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Nick
Flanagan , 19, Australia
Flanagan
has played golf for five years.
His most memorable highlight is winning the Tasmanian Open, a secondary
pro event in Australia
that gave him an exemption into the Australian Open. In February
of 2003. This year he also won the Pacific Northwest Amateur. A
member of the 2003 Australian national team, he won the 2001 Australian
Schoolboy, the 2002 New Zealand
under-19 champion and was the
2001 Jack Newton Junior Golf Foundation Junior of the Year. He plays
out of Belmont GC in New South
Wales and Concord GC in Sydney
. Flanagan
was the runner-up at 2001 Australian
Junior Championship and State Amateur Championship. The son of Wayne
and Jenny
, he has a 22-year-old brother,
Luke .
Flanagan
has a superstition of always carrying four tees in his right pocket.
To
make the semifinall round, Flanagan
beat Steve
Bendt
, Andrew
Pratt
, Jason
Hartwick
and Jerry
Courville
. In stroke-play qualifying,
Flanagan
needed to get into match play via a 14-for-12 spots playoff. His
semifinal opponent is David Oh
.
David
Oh, 22, Los Angeles
A
senior at the University
of Southern California,
Oh is appearing in his third U.S. Amateur. He’s also played in one
U.S. Junior Amateur. In his career, he has won the 2003 Long Beach
Open and the 2001 Long Cove Invitational.
This
year he was named as an Academic All-American. … is the son of Young
and Connie …
has an older brother, Andrew
.
In
reaching the semifinals, Oh dispatched David
Robinson,
USA Walker Cup Team player Trip Kuehne, Matt
Kohn
and 2002 semifinalist Bill
Haas
. In beating Kuehne, Oh was the
equivalent of 2 under. In stroke-play qualifying, Oh shot 5-over
145. He meets Nick Flanagan
in the semifinals.
Lee
Williams , 21, Alexander City , Ala.
A
junior at Auburn University
, Williams
qualified for the U.S. Amateur
at the Auburn University Club at 6 under. He was the medalist.
He
made it to the quarterfinals by beating Ryan
Moore
, Chris
Botsford,
Gregg Jones
and Patrick
Carter
. He meets Casey
Wittenberg
in the semifinals.
He’s
1-for-1 trying to qualify for the Amateur. Played in the 2000 U.S.
Junior Amateur, making match play. At this year’s NCAA Division
I Championship, Williams
posted a runner-up finish.
This
year he has won the Dogwood Invitational and Auburn Multi-Match.
Last year he won the Southern Amateur and the Alabama Golf Association
State Match Play.
As
for awards, he was 2nd Team All- SEC
; Third Team All-American; All-American
Scholar; All Region Team; and was the Auburn University Most Valuable
Player.
He
is the son of Devereaux and Jeannine
… has a 17-year-old brother,
Richard .
Casey
Wittenberg, 18, Memphis, Tenn.
Recently
named to the USA Walker Cup Team, Wittenberg
needed to defeat Walker
Cup
teammate Adam
Rubinson
to make the quarterfinal. This
year is his first U.S. Amateur. …Won 2003 Porter
Cup and Southern Amateur…He
successfully went 3-for-3 in U.S. Junior Amateur qualifiers. He
lost in the quarterfinals to eventual champion Henry
Liaw
in the 2001 U.S. Junior Amateur.
In
stroke-play qualifying this week, Wittenberg
shot 5-over 145. He faces Lee
Williams
in the semifinals.
Lists
participating in the 2001 Junior World Cup for the U.S.
team in Japan
as his most memorable golf highlight.
This year he was won the Porter
Cup
, Southern Amateur and Terra
Cotta Invitational.
He
will attend Oklahoma State
this fall.
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