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Leaders
Round 1 – Blake Biddle shot a 5-under 67 at the par-72 Erin
Hills, while Gregor Main and John Hahn shot 5-under 65s at
the par-70 Blue Mound Golf & Country Club. Round 2 – Main
was medalist at 10-under 132, by two strokes over Biddle.
Cut
At even-par 142, with a 20-for-4 playoff for the final matchplay
berths.
Weather
Mostly sunny with temperatures in the low 70s on Monday. Play
was suspended for storm activity on Tuesday at 8 a.m. at Erin
Hills and 8:09 a.m. at Blue Mound. Play resumed at both courses
at 11:40 a.m., with temperatures in the mid 70s and sunny conditions.
Play was suspended for darkness at 7 p.m. at Erin Hills and
7:15 p.m. at Blue Mound. Play resumed Wednesday morning at
7:30 a.m. at Blue Mound, but fog at Erin Hills delayed resumption
until 8:55 a.m. Mostly sunny, with high winds and temperatures
in the mid 80s on Wednesday.
Notes
HOLE
PAR
CANTLAY
KRAFT
HOLE
PAR
CANTLAY
KRAFT
Forty-two states were represented (all but Alaska, Delaware,
Maine, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota
and Wyoming) … Seventeen countries were represented:
Argentina, Australia, Canada, the People’s Republic of China,
Chinese Taipei, El Salvador, England, Germany, Japan, Korea,
Mexico, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden, the United
States and Venezuela … Donny Hopoi, of Aiea, Hawaii, was
the youngest competitor in the championship. He turned 15
on the first day of stroke-play qualifying. Randy Haag, 52, of
Orinda, Calif., was the oldest competitor … There were eight
USGA champions in the field: Byeong-Hun An, 19, of Korea
The Final: Cantlay vs. Kraft
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
5 4 4 4 4 3 5 4 3 4 4 4 3 5 4 3 4 5
4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 3 5 4 4 4 3 5 3 3 6
5 4 4 3 4 3 5 4 2 5 4 3 3 5 4 2 4 8
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
5 4 4 4 4 3 5 4 3 4 4 4 3 5 4 3 4 5
4 4 4 3 4 3 5 5 2 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 4 6
4 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 2 5 4 3 4 5
2011 Championship Notes
– Won hole
U.S. Amateur 7
(2009 U.S. Amateur); Brad Benjamin, 24, of Rockford, Ill. (2009
U.S. Amateur Public Links); Jim Liu, 15, of Smithtown, N.Y. (2010
U.S. Junior Amateur); Corbin Mills, 21, of Easley, S.C. (2011 U.S.
Amateur Public Links); Nathan Smith, 32, of Pittsburgh, Pa.
(2003, 2009, 2010 U.S. Mid-Amateur); Jordan Spieth, 18, of
Dallas, Texas (2009, 2011 U.S. Junior Amateur); Peter Uihlein,
21, of Orlando, Fla. (2010 U.S. Amateur); and Cory Whitsett,
19, of Houston, Texas (2007 U.S. Junior Amateur) … Smith and
Uihlein represented the USA at the 2009 Walker Cup Match,
while Stiggy Hodgson, 20, of England, competed for Great
Britain and Ireland … Patrick Cantlay, 19, of Los Alamitos, Calif.;
Harris English, 22, of Thomasville, Ga.; Russell Henley, 22, of
Macon, Ga.; Patrick Rodgers, 18, of Avon, Ind.; Smith; Uihlein;
and Chris Williams, 20, of Moscow, Idaho, were named to
the 2011 USA Walker Cup Team prior to the championship.
Blayne Barber, 21, of Lake City, Fla.; 2011 Amateur champion
Kelly Kraft, 22, of Denton, Texas; and Spieth were added to
the USA Team at a press conference immediately following the
completion of the championship ... Hodgson; Tom Lewis, 20, of
England; Jack Senior, 23, of England; and Michael Stewart, 21,
of Scotland, were the Great Britain and Ireland representatives
in the field … All three members of the USA Team at the 2010
World Amateur Team Championship competed in the championship:
David Chung, 21, of Fayetteville, N.C.; Scott Langley,
22, of Manchester, Mo.; and Uihlein. Eleven other players had
represented their home countries at the World Amateur Team
Championship: Albin Choi, 19, of Canada (2010); Herbert Day,
21, of El Salvador (2006, 2010); Sean Einhaus, 21, of Germany
(2006, 2008); Dylan Frittelli, 21, of South Africa (2008, 2010);
Emiliano Grillo, 18, of Argentina (2008, 2010); Jeff Karlsson, 22,
of Sweden (2010); Lewis (2010); Bryden Macpherson, 20, of
Australia (2010); Cheng-Tsung Pan, 19, of Chinese Taipei (2006);
Stewart (2010); and Eugene Wong, 20, of Canada (2010)
… Day, Grillo, Smith and Uihlein also competed in the 2010
Copa de las Americas ... Vince India and Jace Long arrived in
Milwaukee the night before the championship after participating
in the 2011 World University Games in the People’s Republic
of China.
Amateur