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Miles Russell, Tyler Mawhinney go on birdie streaks in first round of U.S. Junior Amateur
Miles Russell of Jacksonville Beach and Tyler Mawhinney of Fleming Island both used hot streaks during their rounds to propel them near the top of the leaderboard after the first day of the U.S. Junior Amateur on July 21 in Dallas. Russell birdied four of five holes in the middle of his round at the Trinity Forest Golf Club and shot 4-under 67 to tie for third. Mawhinney birdied four of his first five holes at Trinity Forest and with a 3-under 68 tied for who began his round at No. 10, was even par through six holes. He then birdied Nos. 16, 18, 1 and 2. Both will play their second rounds of stroke play on July 22 at the Brook Hollow Golf Club. The top 64 players after 36 holes of stroke play will advance to match play on July 23 at Trinity Forest. Kailer Stone of Alameda, Calif., a Pepperdine commit, and Qiyou Wu of China shared the first-round lead with 5-under 66s at Trinity Forest. Jackson Byrd of St. Simons Island, Ga., shot even-par 71 at Trinity Forest. The cut for match play is projected to be 2-over entering the final round. Phillip Dunham of Ponte Vedra Beach shot 75 and Brady Dougan of St. Johns shot 76 at Trinity Forest. Lucas Gimenez of Jacksonville posted a 77 at Brook Hollow. Defending Junior Players champion Hamilton Coleman of Thomasville, Ga., shot 72 at Brook Hollow. What did Charlie Woods shoot? With his father Tiger Woods, watching, Charlie Woods struggled to an 81 at Brook Hollow and is tied for 242nd. The son of another past Players Championship winner, Cameron Kuchar, posted a 74 at Trinity Forest with his father Matt Kuchar also among the spectators. When will area players tee off in second round? Times are EDT Miles Russell: No. 1, Brook Hollow, 9:32 a.m. Lucas Gimenez: No. 10, Trinity Forest, 9:48 a.m. Phillip Dunham: No. 10, Brook Hollow, 1:35 p.m. Brady Dougan: No. 1, Brook Hollow, 1:52 p.m. Jackson Byrd: No. 1, Brook Hollow, 2:03 p.m. Tyler Mawhinney: No. 10, Brook Hollow, 3:30 p.m. This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: First Coast products Miles Russell, Tyler Mawhinney go low at U.S. Junior Boys
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Miles Russell of Jacksonville Beach fades late, misses cut at PGA Tour's ISCO Championship
Miles Russell was two shots inside the cut line when he birdied the par-5 10th hole at the Hurstbourne Country Club in Louisville, Ky., on July 11 in the second round of the PGA Tour's ISCO Championship. The 16-year-old from Jacksonville Beach couldn't hold on in his third PGA Tour start as an amateur. Russell bogeyed four of his last eight holes and finished with a 73 and a 36-hole total of 3-over 143, two shots off the 1-over cut. Russell had to birdie one of the last three holes to make the weekend but two-putted for par at Nos. 16 and 17 and missed the 18th fairway to the left, forcing him to gouge a shot out of heavy rough and under the branches of a tree. It came up about 30 yards short of the hole and needing to hit that in the jar to make the cut, he sent the shot past the flag and into the fringe on the other side. Russell had 30 feet for par, sent a chip 9 feet past the hole and made that for bogey. Russell was trying to become the second First Coast teenager to make a cut on the PGA Tour this summer. Tyler Mawhinney of Fleming Island made the cut and tied for 65th Miles Russell was in good shape through 11 holes Russell bogeyed his first hole but played steady after that with seven pars and tap-in birdies on the two par-5 holes, Nos. 7 and 10. Russell got up and down from off the green for both of his short birdie putts and made three par putts on the front nine between 6 and 8 feet. His troubles began with a three-putt for bogey at No. 11. Russell failed to make par after hitting into the left bunker at the par-3 13th hole and into the back fringe at the par-4 15th, missing putts of 11 and 6 feet. Russell had putts of 21 feet at No. 16 and 33 feet at No. 17 for birdie. What were Miles Russell's stats in the second round? He hit 7 of 14 fairways for the second day in a row and after finding the putting surface in seven of his first nine holes, he hit only two more the rest of the round, for 11 of 18. Russell needed 31 putts. Has Miles Russell made the cut in a pro event? Russell made the cut in his first professional tournament at the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour LECOM Suncoast Open in Lakewood Ranch. He was the youngest player to ever make the cut in a Korn Ferry Tour event. He's played three more Korn Ferry events and three PGA Tour events in all without making another cut. But he's played overall, with a 70.56 stroke average in 16 rounds, with 11 rounds of par or lower. What's next for Miles Russell Russell is scheduled to play in the U.S. Junior Amateur July 21-26 at the Trinity Forest Golf Club near Dallas. This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Miles Russell of Jacksonville Beach misses cut at PGA Tour ISCO Championship
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Miles Russell, Tyler Mawhinney brave the heat to win second-round U.S. Junior Amateur matches
After marathon opening-round matches on July 23, Miles Russell of Jacksonville Beach and Tyler Mawhinney of Fleming Island made shorter work of their second-round opponents on July 24 in the U.S. Junior Amateur, at the Trinity Forest Golf Club in Dallas. It was going to be a long day anyway. Russell defeated Lucas Latimer of nearby Rockwall, Texas, 3 and 2 and Mawhinney routed Stuart Boulware of Fairway, Kan., 7 and 6 to earn third-round matches under the broiling Texas sun that has produced a heat index of more than 100 degrees. Russell shot 4-under during his match and won with a birdie at the 16th hole. Mawhinney won four holes in a row from Nos. 2-5, all on birdies, led 7-up at the turn and won with a par at No. 12. Russell will play Miguel Garcia of Mexico in his third-round match, beginning at 2:25 p.m., while Mawhinney faces Sohan Patel of Weston at 2:45 p.m. That will be a rematch of the FHSAA Class 2A state final last year when Patel beat Mawhinney by four shots to win the individual state title and deny Mawhinney a