At the halfway stage at The Open we had an American, who had yet to win a Major, leading by five shots on 10-under. At Walton Heath we have another American, also a non-Major winner to date, on 10-under and also with a five-stroke lead.
Brian Harman went on to win by an incredible six shots at Royal Liverpool after piecing together a brilliant weekend – what lies ahead for Ally Ewing is anybody’s guess but she’s certainly hoping to take the positives from what her fellow southerner did last month.
“I don’t know him personally, I obviously know his story. He’s a Bulldog but he’s a Georgia bulldog. I’m a Bulldog; I’m a Mississippi State Bulldog. I guess we have that in common. But yeah, it’s pretty cool, southern guy, I’m southern, just a little Mississippi girl. It is inspiring what he did,” explained the 30-year-old.
“You know, I think a lot of people, I wouldn’t say they were rooting against him but a lot of people were rooting for other people. I can kind of attest to that in some sense but yeah, certainly happy with where I am through 36 holes.”
Harman made reference in his winner’s press conference that a spectator had pointed out that he might not ‘have the stones’ early on in his final round on the Sunday, a comment that sparked the American back into action.
“That helped, that helped a lot. It helped snap me back into I’m good enough to do this. I’m going to do this. I’m going to go through my process and the next shot is going to be good.”
And, while Ewing will unlikely face any type of similar comments, she will have to win on foreign soil. Ewing was even asked whether, like Harman, she hunted and, like Harman, she had a similar reply.
“I actually do some hunting. I know that’s probably not going to be interpreted well by the media but I do, yes. I think people can spin it the wrong way, it’s a means to eat for sure. For the most part my family, my husband and I, we do mostly deer hunting, so venison. That’s most of what we do.”
Ewing’s second round added up to a six-under 66, an improvement of two shots on Thursday’s effort, and it featured a beautiful run of four straight birdies to complete a front nine of 30.
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