PARAMUS, N.J. – North Carolina assistant coach Matt Clark stood about 50 yards from the green at the par-3 15th hole Friday at The Ridgewood Country Club. His newest player, Pepperdine stud transfer Dylan Menante, had a birdie putt to win his U.S. Amateur quarterfinal match against 15-year-old Nicholas Gross.
“I would be shocked if he misses this,” Clark said.
“How long is it?” this reporter asked him.
“I don’t know,” Clark responded. “He’s just going to make it.”
Clark has been Menante’s coach for just over two months, but he’s seen him in an opposing uniform enough to know.