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Former Razorbacks Cook, Landry are eerily similar

Andrew Landry and Austin Cook are so similar that Landry used to call his fellow Arkansas alum, “Mini-Me.”

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By SEAN MARTIN
PGATOUR.com

LA QUINTA, Calif. — Andrew Landry and Austin Cook are so similar that Landry used to call his fellow Arkansas alum, “Mini-Me.”

“We have very similar golf swings, we’re the same height, all of our shafts and specs are the same,” Landry, 30, said. “Whatever he gets, I get. We always make fun of each other for it.”

Their common characteristics have led to success at the CareerBuilder Challenge, where the two Razorbacks find themselves in the final group. Cook, 26, holds the 54-hole lead with a score of 19-under 197 (63-70-64). Landry, the only player in the field without a bogey, and Martin Piller are one shot back.

Jon Rahm, the world’s third-ranked player, is two shots off the lead, as is three-time TOUR winner Scott Piercy.

Cook, who’s just seven events into his rookie season on the PGA TOUR, already owns one win. He claimed the final event of the fall season at The RSM Classic, where he birdied three of the final four holes for a four-shot win.

He has a chance to move to No. 2 in the FedExCup standings and join Patton Kizzire as the only multiple winners this season. Cook has finished in the top 25 in five of six starts this season.

He is the rare young player who relies on accuracy over power, missing just eight fairways in three rounds this week.

“He was the kind of guy you could give one golf ball to … and (at the end of the tournament) he’d be able to give it back to you,” said his college coach at Arkansas, Brad McMakin.

Cook and Landry both have expressed their love of tough courses. Landry is playing in the final group on the PGA TOUR for the first time since the 2016 U.S. Open at Oakmont, where he started the final round tied with eventual winner Dustin Johnson.

That will come in handy on a Stadium Course that has more square footage of water than fairway, and more sand than putting surface. Pete Dye’s desert creation was the toughest course in the United States when it opened, receiving a course rating of 77.1.

“There are a few holes out there that can get a little scary,” Cook said. Leading on the PGA TOUR can be a frightful experience, as well, but it’s one that Cook already has handled.

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2024 High School Rankings

Following is the Arkansas Sports Media High School Football Poll including the Overall Top 10, the top five in Classes 7A, 6A, 5A, 4A, 3A and 2A, plus the top three in the 8-man division, as voted by a panel of sports media from around the state for the week ending August 24. Ranking is given with first-place votes received, records, total points and ranking from last week's poll:
OVERALLRecordPtsPrv
1.Bryant (18)8-02521
2.Conway (6)8-02302
3.Greenwood (2)8-02103
4.Little Rock Parkview7-11714
5.Bentonville5-31416
6.Benton7-11265
7.Fayetteville6-21008
8.Pulaski Academy6-2757
9.Rogers5-3459
10.Shiloh Christian6-24010
Others receiving votes: Marion 13, Valley View 9, Joe T Robinson 8, Mountain Home 4, Cabot 3, Elkins 3.
CLASS 7A
1.Bryant (20)8-01241
2.Conway (6)8-01052
3.Bentonville5-3753
4.Fayetteville6-2455
5.Pulaski Academy6-2354
Others receiving votes: Rogers 5.
CLASS 6A
1.Greenwood (26)8-01301
2.Benton7-11022
3.Shiloh Christian6-2713
4.Marion7-1524
5.Mountain Home7-131
Others receiving votes: Little Rock Catholic 4.
CLASS 5A
1.Little Rock Parkview (23)7-11271
2.Joe T Robinson7-1902
3.Valley View (3)8-0803
4.Hot Springs Lakeside7-1484
5.Farmington7-130
Others receiving votes: Camden Fairview 4, Maumelle 4, Morrilton 3, Greenbrier 2, Harding Academy 1.
CLASS 4A
1.Elkins (19)8-01161
2.Arkadelphia (5)6-2792
3.Little Rock Mills (1)8-0703
4.Warren6-2404
5.Malvern (1)8-0315
Others receiving votes: Dardanelle 22, Southside Batesville 11, Mena 8, Bauxite 7, DeWitt 4, Highland 2.
CLASS 3A
4.Bismarck (15)8-01054
5.Fordyce (4)8-0765
Prescott (3)7-1531t
1.Osceola (2)6-149
3.Mayflower (1)8-036
Others receiving votes: Booneville (1) 31, Rivercrest 19, Mansfield 14, Charleston 4, Rison 3.
CLASS 2A
1.Carlisle (21)8-01211
2.Conway Christian (4)8-01042
3.Des Arc7-1663
4.Bigelow (1)6-2455
5.Murfreesboro6-230
Others receiving votes: Marked Tree 10, Mineral Springs 6, Junction City 5, Cross County 1, Mount Ida 1, Poyen 1
8-MAN SANCTIONED
1.Strong-Huttig (25)5-0761
2.Midland (1)7-0502
3.Cedar Ridge7-1253
Others receiving votes: Rector 5.

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