Complete U.S. Amateur coverage
Welcome to Golfweek.com’s one-stop shop for all things U.S. Amateur. Be sure to check back daily as Golfweek.com brings you closer than anyone to the action at the biggest men’s amateur event on the planet:• Daily commentaries from
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Video blogs and
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• Recaps, news and notes after every round at Pinehurst.
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SLIDESHOWS: • Monday • Tuesday •
Wednesday • Thursday
• Friday • Saturday • Sunday
MONDAY
• Soderstrom: Final thoughts from the U.S. Am: Eric Soderstrom cleans out his notebook and shares some of the entertaining tidbits that didn’t make it into print earlier this week. Learn about Danny Lee’s sense of humor, and Drew Kittleson’s In-N-Out obsession.
SUNDAY (Final)
• Balicki: Young gun: Lee wins U.S. Amateur: Danny Lee won the U.S. Amateur Sunday to supplant Tiger Woods as the youngest champion in tournament history. Lee was 11 under for 32 holes in the final to beat Drew Kittleson, 5 and 4.
SATURDAY (Semifinals)
• Lee, Kittleson to meet in U.S. Am final: Danny Lee, the world’s top-ranked amateur, has a chance to replace Tiger Woods as the youngest player to ever win the U.S. Amateur. Standing in his way will be Florida State sophomore Drew Kittleson. They will face off in Sunday’s 36-hole final.
• GolfweekTV: Semifinal highlights
FRIDAY (Quarterfinals)
• Balicki: Semifinals set at U.S. Amateur: The U.S. Amateur has become a dogfight. The world’s top amateur, Danny Lee, will face Georgia’s Patrick Reed while Florida St. sophomore Drew Kittleson plays another Bulldog, Adam Mitchell, in the semifinals.
• Soderstrom: Some Lee way: Danny Lee has come a long way.
• U.S. Amateur match roundups: A look at all four quarterfinal matches.
• GolfweekTV: From eight to four.
THURSDAY (Rounds of 32 and 16)
• Balicki: Brady Exber joins ‘the club’ at U.S. Amateur
• Soderstrom: Adam Mitchell finally finds Zen at Pinehurst
• Fathauer endures long day at U.S. Am: Derek Fathauer had to work overtime twice just to get back into the quarterfinals. He sank a 20-foot birdie putt on the fourth extra hole to advance to the quarterfinals for the second consecutive year.
• U.S. Amateur match roundups: A look at all eight third-round matches.
• U.S. Amateur match roundups: A look at all 16 second-round matches.
• GolfweekTV: Curse of Wrong Ron
• GolfweekTV: Legend of Willie McRae
• GolfweekTV: Brady Exber
WEDNESDAY (Round of 64)
• Soderstrom: Walk this Tway at U.S. Am: Two former U.S. Junior champions met in the first round of the U.S. Amateur. Philip Francis may have made a run at a PGA Tour title earlier this summer, but he was sent packing by Kevin Tway’s birdie on No. 18.
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Balicki: Lovemark blows late lead in loss: Jamie Lovemark was 1 up with two holes remaining in his first-round match, but was sent packing after a bogey on the last hole.
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U.S. Amateur match roundups: A look at all 32 first-round matches.
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GolfweekTV: Small Bucket: Charlotte’s Corey Nagy is a special guest.
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GolfweekTV: U.S. Amateur match play preview
TUESDAY (Round 2)• Fillmore medals in stroke play at U.S. Am: Robbie Fillmore was away from golf for two years and didn’t touch a club. He took up the game again in 2006. On Tuesday, Fillmore was medalist after two rounds of stroke-play qualifying with a 5-under 65. If only we could be so lucky.
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Soderstrom: Putnam shows poker face at Pinehurst: Andrew Putnam is the essence of laid-back, but his game is taking charge at the U.S. Amateur. Putnam tied for fifth in stroke-play qualifying and has a dangerous mindset heading into the week. “I love match play,” the Pepperdine sophomore says.
GolfweekTV: Go for the gold
MONDAY (Round 1)
• Lee continues hot streak at U.S. Amateur: Danny Lee, the No. 1 amateur in the world, shot 71 in the first round of stroke play at Pinehurst, just one day after finishing T-20 at the PGA Tour’s Wyndham Championship.
SUNDAY (Preview)•
Staff Picks: U.S. Amateur•
No. 1 Lee surging into U.S. Amateur
• Click here for scores from the European Amateur, which was held across the pond the same week as the U.S. Amateur.
Posted: 8/18/2008
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