Medalist
Brian Harman
Is The Golfer
To Beat At The U.S.
Junior Amateur
San
Francisco, Calif.
-- Defending champion Brian
Harman, 17, of Savannah, Ga., stood out as the golfer to beat
at the U.S. Junior Amateur after he earned medalist honors by eight
strokes after 36 holes of stroke play with his 7-under-par total of
67-133 Tuesday at The Olympic Club.
Harman
is trying to become only the second golfer in the history of the Championship
to win back-to-back titles, following in the footsteps of Tiger Woods,
who won three Junior Amateurs from 1991-93.
Harman
was the only golfer to break par after two rounds. Matt
Savage, 17, of Louisville, Ky., was better than all but Harman,
at 73-141 (1 over). Korean-born Sunghoon
Kang, 17, of Carrollton, Texas, was another stroke back at 67-142.
Lucas Lee, 16, a native of Brazil now living in Los Angeles, Calif.,
and Roberto Galletti, 16, of Clayton, Calif., were at 69-143. Korean-born
Seung-Su Han, 17, of Bradenton, Fla., and Charlie Harris, 16, of Fresno,
Calif., finished at 144
Harman
won the title a year ago with a 5-and-4 victory in match play and was
the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) Player of the Year.
"I
don't even think I playing my best golf, but I'm pretty confident" said
Harman, a 5-foot-7 lefty. "I didn't come all this way to come in second."
"He's
the best junior golfer in the country, and he's the one to beat at every
tournament," said Savage.
"But he's not unbeatable. Hopefully, I get to play him, and we'll just
see what happens." If the two each win five matches, they would meet
in the 18-hole Championship final on Saturday.
The
top 64 scorers over this par-70, 6,790-yard layout that has hosted four
U.S. Opens, advance to match play, beginning Wednesday. The Championship
is for qualified golfers age 17 and younger.
A
10-man playoff at 12-over 152 decided the final nine spots in match
play. The first round of match play will begin at 9:00 a.m. (PDT)
"I
actually was kind of disappointed in not finishing lower," said Han, who posted the lowest morning
score by two strokes. "It was playing pretty easy, and I missed about
five close putts that I should have made."
A
native of Korea
who has been in the United States
for less than four years, Han
was the 2002 AJGA Player of the
Year, the title Harman won last year.
Savage
took another view.
"Yesterday
was an easy 68; today was a tough 73," he said.
Among
the other notable finishers was Tom
Glissmeyer, 17, of Colorado
Springs, Colo., who qualified for the 2003 U.S.
Open. He finished a way back at 11-over 151, but safely advanced to
match play.
"I
expect myself to play better and I'm getting ahead of myself, said Glissmeyer.
"This wasn't any barometer of how I can play."
Among
the local favorites to safely advance were Chris
Jensen, 16, of Los
Altos, Calif., and 14-year-old Steve An of Daly
City, Calif. Jensen, who shot 146, lives 30 minutes south of The Olympic Club. An, a diminutive
native Korean who shot 147, lives even closer.
Olympic
Club junior member Jordan Cox, 16, of Redwood
City, Calif., wasn't so fortunate, as he finished
at 17-over 157. Cox just won the Junior Open Championship in Scotland
last week. But, he didn't use
being too tired from travel as his excuse.
"It
was more just poor play than being tired," said Cox. "It just wasn't
my week. I'm obviously disappointed. I was really looking forward to
playing in this tournament."
The
Junior Amateur is one of 13 national championships conducted annually
by the United States Golf Association, 10 of which are strictly for
amateurs.
Story
written by Craig Smith, director of media relations
at the USGA. E-mail him with questions or comments at csmith@usga.org.
