THE FLATS – Recent Georgia Tech graduate
Noah Norton followed his opening round of 64 Monday with a 65 Tuesday and captured medalist honors at the U.S. Amateur qualifier at the Capital City Club Crabapple course in Milton, Ga. He qualified for the U.S. Amateur for the fifth straight year and will tee it up at the 121
st championship Aug. 9-15 at Oakmont, Pa.
Norton’s 11-under-par score of 129 earned him one of five spots available in the Crabapple qualifier and was two strokes clear of qualifiers Deven Patel of Johns Creek, Ga., who posted rounds of 65-66. Brent Hamm of Warner Robins, Ga. (68-64), a Trpy University junior, and Hunter Fry of Dacula, Ga. (65-67), a USC Upstate senior, tied for third place at 8-under-par 132.
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JAMES BEATY | Staff photoHunter Fry plays Taps on his trumpet on Memorial Day at the Veterans Memorial in Hartshorne s Elmwood Park as part of the Taps Across America project to honor the nation s fallen military service members.
JAMES BEATY | Staff photoDoug Jennings, left, provides some musical accompaniment, while American Legion Post 180 Chaplin Dan Denny, right, sings a patriotic song during Memorial Day ceremonies at Hartshorne s Elmwood Cemetery.
JAMES BEATY | Staff photoHartshorne sophomore Hunter Fry plays Taps on his trumpet at the Veterans Memorial at Hartshorne s Elmwood Cemetery as part of the Taps Across America project.
JAMES BEATY | Staff photoSheryl Moore, left, and Maddie Walker stand at the podium while Walker reads the poem America s Answer to In Flanders Field, which Moore had read a few minutes earlier during Memorial Day services at Elmwood Cemetery in Hartshorne.Â