Meet The Players In The Round of 16

Nick Taylor, 21, Abbotsford, B.C

Low amateur (T-36) at 2009 U.S. Open … 2009 PING First-Team All-America selection … Winner at 2009 Sahalee Players Championship … T-9 at 2009 NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championships … Pac-10 Co-Player of the Year … T-2 in stroke play at 2008 World Amateur Team Championship ... Entering senior year at Washington.

Todd Obergoenner, 23, Cape Girardeau, Mo.

Competing in second USGA championship (2003 U.S. Junior) … Two-time ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-American … Shot the low round of his qualifier in the second round to win his APL qualifier by one shot … Recent graduate of Southern Illinois-Carbondale.

Chris Polski, 22, Eugene, Ore.

Competing in first USGA championship … Led College of the Desert to two Foothills Conference Championships … Graduated from College of the Desert in 2007.

Wesley Bryan, 19, Chapin, S.C.

Competing in sixth USGA championship, having advanced to match play each time (U.S. Junior – 2005-07, U.S Amateur - 2008, APL – 2008-09) … Runner-up at 2009 North and South Amateur … T-2 at 2009 Northeast Amateur … Entering sophomore year at South Carolina … Father, George Bryan III, is his caddie.

Rickie Fowler, 20, Murrieta, Calif.

Competing in ninth USGA Championship (two U.S. Opens, three U.S. Amateurs, third APL, three U.S. Juniors) … Made cut at 2008 U.S. Open … Helped lead 2007 Walker Cup team to victory over GB&I … Finished as the lowest individual scorer at 2008 World Amateur Team Championship … Made cut at the 2009 FBR Open … Two-time PING First-Team All-America selection at Oklahoma State … Winner of 2008 Ben Hogan Award and 2008 Phil Mickelson Award.

Sam Lyons, 20 Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Competing in first USGA championship … Earned All-Big South Honors … Runner-up at the 2009 Big South Conference Championships … Entering Senior season at Coastal Carolina.

Phillip Byran, 23, Norman, Okla.

Competing in third APL (2006, 07) … Assistant Men’s Golf Coach at Oklahoma … Made 40-foot putt in playoff to clinch last qualifier spot, knocking out one of his incoming recruits … Caddie is older brother, Josh Bryan …. Competed collegiately at Oklahoma, earning Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar honors … Made only hole-in one this fall on #12 at Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club.

Cameron Peck, 18, Olympia, Wash.

2008 U.S. Junior Amateur Champion … Also competed in 2008 U.S. Amateur … 2008 Rolex Junior Player of the Year … 2008 Washington Golf Association Player of the Year … Competed in PGA TOUR St. Jude Classic … Winner of four major junior events in 2008 … Incoming freshman at Texas A&M.

Brandon Crick, 21, McCook, Neb.

Competing in second APL, advancing to match play both times … Won the 2007 Nebraska State Amateur and 2008 Nebraska Match Amateur … West Coast Conference Player of the Year while competing at Gonzaga … Entering senior year at Nebraska … Caddie is dad, Jeff Crick.

Mitch Krywulycz, 21, Sylvania, Australia

Won the Australian Schoolboys Championship … Entering junior season at Augusta State.

Eddie Olson, 21, Aptos, Calif.

Competing in sixth USGA championship (four U.S. Amateurs, second APL), qualifying for match play each time … Birdied second playoff hole to advance to APL … Entering senior year at UNLV.

Sean Maekawa, 20, Pa’auilo, Hawaii

Playing in seventh USGA championship (2004, 06 U.S Junior, 2005-2009 APL) … Former Hawaii State High School Champion … 2008-09 Oregon Scholar Athlete … Entering junior year at Oregon … Caddie is father, Schoen Maekawa.

Jace Long, 19, Dixon, Mo.

Competing in first USGA championship … Medalist at Missouri Amateur … Two-time AJGA Rolex All-American … Youngest boy to win an AJGA event … Entering a redshirt-freshman season at Missouri.

Sang Yi, 19, Carrollton, Texas

Competing in third USGA championship (2004, 06 U.S. Junior) … Made a birdie on the last hole to win the Gateway Tour event at Castle Hills in June … Won the 2009 Spirit of America … Entering sophomore year at LSU.

Brad Benjamin, 22, Rockford, Ill.

Competing in first USGA championship … Shot course record 65 in second round to qualify for APL … 2008 and 2009 Conference USA Scholar Athlete of the Year … Graduated from Memphis in 2009 … Caddie is former college teammate Jeff Hall.

Dan Sullivan, 42, Pasadena, Calif.

Competing in fourth USGA championship (2006 U.S. Amateur, 2005-06 Mid-Amateur) … Qualified for first APL after more than 10 attempts … Works at Union Bank … Graduated from Southern California.

Compiled by Dustin Roberts, GCAA, and David Normoyle, USGA. Contact David Normoyle with questions or comments at dnormoyle@usga.org.