OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. — NCAA champion Bryson DeChambeau beat Ireland's Paul Dunne 3 and 2 on Friday at Olympia Fields to advance to the U.S. Amateur semifinals.
DeChambeau, the SMU player from Clovis, California, will face Southern California sophomore Sean Crocker of Westlake Village, California.
"I'm trying to keep the pedal to the metal and not letting my opponent have any opportunity to win a hole, and that's been my whole game plan this whole week going into match play," DeChambeau said. "I hope I can do that tomorrow."
In the other quarterfinals, Crocker beat Charleston Southern junior Austin James of Canada 2 up; Virginia junior Derek Bard of New Hartford, New York, rallied to beat Arizona State senior Jon Rahm of Spain 1 up; and Japan's Kenta Konishi edged Baylor transfer Matthew Perrine of Austin, Texas, 1 up.