Virginia Beach's Evan Beck is in position to become the first South Hampton Roads golfer in more than a decade to make it to the match-play portion of the U.S. Junior Amateur.
Beck carded his second 2-over-par 74 at Shoal Creek, Ala., in 36-hole qualifying for the world's premier junior event Tuesday before rain suspended play in the afternoon with half the field on the course. Beck was tied for 35th in the field of 155 players shooting for 64 match-play spots.
Play will resume at 8 this morning.
A rising senior at Norfolk Academy, Beck made it into the event as an alternate, finding out five days in advance that he was in.
"I was really just happy to make it in," Beck said. "Now, from this point, everything else is a bonus."
The 17-year-old withstood brutal heat Tuesday that led to play-suspending thunderstorms. When he came off the course, "the temperature was 102 degrees."
"I was kind of lucky to have a morning tee time for the second round," Beck said. "By the time we got to a restaurant to eat lunch, the temperature was 106.
"It's hot and humid in Virginia Beach, but not even that could prepare you for this."
Rich Radford, (757) 446-2463, rich.radford@pilotonline.com
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