Woodbury moves into round of 32 at U.S. Amateur

PINEHURST, N.C. — Paul Woodbury made it look easy on his first day of match play at the U.S. Amateur.
Woodbury never trailed in his match with Arizona’s David McDaniel in winning 4 and 3 on Wednesday at Pinehurst No. 2.

The Lake City native will face Jeff Edelman of Eastlake, Texas, today at 8 a.m. Edelman defeated Carl Santos-Ocampo 5 and 3 to advance.
Woodbury took control of the match by winning the fourth and fifth holes to go 2 up. He won three more holes from that point, while McDaniel managed only one No. 10.

Wesley Bryan, Woodbury’s teammate at South Carolina, won his 4 and 3 over Jason Bittick.

Clemson’s Kyle Stanley and Jacob Burger also won their matches. Stanley defeated Seung-Su Han 4 and 3, while Burger defeated Michael O’Neal 2 and 1.

In other matches, Kevin Tway took another step toward establishing himself, while a former NCAA champion made an earlier-than-expected exit from the U.S. Amateur.

The son of former PGA champion Bob Tway defeated Philip Francis 2-up Wednesday in the first round of match play, winning a matchup of former U.S. junior amateur champions on the renowned No. 2 course at Pinehurst Resort.
“My dad’s making me play real smart,” Tway said.

Meanwhile, 2007 NCAA medalist Jamie Lovemark is headed home early after being eliminated 1-up by Matt Hill of North Carolina State.
Lovemark, a 20-year-old junior at Southern California, held a 1-up advantage on Hill through 16 holes, before Hill birdied the 17th and parred the 18th to eliminate Lovemark, who earlier this summer at Pinehurst finished second at the North & South Amateur.

Kevin Tway, who won the 2005 U.S. junior amateur, took the lead for good in his match by making par on the 15th while Francis, the junior amateur winner in 2006 from UCLA, bogeyed the par-3 hole.

The 20-year-old Oklahoma State sophomore then sealed his victory when Francis made par on the 18th and he finished his round with his third birdie.
The elder Tway carried his son’s clubs around the same course where he tied for 78th at the 2005 U.S. Open and tied for 62nd at 23 over in 1999.
“He’s been through everything, and he can help me out when I get nervous and talk to him,” Kevin Tway said.