The Local Knowlege  News & Tours  Cal's Weaver faces
Chattanooga's Fox in U.S. Amateur final  By Ryan Herrington  If
you need more proof that trying to predict the outcome of the
U.S. Amateur is a fool's errand, here you go: When Michael
Weaver, a redshirt junior at California, faces Steven Fox, a
senior at Chattanooga, in the 36-hole final Sunday of the USGA's
oldest championship, it will be a showdown between the event's
60th and 63rd seeds.  That's not a reflection in the talent of
the two finalists. It's an affirmation of the depth of the
amateur game. It may seem like a cliche, but it's also the truth
when people say that anybody who advanced to match play had a
chance to win.  Even golfers who barely advanced. Both Weaver
and Fox shot two-over 143s in stroke-play qualifying, finding
themselves among a group of 17 players that had to return to
Cherry Hills CC Wednesday morning to determine who would get the
final 14 spots in the match-play bracket. Weaver squeaked in
with a birdie on the third playoff ho