Dawson Armstrong, 21, Brentwood, Tenn.
*Born Sept. 25, 1995 in Brentwood, Tenn.
*No. 32 in World Amateur Golf Ranking™
*Defeated Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre, runner-up in The Amateur Championship in 2016, in Round of 32
*Defeated 2015 Asia-Pacific Amateur champion Cheng Jin in Round of 16
*Competing in third U.S. Amateur and advanced to Round of 32 last year
*A third-team All-American as a junior at Lipscomb University
*Two-time Atlantic Sun Conference Player of the Year
*Won NCAA College Grove Regional and posted a top-20 finish in NCAA Championship
*His father, Dale, also played golf as a collegian at LipscombDoug Ghim, 21, Arlington Heights, Ill.
*Born April 16, 1996 in Des Plaines, Ill.
*No. 7 in World Amateur Golf Ranking™
*Earned No. 9 seed with rounds of 67-71 in stroke play
*Defeated a pair of Californians in the Rounds of 32 and 16, including Sahith Theegala in 19 holes
*Competing in his seventh USGA championship, including fourth consecutive U.S. Amateur
*First-team All-American as a junior at the University of Texas
*2017 Big 12 Conference Player of the Year
*Tied for second in the Big 12 Championship and was second in NCAA Austin Regional
*Won 2017 Pacific Coast Amateur by one stroke at Chambers Bay
*2014 U.S. Amateur Public Links runner-up to Byron MethTheo Humphrey, 21, Greenwich, Conn.
*Born Feb. 9, 1996 in Chicago, Ill.
*No. 42 in World Amateur Golf Ranking™
*Earned No. 4 seed with rounds of 68-68 in stroke play
*Defeated Noah Norton, 4 and 3, in the Round of 16
*Competing in his fourth U.S. Amateur
*Earned third-team All-America honors as a junior at Vanderbilt University
*Chosen All-Southeastern Conference in 2016-17
*Tied for second in Northeast Amateur in June, carding a second-round 63
*Tied for third in The Players Amateur with a 72-hole score of 12-under 272Mark Lawrence Jr., 20, Richmond, Va.
*Born Nov. 4, 1996 in Richmond, Va.
*No. 386 in World Amateur Golf Ranking™
*Earned No. 7 seed with rounds of 64-73 in stroke play
*Recorded a 4-and-3 triumph over 2015 U.S. Amateur runner-up Derek Bard in Round of 64
*Defeated Tyler Strafaci, 1 up, in Round of 32 with a 3-foot birdie putt on final hole
*Competing in his first USGA championship
*Reached NCAA regional play in his first year at Virginia Tech after transferring from Auburn
*Won 2017 Virginia State Amateur; his father won same tournament in 1980
*Three-time Virginia State Golf Association Junior Boys Golfer of the YearDoc Redman, 19, Raleigh, N.C.
*Born Dec. 27, 1997 in Raleigh, N.C.
*No. 70 in World Amateur Golf Ranking™
*Advanced to match play after making par on first stroke-play playoff hole
*Defeated Logan Lowe, the No. 3 seed, in the Round of 64
*Competing in his fourth USGA championship
*Advanced to the Round of 32 in last year’s U.S. Amateur
*Set a freshman record at Clemson University with eight top-10 finishes
*Finished ninth in the NCAA College Grove Regional
*In 2017, he was runner-up in the Western Amateur, losing to Norman Xiong in 22 holes
*Tied for sixth in the Northeast Amateur and tied for 10th in the Southern Amateur
*Won 2015-16 4A state high school championshipTravis Smyth, 22, Australia
*Born Dec. 29, 1994 in Australia
*No. 29 in World Amateur Golf Ranking™
*Competing in his first USGA championship
*Defeated NCAA Division I champion Braden Thornberry in Round of 32
*Posted a 2-and-1 win over 2014 U.S. Junior Amateur champion Will Zalatoris in Round of 16
*Reached the quarterfinals of the 2017 Australian Amateur after finishing as runner-up in 2016
*Advanced to the Round of 64 in this year’s Amateur Championship, conducted by The R&A
*Tied for fourth in the Porter Cup with a 72-hole score of 5-under 275
*Tied for 28th in the 2016 Australian Open, which was won by Jordan SpiethConnor Syme, 22, Scotland
*Born July 11, 1995 in Scotland
*No. 13 in World Amateur Golf Ranking™
*Competing in his first USGA championship
*Earned No. 48 seed with rounds of 72-70 in stroke play
*Defeated No. 2-ranked amateur Maverick McNealy, 2 and 1, in the Round of 64
*Holed a 25-yard chip shot for birdie on the final hole to win his Round-of-16 match
*Played in this year’s Open Championship, conducted by The R&A
*Advanced to match play in this year’s Amateur Championship, conducted by The R&A
*Posted top-10 finishes in Scottish Stroke Play, Irish Amateur and Brabazon Trophy
*Won 2016 Australian Amateur ChampionshipChun An Yu, 19, Chinese Taipei
*Born Aug. 11, 1998 in Chinese Taipei
*No. 23 in World Amateur Golf Ranking™
*Advanced to match-play bracket after making birdie on first stroke-play playoff hole
*Posted a 1-up win over Lee Hodges, the No. 5 seed, in Round of 64
*Defeated No. 6-ranked amateur Collin Morikawa, 2 up, in Round of 16
*Rising sophomore at Arizona State University
*Playing in second USGA championship
*Tied for 19th in the NCAA Championship and tied for 14th in the Pac-12 Championship
*Second-best stroke average (71.61) by an Arizona State freshman behind Jon Rahm
*Finished sixth in the 2016 Asia-Pacific Amateur with a four-round total of 4-under 284
*2015 Western Junior champion
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Meet the Quarterfinalists
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Aug 17, 2017
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PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif.