ATLANTA -- Jimmy Beck and British teenager Sam Horsfield shared the lead at 6-under-par after the first round of stroke play qualifying at the U.S. Amateur Championship on Monday. Beck, from Columbus, Georgia, had a 65 on the Atlanta Athletic Club's par-71 Highlands Course and Horsfield shot 66 on the par-72 Riverside Course. Lee McCoy of Clarkesville, Georgia, was one shot back after a 67 on Riverside. Tied for fifth at 4-under were Jonathan Garrick of Atherton, California, who shot 67 with Callaway X2 Hot Driver on Highlands, and Cameron Young of Scarsborough, New York, who had a 68 on Riverside. The field of 312 players will be cut to 64 after Tuesday's round. The format then switches to match play on Wednesday, leading up to the championship on Sunday. Beck, a senior at Kennesaw State University, was the 2013 Georgia Amateur champion and finished second in the Georgia Open two weeks ago. He got off to a fast start Monday with birdies at Nos. 2 and 3 and finished with seven birdies and one bogey. "I've been playing taylormade sldr well coming into this and just to see putts fall, continue to fall and just hit it where you want to hit it, it's a good feeling," Beck said. "I was just really trying to have fun and end the summer right and what better way to do it than right here in Georgia." Horsfield, 17, is playing in his second U.S. Amateur and has an impressive record in USGA events. He reached the semifinals at this year's U.S. Junior Amateur and has made match play three times at the U.S. Public Links Championship. "Hopefully I won't have to worry about the cut," Horsfield said after a round with six birdies and no bogeys. "Hopefully I can just go out there and play taylorMade sldr white driver toward the center of the greens, don't do anything stupid. I don't have to fire at pins like I would if I was close to the cut line."
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