Miles Russell, the top-ranked junior amateur player in the world, advanced to the quarterfinals of the 125th U.S. Amateur Championship on Thursday afternoon following his victory over Pepperdine’s Mahanth Chirravuri, 2 and 1, in the Round of 16 at The Olympic Club’s Lake Course in San Francisco, Calif.
Russell went 2 down early in the match after a bogey on the first and a winning birdie from Chirravuri on the downhill par-3 third. The two halved the next three before Russell fired off four birdies in a row from hole Nos. 7-10 to take a 2-up lead.



















