Lou Acosta wins Real McCoy
Morning rains softened Farmington Hills Golf Club on Saturday and the Tour players took advantage of a vulnerable course that was quite receptive. Lou Acosta became the 2nd rookie this year to get his first Tour win by taming Farmington Hills with an eagle and 7 birdies. Acosta shot a 33-30 – 63 for a 1-stroke victory over Terry Baar and Mike Pearcy. Among the field of 48 players were 42 touring pros that combined to record 27 eagles and 166 birdies.
Acosta led the field in driving accuracy – hitting 11 of 14 fairways – and greens in regulation – hitting 15 of 18 greens. He needed 30 putts (T5 in the field) and became the 2nd player ever to shoot a gross score of even par or better. His gross even par 71 nearly matched Craig MacBeth’s 1-under par 70 at the 2004 Animal House Classic at Taylor Meadows GC.
Coming off her victory at the Holy Grail, Baar (33-31 – 64) has never finished outside the top-10 since the Real McCoy moved to Farmington Hills GC. She also finished 2nd in 2006 when Dave Randall set the RMC scoring record of 10-under 61. Baar moves up to 5th on the Money List with $54.50 earned in 6 starts this year. Pearcy (31-33 – 64) moves to the top of the Money List ($64.50) after recording his 3rd top-4 finish in 6 starts this year.
Making her first appearance in 2009, Sue Meland (28-37 – 65) played a personal best gross 47 on the front and 102 for the tournament. She tied the reigning Memorial champ John Powell (31-34 – 65) for 4th. Tournament host Victor McCoy, finally getting injuries put into the past, produced his best numbers ever at the RMC and finished T7 at 4-under 67.
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