Indian-American golfer Aman Gupta enters US Amateur championship semi-final
Indian-American golfer Aman Gupta's dream run at the 120th US Amateur continued as he beat the younger but higher-ranked Michael Thorbjornsen 1-up in the quarter-finals at Bandon Dunes here.
The 21-year-old Gupta trailed Thorbjornsen till the 13th, but tied at the 14th and went ahead on 15th. Thorbjornsen pulled level again on 16th, before Gupta won the 17th with a par and they halved the 18th and that sent Gupta into the last four.
He will now meet Tyler Strafaci, World ranked 56th from Georgia Tech. Strafaci won 1-up over 2016 US Mid-Amateur champion Stewart Hagestad.
"I feel great about my game. I'm still hitting it good. Chipping was a little bit of a struggle but I kind of found my rhythm last night after the round, and I've been putting good all week," said Gupta.
"I'm just going to go hit my game plan tomorrow and hopefully pull out a win and get to the final."
Gupta's parents are of Indian origin but he was born in the US and is enrolled at Oklahoma State, which has a very