San
Francisco, Calif. - Results from the second round of stroke play at
the 2004 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship, played Tuesday at the par
35-35--70, 6,790-yard Olympic Club (Lakeside Course) (Note: * = qualified
in 10-man playoff for final nine spots for match play)
Brian Harman, Savannah, Ga., 67-66--133
Matt Savage, Louisville, Ky., 68-73--141
Sung
Hoon Kang, Korea, 75-67--142
Lucas Lee, Los Angeles, Calif., 74-69--143
Roberto Galletti
Jr, Clayton, Calif., 74-69--143
Charlie Harris, Fresno, Calif., 70-74--144
Seung-Su
Han, Korea, 75-69--144
Daniel Lim, Gilroy, Calif., 71-74--145
Alex Martin, Middletown, Ohio, 75-71--146
Chris Jensen, Los Altos, Calif., 71-75--146
Daniel Woltman, Beaver Dam, Wis., 73-73--146
David May, Auburn, N.Y.,
73-73--146
Matthew Swan, Montgomery, Ala., 72-74--146
Bradley Johnson, Birmingham, Ala., 73-74--147
Jake Yount, Danville, Calif., 70-77--147
Randy Lowry, Spring, Texas, 76-71--147
Steve An, Daly City, Calif.,
71-76--147
David Chung, Fayetteville, N.C., 72-76--148
Kent Copeland, Hickory, N.C., 74-74--148
Kyle Takesue, Cerritos, Calif., 74-74--148
Seann Harlingten, Rancho Mirage, Calif., 77-71--148
Timothy McKenney, Scottsdale, Ariz., 74-74--148
Ben Tewes, Lincoln, Neb., 77-72--149
Daniel Kefale, Woodbridge, Va., 74-75--149
Drew Weaver, High Point, N.C., 75-74--149
James Lee, Korea, 74-75--149
Juan Pablo
Candela, Colombia, 76-73--149
Kyle Stanley, Gig Harbor, Wash., 73-76--149
Michael Soowal, Phil adelphia,
Pa., 75-74--149
Robby
Ormand, Austin, Texas, 71-78--149
Robert Streb, Edmond, Okla., 76-73--149
Sihwan Kim, Fullerton, Calif., 76-73--149
Andrew Carroll, Little Rock, Ark., 74-76--150
Cashel
Rosier, Grand Ledge, Mich., 75-75--150
Ji
Moon, Ellicott City, Md., 77-73--150
Marc Gladson, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 76-74--150
Mark Silvers, Savannah,
Ga., 78-72--150
Rickie
Fowler, Murrieta, Calif., 74-76--150
Ryan Blue, Athens, Ga., 76-74--150
Andrew Nottenkamper, Boynton Beach, Fla., 76-75--151
Ben Fox, Studio City, Calif., 77-74--151
Brad Blakley, Mead, Wash., 76-75--151
Chris Rockwell, Owings Mills, Md., 77-74--151
Craig Smith, Springfield, Tenn., 76-75--151
Greg Forest, Palm City, Fla., 75-76--151
Henry Zaytoun, Raleigh, N.C., 78-73--151
James Dalthorp
III, Los Angeles, Calif., 81-70--151
Joe Kubick, Lincoln, Neb., 72-79--151
Kevin O'Connell, Cary, N.C., 77-74--151
Lance Lopez, Missouri City, Texas, 72-79--151
Phil ip Chauncey, Durham, N.C., 75-76--151
Robert Riesen, Pinehurst, N.C., 76-75--151
Toby
Ragland, Jacksonville, Fla., 75-76--151
Tom Glissmeyer, Colorado Springs, Colo., 72-79--151
Zach Barlow, Percy, Ill., 76-75--151
*
Alex Wagner, St Charles, Ill., 77-75-152 (3)
*
Brad Valois, Warwick, R.I., 75-77-152 (3)
*
Erik Flores, Grass Valley, Calif., 76-76-152 (3)
*
Glenn Northcutt, Dothan, Ala., 76-76-152 (3)
*
Jon Curran, Hopkinton, Mass., 73-79-152 (3)
*
Kevin Schultz, Richardson, Texas, 77-75-152 (3)
*
Marshall Pickett, Wilmington, N.C., 72-80-152 (2)
*
Seath Lauer, Bradenton, Fla., 75-77-152 (3)
*
Tyler Obermueller, River Falls, Wis., 72-80-152 (3)
Failed
To Qualify
Andy Winings, Franklin, Ind., 77-75-152 (4)
Arnond Vongvanij, Bradenton, Fla., 79-74--153
Blake Trimble, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., 76-77--153
Clayton Rotz, Chambersburg, Pa., 77-76--153
Dave Poggi, Salt Lake City, Utah, 74-79--153
Geoff Gonzalez, Diablo, Calif., 77-76--153
George DeHuff IV, Coto
De Caza, Calif., 76-77--153
Hunter Townsend, Glen
Allen, Va., 77-76--153
Michael Beausejour, Cincinnati, Ohio, 74-79--153
