BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. -- Qualifying medalist Alex Smalley rallied to beat Scott Harvey 2 and 1 on Wednesday in the first round of the U.S. Amateur at Oakland Hills.
Smalley, the Duke sophomore from Wake Forest, N.C., pulled even with the 38-year-old Harvey with a birdie on the par-4 11th and took the lead with a par on the par-4 14th in the match that was interrupted for nearly two hours because of rain.
Smalley took a 2-up lead with a par on the par-4 16th and finished off Harvey with a halve for par on the par-3 17th on the Donald Ross-designed South Course that Ben Hogan dubbed the "The Monster" in his 1951 U.S. Open victory. Harvey, from Greensboro, N.C., got the last of the 64 match-play spots Wednesday morning in a 23-man playoff for eight positions.
Smalley will face Illinois junior Dylan Meyer in the second round. Meyer, from Evansville, Ind., beat Scotland's Connor Syme 2 up.
Arkansas State junior Andrew Huseman (Ankery, Iowa) lost 4 and 3 to Australian Curtis Luck.
Second-seeded Dawson Armstrong, a Lipscomb junior from Brentwood, Tenn., also advanced, beating England's Bradley Moore 1 up. Armstrong won the 17th with a par and ended it with a bogey halve on the par-4 18th.
Oklahoma sophomore Brad Dalke of Norman, Okla., knocked off Wake Forest junior William Zalatoris of Plano, Texas, 1 up.
British Amateur champion Scott Gregory of England had the most lopsided victory, routing Raymond Knoll of Naperville, Ill., 7 and 5. In the only match to go to extra holes, Alabama sophomore Davis Riley of Hattiesburg, Miss., beat high school senior Matthew Wolff of Agoura Hills, Calif., with a par on the 19th.
Sports on 08/18/2016