Quarterfinalist

2004 U.S. Junior Quarterfinalists

Juan Pablo Candela: The 16-year-old from Bogota, Colombia is competing in his second U.S. Junior. He lost in the first round of the 2003 Championship to James Lee, 2 and 1. Candela earned his way to the round of eight with wins over Ryan Blue, Roberto Galletti Jr. and Kyle Takesue, the latter in 19 holes. This is Candela's fourth big competition of the summer, having gone from the Toyota Junior World in Japan to the International Junior Masters in East Aurora, N.Y., to the Junior World Championship in San Diego the past month. He was a quarterfinalist at the International Junior Masters. He finished 33rd in the event in Japan. Candela captured the 2004 South American Junior Amateur and the 2004 Colombian Junior Amateur. He also won the 2003 Optimist International.

David Chung: At 14, the Fayetteville, N.C., resident is the youngest remaining competitor in the championship. He was one of two 14-year-olds to make the cut for match play (Steven An was the other). The 5-foot-5, 105-pounder will be a freshman in high school in the fall, although he is home-schooled by his mother. He plans to take three college classes (English, Spanish and biology) this fall at the local community college in Fayetteville. This is his first U.S. Junior Amateur, but he did try to qualify three other times. His lowest competitive score is a 66 shot in the North Carolina Middle School Championship. His parents have a membership at Pinehurst, the site of the 1999 and 2005 U.S. Opens. Previous tournament victories include the 2003 Doral Publix, the 2003 Junior Rice Planters and the 2000 U.S. Kids Junior World Championship. He was the runner-up in the 11-12 division of the Junior World Championship in San Diego. This summer, he tied for 11th at the Scott Robertson Memorial in Roanoke, Va., and had a T-10 at the American Junior Golf Association's Nike Junior Al l-Star Series event in Jacksonville, N.C. To reach the quarterfinals, Chung defeated Greg Forest, Randy Lowry and second-seeded Matt Savage.

Jon Curran: The 17-year-old from Hopkinton, Mass. (suburb of Boston) was the 2002 and 2003 Massachusetts Junior Player of the Year. He also captured the 2004 Scott Robertson Memorial in Roanoke, Va., shooting 12 under par over 54 holes. Curran also won the AJGA Hartford event in 2002 and the 2002 AJGA competition in Batavia, Ohio. He was a member of the East team for the 2003 Canon Cup. This summer, he tied for 11th at the Northeast Amateur in Rumford, R.I. and finished 23rd at the recently completed Western Junior in Denver. He also tied for 28th at the Monroe Invitational outside of Rochester, N.Y. In his third-round 7-and-6 U.S. Junior Amateur victory over 15 year old Kevin O'Connell, Curran was the equivalent of 6 under par for 12 holes. Curran, who was in a 10-for-9 playoff to get into the match-play draw, ousted fifth seed Lucas Lee in the first round and Mark Silvers in 19 holes in round two.

Brian Harman: The 17-year-old from Savannah, Ga., is bidding to become the second player in U.S. Junior Amateur history to capture back-to-back titles. Tiger Woods won three in a row from 1991-93. The left-hander also became just the third southpaw to ever win a USGA competition, joining Ralph Howe III (1988 Amateur Public Links) and Phil Mickelson (1990 U.S. Amateur). Harman has won virtually every major junior title in the country. He was the 2003 American Junior Golf Association Player of the Year after he captured the '03 Thunderbird Invitational, the U.S. Junior and '03 AJGA Polo Match Play. This year, he won the prestigious AJGA FootJoy Boys' Championship in Greensboro, N.C., sinking a 50-foot putt at the final hole to win by a stroke. He tied for ninth at the Rolex Tournament of Champions in Sunriver, Ore. The senior-to-be at Savannah Christian Prep School has already verbally committed to attend the University of Georgia in the fall of 2005. Harman has also competed in one U.S. Amateur (missed the cut at Oakmont in 2003) and tied for 11th at his U.S. Open sectional qualifier in Orlando, Fla., this past June. Harman also played in the 2004 Northeast Amateur and placed fifth with four rounds in the 60s. He won the stroke-play portion of the 2004 U.S. Junior Amateur by eight strokes with rounds of 67-66 and was the only golfer to finish under par on the difficult 6,790-yard, par-70 Olympic Club Lake Course layout. Harman defeated Glenn Northcutt, Kyle Stanley and 14 year old Steven An to reach the round of eight.

Sung Hoon Kang: The 17-year-old was the 2003 U.S. Junior stroke-play medalist, where he advanced to the quarterfinals where he lost to James Sacheck. Kang is coming off a semifinal appearance at the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship where he fell to eventual champion Ryan Moore. Kang is a native of Jeju Island in Korea and he will be a junior this fall at Namju High School. Kang won seven tournaments in Korea in 2002, including the Korean Junior. Kang defeated Kevin Schultz, fellow Korean James Lee and Bradley Johnson to reach the quarters.

