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Vanderbilt’s List to Face Nallen in Saturday’s U.S. Amateur Semifinals 8/20/2004
Vanderbilt’s List to Face Nallen in Saturday’s U.S. Amateur Semifinals Commodore men’s golfer Luke List continued his stellar play at the 104th U.S. Amateur Championship at the Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, N.Y., by registering a 3 and 2 victory over Jackson, Tenn., native Danny Green in quarterfinal action. Visit www.usamateur.org for up-to-the-minute results and post-match analyses. The Ringgold, Ga., native moves on to face 2004 NCAA Division I individual national runner-up Chris Nallen in the semifinals at 10:15 am ET on Saturday. A recent University of Arizona graduate, Nallen easily defeated Oklahoma State senior Dayton Rose 6 and 5 on Friday. After both golfers parred the opening hole, List, an All-SEC First Team and Third Team Ping All-American selection, carded a birdie at #2 to establish an early 1-up advantage over Green. Green, a veteran of nearly 40 U.S. Golf Association (USGA) Championships and a runner-up at the 1989 U.S. Amateur, answered with a birdie of his own at #4 to square the match. However, he quickly gave List back his 1-up lead with a six at the par-5 fifth hole. The duo would remain in close contact until the eighth and ninth holes where List carded birdie/par to Green’s par/bogey to give the member of the Black and Gold a 2-up lead at the turn. The Vanderbilt sophomore raised his advantage over Green to 3-up with a birdie at the par-4 11th hole and despite a bogey at #15 closed out the match with a birdie at #16 to post the 3 and 2 victory. List is the first Vanderbilt men’s golfer ever to be chosen to the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) All-Freshman squad. He also became just the second VU golfer (Brandt Snedeker 2002, 2003 All-American) in program history to achieve All-America status after a 2003-04 campaign in which he posted nine top-10 finishes in 13 events, led the Black and Gold in scoring average at 72.03 and helped the Commodores advance to the NCAA Division I Championships in Hot Springs, Va. List established two new school records during his initial campaign at Vanderbilt. He carded a 9-under par 63 at the 2004 Hyatt/Dorado Beach Intercollegiate to establish new school marks for most shots under par in a single round (nine) and lowest single round score (63). Match play at the U.S. Amateur is being contested on the 7,266-yard, par-70 layout of the Winged Foot Golf Club’s West Course. Designed by A. W. Tillinghast and opened in 1923, Winged Foot has hosted nine USGA championships, including the U.S. Open in 1929, 1959, 1974 and 1984, the U.S. Women’s Open in 1957 and 1972, the U.S. Senior Open in 1980, the U.S. Amateur in 1940 and the Walker Cup Match in 1949. To follow Luke List’s progress at the U.S. Amateur, check back to www.vucommodores.com or visit www.usamateur.org for complete tournament results as they become available. |
