Neil Spitalny’s practice round on Tuesday for the Tennessee Senior Amateur at Lookout Mountain Golf Club consisted of six holes.
But Spitalny, a Chattanooga resident, knows the place.
His worries heading into Wednesday’s first round orbited around the fact he hadn’t played in two weeks after a European vacation with his wife. But that followed a fourth-place finish in the British Senior Amateur at Royal County Down.
“It was breezy today, but I didn’t feel a zephyr,” Spitalny said after shooting a 1-under-par 69 on Tuesday. “There’s a big difference between 45 and 15 mile per hour winds.”
Spitalny and Knoxville resident John Thomas share the lead heading into today’s second round of the 54-hole tournament. Spitalny made three birdies and two bogeys Wednesday, while Thomas had a more eventful day on the mountain, with five birdies and four bogeys.