A Look At The Quarterfinalists

TIM FEENSTRA of Lynden, Wash.

This is his first USGA championship … was named co-male athlete of the year at Western Washington University in 2005 … Freshman of the Year in 2002 for Division II men’s golf … recognized as an All-American for the third time this year … won the Homestead Open from 2001-2003 and 2006 … won the 2005 Division II men’s golf West Regional … won the Mauni Lani Intercollegiate in 2005 … has a career-low round of 64 … has recorded one hole-in-one … recent graduate of Western Washington University … son of Lois and Wendell …has a brother, Cory, and a sister, Kara … birth date: May 4, 1983.

MATT HARMON of Grand Rapids, Mich.

This is his fifth USGA event … missed the cut at his two previous U.S. Amateur Public Links, in 2003 and 2004 … reached the third round of the 2002 U.S. Junior Amateur … has one collegiate victory, at the 2006 Schenkel E-Z-GO Invitational … helped lead his team to the Big Ten Championship crown in 2005 … reached the quarterfinals of the 2006 North & South Amateur … earned All-Big Ten Golf and Academic honors in 2004-05 and 2005-06 … has a career-low round of 64, shot in the Michigan high school state finals in 2001 … will be a senior at Michigan State University in the fall of 2006 … son of Steve and Julie … has two sisters, Jamie and Stephanie … birth date: April 4, 1985.

DANIEL IM of FULLERTON, CALIF.

Playing in his second Amateur Public Links … won the 2006 Pac-10 individual title … also won the 2005 Southern Highlands and the 2003 CIF in southern California … also has runner-up finishes at the 2005 Western Intercollegiate and the 2003 Western Junior Championship … earned All-Pac-10 first team honors for 2005-06 … and NGCA All-American honorable mention … was the 2004 National High School Coaches Association Athlete of the Year for boys golf … will be a junior at UCLA in the fall of 2006 … son of Daewon and Jean … has one brother, Michael, who is a junior golfer … birth date: April 5, 1985.

ANTHONY KIM of La Quinta, Calif.

Member of the victorious 2005 USA Walker Cup team … quarterfinalist in the 2005 U.S. Amateur Championship … medalist at the 2005 U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship and reached the semifinals before losing in 20 holes … made 19 birdies during a three-match stretch where he never played beyond the 15th hole … one of his stroke-play rounds was a 5-under-par 65, including a 30 on his second nine, tying an event record … won two collegiate events in March of 2006 – the Hall of Fame Invitational and the Club Glove Intercollegiate … first-team All-American at the University of Oklahoma in 2005 and second-team in 2004 and 2006 … the 2005 Player of the Year in the Big 12 Conference … won the individual Conference title in 2005, shooting three consecutive under-par rounds to win by six strokes … national and conference Freshman of the Year in 2004 … won the 2004 Northeast Amateur and was 12th at the same event in 2005 … also played in the 2004 Amateur Public Links and the 2004 U.S. Amateur, reaching the second round of match play in both … four-time junior All-American … 2001 California Junior Player of the Year…won the 2001 Junior Worlds … won his first national event at age 13 … just finished his junior year at the University of Oklahoma … son of Paul and Miryoung … began playing golf at age 2 … birth date: June 19, 1985.

SIHWAN KIM of Buena Park, Calif.

Won the 2004 U.S. Junior Amateur with a 1-up victory over David Chung at The Olympic Club in San Francisco … was playing in his first USGA event … is the second youngest to win the championship title … was just 22 days older than Tiger Woods was when he won the 1991 Junior Amateur … played in the 2005 Junior Amateur where he was defeated in the third round … played in the 2005 Amateur Public Links and the U.S. Amateur and was defeated in the first round of match play in both championships … won the 2005 and 2006 Mission Hills Desert Junior … other victories include the American Junior Golf Association's PING Phoenix (2003), the AJGA Nike All-Star Championship and the Los Angeles City Championship … won the Toyota Tournament Cup at Bermuda Dunes (Calif.) Country Club … earned AJGA honors three consecutive years … honorable mention in 2003, second-team in 2004 and third-team in 2005 … lives in Buena Park, Calif. … a Korean citizen … a senior at Sunny Hills High School in 2006-2007 … son of Sang Bae Kim and Soon Woo Kwon … has two sisters, Ji Hyeon and Ji Hye … birth date: December 4, 1988.

KEVIN LARSEN of Santa Barbara, Calif.

Playing in his first U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship … competed in the 2001 U.S. Junior Amateur, where he advanced to the second round of match play … lost in the first round at the 2003 Junior Amateur … Played in the U.S. Amateur Championship in 2001-2001 where he missed the cut each year … named Third-team All-American by the GCAA his junior year at Georgia Tech University … named to the All-ACC Team in 2006 … a member of the USA’s 2006 Palmer Cup Team … finished in the top-10 five times in 2006 … first-team Polo Golf AJGA All-American in 2002 ... won the AJGA Arizona Junior Classic in 2003 … won the Compaq Junior Classic at English Turn … was a member of the victorious West Canon Cup team ... third-team Polo Golf AJGA All-American in 2001 ...  recorded his first junior tournament win at the Compaq Junior All-Star Classic at Maumee Bay in 2001 … has a career-low round of 64 … has one career hole-in-one, in a high-school tournament … will be a senior at Georgia Tech University in the fall of 2006 … son of Trang and Keith Larsen … birth date: August 26, 1984.

MATT SAVAGE of Louisville, Ky.

Playing in his fourth USGA event … reached the third round of the 2005 U.S. Amateur Public Links … at the 2003 U.S. Junior Amateur, shot an 83 in the first round of stroke play but came back with a 68 to advance to match play, where he lost in the second round … at the 2004 U.S. Junior Amateur, he was the second seed and lost in the third round … runner-up at the 2006 Kentucky State Amateur … was honored with the 2006 AJGA Jerry Cole Sportsmanship Award … has a career-low round of 65, shot at Lake Nona Country Club during the 2006 NCAA East Regional … son of Gerald and Judy … has one sister, Lyndsay … will be a sophomore at Florida State University in the fall of 2006 … birth date: April 21, 1987.

CASEY WATABU of Kapaa, Hawaii

Playing in his third U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship … missed the cut at the 2000 and 2004 APLs … won the 2006 NCAA West Regional individual title … earned 2005-06 NCGA Honorable Mention All-American honors … has a career-low round of 64, shot during the 2006 NCAA West Regional … a recent graduate of the University of Nevada … son of Victor and Iris … has one brother, Kellen … his grandfather played professional baseball in Japan … birth date: October 25, 1983.