s Owen Tucci, who recently finished his golf career at Oakland University, shot 67 in the second round to finish third at 138 and former Bowling Green golfer Max Rispler of Ada carded 72 for a total of 140.
DeLong and Smithson are no strangers on the golf course.
“We grew up in the same area and played in high school against each other, so we’ve been battling and it’s cool to kind of share this with him,” DeLong said. “I’m going to enjoy this for about 10 minutes though, and then shift the focus to tomorrow morning because I’ll be tied with the guy I play.”
Smithson won the Michigan Open last year, becoming just the seventh amateur in tournament history to finish atop the leaderboard.
“Charlie’s a very good player and we have played against each other a lot,” he said. “It was fun. It was fun to play along and see him kind of chase me down the stretch.”
There will be two rounds of match play per day beginning Wednesday until the champion is crowed Friday afternoon.
You can see complete scoring by clicking here. The match play field is available by clicking here.
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