SoCal’s Amari Avery makes U.S. Open cut with borrowed clubs after break-in

A practice green Courtesy of the city of San Diego Amari Avery had to borrow a friend s clubs for one of the biggest rounds of her life and still revealed a way to make the cut in the U S Women s Open That was just part of an eventful weekend that also included an attempted break-in at the place where she was initially staying To say it was wild is putting it pretty nice Avery quipped after completing her third round Saturday at Erin Hills View this post on Instagram A post shared by Amari Avery amari avery Avery s frantic Friday began at about a m when she disclosed her family had to notify the police about a suspicious person at the place in Milwaukee where they were sleeping My boyfriend my mom and my dad saw the person outside the door so it was a little bit scary Avery declared We just kind of stayed back away from the front door and we were just kind of hoping it would solve itself It was nice that the guy ended up leaving and the police came and made us feel more safe They then packed up their things while Avery s boyfriend Gavin Aurilia prepared to board a flight out of town One difficulty Aurilia inadvertently left with Avery s clubs instead of his own Avery and Aurilia both have played collegiately at Southern California We use the same bag from USC so it s obviously the exact same it looks the exact same Avery noted I think it s equally my dad and my boyfriend s fault for not checking the bags But they loaded it in the car my dad took him to the airport and he grabbed the wrong set That was that and we veritably didn t realize until about like before my tee time Then the expected fallout from this oversight started to sink in I sat in my hotel at like I guess I am going to pull out from the U S Open after a pretty solid round Avery disclosed I was obviously devastated Avery got rescued by former USC teammate Gabi Ruffels who played Saturday morning and was unlikely to make the cut after finishing the first two rounds at -over par My agent demanded Do you want to use her clubs Avery declared I was like Well how did she play Because I was like if she s playing good no one in their right mind is giving me their clubs I supposedly wouldn t either and I m a nice person But unfortunately for her she missed the cut but it was fortunate for me and she s obviously a very class act great friend of mine so she lent me the clubs Avery carded a with the borrowed clubs in the second round good enough to enable her to make the cut She was playing her th hole of the day when darkness forced a suspension of play Friday night Avery finished the round Saturday morning after her own clubs already had been returned to Wisconsin though United States Golf Association rules required her to finish that round with the same equipment she d used at the start of it Avery got her own clubs back because Aurilia s mother had caught a flight from Phoenix on Friday to bring them to her I can t thank her enough Avery stated I can t thank my whole inner circle enough To hop on a flight like that is crazy and I m just super grateful Avery definitely posted a better total with the borrowed clubs in the second round than she did with her own clubs in the third round On a day when scores across the board were much weaker than they d been in the first two rounds Avery posted a though she nearly aced the -yard par- No Based on the sum and just based on how I felt the day before I felt like Gabi s clubs were honestly pretty good Avery disclosed I joked with her last night after I called her and I announced Obviously thank you so much for lending me the clubs I was like I might take your putter Like I love my putter like everyone knows that But I don t know my college coach stated I gained putts the previous 24 hours I was like maybe I should take her putter and maybe like an iron or two But no it was nice to have my clubs back