Sihwan Kim: The 15-year-old moved to the United States from Seoul, Korea four years ago to concentrate on improving his golf skills as well as his English. He will be a sophomore this fall at La Mirada (Calif.) High School. He currently resides in Fullerton, Calif. This is Kim 's first U.S. Junior appearance. His previous victories include the American Junior Golf Association's PING Phoenix, the AJGA Nike Al l-Star Championship and the Los Angeles City Championship. This year, he has top-15 finishes at the AJGA Thunderbird Invitational and the IRI Mixed Team Match. He also won the Toyota Tournament Cup at Bermuda Dunes (Calif.) Country Club with a 4-under-par score.

Timothy McKenney: The 16-year-old from Scottsdale, Ariz., will be a junior at Desert Mountain High School this fall. His previous tournament victories include the 2004 FCWT event at the Bayonet Course in Monterey, Calif. And the FCWT competition at the Karsten Course at Arizona State University in Tempe. He also won the Arizona Golf Association Northern Arizona Amateur. He was second out of 167 competitors at the recent FCWT National Championship in Palm Springs, shooting rounds of 73-67-69. He was eighth at the AJGA event in Indianapolis. He was the 2004 FCWT Player of the Year. In 2000, he competed in the World Junior Golf Cup at the Old Course at St. Andrews. McKenney won all three of his matches as the USA squad won the competition. McKenney defeated Henry Zaytoun, 2003 U.S. Open participant Tom Glissmeyer and Erik Flores to reach the quarterfinals. He is competing in his first U.S. Junior.

Robert Riesen: The 17-year-old from Pinehurst, N.C., will be a senior this fall at Pinecrest High School. The long-hitting Riesen was a semifinalist at the AJGA Polo Match Play last November, losing a 24-hole match to eventual champion Brian Harman. He also was the runner-up at the 2002 AJGA ClubCorp Junior Players Championship. He finished 10th at this year's AJGA Footjoy Boys' Invitational and fourth at the AJGA Indianapolis Junior. Riesen is competing in his third U.S. Junior Amateur. In 2003, he lost in the first round to Peter Ahn. This year, he defeated Robert Streb, Matthew Swan and Robbie Ormand to reach the quarterfinals.


