Written by Beaux Yenchik, Manager of Media and Communications
BOISE, Idaho—On a day filled with snow, rain, wind and sunshine, players from all over the North American continent layered-up to endure Open-like weather conditions at Banbury Golf Course in Eagle, Idaho. Though the elements represented a different major than the one the field sought, this U.S. Open qualifier produced scores possibly symbolic of this summer’s U.S. Open in Brookline, Massachusetts.
As the field did its best to champion the weather and higher than normal scores, two local chaps and a golfer from Houston took their rightful spots on the figuratively wet podium—having endured the barage of bogeys and double bogeys the best.
With three birdies, three bogeys and 12 pars, Carson Barry shot the round of the day, an even par 70, to best the field. On a track that he knew like the back of his hand, the Oregon State University senior and native Idahoan relied on what some may call “home-field advantage.”
“I feel so comfortable here,” Barry said. “I don’t have to think about things. [I can] just grab the club and go.”
Just a stroke behind Barry at a 1-over par 71, Ty Travis (Eagle, Idaho) and Austen Christiansen (Houston) claimed the two remaining medalist positions.
Well done, gentleman.
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Updated 5/11/22 by Beaux Yenchik
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