Gig Harbor's Kyle Stanley advanced to the round of 32 at the U.S. Amateur today, beating Seung-Su Han of Irvine, Calif.,4 and 3 at the Pinehurst Resort and Country Club in North Carolina.

Stanley, who tied for fifth in the stroke-play portion of the tournament, took the lead for good in the first round of match play with a birdie on the 338-yard, par-4 third hole and extended it with another birdie on No. 4.

Stanley will play Connor McHenry of Jefferson City, Mo., in next round at 6:10 a.m. Pacific time Thursday.

Andrew Putnam of University Place, who also tied for fifth in the stroke play, lost his round of 64 match today to Skip Berkmeyer of St. Louis, 1-up.

Jake Koppenberg of Everett defeated Sam Smith of Turlock, Calif., 2 and 1. Koppenberg plays Rickie Fowler of Murrieta, Calif. at 5:20 a.m. Thursday.

This week: Nationwide Tour's Northeast Pennsylvania Classic, Thursday through Sunday, Elmhurst Country Club, Moscow, Pa.

World ranking: 561st.

2008 earnings: $89,841 (57th on the Nationwide Tour).

Last tournament: The Tacoma native missed back-to-back cuts at the Cox Classic and Wichita Open, prompting him to take last week off to rest and practice (in Sunriver, Ore. with younger brother, Andrew) heading into the stretch run of the season. Eight tournaments remain, and the Life Christian Academy product must kick it into high gear in order to crack the top 25 on the money list. Currently, he trails No. 25 Chris Anderson ($148,600) by almost $60,000; a win this week would earn him $90,000.

Tee time today: 10:15 a.m. PDT off the first tee with Bob Burns and Justin Hicks.

This week: PGA Tour's The Barclays, Thursday through Sunday, Ridgewood Country Club, Paramus, N.J.

World ranking: 96th.

2008 earnings: $1,122,631 (72nd on the PGA Tour).

Last tournament: The Puyallup golfer has missed cuts in each of his past tournaments, including last week's Wyndham Championship (1-under 139). Before that, the UNLV All-American hadn't finished under par in an event for nine consecutive times. Why? When you're ranked 196th in greens hit in regulation (59-percent clip), you're not giving yourself many quality chances to make birdies, and move up leaderboards. This tournament is important for Moore. At 73rd in the FedEx Cup points standings, he is in no danger of being eliminating this week. But he needs to improve his status in order to make it to The Tour Championship in late September in Atlanta.

Tee time Thursday: 4:32 a.m. PDT off the 10th tee with Cliff Kresge and Nick O'Hern.