Zahringer beating the youngsters

OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) -- His quarterfinal opponent today in the U.S. Amateur was 18, and the two golfers he beat in the second and third rounds were 21 and 19.
So does 50-year-old George Zahringer feel out of place among all these young guys in the U.S. Amateur -- which, in recent years, has favored the young and strong rather than the old and experienced?
Naw.
"Most of the players at this stage are young," said Zahringer, who led the surprise advance of three players age 35 or older into the round of eight at Oakmont Country Club. "As my wife said, it's just me and a bunch of children."
Not exactly -- 44-year-old Jerry Courville, the only player to advance to match play in each of the last 10 Amateurs, and 35-year-old Pat Carter made it, too. Only two years ago, not a single player 30 or older advanced this far.
Trip Kuehne, the low amateur in the U.S. Open this summer and the 1994 U.S. Amateur runner-up to Tiger Woods, played nearly 30 rounds at Oakmont to prepare for a tournament he felt was his to win.
Instead, he didn't make it past the second round, losing 3 and 1 to Southern Cal player David Oh, whose amateur portfolio to date doesn't begin to match Kuehne's. His biggest victory: the Long Beach Open.