Miles Russell finished strong on July 9 in the first round of the PGA Tour ISCO Championship in Louisville, Ky., with a pair of late birdies that got him well within striking distance of the projected cut line.
Russell, a 17-year-old amateur from Jacksonville Beach with veteran caddie Paul Tesori of St. Augustine at his side, overcame a double-bogey at the par-5 seventh hole and bogeys at the par-4 eighth and 11th of the Hurstbourne Country Club to play his final seven holes at 2-under with no additional bogeys to post a 1-over 71.
Russell finished in a tie for 97th, eight shots behind four past PGA Tour winners tied at 7-under 63: Lucas Glover, Steven Fisk, Stephan Jaeger and Troy Merritt.
Russell lagged behind his two playing partners, Ben James (65) and Jackson Koivun (67). The cut line at the start of the second round will be 1-under. Russell, James and Koivun will tee off No. 10 at 8:39 a.m.
After making a bogey on the fourth hole (Russell hit into the left greenside bunker, blasted out to 5 feet, and missed the par putt), he birdied No. 5 on a 37-foot putt.
Russell, a 17-year-old amateur from Jacksonville Beach with veteran caddie Paul Tesori of St. Augustine at his side, overcame a double-bogey at the par-5 seventh hole and bogeys at the par-4 eighth and 11th of the Hurstbourne Country Club to play his final seven holes at 2-under with no additional bogeys to post a 1-over 71.
Russell finished in a tie for 97th, eight shots behind four past PGA Tour winners tied at 7-under 63: Lucas Glover, Steven Fisk, Stephan Jaeger and Troy Merritt.
Russell lagged behind his two playing partners, Ben James (65) and Jackson Koivun (67). The cut line at the start of the second round will be 1-under. Russell, James and Koivun will tee off No. 10 at 8:39 a.m.
After making a bogey on the fourth hole (Russell hit into the left greenside bunker, blasted out to 5 feet, and missed the par putt), he birdied No. 5 on a 37-foot putt.
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