By Dave Shedloski

Village of Pinehurst, N.C. – You could understand if Kevin Tway felt a little bit of extra pressure Wednesday in the second round of match play at the 108^th U.S. Amateur.

The 2005 U.S. Junior Amateur champion had to face medalist Robbie Filmore in the first of 16 morning matches at Pinehurst Resort’s No. 2 course. He also felt like he wanted to make the day more worthwhile for his father, PGA Tour pro Bob Tway, who withdrew from The Barclays, the opening event in the FedEx Cup playoffs, so that he could continue to caddie for his son.

"I’m glad I gave him something to do this afternoon," said the younger Tway sof his dad after he dispatched Filmore, 3 and 2, with a 25-foot birdie at the 16^th to advance to the round of 16. "I wanted to win for him as much as for me."

He will meet Derek Fathauer, who rallied to get past Peter Uihlein in 20 holes.

Tway, 20, of Edmond, Okla., didn’t play the cleanest match, but he saved par several times from difficult positions while Filmore couldn’t do the same.

"I let him win hole after hole with pars, and that’s not going to get it done when you let him do that," said Filmore, 22, of Provo, Utah, who was medalist at 6-under-par 134 but didn’t make a birdie in 16 holes against Tway. "I don’t want to make it sound like I gave it to him, though. He deserves the credit; he played better than I did."

Tway won five holes with pars, including the first two, and he never led by fewer than two holes throughout. He stretched his lead to 3 up when a 6-iron set up a 20-foot birdie putt at the par-3 sixth.

Filmore’s winners also came with pars, at the ninth, 11^th, 13^th and 15^th, as the margin see-sawed. But it was the 14^th that doomed the Brigham Young University junior.

He had just escaped the pine straw at the short par-4 13^th after a wayward drive and saved par while Tway bogeyed after finding the rough. Filmore then drilled a drive down the middle while Tway pulled his tee shot into the left fairway bunker. But Filmore chunked a 6-iron short into the left greenside bunker while Tway blasted a 7-iron from 180 yards that stopped 12 feet from the hole.

"That one definitely hurt," said Filmore.

He was disappointed with his day but proud of his week. "It was nothing but a positive experience," he said. "It was a great experience."

Tway moves on to gain more experience.

"I scrambled well, and when I started hitting fairways I made it a little easier on myself," he said. "I knew it would be competitive, but I got up early and made the most of my chances. I’m really glad we get to keep it going."

Dave Shedloski is a freelance writer whose work has previously appeared on www.usamateur.org.