Fairfield golfer hangs on to take medal at U.S. Amateur
UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. – Jeff Wilson shot a 3-over 74 to win the stroke-play portion of the 110th U.S. Amateur by one shot over two players on Tuesday.
The 47-year-old auto dealer from Fairfield, Calif., lost most of a seven-stroke lead but hung on to finish ahead of 18-year-olds Patrick Cantlay from Los Alamitos, Calif., and Patrick Rodgers from Avon, Ind.
Cantlay who plans to attend UCLA, shot the best round of the day, a 5-under-par 67 at the Home Course for a 36-hole 137 score. Rodgers shot a 68.
Starting Wednesday, five days of match play will determine the champion.
Wilson shot a 10-under 62 Monday on the Home Course. Tuesday’s 7,742-yard Chambers Bay layout was the longest in US Amateur history.
Rogers, who will attend Stanford, is the only golfer in the field with two sub-70 rounds. He shot a 2-under 69 at Chambers on Monday.
Wilson, a three-time medalist at the Mid-Amateur and 2008 U.S. Amateur medalist, said after Monday’s round he had a restless night.
“I’m tossing and turning all night wondering how I’m going to grind it out today,” Wilson said. “My cell phone was blown up last night. It was a lot of fun to talk about. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime round.”
It was the second lowest medal-play round in the championship’s history, exceeded only by a 12-under 60 by Billy Horschel at the 2006 Amateur at Chaska Town, Minn.
Wilson had a 29 on his back nine, matching the lowest nine-hole score ever.
Two golfers are tied for fourth at 3-under 140, Justin Thomas of Goshen Ky., and Andres Echavarria of Colombia.
Thomas, who will play for Alabama next year, shot a 69 at Chambers, matching the best round on that course Tuesday.
“I knew the USGA wouldn’t be messing around when it comes to setting the course up,” Thomas said. “Everything is unbelievable. It is like I expected. I didn’t think this course would be this hard or this immaculate. It is just so perfect. The lines are so tight it is ridiculous.”
The 22-year-old Echavarria, who grew up in Medellin and now attends Florida, is a former South America Junior champion. He had a 4-under 68 at the Home Course.
Eric Chun of South Korea was the only other player to break par. He finished sixth place at 1-under 142. Chun, a junior at Northwestern who played in the British Open this year, shot a 3-under 69 at The Home Course.
Defending champion Byeong-Hun An made the field of 64 but struggled to shoot a 77 at Chambers and was tied for 40th.
The 16 players tied for the final six spots will play hole-by-hole eliminations on Nos. 10, 11, 16, 17, and 18 Wednesday until there’s only six of them left.
