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AUGUSTA, Mo. – James White shot a 5-under 66 Monday to take a three-shot lead after the first day of stroke play at the 60th U.S. Junior Amateur Championship.

White, 17, of Acworth, Ga., had four consecutive birdies to close out the front nine and eagled the 606-yard, par-5 14th hole. He finished with one eagle, five birdies and two bogeys at the 6,894-yard Boone Valley Golf Club.

“It’s my last year to play and it’s my only year to play in it,” said White, who failed to qualify for the event during his first two attempts before this year. “You have all the best players in the country and, for me, you’ve got one shot at it. You take it for what it is and you just do your best.”

White earlier this year shot an AJGA-record 9-under-par 61 during the Ringgold Telephone Company Junior Classic at WindStone Golf Club.

Mu Hu, winner of last week's HP Boys Junior Championship, Cameron Peck and Seung Yul Noh were tied for second at 69.

Hu first tried to qualify for the championship as an 11-year-old and finished one stroke shy. He said he was in the hunt to earn a birth every year before finally winning a qualifier for this week’s tournament.

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Scores with relation to par from the first round of stroke-play qualifying from the U.S. Junior Amateur, played July 23 at par-71 Boone Valley Golf Club in Augusta, Mo.:

1. James White	66			-5
2. Mu Hu	69			-2
2. Cameron Peck	69			-2
2. Seung Yul Noh	69			-2
5. Hunter Hamrick	70			-1
5. John Popeck	70			-1
7. Morgan Hoffmann	71			E
7. Devin Miertschin	71			E
7. Sam Chien	71			E
7. Kyle Kopsick	71			E
7. Alex Moon	71			E
7. Michael Mcgowan	71			E
7. Alan Lee	71			E
7. Anthony Paolucci	71			E
7. Dan Ellis	71			E
7. Matt Nolasco	71			E
7. Danny Lee	71			E
7. Daniel Meggs	71			E
7. Matthew Giles	71			E
20. Cody Gribble	72		+	1
20. Peter Uihlein	72		+	1
20. James Erkenbeck	72		+	1
20. Alex Shi Yup Kim	72		+	1
20. Santiago Gavino	72		+	1
20. Chris Cho	72		+	1
20. Logan Knebels	72		+	1
20. Cameron Wilson	72		+	1
20. William Cauley	72		+	1
20. David Chung	72		+	1
20. Sean Dale	72		+	1
31. Tim Honeycutt	73		+	2
31. Yaroslav Merkulov	73		+	2
31. Blayne Barber	73		+	2
31. Taylor Fontaine	73		+	2
31. Geoffrey Shaw	73		+	2
31. Spencer Anderson	73		+	2
31. Cory Whitsett	73		+	2
31. Ronnald Monaco	73		+	2
31. Hyun Seok Lim	73		+	2
31. J J Spaun	73		+	2
31. T J Vogel	73		+	2
42. Hunter Green	74		+	3
42. Ethan Tracy	74		+	3
42. Jhared Hack	74		+	3
42. Daily Young	74		+	3
42. Jackson Beindorf	74		+	3
42. Jake Hedge	74		+	3
42. Nick Delio	74		+	3
42. Ben Vertz	74		+	3
42. Beau Schoolcraft	74		+	3
42. Jeffrey Hamm	74		+	3
42. Andrew Lawson	74		+	3
42. John Huh	74		+	3
42. Joon An	74		+	3
42. Samuel Shin	74		+	3
42. Gaston De La Torre	74		+	3
42. Curtis Loop	74		+	3
58. Brad Miller	75		+	4
58. Tyler Mitchell	75		+	4
58. Brooks Koepka	75		+	4
58. Austen Dailey	75		+	4
58. Brinson Paolini	75		+	4
58. Corbin Mills	75		+	4
58. Devin Komline	75		+	4
58. Sean Keating	75		+	4
58. Christopher Burger	75		+	4
58. Nicholas Losole Iii	75		+	4
58. Bhavik Patel	75		+	4
58. Wesley Bryan	75		+	4
58. Brett Cairns	75		+	4
58. Blake Redmond	75		+	4
58. William Kropp	75		+	4
58. Taylor Travis	75		+	4
58. Jeffrey Kang	75		+	4
58. Michael Muscatell	75		+	4
76. Will Almand	76		+	5
76. Tyler Gann	76		+	5
76. Samuel Krause	76		+	5
76. Sean Brannan	76		+	5
76. Benjamin Thorseth	76		+	5
76. Jack Fields	76		+	5
76. Anthony Aloi	76		+	5
76. Wesley Graham	76		+	5
76. Luke Guthrie	76		+	5
76. John Pavelko	76		+	5
76. Lorens Chan	76		+	5
76. Benjamin Bauch	76		+	5
76. Dorian Vauls	76		+	5
89. Justin Estrada	77		+	6
89. Andrew Vijarro	77		+	6
89. Kyle English	77		+	6
89. Drew Frisby	77		+	6
89. Zahkai Brown	77		+	6
89. Kevin Kring	77		+	6
89. Nathan Chambers	77		+	6
89. Ben Hargis	77		+	6
89. Lee Bedford	77		+	6
89. Will Mccurdy	77		+	6
89. Sam Frank	77		+	6
89. Ryan Nagy	77		+	6
89. Aidan Javed	77		+	6
89. Brian Carter	77		+	6
89. Ryan Kelley	77		+	6
104. John Ladow	78		+	7
104. Adam Van Houten	78		+	7
104. Zac Blair	78		+	7
104. T J Kua	78		+	7
104. Jordan Rodgers	78		+	7
104. Alex Lyall	78		+	7
104. David Flynn	78		+	7
111. Justin Deitz	79		+	8
111. Michael Murray	79		+	8
111. Bradley George	79		+	8
111. Will Ovenden	79		+	8
111. Derek Baade	79		+	8
111. Ross Friehe	79		+	8
111. Antonio Grillo	79		+	8
111. Zachery Sobel	79		+	8
111. Ross Frankenberg	79		+	8
111. Joshua Creel	79		+	8
111. Michael Cermak	79		+	8
122. Derek Ernst	80		+	9
122. David Sanders	80		+	9
122. Denny Mccarthy	80		+	9
122. Thomas Bradshaw	80		+	9
122. James Ellis	80		+	9
122. Tyler Mccumber	80		+	9
122. Will Nixon	80		+	9
122. Robert Perrott Iii	80		+	9
130. Curtis Thompson	81		+	10
130. Matthew Hannaford	81		+	10
130. Brian Wynia	81		+	10
130. Sam Smith	81		+	10
130. Patrick Lundy	81		+	10
130. Dylan Goodwin	81		+	10
130. Graham White	81		+	10
130. Martin Trainer	81		+	10
130. Alex Simson	81		+	10
130. Max Bichsel	81		+	10
140. Patrick Williams	82		+	11
140. Cameron Hollek	82		+	11
140. Adam Lewicki	82		+	11
140. Evan Beck	82		+	11
140. Russell Hartung	82		+	11
140. Adam Kolojejchick-Kotch	82		+	11
140. Stephen Carney	82		+	11
140. Blake Morris	82		+	11
140. Ryan Crum	82		+	11
140. Chaz Fairbrother	82		+	11
150. Anders Albertson	83		+	12
151. Alex Robb	84		+	13
152. Clark Gates-George	85		+	14
153. Matt Hatchett	86		+	15
154. Brian Dorfman	87		+	16
154. Jay Woodward	87		+	16
156. John Inman	100		+	29

Posted: 7/23/2007

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