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| 1986 Buddy Alexander Buddy Alexander, 33, the golf coach at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, defeated Chris Kite of Hiddenite, North Carolina, 5 and 3, at Shoal Creek in Shoal Creek, Alabama. Len Mattiace, 18, earned medalist honors with a five-under-par total of 137. He was defeated by Kite in the second round, 1 up. Kite was taken to the 17th hole in his next three matches. He defeated Brian Montgomery of Bristow, Oklahoma, the 1986 U.S. Junior Amateur champion, 3 and 1, in their semifinal match. Alexander defeated 1984 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion Mike Podolak on the 19th hole in the first round. He was not severely tested again until the quarter-finals, when he downed Todd Hamilton, 2 and 1. He defeated Bob Lewis, Jr., 5 and 4, to gain his spot in the final. Kite was 2 up after six holes of the 36-hole final, but his lead was cut to one hole when Alexander birdied the par-3 eighth. The margin went back to two when Alexander three-putted the ninth. Alexander squared the match with a par on the 10th and a birdie on the 11th and earned his first lead of the match with a par on the 16th. A scrambling birdie on the par-5 17th to a three-putt par by Kite gave Alexander a 2 up lead after the morning round. Alexander's lead grew to three holes when Kite bogeyed the 20th hole; but Kite birdied the 22nd, 23rd and 24th holes to pull within one again. That was as close as he got, however, as Alexander birdied the 25th and won the 27th with a par to go 3 up again. The 30th and 31st holes were halved with birdies and Alexander closed out the match with birdies on the next two holes. The USGA accepted a record 4,071 entries for the championship. |
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U.S. Amateur PAR AND YARDAGE – The Lakeside Course at The Olympic Club will play at 6,948 yards and par 35-35—70. The Ocean Course at The Olympic Club, which will be used for the first two days of stroke play only, will play at 6,786 yards and par 35-35—70. THE OLYMPIC CLUB – Sam Whiting, a former English professor at the University of California at Berkley, designed the Lakeside Course, which opened in 1927. Whiting also supervised construction on the Ocean Course. Following completion of the jobs, Whiting stayed on as golf course superintendent until 1954. Tom Weiskopf worked on the recently completed re-design of the Ocean Course. TICKETS AVAILABLE – Tickets can be purchased online at www.ticketmaster.com or www.ticketweb.com. Daily tickets are $15 and a weekly pass is $60. Other ticket options are also available. Children 12 and under are admitted free if accompanied by a paying adult. COURSE SETUP – The Lakeside Course at the Olympic Club will be set for green speeds of approximately 11 feet, 6 inches on the Stimpmeter. The primary rough will be grown to 4 inches, with a strip of intermediate rough cut to 1½ inches in height. Poa annua grass covers the greens. The fairways are a rye and poa annual grass combination. The roughs also have a bit of bluegrass mixed in. USGA SLOPE RATING® AND COURSE RATING™ – The Lakeside Course at the Olympic Club will carry a USGA Course Rating™ of 74.8 and a USGA Slope Rating® of 143. The Ocean Course will carry a USGA Course Rating™ of 74.0 and a USGA Slope Rating® of 136. An "average" Slope Rating in the U.S. is about 113. TOTAL ENTRIES – The USGA accepted 7,398 entries for the 2007 U.S. Amateur. The most entries ever received for an Amateur championship was 7,920 in 1999 when the U.S. Amateur was played at Pebble Beach (Calif.) Golf Links. WHO CAN ENTER – The U.S. Amateur Championship is open to amateur golfers who have a USGA Handicap Index not exceeding 2.4.
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