Usc Golfer Leads

Roger Tambellini, a senior at Southern California, shot a 3-under-par 69 to top the 64 match-play qualifiers in the 97th U.S. Amateur Championship.

Tambellini, of Templeton, Calif., played Cog Hill’s No. 2 course after opening with a 5-under 67 on the more difficult Dubsdread layout, the site of the match-play competition.

Bryce Molder of Conway, Ark., and Don Padgett III of Akron, Ohio, finished a stroke back at 7-under 137. Jerry Courville Jr. of Milford, Conn., and Boyd Summerhays of Farmington, Utah., followed at 138.