U.S. Amateur Championship Scores
Tuesday
University Place, Wash.
CB-7,742-yard, par-71 Chambers Bay
HC-7,420-yard, par-72 The Home Course
(-advanced in a playoff)
Jeff Wilson, Fairfield, Calif. 62-74-136CB
Patrick Cantlay, Los Alamitos, Calif. 70-67-137HC
Patrick Rodgers, Avon, Ind. 69-68-137HC
Andres Echavarria, Colombia 72-68-140HC
Justin Thomas, Goshen, Ky. 71-69-140CB
Eric Chun, Korea 73-69-142HC
Joseph Bramlett, Saratoga, Calif. 72-71-143HC
Ryan McCarthy, Australia 74-69-143HC
Tim Jackson, Germantown, Tenn. 71-72-143HC
Hudson Swafford, Tallahassee, Fla. 71-72-143HC
Arnond Vongvanij, Gainesville, Fla. 72-71-143HC
Todd White, Spartanburg, S.C. 74-69-143CB
Eugene Wong, Canada 74-70-144HC
Morgan Hoffmann, Wyckoff, N.J. 73-71-144HC
Connor Arendell, Cape Coral, Fla. 73-71-144HC
David Chung, Fayetteville, N.C. 75-69-144HC
Conrad Shindler, Westlake, Texas 71-73-144CB
Nick Taylor, Canada 69-75-144CB
Gunner Wiebe, Denver, Colo. 70-74-144CB
Harris English, Athens, Ga. 69-75-144CB
David Dannelly, Clemson, S.C. 72-72-144CB
John Hahn, Las Vegas, Nev. 69-75-144CB
Michael Morrison, Atlanta, Ga. 69-75-144CB
Patrick Reed, Augusta, Ga. 68-77-145HC
Drew Kittleson, Scottsdale, Ariz. 71-74-145HC
Scott Harvey, Greensboro, N.C. 73-72-145HC
Cheng Tsung Pan, Chinese Taipei 73-72-145HC
Cameron Peck, Olympia, Wash. 72-73-145CB
Max Homa, Valencia, Calif. 69-76-145CB
Denny McCarthy, Burtonsville, Md. 71-74-145CB
Kevin Tway, Edmond, Okla. 71-74-145CB
Brad Benjamin, Rockford, Ill. 73-72-145CB
Tommy McDonagh, Norwalk, Conn. 71-75-146HC
Blayne Barber, Lake City, Fla. 73-73-146HC
Alex Ching, Honolulu, Hawaii 73-73-146HC
T. J. Bordeaux, Tacoma, Wash. 73-73-146HC
Scott Strohmeyer, Tuscaloosa, Ala. 76-70-146HC
Peter Uihlein, Orlando, Fla. 74-72-146CB
Tyler Sheppard, Midland, Texas 73-73-146CB
Brent Martin, LaPlata, Md. 72-75-147HC
Daniel Zuluaga, Colombia 77-70-147HC
Jed Dirksen, Hampton, Iowa 77-70-147HC
Andrea Pavan, Italy 76-71-147HC
Byeong-Hun An, Berkeley, Calif. 70-77-147CB
Jarred Bossio, Olympia, Wash. 74-73-147CB
Richard Werenski, South Hadley, Mass. 69-78-147CB
Chan Kim, Gilbert, Ariz. 80-68-148HC
Skip Berkmeyer, St Louis, Mo. 73-75-148HC
Mike McCoy, West Des Moines, Iowa 74-74-148HC
Eric Steger, Noblesville, Ind. 75-73-148CB
Albin Choi, Canada 72-76-148CB
Joe Saladino, Huntington, N.Y. 71-77-148CB
Alex Shi Yup Kim, Fullerton, Calif. 72-76-148CB
Nick MacDonald, Lebanon, N.H. 75-73-148CB
Harry Rudolph III, La Jolla, Calif. 75-73-148CB
Scott Langley, St Louis, Mo. 74-74-148CB
Daniel Bowden, Easley, S.C. 73-75-148CB
Mike Miller, Brewster, N.Y. 73-75-148CB
Jason Higton, Fresno, Calif. 75-74-149HC
Robert Leopold, England 78-71-149HC
Carter Newman, Augusta, Ga. 78-71-149HC
