{"id":1290,"date":"2013-07-26T23:57:55","date_gmt":"2013-07-26T23:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/jaystuller\/?p=1290"},"modified":"2013-07-27T00:01:21","modified_gmt":"2013-07-27T00:01:21","slug":"riley-amp-scheffler-last-pair-at-junior-am","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/jaystuller\/golf\/1290\/riley-amp-scheffler-last-pair-at-junior-am","title":{"rendered":"Riley, Scheffler Last Pair at Junior Am"},"content":{"rendered":"

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David Riley of Mississippi is one of the finalists at the 2013 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship. USGA Photo.<\/p><\/div>\n

July 26, 2013, Truckee, CA: \u00a0<\/span>Near the end of a long week of golf in the High Sierra, 16-year old Davis Riley and 17-year-old Scottie Scheffler will face off over 36 holes of match play in the 66th U.S. Junior Amateur. \u00a0<\/span>Held at the Tom Fazio-designed Martis Camp course, at 7,740 yards the longest ever in Junior Amateur history, the match will start at 7:00 a.m., Pacific Daylight Time.\u00a0 <\/span>The Golf Channel<\/i> will provide television coverage.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Riley, from Hattiesburg, Miss, defeated Kentucky\u2019s John Augustine 4 & 3 in this afternoon\u2019s match, after beating Zecheng Dou of China in the morning quarterfinal, 4 & 2.\u00a0 <\/span>Scheffler, from Dallas, prevailed over Doug Ghim, of Arlington Heights, IL, in the semifinal, 6 & 4, after taking out P.J. Samiere of Kailua, Hawaii, 3 & 2 in the quarterfinal.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Both players were among the early tournament favorites.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Riley will contend with the veteran amateur contender Scottie Scheffler of Texas. USGA Photo.<\/p><\/div>\n

Scheffler is playing in his fourth consecutive U.S. Junior, has qualified for match play in each of the past three years, and twice advanced to the round of 32.\u00a0 <\/span>He led the football-crazed Highland Park High School to the Texas 4A state golf team title, while taking the individual 4A title for the second year in a row in 2013.\u00a0 <\/span>Already committed to attending the University of Texas, he\u2019s ranked 34th<\/sup> in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. <\/span><\/p>\n

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After finishing medal play in a tie for fourth, Riley, a junior at Presbyterian Christian High School, handily moved through match play, winning 3 & 1, 5 & 4 and 2 & 1 before his quarter and semifinal rounds.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In last year\u2019s event he reached the round of 32, before running into James Liu, the 2010 champion and 2012 runner-up.\u00a0 <\/span>The Mississippi Class 3A state medalist in three of the past four years, he owns a course-record 61 at Canebrake Country Club. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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