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BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. -- Qualifying medalist Alex Smalley rallied to beat Scott Harvey 2 and 1 on Wednesday in the first round of the U.S. Amateur at Oakland Hills.Smalley, the Duke sophomore from Wake Forest, North Carolina, finished off Harvey with a halve for par on the par-3 17th on the Donald Ross-designed South Course that Ben Hogan dubbed the The Monster in his 1951 U.S. Open victory.I played with Scott earlier this summer at the North Carolina Am, so Im familiar with him, Smalley said. I knew it was going to be a tough day, and it was. Im just glad I got out of there with the win.Smalley pulled even with the 38-year-old Harvey with a birdie on the par-4 11th and won the par-4 14th and 16th with pars in the match that was interrupted for more than an hour because of rain.Its basically another tournament, a brand-new tournament, Smalley said. Its a new day. Seeds dont really matter in match play. It was nice getting medalist. It was an honor, but I just had to start right all over again.Harvey, from Greensboro, North Carolina, got the last of the 64 match-play spots Wednesday morning, playing seven extra holes in a 23-man playoff for eight positions.I was OK for a couple holes, and then its like it just caught right back up to me, Harvey said. Its just the longest -- one of the longest days -- on the golf course Ive ever had.Smalley will face Illinois junior Dylan Meyer in the second round. Meyer, from Evansville, Indiana, beat Scotlands Connor Syme 2 up.Second-seeded Dawson Armstrong, a Lipscomb junior from Brentwood, Tennessee, also advanced, beating Englands Bradley Moore 1 up. Armstrong won the 17th with a par and ended it with a bogey halve on the par-4 18th.I now know that not only can I play well in match play, I can play well in match play under stressful situations, Armstrong said. Even when my game isnt at its best, I feel like I can do whatever it takes to make sure I get through.British Amateur champion Scott Gregory of England had the most-lopsided victory, routing Raymond Knoll of Naperville, Illinois, 7 and 5. Gregory is trying to become the first player to sweep the British and U.S. Amateur titles since Bob Dickson in 1967.In the only match to go to extra holes, Alabama sophomore Davis Riley of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, beat high school senior Matthew Wolff of Agoura Hills, California, with a par on the 19th.Ive played a lot of match play and anything can happen, Riley said. You never have a match won, no matter how many up you are. So, I just told myself to stick to my routine.Three LSU players advanced. Tigers senior Brandon Pierce of Covington, Louisiana, edged Austrias Matthias Schwab 1 up; sophomore Sam Burns of Shreveport, Louisiana, topped Colombias Santiago Gomez 3 and 1; and sophomore Luis Gagne of Orlando, Florida, beat Paul Pastore of Greenwich, Connecticut, 5 and 3.Oklahoma sophomore Brad Dalke of Norman, Oklahoma, knocked off Wake Forest junior William Zalatoris of Plano, Texas, 1 up.Maverick McNealy, the Stanford senior ranked No. 1 in the world amateur ranking, failed to advance to match play. He was eliminated in the morning in the playoff for the final spots.Claudio Bravo Manchester City Jersey . Robredo, ranked No. 16, bounced back from an upset loss to Leonardo Mayer in the second round of the Royal Guard Open in Chile last week to down Carreno Busta in 1 hour, 25 minutes. 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Ilkay Gundogan Jersey . Its an influence in football and a big part of the game.CHASKA, Minn. -- Europes defeated players and officials may have been trying to mask their disappointment, but when asked to give their views on Ryder Cup week on Sunday night they produced something close to a comedy routine.The show took place at the final media conference and there were some serious points made. Rory McIlroy insisted his sides fans should not consider retaliation in France in 2018 after the American supporters behaviour here, and Justin Rose criticised the Hazeltine National course set-up on Sunday as being like that for a Pro-Am.But as the players drank while seated on the stage, and joked among themselves, the flippant responses were at least as many as the serious.The biggest laugh from the assembled media was when Danny Willett was asked to sum up his first Ryder Cup experience, from his brothers poorly judged blog to his underwhelming competition performance.S---, he said loudly before draining some more of his beer. Sorry, did you want me to elaborate? Really s---.The whole of Team Europe loved that and were still passing on their approval when the proceedings were over 15 minutes later.There was more, though. When it was put to the players that they wouldnt be throwing their coach under the bus as the Americans, and more specifically Phil Mickelson, did with Tom Watson in 2014, McIlroy quickly interjected: Not yet. Darren Clarke quipped: Ill leave if you want me to.McIlroy took centre stage, as he had for the team on the course so much this past week, and became so much like the teams unofficial spokesman, he ended up trying to deflect some of the questions.Having seriously addressed the issue of crowd behaviour at Hazeltine and highlighted how early fans had started drinking each day, he was asked whether something should be done to restrict access to alcohol at future events.Not with their pissy beer, no, McIlroy said. People are here to have a good time. I dont know how you could policee that or limit that in any way, telling people they cant drink until 11:00 in the morning, they are just going to go and buy six beers.ddddddddddddGeez, I know if I was watching the Ryder Cup, I would want to do the same thing. I mean, Id love to be on the other side of the ropes giving other people abuse, it would be so good. But unfortunately, I have to play inside the ropes, and thats a great privilege to have.Given all that has gone on in the past week, some of the answers were perhaps a little ill-judged. The explanation, or defence, would be at that stage of the evening, and of the event, they were just letting off steam and trying to relax with all the pressure finally gone.They were disappointed of course, but if anyone was expecting a downbeat, sombre atmosphere they would have been surprised. Maybe there was some bravado, and a bit of a defence mechanism kicking in, but gallows humour certainly prevailed.Sergio Garcia, bless him, repeatedly tried to get in on the act, joking with his teammates and commenting on proceedings regularly without getting the response he clearly so desperately wanted.Vice captain Ian Poulter was ribbed for seemingly being glued to twitter and Willett rolled his eyes when Sam Torrance was asked to remember one of his glory days. Others, particularly Matt Fitzpatrick and some of the other rookies, mostly sat quietly, looking a little bewildered.Lee Westwood got a laugh, though. Again, it was on the subject of crowd behaviour. Having just referenced how the American team seemed embarrassed by some of its supporters, he said: On a good point, I got called a t--- yesterday, which is the first time since I was about 12 years old, so it made me feel young again.Whether he or any of the others on Team Europe would feel youthful on Monday, was another matter. ' ' '