PINEHURST - Robbie Fillmore, who never touched a club during two years away from golf, shot 5-under 65 on Tuesday to win the stroke-play portion of the U.S. Amateur.

The lowest score in two days of qualifying came on the No. 4 course at Pinehurst and followed Fillmore's opening 69 on Pinehurst No. 2, giving him a total of 6-under 134.

Fillmore leads the group of 64 players who will start the match-play portion today. A junior at Brigham Young, Fillmore took time off from golf to go on a Mormon mission to Chile.

He was two shots better than first-round leader Wesley Bryan, whose 1-under 69 on No. 4 gave him a 4-under-par 136.

Corey Nagy and Dan Woltman are three shots back at 137.

There were 26 players tied at 5-over 145 for the final two spots. North Carolina's Jack Fields will join them. They will head to No. 4 early today at 7:30 a.m. for a playoff in four groups of four and two groups of five.

N.C. State sophomores Brandon Detweiler (140) and Matt Hill (141) both qualified for match play.

Duke golfers Spencer Anderson (155), Clark Klaasen (155), Adam Long (148) and Michael Quagliano (148) each failed to qualify. Former Blue Devil Jeff Edelman (139) advanced.

North Carolina's Barden Berry (143) and Kevin O'Connell (144) made it to the match play round, while fellow teammate Reed Darsie (147) failed to qualify.

Recent Wake Forest-Rolesville graduate Jordan Walor (148) and Raleigh native Paul Simson (149) both failed to move on.

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