Not seeing alot of talk (or any) about the US Amatuer. Pretty amazing how good Tim Jackson is playing this year.

Also, have to give props to my old highschool as two alumns are in the top 15 after the first day and playing well the 2nd day.

Southern Hills is one of my favorite courses I've ever played. Looking forward to watching the action later in the week.

I was shocked to see Nick Taylor drop an 80 yesterday. Haven't seen anything from today though.

Big ups to the Jackson fellow!

Man I wish I woulda qualified. I'll be watching coverage the next 5 days though.

I'm surprised to see Rickie Fowler miss the field of 64 (likely). I'd think he would have had a chance to get some practice on those courses.

Is Fowler gonna miss? Wow! If I recall right he only shot 4 over yesterday and I didn't see many low scores.

Actually, I think Rickie will make the round of 64. He's at +7 for the two days which is currently T70...the playoff spot. Still lots of golf to be played.

Currently four Illini golfers projected to make the cut, including Scott Langley all alone in third place

Projected cut sitting at +8 right now

Looks like Jackson is going to be the solo medalist with a 2-day total of 140 (even par)

hope morgan hoffman goes deep. hes a really solid player.

cam wilson is a darkhorse in there. got 18 144. Plays in my town, real solid player. He went pretty far at the us junior also. he could make some noise.

Tim Jackson shoots even par 140 for medalist and he was penalized for slow play. Anyone know the details?

Maybe his walker got caught up in the rough.

All I could find...

"Jackson was warned at pace-of-play checkpoints and he was one of two players in his group assessed a one-stroke penalty when he reached the scoring tent"

What's the broadcast schedule? Channels and times?

Thanks.

http://www.usamateur.org/spectatorinfo/tv_schedule.html

They didn't arrive at the checkpoints in the correct amount of time. Being late to the first one is a warning, being late to the second is a possible one stroke penalty, late to the third is a possible two stroke penalty, and missing the last is a possible DQ.

Jackson's group was late to the first checkpoint, and then missed the second one. But they missed the second because they had to wait for a ruling to be decided on the previous hole, so the USGA waived that miss. Unfortunately, the group in front of them pulled away by basically jogging between shots because they too had missed a checkpoint, causing Jackson's group to be further behind and miss the third checkpoint as well. The USGA decided that Jackson and playing partner Patrick Duncan had not made significant effort to catch up and they each received a one stroke penalty. John Kostis(Peter's son) apparently made enough of an effort to not get penalized.

http://www.usamateur.org/scoring/nml/match1.html

And it just so happens that he was also right on the number of the cut line....that seems odd.

surprised that the top 2 AMS in the world both missed match play.

1st round results of note:

Bud Cauley beat Rickie Fowler 3 & 1 ....tough 1st round matchup!

Morgan Hoffman lost....

Glad to see a UofA Golfer play well.

I don't see how two out of three get penalized for slow play. I thought the group is who is put on the clock. How do you decide one player made more of an effort than others? This is ridiculous. I understand that Tim Jackson was pretty upset by the whole exchange. I hope this does not affect his play today.

will be there sat/sun. will be cool to watch and it being up close to the players as u can be.. pretty cool...

Burgoon advances. Gig'em!

TWO!!!!!!!!!! Okalahoma State players lose their round of 64 matches, TWO?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?. talk about a tough draw. feel bad for em.

uihliens still in though

And Whitekiller

I might try to get out there tomorrow.

I love walking around SH, and wish I knew someone who could get me in for a round. I have lost a ball or 2 at every other course in Tulsa, it would be an honor to drop one in the water. But I don't know anyone that rich... haha.

Two Illini make it to the round of 32. Not bad for a cold weather school...

The group is put on the clock and the USGA sends an official out after that to monitor them. It's up to that official to decide who and how much in terms of penalties.

It's happened before, and the basis was something like one player cut down his pre-shot routine and moved noticably faster than before the warning, while the other players did not, so he didn't get the penalty.

Not for long, his opponent is 6 up through 10.

http://www.usamateur.org/scoring/nml/match/0215.html

Way to jump on that one.

I was just pointing out how the other fellow left his name out.

And he's one of 3 State Champions from my town.

Not anymore. Funny to see a PING logo on the back if his cap.

as gary koch observed, among the many incredible things about tiger's 3 straight us am titles is that he avoided something like the kick in birdie holland pulled off on the first playoff hole against uihlien. in a close match in match play, one great shot by your opponent can cook your goose. somehow tiger won three straight of these. i would almost say winning three straight majors is more likely.

Is there going to be any TV coverage of the finals tomorrow? I looked all over for some coverage today but could not find a thing. Very disapointing as the Womens amature was on TV and only 3 miles from my house at Old Warson CC a few weeks ago.

Will be on my local NBC station.

for some reason i am way more interested in the us am rather than the barclays.... i have no idea why... maybe its the match play format

Great TV coverage huh? Starts at 3:00 central time and we get to watch roughly two holes before the 17 year old Korean shuts out Martin 7 & 5. That was exciting, NOT! All in all a whoping 40 minutes of coverage.

Yea I didn't even bother to turn it on when I checked the scores earlier. I think it was last year I really wanted to watch the Danny Lee and Kittleson match but didn't get to because the Indians went extra innings with the Royals...both teams with 0 chance of making the playoffs.

This has got to be some sort of record, the US AM thread had been up for 6 days, The Finals have been over for nearly 6 hours and the name of the winner has not yet been mentioned in a single post. Can anyone on the board guess who won?

I think he's going to Cal next year... more of a clue

Either the toughest course or weakest field ever.
On Golf Channel they said the winner was +9 and
won 7 & 5.

Byeong-Hun Ah won. Youngest US Am ever at 17.

As far as the scores being high, this was one of the toughest courses ever. The greens were ridiculously fast.

Thought Bud Cauley would go further. VERY solid golfer and good kid. Expect him to make noise the next few years. Great golf swing and good head on his shoulders.