Courtesy of Bethune-Cookman Athletic Communications


LOS ANGELES – Two bad holes on his second nine kept Bethune-Cookman's Willie Mack III from playing the weekend at the Genesis Invitational.

Mack III shot 4-over-par 70-76—146 to miss the cut by four shots at Riviera Country Club.

Despite making two bogeys on his opening nine – Mack III started his round on the back side – he was still in the hunt to make the cut heading to the closing nine holes. But a bogey at par-4 third and a double bogey at the par-3 fourth ended any chance Mack had of playing in the final two rounds.

Mack III received the Charlie Sifford Memorial Exemption, which is given annually to a minority golfer and is named after the first African-American to play on the PGA Tour.