Won US OPEN Press Release
Sometimes a little stumble is not as disastrous as one might think. Clifford
Pirch, who presented a 15.49-pound limit to the scales on Monday's first day
was not able to keep the torrid pace that he came out of the gates with on day
two. However, his daily weight that came in at around half of his first day's
weight was enough to keep him in the lead headed into the final day of the 2014
The WON Bass Nitro Boats / Mercury U.S. Open.
Pirch managed to produce only 7.48 pounds from Lake
Mead today, but his lead; which had been nearly four pounds, still remains a
steady two pounds over second place pro Zack Holwerda of Phoenix, Ariz.
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| Clifford explains his day to the crowd. He has to work hard not to allow a massive lead slip away. (Photo: Dan O'Sullivan) |
Pirch said that he had planned to run new water,
and made a decision to switch up altogether again in the morning. "I had
an area in mind when I set out this morning, but then changed and decided to
stay closer and I didn't quite get the bites I thought I would," he said.
"The weather slicked off and we didn't get the amount of breeze that we
expected and it made the bite a little tougher for me."
That doesn't mean that the two-time U.S. Open
champion is completely panicked. "I've got an area that was a key piece in
my strategy for this tournament," he said. "I haven't gone to it yet
and I'm pretty sure nobody else has found it. I'm going to go there tomorrow,
and hopefully I didn't leave too much room on the table today for someone else
to sneak in."
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