Summerhays Advances to Quarterfinals

Daniel Summerhays is starting his senior year of high school on Monday. Before hitting the books, he’ll try to become the youngest to win the U.S. Amateur Championship.

Summerhays, 17, advanced to the quarterfinals with two victories Thursday at East Lake Golf Club.

Defending champion Jeff Quinney also made the final eight with two grueling, 1-up victories.

Tiger Woods became the youngest tournament winner with his 1994 victory, when he was 18.

Summerhays, four months shy of his 18th birthday, can break Woods’ record by winning three more matches.

The Utah teen-ager defeated Brooks Kelly, a junior at Texas Tech, 2 and 1 in a morning match. In the afternoon, Summerhays won five consecutive holes and cruised to a 4 and 3 victory over Billy Harvey, who graduated from Brigham Young this year.