Local golfers Conor Casey and Craig Lindsey are representing the Rose City this week at the 91st New Jersey Golf Association Open Championship at Hollywood Golf Club in Deal.
Twenty-two-year-old amateur Casey, from Madison Golf Club, shot a five-over par 76 in Tuesday's first round. He came back strongly on Wednesday in the second round, carding a one-over 72 on the par-71, 6,938-yard layout. Casey made the cut with a six-over two-round total of 148, which put him in a nine-way tie for 35th with the third and final round to be played today.
"I definitely had a better round [Wednesday]," said Casey. "My goal is to finish in the top 20."
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He finished 13th at the Open in 2010.
Casey is a recent graduate of Villanova University where he was a two-year golf captain, and helped the Wildcats to a third-place finish in the Big East conference in 2011.
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Earlier this summer, Casey finished tied for 14th in the New Jersey State Amateur Championship at Trump National in Bedminster; tied for 25th in the Metropolitan Golf Association’s Ike Stroke Play Championship at Somerset Hills, and tied for second at the Metropolitan Golf Association Amateur Championship Sectional Qualifying Round at Shackamaxon Golf & Country Club in Scotch Plains.
On Friday, Casey is playing in the invitational Arcola Cup at Arcola Country Club, Paramus. The 36-hole tournament annually attracts some of the best amateur golfers in the metropolitan area.
Lindsey, the head pro at Madison G.C., shot a 81-84-165 through the first two rounds but failed to make the cut.
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