LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) Nick Dunlap’s girlfriend flew cross-country Saturday to spend the weekend with him in Palm Springs, so the two college students planned to go get a steak dinner before Dunlap wraps up his day with a little laundry and some homework. And then on Sunday, Dunlap will attempt to become the […]
Sam Burns shot the best round of his life with “RTR” shaved into the side of his head. The acronym for “Roll Tide Roll” was the LSU product's follicular punishment for losing a bet with Justin Thomas. Alabama sophomore Nick Dunlap apparently took it literally, however: The 20-year-old amateur sensation is right on Burns' heels after two days of low scores and sizzling shot-making in the Coachella Valley.
Burns has seven birdies and two eagles in his career-low round to take a one-shot lead over Michael Kim in La Quinta, while Dunlap, an Alabama sophomore and the reigning U.S. Amateur champion, cards a 65. . UCLA’s Omar Morales leads Latin American Amateur.