Keith Mitchell was conserving 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 shiny 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 fascinated 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 through the FedEx Cup Fall season and has the unenviable process of going proper up in opposition to 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 have been taking up the Auburn Tigers.
However at the same time as Mitchell was 5 underneath for the day by 15 holes, attending to 18 underneath and tying the event lead, he wished to verify in on the sport.
As he stood on the sixteenth tee, he requested a fan to present him some updates.
“Are you soccer scores?” he requested.
“Oh yeah!” the fan replied.
“What can we obtained?”
“14-10 Dawgs,” the fan informed him, giving him the excellent news that his beloved Fifth-ranked Bulldogs have been profitable in opposition to 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 concerning the Bama rating?” Mitchell requested.
“23-14 Commodores,” the fan replied, telling him of the shock of the school soccer world up to now that afternoon that No. 1 Alabama was dropping to unranked Vanderbilt.
The Golf Channel digicam was centered on Mitchell’s enjoying associate Jacob Bridgeman and his caddie, who appeared shocked to listen to Alabama was dropping.
“Holy Cow!” somebody mentioned.
However Mitchell was nonetheless centered on his sport.
“Auburn scored although? 14-10?” he requested.
“Yeah.”
In case you thought any of this meant Mitchell was dropping contact along with his spherical, suppose once more. The veteran drained a 37-foot bomb for birdie on 17 earlier than stuffing his method 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 arrange for the ultimate spherical, he turned towards the different main soccer league; the NFL.
“I undoubtedly must set my fantasy soccer lineup,” Mitchell informed Golf Channel. “I haven’t performed that but. I picked some guys off the wavier wire and I obtained 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.
