Bad day for US Walker Cup team in

first round of US Amateur championship

Leading qualifier 50-year-old Tim Jackson is still there but top 10 R&A WAGR men Rickie Fowler and Morgan Hoffman have gone from the line-up at the United States men's amateur championship at Tulsa, Oklahoma.
In fact it was a bad day for the US Walker Cup team. Four of the five team members competing at Southern Hills GC when the match-play began on Wednesday were beaten.
Alabama University sophomore Bud Cauley is the only one of American captain Buddy Marucci's charges that will be playing again Thursday.
He knocked off fellow Walker Cupper Rickie Fowler, 3 and 1.
"It came as a little bit of a shock," Cauley said about learning that he was going to face, Fowler, the top-ranked amateur in America, after finishing tied for fifth in stroke-play qualifying. "You don't expect to [do that well in stroke play] and face a guy like Rickie Fowler. Obviously, I had to change my game plan. I wasn't going to be able to go out there and just make pars and play conservatively, like I planned to do."
Cauley sank a 30ft birdie putt to seal a 3 and 1 victory over Fowler.
Fowler, who played two seasons at nearby Oklahoma State before declaring his intention to turn professional after the Walker Cup, was one of the day's big draws along with former Cowboys teammates Morgan Hoffmann and Kevin Tway.
Unfortunately for the home crowds, Hoffmann was eliminated in 19 holes by Charlie Holland while Tway, with US PGA Tour father Bob as his caddie, bogeyed the final hole, to finish one down to Brett Kanda.
"All the cheers were for the other guy, and that's okay," Kanda said. "All the OK State guys are popular here. It's nice to be able to take one of them down."
Fifty-year old No 1 seed Tim Jackson beat John Kostis 5 and 4. Jackson will face Holland in the second round, while Cauley plays David Lingmerth of Sweden, who defeated Scott Strohmeyer of Auburn, Ala., 3 and 2.
"I'm hitting the ball well and I'm confident," said Jackson, who led the U.S. Senior Open after two rounds before finishing 11th. "I've been putting well for the last two months as well. I think I can do well on a course like this when I'm clicking."
Two Oklahoma State players did manage to advance. Peter Uihlein edged James Sacheck of The Woodlands, Texas, in 19 holes, while Trent Whitekiller also went one extra hole to defeat Welsey Bryan of Chapin, S.C.
The second and third rounds will be held Thursday. The 36-hole final is Sunday.