South Bend, Ind. –
Columbia City’s Bill Schumaker used his opening round 62 and
a solid second round performance to coast to the 2012 Indiana Section PGA
Senior Open title at the 6,100 yard South Bend Country Club layout. Schumaker
added a second round 72 to his opening round and his 8 under par total was good
for an 8 shot victory over runner-up Dave Carich.
After posting 9 birdies and 9 pars on Monday, Schumaker’s
second round was considerably more eventful. He had 6 birdies, 7 bogeys and
just 5 pars in today’s round. Schumaker denied possibly lacking focus on
Tuesday with such a seemingly insurmountable lead.
“I’ve never had that big of a lead before”, stated
Schumaker. “I enjoy playing the course so I focused on that and hoped that
things didn’t go horribly wrong,” he added.
Schumaker’s cushion entering the second round was a result
of his career best 9-under par 62 on Monday. “It just kind of happened”, said
Schumaker of his opening round performance. “I hit very few bad shots and made
a lot of 8-10 footers. It was the round of a lifetime.”
Schumaker, the owner and head golf professional at Crooked
Lake Golf Course, opened the second round much like he ended the first, with a
birdie on the 320 yard opening hole. While his string of bogey free holes
wouldn’t last, there was never much of a threat to his lead. Schumaker’s
closest competitors never were able to apply any pressure to the frontrunner.
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