Keith Mitchell was retaining tack of the Georgia rating throughout his spherical.
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Keith Mitchell is a traditional Georgia boy.
He’s earned the moniker “Cashmere Keith” for his frequency to sport luxurious sweaters and cardigans, but additionally his oft use of whites and vibrant pastels in his wardrobe, a traditional embodiment of the southern vibe.
He additionally speaks with the melodic cadence that may solely be recognized as a robust Georgian draw.
However most significantly to the context of this dispatch, he loves his Georgia Bulldogs soccer, a lot so, he’s even enthusiastic about it whereas competing on the PGA Tour.
Whereas a lot of the PGA Tour season is now performed within the vacuum of America’s hottest sport, this week’s Sanderson Farms Championship is performed in the course of the FedEx Cup Fall season and has the unenviable job of going proper up towards the guts of soccer season.
So with PGA Tour occasions operating from Thursday to Sunday, Saturday’s third spherical was going down proper as Mitchell’s Bulldogs had been taking over the Auburn Tigers.
However at the same time as Mitchell was 5 below for the day by 15 holes, attending to 18 below and tying the match lead, he needed to examine in on the sport.
As he stood on the sixteenth tee, he requested a fan to offer him some updates.
“Are you taking a look at soccer scores?” he requested.
“Oh yeah!” the fan replied.
“What can we bought?”
“14-10 Dawgs,” the fan informed him, giving him the excellent news that his beloved Fifth-ranked Bulldogs had been successful towards the unranked Tigers.
Then Mitchell’s consideration turned to the staff that issued Georgia its first lack of the season final week in Tuscaloosa.
“What in regards to the Bama rating?” Mitchell requested.
“23-14 Commodores,” the fan replied, telling him of the shock of the faculty soccer world to date that afternoon that No. 1 Alabama was shedding to unranked Vanderbilt.
The Golf Channel digicam was targeted on Mitchell’s taking part in accomplice Jacob Bridgeman and his caddie, who appeared shocked to listen to Alabama was shedding.
“Holy Cow!” somebody mentioned.
However Mitchell was nonetheless targeted on his sport.
“Auburn scored although? 14-10?” he requested.
“Yeah.”
In the event you thought any of this meant Mitchell was shedding contact together with his spherical, assume once more. The veteran drained a 37-foot bomb for birdie on 17 earlier than stuffing his strategy at No. 18 to inside seven toes for one more one, giving him the solo lead on the Sanderson heading into the ultimate spherical.
Requested how he intends to organize for the ultimate spherical, he turned towards the different main soccer league; the NFL.
“I positively must set my fantasy soccer lineup,” Mitchell informed Golf Channel. “I haven’t completed that but. I picked some guys off the wavier wire and I bought to get it in earlier than I tee off tomorrow.”
Fortunately, Mitchell has loads of time to set his lineup as he performs within the closing group at 2:20 p.m. ET on Sunday.
