MU golfer moves on after missing cut at U.S. Amateur.
COLUMBIA - MU Golfer and psychology major Chelsea Schriewer had a lot to think about while driving back to Missouri on Tuesday night.
For the third time in her amateur career, she hadn’t made it past stroke play in the U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship. Schriewer’s second-round 75 at Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel, Ind., earlier in the day put her at plus 11, and four strokes over the cut.
“All summer long, my ball striking, chipping, and putts were all improving,” Schriewer said. “The putts, that’s the part of the game that really let me down. As the day went on, the heat and the wind made the greens a lot more confusing, and quicker.”
Schriewer’s short game lead to five bogeys on her first nine holes. However, her drives were consistently long and well-placed, according to MU golf coach Stephanie Priesmeyer.
“Crooked Stick is a visually intimidating course,” Priesmeyer said. “I’m not sure if I could still get out there and hit it 400 yards off the tee on their long par-fours. But her short game couldn’t match up with her long game.”
Priesmeyer has seen Crooked Stick before, as a native of Seymour, Ind., a town 80 miles south of Carmel.
With a quick break between her first and second round, Schriewer spent all the time she could practicing. She even got her caddy, David Marshall, worried when she asked her dad to help.
“After the first nine holes we had a 10-minute break. I headed right over to the putting green,” Schriewer said. “I even had my caddy nervous when I had my dad put on the bib, and come across the line to come help me.”
That practice helped calm Schriewer down, as she shot an even 36 on the front nine. However, she went on to bogey three more holes on the back nine to score a three-over-par 39. The 75 was an improvement from her 80 in the first-round.
“I think a pair of 75’s would have been enough to get me above the cut line,” Schriewer said. “But it just wasn’t the case,”
Schriewer will only have a couple of weeks to think about her performance before her psychology coursework and Fall team qualifying begins.
“They say that golf is 90 percent mental,” Schriewer said. “I have even a read a few books on it outside of school, because it is a very tough game especially in college when you’re alone, and you’re the only voice of reason out there. At least here you have a caddy to reason with, or against.”
Priesmeyer attributes Schri-ewer’s game to her work ethic and growing appetite for golf.
Fellow MU golfer Lindsey Haupt also did not make the cut. She shot a 14-over 86 on day two of her first amateur championship.