Mystery man of U.S. Am semifinals
(WorldNews Sport)

LOS ANGELES - Three of the four U.S. Amateur semifinalists are standout college players and known commodities in the amateur golf community. And then there´s Mark Lawrence Jr. He´s No. 386 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. He´s a dominant player in his home state of Virginia but a mystery to the rest of the country. This isn´t just his first U.S. Amateur appearance. It´s his first USGA appearance, period. He didn´t play the U.S. Junior. Or the now-defunct Public Links. Or the Four-Ball. Or the Open. Nothing. Not even his fellow competitors knew anything about him. `Before this tournament? No,` said his quarterfinal opponent, Dawson Armstrong. But that all changed Friday, when Lawrence moved...