Morning, Evening Weather Delays Play at U.S. Amateur

Bradley alum Andy Mickelson one of four tied for lead after day one

Aug. 21, 2007

Courtesy of USGA.com

SAN FRANCISCO - Andy Mickelson, 26, of Minooka, Ill., was one of four golfers who finished with a 2-under-par 68 to hold the early lead after the first day of play at the U.S. Amateur at the Olympic Club where play was suspended due to darkness. One hundred fifty-nine golfers failed to finish after early morning fog delayed play for four hours.

Play for the first round of stroke play will resume at 7:30 a.m. PDT Tuesday. The second round is tentatively set to begin two hours later than planned.

Kyle Dickey, 22, of Summerville, S.C.; Kyle Ellis, 23, of Senatobia, Miss.; and Nathan Tyler, 25, of Tucson, Ariz., also shot 68 at the par 70, 6,786-yard Ocean Course. Colt Knost, 22, of Dallas, Texas, was one of three golfers who posted 1-under 69 at the well- known par 70, 6,948-yard Lake Course that has hosted four U.S. Opens.  Knost won the U.S. Amateur Public Links title in July.

The others who finished with 69s at Lake were David Merkow, 22, of Hartland, Wis., and Kevin Schultz, 21, of Richardson, Texas. Two more posted 69s at the Ocean Course. Schultz, however, was the one who let a career-round slip away. He was five under par with three holes to play before giving four strokes back in two holes.

"I'm disappointed, but if you would have told me at the beginning of the day that I would be one under par, I would have thought that was pretty good," said Schultz, who needed only 22 putts in his round.

Only nine of the 156 golfers who finished were under par. Five more were under par through nine holes, led by Jonathan Hodge, 20, of Strawberry Palins, Tenn. sho was five under par at the Ocean Course. Gary Wolstenholme of England was three under at the Ocean Course. Josh Anderson, 18, of Murrieta, Calif., and Jason Kokrak, 22, of Warren, Ohio, who qualified for the 2007 U.S. Open, were two under at the Lake Course.

Although Mickelson was a professional golfer until 2005, he is not related to his more famous namesake Phil Mickelson, the 1990 U.S. Amateur champion.

"I get asked that a lot," said Andy Mickelson, taking it in stride.

Following a brief stint as a professional golfer on the Hooters Tour and another brief career as a golf teacher, he filed to regain his amateur status. He now is a manager for a packaging company 30 miles southwest of Chicago.

"I get so pumped up to play great golf courses now," said Mickelson, who graduated from Bradley University.  "There is no pressure. I just have fun. I've still got a job tomorrow no matter how I play. It doesn't change my paycheck like it used to."

Shiwan Kim, 18 of Buena Park, Calif., who won the 2004 U.S. Junior Amateur at the Olympic Club, finished with a solid 73 at the Lake Course.

Results

San Francisco - Results of the Monday's first round of play at the 2007 U.S. Amateur Championship played at the 6,948-yard, par-70 Lakeside Course and the 6,786-yard, par 70 Ocean Course at The Olympic Club (l = Lake Course, o = Ocean Course)

