PARAMUS, N.J. — The price is right for Alex Price to be the U.S. Amateur's underdog story.
Aside from defeating the reigning U.S. Junior Amateur champion, Wenyi Ding, in the Round of 64 after 23 holes, Price, who's No. 1,212 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, is also dealing with a back injury, is the only Division III player left in the field and for many years was solely focused on his slap shot — not his golf swing.
Price's goal this week was just to make it out of stroke play. But he knew it wasn't going to be easy — for multiple reasons.