UNIVERSITY PLACE, Washington -- Former Jackson State and SWAC standout golfer Timothy O'Neal came up just short of playing the weekend in his first professional major golf tournament. O'Neal shot a 4-over par 74 in the first round Thursday and a 3-over par 73 in the second round Friday at the par 70 Chambers Bay Golf Club in University Place, Washington where the U. S. Open was staged last week. Jordan Spieth won the title at 5-under par. The 7-over par 147 total was just two strokes off the +5 cut in the year's second major. He beat Tigers Woods' score by nine strokes.
In his two days, O'Neal had three double-bogeys, eight bogeys and nine birdies over the links-like layout at Chambers Bay. He was perhaps done in by a quadruple bogey 8 on the par-4 11th hole Friday that soared his score to +7 after he had gotten inside the cut at +3. He finished the back nine Friday at even par with two bogeys, two birdies and three pars to finish at +7. He birdied his 18th and final hole.
The circuitous route O'Neal, 42, has taken to play in his first major is quite a story and was chronicled last week in Golfweek Magazine and by ESPN.com.
In the final round of the Abierto de Chile at Club de Golf Los Leones, Timothy O'Neal captures his second NEC Series - PGA TOUR Latinoamérica victory in the 2014 season with a playoff win over Sebastian Saavedra and Ryan Blaum.
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