Omar Uresti competed reasonably, posting a 69 that left him with a T41 finish. Not the best result, but at least uresti was able to snap a string of two consecutive missed cuts. Uresti fired at a few pins en route to six birdies on the round, but was done in by errant approaches and short misses that led to four bogeys.
Uresti did finish with a flourish, birdieing the par-3 ninth, his last hole of the day.
The same certainly cannot be said for Bob Heintz. Needing a top-25 finish to assure himself of eligibility in the next Nationwide event, it turns out that Heintz would have needed a 66. Instead, the Clearwater resident fired a 74 that left him in a tie for 62nd, 8 shots back of the top 25.
Heintz was doomed by holes 13 and 14, his fourth and fifth holes of the day. After a promising start with birdies on 11 and 12, Heintz went double-quadruple to dash his top-25 hopes in a matter of minutes.
On 13, Heintz drove the ball perfectly but chunked his pitching wedge approach shot and the ensuing chip. He skulled his next chip shot 20 feet past the hole, and failed to convert the bogey bid.
The 14th was an even bigger mess for Heintz. He hooked his tee shot out of bounds, and hit his third shot into the left trees as well. After pitching out, he tugged his fifth shot into a greenside bunker and failed to get up and down.
Just like that, it was clear that there would be no top-25 in the cards for Heintz. He did finish strong, going 3-under par over his final 7 holes.
This may have been the swan song of Heintz' career. If so, he finished things up with a traditional two-putt par on the par-3 ninth.
Uresti will likely return to action in two weeks, at The Rex Hospital Open in Raleigh.
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