Cowboys at the US Amateur

By Ray Martin
Staff Writer

Four out of the five Oklahoma State golfers in the United States Amateur advanced to the second round of match play Wednesday at the par 70 Pinehurst No. 2 in Village of Pinehurst, N.C.

All five OSU players might have made it, had two of them not been playing against each other.

Freshman Peter Uihlein beat senior teammate Trent Leon 1 up to advance to today’s second round. The two were all square after 12 holes, but Uihlein won the 13th and the 15th to secure the win.

“It’s hard playing a friend like Trent,” Uihlein said. “And it’s tough beating a teammate like that. He didn’t play particularly well, and I just happened to come out on top.”

Uihlein and Leon have been friends for the better part of a decade. They both went to IMG David Leadbetter Golf Academy in Florida before Leon left for OSU.

Uihlein has yet to attend his first class, as classes started Monday in Stillwater.

“Missing school isn’t so bad, but you’d like to make a good impression on the teachers,” Uihlein said, laughing. “It won’t easy making up all that work.”