Christopher Burger, Cincinnati, Ohio 73-76-149HC
Wyndham Clark, Greenwood Village, Colo. 78-71-149HC
Michael Muehr, Potomac Falls, Md. 80-69-149HC
Johan de Beer, South Africa 78-71-149HC
Jacob Burger, Orangeburg, S.C. 73-76-149CB
Ricky Stout, New Bern, N.C. 75-74-149CB
Brad Shaw, Los Angeles, Calif. 72-77-149CB
Amory Davis, Chadds Ford, Pa. 70-79-149CB
Wesley Bryan, Chapin, S.C. 76-73-149CB
John Peterson, Fort Worth, Texas 76-73-149CB
Bobby Hudson, Memphis, Tenn. 74-75-149CB
Emiliano Grillo, Argentina 77-72-149CB
Nathan Smith, Pittsburgh, Pa. 75-74-149CB
Failed to qualify
Ryan Peterson, Eagan, Minn. 73-77-150HC
Timothy Madigan, Rio Rancho, N.M. 76-74-150HC
Glenn Northcutt, Dothan, Ala. 78-72-150HC
Will Bowman, Greensboro, N.C. 78-72-150HC
Bhavik Patel, Bakersfield, Calif. 75-75-150HC
Stewart Hagestad, Newport Beach, Calif. 73-77-150HC
Estanislao Guerrero, Mexico 77-73-150HC Andrew Vijarro, Bend, Ore. 77-73-150HC
Bobby Wyatt, Mobile, Ala. 80-70-150HC
Jason Scrivener, Australia 82-68-150HC
Henry Smart, Charlottesville, Va. 76-74-150HC
Tain Lee, San Juan Capistrano, Calif. 79-71-150HC
Robert F. Gerwin II, Cincinnati, Ohio 71-79-150CB
Stiggy Hodgson, England 75-75-150CB
Mackenzie Hughes, Canada 71-79-150CB
Andrew Noto, New Orleans, La. 74-76-150CB
Jordan McLaurin, Ironton, Mo. 75-75-150CB
Joseph Juszczyk, Dearborn Hts, Mich. 73-77-150CB
Alex Edfort, Somerset, N.J. 73-77-150CB
Joe Epperson, Plano, Texas 76-75-151HC
Steve Ziegler, Broomfield, Colo. 78-73-151HC
Matthew Smith, Australia 74-77-151HC
Darren Wallace, Canada 78-73-151HC
Ricky Stockton, Salinas, Calif. 75-76-151CB
Tom Muto Jr, Wolcott, N.Y. 72-79-151CB
Kenneth McCready, San Diego, Calif. 74-77-151CB
Hunter Hamrick, Montgomery, Ala. 78-73-151CB
Hunter Bronson, Tuscaloosa, Ala. 73-78-151CB
Kevin Marsh, Henderson, Nev. 76-75-151CB
Matt Ewald, Leawood, Kan. 76-75-151CB
Jack Dukeminier, Eugene, Ore. 75-76-151CB
Jim Liu, Smithtown, N.Y. 74-77-151CB
Matt Crawford, Redwood City, Calif. 74-77-151CB
Travis Ross, Crookston, Minn. 78-74-152HC
Jay Linquist, Canada 78-74-152HC
Michael Moyers, Stanardsville, Va. 77-75-152HC
Andrew Presley, Fort Worth, Texas 78-74-152HC
Clarke Kincaid, Trophy Club, Texas 75-77-152CB
Daniel Berger, Jupiter, Fla. 69-83-152CB
Francesco Ruffino, Bloomfield Village, Mich. 75-77-152CB
Bud Cauley, Jacksonville, Fla. 73-79-152CB
John Duke Hudson, Sonora, Texas 69-83-152CB
Michael Hebert, Orlando, Fla. 75-77-152CB
Lion Kim, Lake Mary, Fla. 78-75-153HC
Matthew Hansen, Los Osos, Calif. 74-79-153HC
Phillip Choi, Orlando, Fla. 80-73-153HC
Chris DeForest, Cottekill, N.Y. 82-71-153HC
John Young Kim, Walnut, Calif. 81-72-153HC
Derek Ernst, Clovis, Calif. 77-76-153HC
