Paul Dunne is KOd in USA quarter-finals

NEWS RELEASE FROM USGA

OLYMPIA FIELDS, Illinois. – NCAA individual champion and United States Walker Cup Team member Bryson DeChambeau will face University of Southern California sophomore Sean Crocker, and Japanese national team member Kenta Kinoshi will meet University of Virginia junior Derek Bard in Saturday’s semi-finals of the 2015 U.S. Amateur Championship at Olympia Fields Country Club.

DeChambeau, 21, of Clovis, California, never trailed in defeating Paul Dunne, from Greystones, Co Wicklow,  Ireland, 3 and 2, in Friday’s quarter-finals.

“I didn't make very many mistakes out there today,” said DeChambeau, who plays in a Ben Hogan-style cap. “I think fortunately for me, it was his mistakes. We are both great players. He's a class act, great guy and I was fortunate enough to play a little bit better today than him.”

In the other quarter-finals, Crocker, 18, a third-team All-American for USC’s NCAA runner-up squad, topped Austin James, of Canada,by two holes;  Kinoshi, 21, who finished third in the 2013 Asia-Pacific Amateur, edged out Baylor sophomore Matthew Perrine, by one hole; and Bard eliminated Jon Rahm, of Spain, who is No. 1 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking,  by one  hole.
RESULTS
QUARTER-FINALS

Kenta Konishi, Japan (140) def. Matthew Perrine, Austin, Texas (142), 1 hole

Derek Bard, New Hartford, New York (142) def. Jon Rahm, Spain (143), 1 hole
Bryson DeChambeau, Clovis, California. (140) def. Paul Dunne, Republic of Ireland (140), 3 and 2
Sean Crocker, Westlake Village, California (140) def. Austin James, Canada (140), 2 holes.