Ireland’s Open hero Paul Dunne bows out of US Amateur Championship

In this photo provided by the USGA, Bryson DeChambeau plays his tee shot on the third hole during the quarterfinal round of match play of the 2015 U.S. Amateur at Olympia Fields Country Club in Olympia Fields, Ill. on Friday, August 21, 2015.

Also on Friday, Bryson DeChambeau beat Ireland’s Paul Dunne 3 and 2 to advance to the semifinals against Sean Crocker.

NeSmith, the SEC champion, fell to Walker Cup player Bryson DeChambeau, who plays for Southern Methodist.

For DeChambeau, it’s an opportunity to join Jack Nicklaus, Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods and Ryan Moore as winners of the NCAA title and the U.S. Amateur in the same year. DeChambeau birdied five of the first eight holes, opened a 6-up lead and cruised to a 5-and-4 victory.

Crocker defeated highly rated American golfer Robby Shelton, who is ranked eighth on the World Amateur Golf Rankings on the second playoff hole.

The finals are scheduled to be played on Sunday.

“You know, Maverick is a classy guy, awesome kid – well, kid, young adult”, DeChambeau said. “I’m looking forward to the challenge, and hopefully I will rise to the challenge and do my best”. “I made a 20-footer from off the back right of the green, and he missed it. That got me to 1 up, and it changed the momentum a little bit”.

DeChambeau gained the par-Four 11th and 13th with birdies to take a Three-up lead and halved the subsequent three to finish the match. He won with a par on 18 after Perrine pulled even with a birdie win on 17. It’s going to be tough, it really is.

Konishi is making an attempt to develop into the primary Japanese victor in event historical past.

DeChambeau and Bard earned spots next year in the Masters and U.S. Open.

“Just kind of grinded away at him today”, Bard said. “I didn’t think I’d be doing that at age 20”.