second championship in a row. Fleming Island still won its second team title in a row. If Russell wins his third-round match he will play the winner of a match between 15-year-old Chase Bauer of Gotha, a suburb of Orlando, and Luke Colton of Frisco, Texas, on the morning of July 25. Mawhinney, if he wins, will play the winner between defending Junior Players champion Hamilton Coleman of Augusta, Ga., and Tyler Watts of Huntsville, Ala. When could Miles Russell face Tyler Mawhinney? If Russell and Mawhinney win their round of 16 matches on July 24 and then win again in the morning matches on July 25, they will play in the semifinals later that day. How to watch U.S. Junior Amateur Portions of the semifinal matches will be aired on Peacock on July 25 from 3-5 p.m. and a replay will be on Golf Channel from 7:30-9:30 p.m. The championship match will be televised on Golf Channel July 26 from 3-5 p.m. This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Miles Russell, Tyler Mawhinney move on in the U.S. Junior Amateur
USA Today
23-07-2025
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This college golf coach beat out two former players to capture his third Florida Open
Deacon birdies final hole in regulation, then birdies first playoff hole to beat Joseph Pagdin University of Florida golf coach J.C. Deacon birdied the 18th hole of the Quail West Country Club in Naples on July 20, then birdied the first playoff to beat former Gator player Joseph Pagdin and win the Florida Open for the third time. Deacon (67) and Pagdin (68) both finished at 16-under 200, one shot ahead of Allin Crouch (70) of Jacksonville, who also played for Deacon at the University of Florida and is a two-time Florida Times-Union high school player of the year from Bolles. Deacon began the day two shots behind former University of Central Florida player Brad Schneider (73) and eagled the first hole. Deacon gave both shots back with a double at No. 8 but beginning at the ninth hole, birdied four of his next seven. Deacon then birdied the last to earn the playoff. He won $20,000. J.C. Deacon has won three Florida Opens in nine years Deacon previously won the Florida Open in 2017 at Black Diamond and in 2020 at Pine Tree. He has shot in the 60s in all nine rounds of the Florida Opens he's won. Crouch was even par through 15 holes and birdied Nos. 16 and 18. Justin Hicks of West Palm Beach (64), Hunter Fry of Bonita Springs (66) and Brant Peaper of West Palm (66) tied at 13-under. Schneider, of Valrico, was 17-under with three holes to play but bogeyed Nos. 16 and 17 and triple-bogeyed No. 18 to fall into a tie for seventh at 12-under.
New York Post
16-07-2025
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5-time convicted killer put to death in Florida uses his last words to thank executioner
A five-time convicted murderer executed in Florida on Tuesday used his last words to thank those responsible for his impending death as he became the 26th person executed in the US this year — surpassing last year's grim total. Michael Bernard Bell, 54, was pronounced dead at 6:25 p.m. after receiving a lethal injection at the Florida State Prison, said Bryan Griffin, a spokesperson for Gov. Ron DeSantis. 4 Michael Bernard Bell, 54, was executed by lethal injection Tuesday evening. AP Advertisement Surprisingly, Bell — who was sentenced to death for the fatal shooting of two people outside of a bar in 1993 — used his final breaths to show gratitude. 'Thank you for not letting me spend the rest of my life in prison,' he said. 4 Bell was sentenced to death for the murder of two people outside a bar in 1993. Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Advertisement The killer woke up bright and early for his final day at 6:30 a.m. and ate his last meal consisting of classic breakfast foods: an omelet, bacon, home fries and orange juice. Bell, who killed five people — including a toddler — in his lifetime, only met with a spiritual advisor during his final hours. Despite his apparent appreciation for his death sentence, Bell's lawyer had requested that the execution be stayed — which the US Supreme Court had rejected. The court doubled down on its assertion that Bell should face the music with a 54-page opinion pointing to his guilt even as his legal team insisted they had newly discovered evidence about witness testimony. Advertisement 4 Bell was also convicted of killing a woman and her toddler son and his mother's boyfriend in separate incidents. Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Bell was convicted in 1995 and sentenced to death for the murders of Jimmy West and Tamecka Smith. In December 1993, Bell spotted a car driven by West that was previously owned by a man who had killed his brother. So, he called on two other friends and armed himself with an AK-47 for what he thought would be the vengeful assassination of his brother's killer. Instead, he gunned down West and Smith, who had no affiliation with his brother's death, in the car outside a bar, officials said. Advertisement Bell also opened fire on a nearby crowd before fleeing the scene. West died at the scene and Smith succumbed to her injuries en route to the hospital while a third passenger escaped unharmed. He was arrested later that year with three extra murders tacked onto his record. In 1989, he shot and killed a woman and her toddler son. Then, just four months before the bar slaughter, he also killed his mother's boyfriend, officials said. 4 Bell's last meal included typical breakfast foods. Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Bell's execution marks the 26th in the US this year, breaking 2024's morbid total with five more months left to go. He is also the eighth person to be put to death in Florida, a sharp uptick compared to just one last year. The Sunshine State has executed more people this year than any other state. On July 31, Edward J. Zakrzewski, II is set to be the ninth executed death row prisoner in Florida this year. He was found guilty in 1996 for the slaughter of his family after he tried to seek a divorce from his wife, whom he beat with a crowbar and machete before strangling her to death. He also killed their two young children, just 7 and 5 years old, with the same machete. With Post wires.
