BANDON, Ore. – The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
Jonathan Yaun reminded himself of that when he saw his matchup for Wednesday’s Round of 64 at the U.S. Amateur. Yaun, a rising junior at Liberty who just a few months ago was barely ranked inside the top 500 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, had to begin his match-play run against Georgia’s Davis Thompson, a first-team All-American and the highest-ranked amateur in the field at Bandon Dunes.
“My initial thought,” Yaun said, “I didn't say dang it in my mind, but I was almost like, ‘Wow, I got a tough draw.