Bill Jones III, Conyers, Ga. 77-76-153HC
Brian Belden, Emmaus, Pa. 72-81-153CB
Andrew Widmar, El Paso, Texas 74-79-153CB
Brooks Koepka, Wellington, Fla. 72-81-153CB
Ryan Indovina, Costa Mesa, Calif. 75-78-153CB
Josh Eure, Crofton, Md. 73-80-153CB
Jin Jeong, South Korea 74-79-153CB
David McDaniel, Tucson, Ariz. 74-79-153CB
Sam Chavez, Hillsborough, Calif. 73-80-153CB
Kevin Penner, Sammamish, Wash. 74-79-153CB
Thomas Buran, Scottsdale, Ariz. 72-81-153CB
Harold Varner III, Gastonia, N.C. 78-75-153CB
Cory Renfrew, Canada 74-79-153CB
Will Hogan, Ozark, Mo. 72-81-153CB
John Murphy, Wilton, Conn. 79-75-154HC
Greg Moss, Los Angeles, Calif. 80-74-154HC
Matt Miller, Eldon, Mo. 73-81-154HC
Tyler Foxx, Port St Lucie, Fla. 78-76-154HC
Jason Millard, Murfreesboro, Tenn. 79-75-154HC
Kevin Phelan, Ireland 77-77-154HC
George Cunningham, Litchfield Park, Ariz. 79-75-154HC
Sean Dale, Jacksonville, Fla. 78-76-154HC
Kevin Aylwin, New Smyrna Beach, Fla. 77-77-154CB
Ethan Tracy, Hilliard, Ohio 76-78-154CB
Russell Henley, Macon, Ga. 72-82-154CB
Brad Brunner, Tampa, Fla. 75-79-154CB
Matt Schneider, Grand Rapids, Minn. 77-77-154CB
Yi Keun Chang, Diamond Bar, Calif. 79-75-154CB
Frank Vana, Shrewsbury, Mass. 78-76-154CB
Peter Williamson, Hanover, N.H. 79-75-154CB
Sean Kelly, Staten Island, N.Y. 77-77-154CB
Colby Smith, Auburn, Calif. 77-78-155HC
Andrew Patipaksiri, Cypress, Calif. 78-77-155HC
Daniel Chian, Covina, Calif. 78-77-155HC
Louis-Alexandre Pitre, Canada 79-76-155HC
Beau Schoolcraft, Englewood, Colo. 80-75-155HC
Michael McGowan, Southern Pines, N.C. 80-75-155HC
Danny Lewis, Morrow, Ohio 78-77-155HC
Andrew Putnam, University Place, Wash. 84-71-155HC
Bennett Blakeman, Burr Ridge, Ill. 81-74-155HC
Vince India, Deerfield, Ill. 74-81-155CB
Franco Castro, Alpharetta, Ga. 80-75-155CB
Carl Jonson, Bainbridge Island, Wash. 74-81-155CB
Woo Kim, Korea 78-77-155CB
Jordan Spieth, Dallas, Texas 72-83-155CB
Alex Carpenter, Little Rock, Ark. 73-82-155CB
Adam Stephenson, Greenville, N.C. 77-78-155CB
Eric Lilleboe, Okemos, Mich. 79-76-155CB
David Jones, Norwich, Conn. 77-78-155CB
Matt Younts, Stokesdale, N.C. 78-77-155CB
Jeff Hedden, Old Lyme, Conn. 77-78-155CB
Alexander Moore, Richland, Wash. 76-79-155CB
William Coe, San Diego, Calif. 74-81-155CB
Mark Knecht, Paducah, Ky. 73-82-155CB
Donald Constable, Deephaven, Minn. 78-77-155CB
Steven Zychowski, Mendham, N.J. 76-79-155CB
Chris Baloga, Baltimore, Md. 82-74-156HC
Riley Pumphrey, Georgetown, Texas 80-76-156HC
Jordan Walor, Wake Forest, N.C. 80-76-156HC
Keegan Drugan, Holmen, Wis. 77-79-156HC
Erik Christopherson, St Paul, Minn. 79-77-156HC
Evan Harmeling, North Reading, Mass. 79-77-156HC
Andy Sajevic, Fremont, Neb. 84-72-156HC
