Michigan's Nick Carlson reaches US Amateur semifinals

Nick Carlson acknowledges the crowd after his approach shot on the 10th green during a quarterfinal round of the U.S. Amateur golf tournament at Oakland Hills Country Club, Friday, Aug. 19, 2016, in Bloomfield Township, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) (The Associated Press)

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Nick Carlson drives on the 17th tee during a quarterfinal round of the U.S. Amateur golf tournament at Oakland Hills Country Club, Friday, Aug. 19, 2016, in Bloomfield Township, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) (The Associated Press)

Nick Carlson tries body language to sway the ball closer to the hole on the 17th green during a quarterfinal round of the U.S. Amateur golf tournament at Oakland Hills Country Club, Friday, Aug. 19, 2016, in Bloomfield Township, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) (The Associated Press)

Michigan sophomore Nick Carlson advanced to the U.S. Amateur semifinals Friday in an unlikely hometown run at Oakland Hills.

Carlson, from Hamilton, Michigan, beat Illinois junior Dylan Meyer of Evansville, Indiana, 3 and 1, taking the lead with a birdie chip-in on the par-4 14th that he celebrated with a running, double fight pump.

Wearing a Wolverines outfit, the 19-year-old Carlson won the par-4 15th with a birdie and ended the match with a par victory 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.

Carlson will face 20-year-old Australian Curtis Luck, a 2-up winner over Pepperdine sophomore Sahith Theegala of Chino Hills, California.

In the other quarterfinals, Oklahoma sophomore Brad Dalke of Norman, Oklahoma, beat former Stanford player David Boote of Wales 3 and 2, and Southern California junior Jonah Texeira of Porter Ranch, California, topped LSU sophomore Luis Gagne of Orlando, Florida, 3 and 2.

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