Incoming Long Beach State freshman Clay Seeber and PGA Tour Latinoamerica member Chris Gilman each shot 3-under 67 Wednesday in the U.S. Open local qualifier at Oak Creek Golf Club in Irvine, Calif. While they each earned tickets to sectionals, they also tied for second, six shots behind the medalist.
That medalist was 16-year-old Robert Kelich of Newport Beach, Calif.
Kelich, a sophomore at Mater Dei High, broke the course record by carding nine birdies and an eagle, and shooting 9-under 61. He started the back nine and capped his first-nine 29 by going birdie-eagle-birdie-birdie. The eagle came on a hole-out from 120 yards at the par-5 16th.