Ben Flam of Phoenix, who reached the semifinals of the Western Junior on Saturday at Exmoor Country Club in Highland Park, will be one of the contenders when the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship begins Tuesday at Conway Farms in Lake Forest.
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The 156-player competition will begin with 18 holes of stroke play Tuesday and another 18 Wednesday. The top 64 will move on to the match-play portion of the tournament Thursday and Friday, with the semifinals and finals set for Saturday.
Other top juniors moving on to Conway Farms include 16-year-old Leif Olson of Golden, Colo.; Ben “Bubba” Dickerson, 17, of Hilliard, Fla., the 1997 Optimist International and Maxfli PGA Junior champion; Sean O’Hair, 16, of Scottsdale, Ariz.; and James Oh, younger brother of UNLV star Ted Oh.
Former U.S. Junior Amateur champions include Tiger Woods, David Duval and Justin Leonard. Woods won it three times.