John Daly II advances to quarterfinals
San Francisco – John Daly II and Niall Shiels Donegan each won two games on Thursday at the Olympic club to qualify for the US amateur quarters while more and more leading players have abandoned.
Daly, the son of the double major champion John Daly, beat Nate Smith 2 and 1 in the morning in the round of 16, then exceeded Daniel Bennett of South Africa 3 and 2 in the afternoon in the round of 16.
Daly, a plant at Arkansas, created a match with Mason Howell, the 18-year-old young man in Georgia who qualified for the US Open this year with 63-63 cycles from the Atlanta section.
Howell beat Virginia’s second senior, Ben James 1 and Max Hardeneen 2 and 1.
Donegan won two 1-UP victories, going beyond the ninth Christiaan Maas from South Africa and Preston Stout, fourth, the junior of Oklahoma State which was the game medal of a stroke.
Donegan, who plays under the Scottish flag and lives in the Bay region, even fired with a Birdie on the 15th par-3 and took the lead with a 20-foot sneak on the 16th by 5.
Donegan was one of the 17 players who advanced a 20 -men qualifier series on Wednesday morning to determine the last 64 for the match match. Her father, Lawrence, was a longtime golf correspondent for the Guardian.
Donegan, will face Jacob Modleski, a 2-UP winner against Paul Chang de China. Modleski, at No. 15, is the best player who remains in the world amateur ranking.
Miles Russell, 16, from Jacksonville Beach, Florida, also advanced around the quarter -finals, beating Mahanth Chirravuri 2 and 1. Russell is classified n ° 16.
Russell will face Eric Lee, 29th, 2-UP winner against Josh Duangmanee when Duangmanee lost his ball on the TEE in the last hole. In the other quarter -final, Jimmy Abdo will play Jackson Herrington.
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