Bad weather continues to hit US boys' championship

BLUFFTON, South Carolina –  Andy Ogletree, 17, of Little Rock, Mississippi, defeated U.S. Open qualifier Cole Hammer in the second round and held a 5-hole lead through 11 holes in his third-round match Thursday in the weather-delayed 2015 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship at the 7,366-yard, par-72 Colleton River Plantation Club’s Dye Course.

Play was suspended for the day at 6:48 p.m. EDT due to inclement weather with all eight third-round matches still on the course.

The afternoon round was earlier delayed due to rain and lightning for 2 hours, 24 minutes. The championship has been delayed on four occasions over the last three days. Play is scheduled to resume on Friday at 7:30 a.m., with the quarterfinal round of match play to follow.

The U.S. Junior Amateur Championship is expected to continue with the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds on Friday. The championship is scheduled to conclude with a 36-hole final on Saturday, starting at 7 a.m. EDT.

FIRST ROUND RESULTS

Turk Pettit, Auburn, Ala. (146) def. Spencer Soosman, Westlake Village, Calif. (146), 1 hole.

Won Jun Lee, South Korea (143) def. William Thomson, Pittsford, New York (149), at19th
Joshua Sedeno, Roseville, Calif. (143) def. Orion Yamat, Niles, Illinois. (149), 1 hole
Andy Ogletree, Little Rock, Miss. (142) def. Thomas 'Jack' Simpson, Canada (149), 4 and 3
Cole Hammer, Houston, Texas (145) def. David Snyder, McAllen, Texas (147), 2 and 1
Tyler Strafaci, Davie, Fla. (149) def. Clay Feagler, Laguna Niguel, Calif. (142), 3 and 1
Noah Goodwin, Corinth, Texas (145) def. Kaiwen Liu, China (147), 2 holes.

Brendan O'Reilly, Hinsdale, Ill. (140) def. Connor O'Brien, Rowayton, Conn. (150), 6 and 5

Ivan Camilo Ramirez, Colombia (146) def. Wilson Furr, Jackson, Mississippi. (145), 1 hole.

Andy Zhang, China (142) def. Joe Highsmith, Lakewood, Wash. (149), 1 hole

Kristoffer Reitan, Norway (144) def. Cheng Jin, Ppls Repl. of China (148), at 23rd hole

Will Chandler, Atlanta, Ga. (150) def. Davis Shore, Knoxville, Tenn. (141), 2 and 1

Philip Barbaree, Shreveport, La. (145) def. Parker Coody, Plano, Texas (146), 2 and 1

Brody Blackmon, Sulphur Springs, Texas (142) def. Devon Bling, Ridgecrest, Calif. (149), 2 holes.

Logan Lowe, Grass Valley, Calif. (148) def. Chandler Eaton, Alpharetta, Georgia. (144), 6 and 4

(Lower Bracket)
Parker Gillam, Cary, North Carolina. (150) def. Viktor Hovland, Norway (139), 1 hole

Koichiro Ishika, Japan (146) def. Noah Gillard, Greenwood, Ind. (146), 4 and 3

Alberto Martinez, Weston, Fla. (143) def. Rhett Rasmussen, Draper, Utah (149), at 19th

John Pak, Scotch Plains, New Jersey. (143) def. Tripp Kinney, West Des Moines, Iowa (149), at 19th

Reese Ramsey, Austin, Texas (141) def. Michael Sanders, Davidson, N.C. (149), at 20th.

Eugene Hong, Sanford, Florida (145) def. Evan Brown, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania (147), 7 and 6

Jake Chanen, Phoenix, Arizona. (149) def. Wells Padgett, Wichita, Kansas. (142), 4 and 2

Bryan Baumgarten, Granite Bay, Calif. (144) def. Jake DeZoort, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (148), 1 hole

Trent Phillips, Inman, South Carolina (150) def. Travis Vick, Houston, Texas (139), 1 hole.

Spencer Ralston, Gainesville, Georgia (146) def. Matthew Ruel, Oldsmar, Florida (145), 2 and 1

Andrew Orischak, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. (143) def. Clay Seeber, Newport Beach, Calif. (149), 3 and 2

Tony Gil, Canada (144) def. Ahmed Ali, Palo Alto, Calif. (148), 4 and 3

Matthew Wolff, Agoura Hills, Calif. (149) def. Sarit Suwannarut, Thailand (141), 2 holes

Walker Lee, Houston, Texas (147) def. Cooper Sears, Old Hickory, Tennessee. (145), 2 and 1

Sahith Theegala, Chino Hills, Calif. (142) def. Scott Mitchell, Santa Rosa, Calif. (149), 3 and 2

Ryan Grider, Lewisville, Texas (144) def. Eric Bae, Pinehurst, North Carolina (148), 6 and 4

SECOND ROUND Won Jun Lee def. Joshua Sedeno  1 hole

Andy Ogletree def. Cole Hammer 5 and 4

Noah Goodwin  def. Tyler Strafaci  1 hole

Ivan Camilo Ramirez  def. Brendan O'Reilly  1 hole.

Kristoffer Reitan  def. Andy Zhang 4 and 3

Philip Barbaree def. Will Chandler 2 and 1

Logan Lowe def. Brody Blackmon at 19th

(Lower Bracket)
Koichiro Ishika  def. Parker Gillam  5 and 4

John Pak def. Alberto Martinez 4 and 2

Eugene Hong  def. Reese Ramsey  1 hole

Jake Chanen def. Bryan Baumgarten, 5 and 4

Spencer Ralston def. Trent Phillips  4 and 3

Andrew Orischak def. Tony Gil  2 and 1

Matthew Wolff def. Walker Lee 2 and 1

Ryan Grider def. Sahith Theegala 5 and 3

THIRD ROUND (play suspended).

(Upper Bracket)
Won Jun Lee, South Korea  (143) leads Turk Pettit, Auburn, Ala. (146), 2 up (thru 12)

Andy Ogletree, Little Rock, Miss. (142) leads Noah Goodwin, Corinth, Texas (145), 5 up (thru 11)

Kristoffer Reitan, Norway (144) def. Ivan Camilo Ramirez, Colombia (146), 3 up (thru 9)

Philip Barbaree, Shreveport, La. (145) and Logan Lowe, Grass Valley, Calif. (148), all square (thru 4)

(Lower Bracket)
John Pak, Scotch Plains, N.J. (143) leads Koichiro Ishika, Japan (146), 3 up (thru 8)

Eugene Hong, Sanford, Fla. (145) leads Jake Chanen, Phoenix, Ariz. (149), 1 up (thru 3)

Spencer Ralston, Gainesville, Ga. (146) and Andrew Orischak, Hilton Head Island, S.C. (143), all square (thru 2)

Matthew Wolff, Agoura Hills, Calif. (149) and Ryan Grider, Lewisville, Texas (144), all square (thru 1)