Keith Mitchell was retaining tack of the Georgia rating throughout his spherical.
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Keith Mitchell is a basic 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 brilliant pastels in his wardrobe, a basic embodiment of the southern vibe.
He additionally speaks with the melodic cadence that may solely be recognized as a powerful Georgian draw.
However most significantly to the context of this dispatch, he loves his Georgia Bulldogs soccer, a lot so, he’s even excited 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 process of going proper up in opposition to the center of soccer season.
So with PGA Tour occasions operating from Thursday to Sunday, Saturday’s third spherical was happening proper as Mitchell’s Bulldogs had been taking over the Auburn Tigers.
However whilst Mitchell was 5 beneath for the day by means of 15 holes, attending to 18 beneath and tying the event lead, he wished to examine in on the sport.
As he stood on the sixteenth tee, he requested a fan to provide him some updates.
“Are you taking a look at soccer scores?” he requested.
“Oh yeah!” the fan replied.
“What will we bought?”
“14-10 Dawgs,” the fan advised him, giving him the excellent news that his beloved Fifth-ranked Bulldogs had been successful in opposition to the unranked Tigers.
Then Mitchell’s consideration turned to the group that issued Georgia its first lack of the season final week in Tuscaloosa.
“What concerning the Bama rating?” Mitchell requested.
“23-14 Commodores,” the fan replied, telling him of the shock of the school soccer world to this point that afternoon that No. 1 Alabama was dropping to unranked Vanderbilt.
The Golf Channel digicam was targeted on Mitchell’s taking part in companion Jacob Bridgeman and his caddie, who seemed shocked to listen to Alabama was dropping.
“Holy Cow!” somebody mentioned.
However Mitchell was nonetheless targeted on his recreation.
“Auburn scored although? 14-10?” he requested.
“Yeah.”
In case you thought any of this meant Mitchell was dropping contact along 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 ft for an additional one, giving him the solo lead on the Sanderson heading into the ultimate spherical.
Requested how he intends to arrange for the ultimate spherical, he turned towards the different main soccer league; the NFL.
“I positively must set my fantasy soccer lineup,” Mitchell advised Golf Channel. “I haven’t carried out 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 last group at 2:20 p.m. ET on Sunday.
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