Green Fires Record 63 At APL

Maple Grove, Minn. — Danny Green, 47, of Jackson, Tenn., fired a record-setting 9-under-par 63 to gain the early lead in stroke-play qualifying at the halfway point Monday of the 2004 U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship at Rush Creek Golf Club.

Green, the 1999 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion, who is playing in his 12th Public Links, broke by one stroke the previous record of 64, which was shared by three players. He tied the championship record by shooting a 6-under-par 30 in his first nine holes. In addition, Green's 9-under-par total for 18 tied the USGA wide mark with Chris Mundorf 's 63 in the second round of stroke play at the 2001 U.S. Amateur.

The USGA single-round record is a 62 posted by Christina Kim at the 2001 U.S. Girls' Junior.

“Pretty good for an old man,” said Green, the second-oldest player in the field. “I hit every fairway and every green, which doesn't hurt. I'm in the books again but I'd just as soon be the last man standing, though. They can have all the 63s.”

In his nearly flawless round, Green, who was the runner-up at the Public Links in 2001 and was on the 2001 USA Walker Cup team, logged seven birdies and an eagle.

“I didn't think it would be a birdie fest, but I'm about to change my mind,” Green added.

In the morning wave of play, 23 players broke par.

Sunghoon Kang, 17, of Korea, who was the medalist at the 2003 U.S. Junior Amateur, and 2003 APL quarterfinalist Luke List, 19, of Ringgold, Ga., registered 7-under-par 65s to trail Green by two strokes.

Anthony Kim, 18, of Norman, Okla., who earned national Freshman of the Year honors at the University of Oklahoma this year, was three strokes back at 66.

Matt Every, 20, a first-team All-American from the University of Florida, who lives in Dayton Beach, and Jason Kokrak, 19, of Warren, Ohio, followed with 5-under-67s. Every was a quarterfinalist at the 2003 APL.

Dayton Rose, 21, of Midwest City, Okla., the 2003 APL runner-up finished at 3-under-par 69.

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 following the first day of stroke play Monday at the U.S. Amateur Public Links at the 7,132-yard, par-72 Rush Creek Golf Club:

   Danny Green, Jackson, Tenn., 30-33--63

   Luke List, Ringgold, Ga., 33-32--65

   Sunghoon Kang, Korea, 33-32--65

   Anthony Kim, Norman, Okla., 34-32--66

   Jason Kokrak, Warren, Ohio, 32-35--67

   Matthew Every, Daytona Beach, Fla., 35-32--67

   Andrew Price, Mission Viejo, Calif., 35-33--68

   Shane Prante, Olympia, Wash., 33-35--68

   Barry Schenk, Layton, Utah, 36-33--69

   Dayton Rose, Midwest City, Okla., 34-35--69

   Nathan Smith, Soquel, Calif., 35-34--69

  Will Claxton, Swainsboro, Ga., 35-34--69

   Adam Hagen, Scappoose, Ore., 33-37--70

   Greg Koch, Orlando, Fla., 35-35--70

   Jon Veneziano, Mt Dora, Fla., 35-35--70

   Kevin Coghlan, West Palm Beach, Fla., 35-35--70

   Shawn Warren, Windham, Maine, 36-34--70

   Brendan Steele, Idyllwild, Calif., 35-36--71

   Dan Hosek, Alexandria, Va., 37-34--71

   Jeff Nichols, Mesa, Ariz., 35-36--71

   Joe D'Antoni, Grand Blanc, Mich., 36-35--71

   Kyle Ritchie, Bedford, Iowa, 35-36--71

  Seung-Su Han, Korea, 35-36--71

   Billy Wingerd, Baltimore, Md., 36-36--72

   Clay Ogden, West Point, Utah, 35-37--72

   Douglas McCullough, Sleepy Hollow, Ill., 35-37--72

   Joshua Wooding, Riverside, Calif., 36-36--72

   Luke Stephan, Hoffman Estates, Ill., 37-35--72

   Brett Ashmore, Sour Lake, Texas, 37-36--73

   Charlie Woo, Canada, 33-40--73

   Henry Liaw, Rowland Heights, Calif., 35-38--73

   Jamie Miller, Silver Creek, N.Y., 34-39--73

   Jay Lindell, Lakewood, N.Y., 35-38--73

   John Finnin, Crete, Ill., 37-36--73

   Josh Allard, Portsmouth, N.H., 37-36--73

   Kurt Watkins, Chandler, Ariz., 38-35--73

   Lance Lopez, Missouri City, Texas, 38-35--73

   Tommy Wiegand, Avon Lake, Ohio, 37-36--73

   Ben Greve, Annandale, Minn., 37-37--74

   Brady Swedberg, Alexandria, Minn., 38-36--74

   Chris Leake, Windermere, Fla., 37-37--74

   Matthew Kodama, Las Vegas, Nev., 35-39--74

   Mike King, Sidney, Ohio, 38-36--74

   Ricky Fox, Clinton Twp, Mich., 36-38--74

   Tim Johnson, Marblehead, Mass., 36-38--74

   Brook Tully, Atlanta, Ga., 38-37--75

   Casey Carnes, New Braunfels, Texas, 37-38—75

   Casey Russell, West Monroe, La., 38-37--75

   Chris Eddy, Belleville, Ill., 39-36--75

   Drew Shafer, Akron, Ind., 36-39--75

   Keith Hendrickson, Syosset, N.Y., 36-39--75

   Kevin Sheriff, Anderson, S.C., 37-38--75

   Matthew Ma, Aiea, Hawaii, 40-35--75

   Pat Grady, Broomfield, Colo., 37-38--75

   Ryan Spears, Del City, Okla., 39-36--75

   Todd Chin, Marion, Ind., 40-35--75

   Bryan Haase, Interlochen, Mich., 37-39--76

   Chip Holcombe, Ft Walton Bch, Fla., 38-38--76

   Jerad Harklau, Rockwall, Texas, 36-40--76

   Paul Delucco, Cromwell, Conn., 40-36--76

   Ben Minyard, Avondale, Ariz., 40-37--77

   Bobby Bennett, Greenwich, Conn., 39-38--77

   Kelbi Lee, Billings, Mont., 37-40--77

   Louie Patton, Canada, 36-41--77

   Marck de Lautour, New Zealand, 36-41--77

   Timothy Kane, Simsbury, Conn., 39-38--77

   Brent Kriegshauser, Leawood, Kan., 39-39--78

   Jake Warneke, Stacy, Minn., 41-37--78

   Jonathan Blauner, Forest Hills, N.Y., 40-38--78

   Kyle Litter, Chillicothe, Ohio, 38-40--78

   Ryan Fery, Beaverton, Ore., 38-41--79

   Brandon Weaver, Nashville, Tenn., 39-41--80

   Richard Church, Panguitch, Utah, 40-40--80

   Arnell Garza, Kennewick, Wash., 41-40--81

   Mike Calkin, St Charles, Ill., 39-42--81

   Matthew Brown, Panama City, Fla., 43-39--82

   Gordon Willins, West Chester, Ohio, 40-44--84

   Shawn Marshall, North Vernon, Ind., 44-42--86