Bowen Sargent, Charlottesville, Va. 81-75-156HC
Jamie Core, Canada 78-78-156CB
Jean-Philippe Paiement, Canada 77-79-156CB
Josh Anderson, Murrieta, Calif. 73-83-156CB
Michael Drobnick, Hilliard, Ohio 76-80-156CB
Sihwan Kim, Buena Park, Calif. 76-80-156CB
Terence Daniels, Bermuda 80-76-156CB
Zac Pool, Poteau, Okla. 77-79-156CB
Brandon Detweiler, Akron, Pa. 75-81-156CB
Brock Crosson, Canada 83-74-157HC
Amit Chopra, Costa Mesa, Calif. 75-82-157HC
Dash Lindsell, San Francisco, Calif. 81-76-157HC
Marc Mandel, Conshohocken, Pa. 77-80-157HC
Randy Haag, Burlingame, Calif. 77-80-157HC
Sang Yi, Carrollton, Texas 84-73-157HC
Vaita Guillaume, Tahiti 81-76-157HC
Matthew Harvey, Georgetown, Texas 87-70-157HC
Jeff Champine, Rochester Hills, Mich. 81-76-157HC
Ryan O’Rear, Belton, Texas 77-80-157CB
Nick Mullhaupt, Bradenton, Fla. 75-82-157CB
Billy Kennerly, Alpharetta, Ga. 78-79-157CB
Paul Haley, Dallas, Texas 78-79-157CB
Zac Blair, Ogden, Utah 74-83-157CB
Jason Buffone, Lockport, Ill. 76-81-157CB
Max McKay, St Augustine, Fla. 79-78-157CB
Damian Telles, The Dalles, Ore. 80-78-158HC
Sean Knapp, Oakmont, Pa. 81-77-158HC
Ricky DeSantis, Carlsbad, Calif. 85-73-158HC
Austin Cook, Jonesboro, Ark. 76-82-158HC
Korey Ward, West Chester, Ohio 85-73-158HC
Brandon Parker, Auburn, Mass. 82-76-158HC
Charlie Saxon, Tulsa, Okla. 82-76-158HC
Shun Yat Hak, Hong Kong 84-74-158HC
Mark Hicks, Bermuda Dunes, Calif. 85-73-158HC
Robert Savarese, Lafayette Hill, Pa. 76-82-158CB
Michael Brown, Cheltenham, Pa. 75-83-158CB
Nick Ellis, East Wenatchee, Wash. 76-82-158CB
Barrett Kelpin, Kalamazoo, Mich. 79-79-158CB
Antonio Grillo, Martha’s Vineyard, Mass. 74-84-158CB
Brian Higgins, Bellingham, Mass. 78-80-158CB
Michael Harrington, Colorado Springs, Colo. 81-77-158CB
Eric Mina, Fremont, Calif. 73-85-158CB
Scott Congdon, Foxboro, Mass. 71-87-158CB
Tim Spitz, Rochester, N.Y. 80-78-158CB
Hank Lebioda, Winter Springs, Fla. 79-79-158CB
Clayton Rotz, Chambersburg, Pa. 77-81-158CB
Herbert Day, El Salvador 82-77-159HC
Cody Kent, Castle Rock, Colo. 80-79-159HC
Michael Kim, Del Mar, Calif. 81-78-159HC
Gavin Hall, Pittsford, N.Y. 88-71-159HC
George Bryan, Chapin, S.C. 86-73-159HC
Peter Jensen, Boyne City, Mich. 76-83-159CB
Spencer Lawson, Raleigh, N.C. 74-85-159CB
Craig Groenendaal, Centreville, Va. 78-81-159CB
Cameron Wilson, Rowayton, Conn. 72-87-159CB
Ravi Patel, Naperville, Ill. 78-81-159CB
Sam Chien, San Diego, Calif. 77-82-159CB
Scott Barton, Dallas, Texas 79-80-159CB
Chase Blaich, Defuniak Springs, Fla. 74-85-159CB
John Somers, Elon, N.C. 81-78-159CB
Christian Heavens, Fairview Heights, Ill. 81-79-160HC
Kevin Carrigan, Canada 86-74-160HC
Cody Thompson, Chico, Calif. 83-77-160HC
Brinson Paolini, Virginia Beach, Va. 81-79-160HC