	2004 U.S. Junior Quarterfinalists Juan Pablo Candela: The 16-year-old from Bogota, Colombia is competing in his second U.S. Junior. He lost in the first round of the 2003 Championship to James Lee, 2 and 1. Candela earned his way to the round of eight with wins over Ryan Blue, Roberto Galletti Jr. and Kyle Takesue, the latter in 19 holes. This is Candela's fourth big competition of the summer, having gone from the Toyota Junior World in Japan to the International Junior Masters in East Aurora, N.Y., to the Junior World Championship in San Diego the past month. He was a quarterfinalist at the International Junior Masters. He finished 33rd in the event in Japan. Candela captured the 2004 South American Junior Amateur and the 2004 Colombian Junior Amateur. He also won the 2003 Optimist International. David Chung: At 14, the Fayetteville, N.C., resident is the youngest remaining competitor in the championship. He was one of two 14-year-olds to make the cut for match play (Steven An was the other). The 5-foot-5, 105-pounder will be a freshman in high school in the fall, although he is home-schooled by his mother. He plans to take three college classes (English, Spanish and biology) this fall at the local community college in Fayetteville. This is his first U.S. Junior Amateur, but he did try to qualify three other times. His lowest competitive score is a 66 shot in the North Carolina Middle School Championship. His parents have a membership at Pinehurst, the site of the 1999 and 2005 U.S. Opens. Previous tournament victories include the 2003 Doral Publix, the 2003 Junior Rice Planters and the 2000 U.S. Kids Junior World Championship. He was the runner-up in the 11-12 division of the Junior World Championship in San Diego. This summer, he tied for 11th at the Scott Robertson Memorial in Roanoke, Va., and had a T-10 at the American Junior Golf Association's Nike Junior Al l-Star Series event in Jacksonville, N.C. To reach the quarterfinals, Chung defeated Greg Forest, Randy Lowry and second-seeded Matt Savage. Jon Curran: The 17-year-old from Hopkinton, Mass. (suburb of Boston) was the 2002 and 2003 Massachusetts Junior Player of the Year. He also captured the 2004 Scott Robertson Memorial in Roanoke, Va., shooting 12 under par over 54 holes. Curran also won the AJGA Hartford event in 2002 and the 2002 AJGA competition in Batavia, Ohio. He was a member of the East team for the 2003 Canon Cup. This summer, he tied for 11th at the Northeast Amateur in Rumford, R.I. and finished 23rd at the recently completed Western Junior in Denver. He also tied for 28th at the Monroe Invitational outside of Rochester, N.Y. In his third-round 7-and-6 U.S. Junior Amateur victory over 15 year old Kevin O'Connell, Curran was the equivalent of 6 under par for 12 holes. Curran, who was in a 10-for-9 playoff to get into the match-play draw, ousted fifth seed Lucas Lee in the first round and Mark Silvers in 19 holes in round two. Brian Harman: The 17-year-old from Savannah, Ga., is bidding to become the second player in U.S. Junior Amateur history to capture back-to-back titles. Tiger Woods won three in a row from 1991-93. The left-hander also became just the third southpaw to ever win a USGA competition, joining Ralph Howe III (1988 Amateur Public Links) and Phil Mickelson (1990 U.S. Amateur). Harman has won virtually every major junior title in the country. He was the 2003 American Junior Golf Association Player of the Year after he captured the '03 Thunderbird Invitational, the U.S. Junior and '03 AJGA Polo Match Play. This year, he won the prestigious AJGA FootJoy Boys' Championship in Greensboro, N.C., sinking a 50-foot putt at the final hole to win by a stroke. He tied for ninth at the Rolex Tournament of Champions in Sunriver, Ore. The senior-to-be at Savannah Christian Prep School has already verbally committed to attend the University of Georgia in the fall of 2005. Harman has also competed in one U.S. Amateur (missed the cut at Oakmont in 2003) and tied for 11th at his U.S. Open sectional qualifier in Orlando, Fla., this past June. Harman also played in the 2004 Northeast Amateur and placed fifth with four rounds in the 60s. He won the stroke-play portion of the 2004 U.S. Junior Amateur by eight strokes with rounds of 67-66 and was the only golfer to finish under par on the difficult 6,790-yard, par-70 Olympic Club Lake Course layout. Harman defeated Glenn Northcutt, Kyle Stanley and 14 year old Steven An to reach the round of eight. Sung Hoon Kang: The 17-year-old was the 2003 U.S. Junior stroke-play medalist, where he advanced to the quarterfinals where he lost to James Sacheck. Kang is coming off a semifinal appearance at the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship where he fell to eventual champion Ryan Moore. Kang is a native of Jeju Island in Korea and he will be a junior this fall at Namju High School. Kang won seven tournaments in Korea in 2002, including the Korean Junior. Kang defeated Kevin Schultz, fellow Korean James Lee and Bradley Johnson to reach the quarters. Sihwan Kim: The 15-year-old moved to the United States from Seoul, Korea four years ago to concentrate on improving his golf skills as well as his English. He will be a sophomore this fall at La Mirada (Calif.) High School. He currently resides in Fullerton, Calif. This is Kim 's first U.S. Junior appearance. His previous victories include the American Junior Golf Association's PING Phoenix, the AJGA Nike Al l-Star Championship and the Los Angeles City Championship. This year, he has top-15 finishes at the AJGA Thunderbird Invitational and the IRI Mixed Team Match. He also won the Toyota Tournament Cup at Bermuda Dunes (Calif.) Country Club with a 4-under-par score. Timothy McKenney: The 16-year-old from Scottsdale, Ariz., will be a junior at Desert Mountain High School this fall. His previous tournament victories include the 2004 FCWT event at the Bayonet Course in Monterey, Calif. And the FCWT competition at the Karsten Course at Arizona State University in Tempe. He also won the Arizona Golf Association Northern Arizona Amateur. He was second out of 167 competitors at the recent FCWT National Championship in Palm Springs, shooting rounds of 73-67-69. He was eighth at the AJGA event in Indianapolis. He was the 2004 FCWT Player of the Year. In 2000, he competed in the World Junior Golf Cup at the Old Course at St. Andrews. McKenney won all three of his matches as the USA squad won the competition. McKenney defeated Henry Zaytoun, 2003 U.S. Open participant Tom Glissmeyer and Erik Flores to reach the quarterfinals. He is competing in his first U.S. Junior. Robert Riesen: The 17-year-old from Pinehurst, N.C., will be a senior this fall at Pinecrest High School. The long-hitting Riesen was a semifinalist at the AJGA Polo Match Play last November, losing a 24-hole match to eventual champion Brian Harman. He also was the runner-up at the 2002 AJGA ClubCorp Junior Players Championship. He finished 10th at this year's AJGA Footjoy Boys' Invitational and fourth at the AJGA Indianapolis Junior. Riesen is competing in his third U.S. Junior Amateur. In 2003, he lost in the first round to Peter Ahn. This year, he defeated Robert Streb, Matthew Swan and Robbie Ormand to reach the quarterfinals.