Kyle Ellis                               34-34--68o

Kyle Dickey                    33-35--68o

Andy Mickelson              34-34--68o

Nathan Tyler                         36-32--68o

Kevin Schultz                 32-37--69l

Colt Knost                      34-35--69l

David Merkow                33-36--69l

Danny Lee                     34-35--69o

Derek Fathauer             34-35--69o

Nick Taylor                    34-36--70l

Cory Whitsett                33-37--70l

Taylor Travis                 33-37--70o

Daniel Kefale                 32-38--70o

Michael Baird                39-31--70o

Clifford Blanchard          35-35--70o

Chase Cooper                34-36--70o

Morgan Hoffmann           35-36--71l

Brent Long                      36-35--71l

A.J. Oleksak                    35-36--71o

Chris Kennedy                36-35--71o

Rick Reinsberg               36-35--71o

Jhonattan Vegas             35-37--72l

Jon Bettencourt               36-36--72l

Dustin Johnson               38-34--72l

Travis Howe                   38-34--72l

Mark Silvers                   38-34--72o

Philip Pettitt Jr.               36-36--72o

Hyun Seok Lim                   36-36--72o

Jay Moseley                     36-36--72o

Bud Cauley                      36-36--72o

Michael Drake                   37-36--73l

Sihwan Kim                      35-38--73l

Gene Elliott                    36-37--73l

Craig Smith                     37-36--73l

Jamie Lovemark                  36-37--73l

Brad Wilder                     40-33--73o

Michael Quagliano               39-34--73o

Marius Thorp                    37-36--73o

Jonathan Moore                  38-35--73o

Alex Wagner                     37-36--73o

Nick Little                     36-37--73o

Jonathon Schram                 36-37--73o

Zack Reeves                     37-36--73o

Doug Kleeschulte                34-39--73o

Daniel Lim                      33-40--73o

Casey Clendenon                 36-37--73o

J.C. Horne                      35-39--74l

Mark Harrell                    37-37--74l

Clayton Rotz                    37-37--74l

Aaron Weston                    34-40--74l

Trip Kuehne                     37-37--74l

A-Shun Wu                       37-37--74l

Glenn Northcutt                 35-39--74l

Brian Locke                     36-38--74l

Blake Trimble                   37-37--74o

Darren Wallace                  34-40--74o

Alex Martin                     38-36--74o

Steve White                     37-37--74o

Blake Bowman                    36-38--74o

Robin Smith                     39-35--74o

Scott Kelly                     37-37--74o

Martin Ureta                    33-41--74o

Lion Kim                        36-38--74o

Carl Smith IV                   39-35--74o

Jeff Belk                       38-36--74o

Rick Kulacz                     36-39--75l

Kevin Marsh                     39-36--75l

Eric Onesi                      38-37--75l

Vincent Johnson                 38-37--75l

Bryce Ledford                   37-38--75l

Clayton Parkhill                38-37--75o

Nick Delio                      35-40--75o

Bill Rankin                     36-39--75o

Andres Echavarria               38-37--75o

Dave Womack                     38-38--76l

Justin Fraley                   39-37--76l

Scotty Jones                    39-37--76l

Beau Glover                     38-38--76l

Tyler Hitchcock                 36-40--76l

William Moore                   38-38--76l

Randy Haag                      36-40--76l

J.P. Van Der Walt               40-36--76o

Daryl Fathauer                  38-38--76o

Dominic Bozzelli                37-39--76o

Matthew Sughrue                 36-40--76o

Evan Harmeling                  37-39--76o

Jon Platz                       37-39--76o

Tony Behrstock                  40-36--76o

Jordan Smith                    36-40--76o

Fu Chiang Pan                   36-41--77l

Jakin Fox                       38-39--77l

Philip Arouca                   38-39--77l

Cole Willcox                    36-41--77l

Jeff Golden                     39-38--77l

Jason Gerken                    37-40--77l

Jamie Arnold                    38-39--77l

Brian Harman                    39-38--77l

Chris Rockwell                  40-37--77l

Michael O'Neal                  38-39--77l

John-Tyler Griffin              37-40--77l

John Pierce                     35-42--77l

Carlton Forrester               39-38--77o

Bill Drohen                     41-36--77o

Kevin Quinn                     40-37--77o

Derek Rende                     37-40--77o

Scott McGihon                   38-40--78l

Baker Elmore                    37-41--78l

Patrick Reed                    38-40--78l

Adrien Bernadet                 38-40--78l

Eric Spencer                    37-41--78l

David Keepler                   39-39--78o

Mark Telerico                   40-38--78o

William Cullen                  38-40--78o

William McGuinness              37-42--79l

Ben Wood                        40-39--79l

Tripp Kuhlke                    37-42--79l

Nathan Smith                    40-39--79l

Robert Streb                    39-40--79l

Richard Berkmeyer               38-41--79l

Michael McGowan                 39-40--79l

Matthew Hicks                   39-40--79l

Patrick Datz                    34-45--79l

Casey Watabu                    38-41--79o

Estanislao Guerrero             42-37--79o

Ryan Anderson                   39-40--79o

Brad Wright                     40-39--79o

Lance Lopez                     41-38--79o

Cory Blenkush                   40-39--79o

George Cestia                   41-39--80l

Clay Poff                       37-43--80l

Anthony Paolucci                40-40--80l

Cliff Benson III                38-42--80l

Mark Modglin                    40-40--80o

Sandro Piaget                   38-42--80o

Michael Smith                   41-39--80o

Hunter Semels                   41-40--81l

Alexandre Kaleka                40-41--81l

Min Wook Woo                    37-44--81o

Daniel Abbondandolo             42-39--81o

E.J. Wholey                     41-40--81o

Jamie Miller                    42-39--81o

John Moon                       41-40--81o

Brian Scherer                   39-43--82l

Freddy Esparza                  41-41--82l

Chappell Brown                  40-42--82l

Nick Desimone                   39-43--82l

Raymond Sheedy                  44-38--82o

Aaron Hickman                   44-40--84l

Kelly Kraft                     43-41--84o

Marshall Bailey                 43-42--85l

Justin Bryant                   45-41--86l

Matt Hammond                    45-41--86o

Tommy McDonagh                  46-42--88l

Nate Dunn                       39-49--88l

Brant Peaper                    46-43--89o

David Easley                    46-44--90l