Medalist Green, 2002 Champion Moore Win In First Round
Maple Grove, Minn. Record-setting medalist Danny Green, of Jackson, Tenn., and 2002 champion Ryan Moore, of Puyallup, Wash., were winners in the first round of match play Wednesday at the 2004 U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship at Rush Creek Golf Club.
Green, 47, the 1999 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion and runner-up at the 2001 Public Links, defeated Martin Catalioto, 21, of Ramsey, N.J., in 22 holes. Moore, 21, a member of the 2003 USA Walker Cup squad, overcame an early deficit to beat Andrew Price, 21, of Mission Viejo, Calif., 2 and 1.
I was prepared, said Green, who set a USGA mark with a score of 13-under-par 131 in stroke play. I'll take a win. A win's a win. All you are trying to do is get to the next match.
Green, the oldest remaining player in the field, took a 2-up lead after four holes but was 1-down after nine holes. He then won three of the next four holes to take a 2-up lead through the 13th .
The Tennessean who is playing in his 12th Public Links, then lost his lead with bogeys at 15 and 16 to square the match. Catalioto, a junior at Clemson, drained an 18-foot putt for birdie on the par-4 17 th but Green matched it with a 15-foot putt of his own.
It looked like I was dead I the water at 17 after he makes his first, Green said. But, I got it in the hole.
After the next four holes were halved with par, Green won the 22nd hole (No. 4) when Catalioto could not convert a 25-foot putt for par after missing the fairway with his drive.
Moore, who was the second seed after shooting 12-under-par 132 in stroke play, lost the first three holes to Price. He dug back to all square by the 10th hole and won the 15th and 16th for a 2-up lead.
That's one of those things in match play you have to be patient, Moore said about rebounding from his early deficit. He pulled off some great shots. I couldn't worry about it too early. I know that finishing is more important. He was making a lot of his opportunities and putting pressure on me.
In a battle of college freshman All-Americans from 2004, Anthony Kim, 18, of Norman, Okla., defeated 2001 U.S. Junior Amateur champion Henry Liaw, 18, of Rowland Heights, Calif., 5 and 4.
Other notable winners were 2003 runner-up Dayton Rose, 21, of Midwest City, Okla., 2002 and 2003 semifinalist Chris Stroud, 22, of Groves Texas, and 1990 Public Links runner-up Terrence Miskell, 36, of New Braunfels, Texas. A pair of 2003 quarterfinalists, Luke List, 19, of Ringgold, Ga., and Matt Every, 20, of Daytona Beach, Fla., lost their first rounds matches.
Match play continues with two rounds on Thursday (starting at 7:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., respectively) and Friday and concludes with the 36-hole championship match on Saturday.
The U.S. Amateur Public Links is one of 13 national championships conducted annually by the United States Golf Association, 10 of which are strictly for amateurs.
Maple Grove, Minn. Results of Wednesday's first round of match play at the 2004 U.S. Amateur Public Links played at Rush Creek Golf Club (7,132 yards, par 72): Danny Green, Jackson, Tenn. (131) vs. Martin Catalioto, Ramsey, N.J. (148), 22 holes Madalitso Muthiya, Zambia (144) def. Sam Hulsey, Gainesville, Ga. (144), 2 and 1 Will Claxton, Swainsboro, Ga. (142) def. Brett Swedberg, Alexandria, Minn. (146), 2 and 1 Daryl Fathauer, Stuart, Fla. (146) def. Jeff Gilchrist, Sacramento, Calif. (142), 5 and 4 Jamie Miller, Silver Creek, N.Y. (148) def. Derek Berg, Dovall, Wash. (138), 3 and 1 Evan Frederick, Destin, Fla. (145) def. Kyle Ritchie, Bedford, Iowa (144), 22 holes Nathan Smith, Soquel, Calif. (139) def. Steven Harvey, Salisbury, N.C. (147), 6 and 5 Greg Koch, Orlando, Fla. (144) def. Matthew Williams, Holton, Kan. (145), 2 and 1 Anthony Kim, Norman, Okla. (135) def. Henry Liaw, Rowland Heights, Calif. (148), 5 and 4 Seung-Su Han, Korea (145) def. Adam Scrimenti, Sarasota, Fla. (144), 1 up William Moore, Pacific Grove, Calif. (146) def. Jay Reynolds, Austin, Texas (140), 6 and 5 Billy Wingerd, Baltimore, Md. (146) def. Neal Grusczynski, West Allis, Wis. (143), 5 and 3 Brendan Steele, Idyllwild, Calif. (148) def. Matthew Every, Daytona Beach, Fla. (136), 2 and 1 Matthew Hicks, Sissonville, W.Va. (144) def. Josh Ketter, Parker, Colo. (145), 3 and 2 Dayton Rose, Midwest City, Okla. (147) def. Jason Kokrak, Warren, Ohio ( 140), 2 and 1 Brian Atkinson, Palatine, Ill. (143) def. Adam DeLawyer, Deer River, Minn. (145), 4 and 2 Ryan Moore, Puyallup, Wash. (132) def. Andrew Price, Mission Viejo, Calif. (148), 2 and 1 Christopher Davidson, Woodstock, Md. (144) def. Blake Moore, Monrovia, Calif. (144), 5 and 3 Jason Harris, Clemmons, N.C. (141) def. Alex Knoll, Bethlehem, Pa. (146), 5 and 4 Jon Veneziano, Mt. Dora, Fla. (146) def. Charlie Woo, South Korea (143), 4 and 3 Terrence Miskell, New Braunfels, Texas (136) def. Jay Poletiek, Portland, Ore. (148), 3 and 2 Anthony Bedient, York, Neb. (145) def. Kevin Coghlan, West Palm Beach, Fla. (144), 2 and 1 Josh Williams, Davis, Calif. (139) def. Brad Gibson, Denton, Texas (147), 4 and Clay Ogden, West Point, Utah (144) def. Neil Johnson, River Falls, Wis. (145), 2 up Chris Stroud, Groves, Texas (133) def. Jeff Nichols, Mesa, Ariz. (148), 2 and 1 Dirk Fennie, Greensboro, N.C. (144) def. John Finnin, Crete, Ill. (145), 21 holes Zack Reeves, Arlington, Texas (141) def. Jay Choe, Yorba Linda, Calif. (146), 3 and 1 Barry Schenk, Layton, Utah (143) def. Shane Prante, Olympia, Wash. (146), 3 and 2 Charles Soule, Longmont, Colo. (148) def. Luke List, Ringgold, Ga. (136), 2 up Joshua Wooding, Riverside, Calif. (144) def. Clayton Ellis, Memphis, Tenn. (145), 20 holes Sunghoon Kang, Korea (140) def. David Bradshaw, Harpers Ferry, W.Va. (147), 6 and 4 Aaron Choi, San Diego, Calif.(143) def. Brian O'Flaherty, Westlake Village, Calif. (145), 19 holes
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