Tyler Morris, San Diego, Calif., 76-77--153
Will
Haydon, Palo Alto, Calif., 76-77--153
Andrew Putnam, University Place, Wash., 79-75--154
Ben Bastel, Upper Sandusky, Ohio, 80-74--154
Michael Pinjuv, Las Vegas, Nev., 81-73--154
Sun Ho
Kim, Flushing, N.Y., 80-74--154
Thomas Greene, Roselle, Ill., 77-77--154
Tim Courtney, Midlothian, Va., 78-76--154
Bobby Hudson, Memphis, Tenn., 79-76--155
Corey Nagy, Charlotte, N.C., 80-75--155
George Bryan
IV, Columbia, S.C., 81-74--155
Hunter Hamrick, Montgomery, Ala., 79-76--155
Jeffrey Zimmerman, Excelsior Springs, Mo., 77-78--155
Mark Volk
Jr,
Highlands Ranch, Colo.,
77-78--155
Rui
Takamatsu, Japan, 81-74--155
Tom Miles, Dublin, Ohio, 76-79--155
Ben Barr, Hot Springs, Ark., 82-74--156
Ben Martin, Greenwood, S.C., 78-78--156
John Popeck, Washington, Pa., 80-76--156
Josh Thompson, Indianapolis, Ind., 77-79--156
Landon Banks, Portland, Ore., 77-79--156
Larry Blatt, Orland Park, Ill., 75-81--156
Matt Boyd, Sugar Land, Texas, 77-79--156
Michael Quagliano, White Plains, N.Y., 84-72--156
Travis Reid, Clovis, N.M., 81-75--156
Tyler Rucarean, Gainesville, Fla., 81-75--156
Zechariah Potter, Cheney, Kan., 78-78--156
Zen
Brown, Arvada, Colo., 80-76--156
Damian Telles, The Dalles, Ore., 80-77--157
Jeffrey Griest, Glen
Mills, Pa., 80-77--157
Jordan Cox, Redwood City, Calif., 78-79--157
Justin Hueber, Fort Wayne, Ind., 80-77--157
Tim Cha, Chino Hills, Calif., 76-81--157
Warren West, Chestertown, Md., 76-81--157
Andrew Freeman, Jensen Beach, Fla., 81-77--158
Bryan Blake, Westerville, Ohio, 80-78--158
Cole Turner, Marion, Ind., 81-77--158
Drew Younts, Stokesdale, N.C., 82-76--158
Hector
Arias, Colombia, 74-84--158
Kyle Parsons, Wethersfield, Conn., 79-79--158
Michael Mulieri, Silver Spring, Md., 80-78--158
Spencer Rives, Lafayette,
La., 79-79--158
Tyler Tarney, Galena, Ohio, 78-80--158
Alex Eby, Boise, Idaho, 81-78--159
Brett Kanda, Los Angeles, Calif., 76-83--159
Sang
Yi, Carrollton, Texas, 78-81--159
Shungwoo Lee, Artesia, Calif., 81-78--159
Branden Barron, Centennial, Colo., 82-78--160
Justin Hare, Charleston, S.C., 82-78--160
Matt Hill, Canada, 81-79--160
Nick
Kirsch, Steubenville, Ohio, 79-81--160
Nick
Shimon, Peoria, Ariz., 81-79--160
Parker
Ferren, Tallahassee, Fla., 75-85--160
Jonathon Krick, Peoria Heights, Ill., 81-80--161
Michael Basinski, East Grand Rapids, Mich., 79-82--161
Nicholas Grigsby, Veradale, Wash., 82-79--161
Alex Volpenhein, Edgewood, Ky., 79-83--162
Blake Stark, Atlanta, Ga., 83-79--162
Brian Sparks, Shelby
Twp, Mich., 81-81--162
Kyle Peterman, Sherman, Ill., 79-83--162
Riley O'Neill, Aberdeen, S.D., 82-80--162
Steve Saunders, Albuquerque, N.M., 82-80--162
Travis Allread, Fairfield, Ohio, 84-78--162
Benjamin Kishigian, Warner Robin s,
Ga., 83-80--163
Kyle Henderson, Clermont, Fla., 83-80--163
Austin Weathington, Alpharetta, Ga., 83-81--164
Mike Van
Sickle, Wexford, Pa., 83-81--164
David Byrne, Canada, 81-84--165
Chris Hoffman, Solon, Ohio, 82-84--166
Sean Maekawa, Paauilo, Hawaii, 88-78--166
Steve Hocker, Suwanee, Ga., 82-84--166
Ben Ziemann, Eau Claire, Wis., 85-82--167
Cole Roblin, Canada, 85-82--167
Connor
Smith, Cedar Park, Texas, 86-81--167
Dalton Owens, Mt Vernon, Mo., 81-86--167
J
F Sorbella, Port Chester, N.Y., 83-84--167
Matthew Scytkowski, South Hadley,
Mass., 86-81--167
Billy Horschel, Grant, Fla., 84-84--168
Zack
Hicks, Pittsford, N.Y., 86-83--169
Andrew Mahnke, Laguna Niguel, Calif., 83-88--171
Jack Freeman, Garland, Texas, 87-85--172
Michael McComb, Egg Harbor
Twsp, N.J., 94-81--175
Michael Broad, Raleigh, N.C., 79-WD