Steve Skurla, Wheaton, Ill. 82-78-160HC
George Downing, Santa Barbara, Calif. 85-75-160HC
Boris Stantchev, Long Beach, Calif. 79-81-160HC
Brian Colbert, Palatine, Ill. 80-80-160CB
Carl McCauley, Parkland, Fla. 80-80-160CB
Preston Dembowiak, Summerfield, N.C. 73-87-160CB
Brad Larente, Canada 77-83-160CB
Jason Shano, Scottsdale, Ariz. 82-78-160CB
Daniel Sorgini III, Westerville, Ohio 84-76-160CB
Drew Chuipek, Gilberts, Ill. 79-81-160CB
Nicolo Galletti, Clayton, Calif. 79-81-160CB
Michael Mulieri, Silver Spring, Md. 84-77-161HC
Mac McClung, Fremont, Calif. 84-77-161HC
Mark Hubbard, Denver, Colo. 84-77-161HC
Tom McCarthy, Tolland, Conn. 81-80-161HC
Tom Hoge, Fargo, N.D. 87-74-161HC
Ben Smith, Carrollton, Ohio 86-75-161HC
C. J. Kim, Chandler, Ariz. 77-84-161CB
Matt Brown, Brookeville, Md. 80-82-162HC
Taylor Smith, Mansfield, Ga. 79-83-162HC
Christian Brand, Charleston, W.Va. 81-81-162HC
Cameron Rappleye, Elk Grove, Calif. 87-75-162HC
Ryan Carter, Stockton, Calif. 88-74-162HC
Draegen Majors, Tulsa, Okla. 81-81-162CB
Buddy Marucci, Villanova, Pa. 79-83-162CB
C. J. DeBerg, Edina, Minn. 83-80-163HC
William Miller, Venetia, Pa. 87-76-163HC
Jeff Coffman, Oklahoma City, Okla. 86-77-163HC
Justin Martinson, Avondale, Pa. 84-79-163HC
Ernesto Marin, Miami, Fla. 85-78-163HC
Kalena Preus, Honolulu, Hawaii 86-77-163HC
Tim Hogarth, Northridge, Calif. 75-88-163CB
Tom Wroblewski, Neenah, Wis. 82-81-163CB
Parker Edens, Greeley, Colo. 86-78-164HC
Brian Hwang, Hauppauge, N.Y. 83-81-164HC
Tevis Upton, Acworth, Ga. 80-84-164CB
Adam Ball, Richmond, Va. 80-85-165HC
Jeff Scohy, Bellbrook, Ohio 85-80-165HC
Hao-Sheng Hsu, Beaumont, Calif. 85-80-165HC
Brent Blaum, Coral Gables, Fla. 87-78-165HC
Will Smith, Avon, Conn. 87-78-165HC
Carr Vernon, Poplar Bluff, Mo. 78-87-165CB
Matt Nicholas, Lake Charles, La. 83-83-166HC
Michael Whitehead, Sugar Land, Texas 88-78-166HC
Ben Polland, Bloomington, Minn. 87-79-166HC
David Haley Jr, Hilliard, Ohio 85-82-167HC
Rudy Cabalar Jr, Ewa Beach, Hawaii 84-83-167CB
Cameron Crawford, Sandy, Utah 88-80-168HC
Joe Leavitt, Atkinson, N.H. 79-89-168CB
Kody Alexander, Jackson, Tenn. 79-89-168CB
Brandon Ng, Canada 83-86-169HC
Camron Howell, Thatcher, Ariz. 91-79-170HC
Joe Kastelic, Cincinnati, Ohio 89-81-170HC
Timmy Peterzen, Elk River, Minn. 81-89-170CB
Ben Mangum, Montgomery, Ala. 89-83-172HC
Robert De Biase, Venezuela 95-77-172HC
Ren Takeuchi, Japan 81-91-172CB
Garrett Simons, Grand Ledge, Mich. 93-80-173HC
Matt Stephens, Mont Belvieu, Texas 90-83-173HC
Josh Goldstein, Liberty, N.Y. 87-86-173CB
Matt Alessi, Bloomfield Hills, Mich. 95-82-177HC
Max Cohen, Los Angeles, Calif. 90-89-179HC
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