The reigning U.S. Junior Amateur will not be joining the elite cast at the 2009 U.S. Open later this month.

Lacey's Cameron Peck, who captured one of amateur golf's most prestigious titles last summer, came up short in his bid to play in the U.S. Open starting June 18 on the Black Course at Bethpage State Park in New York.

Peck, out of Timberline High School, finished tied for 66th at the U.S. Open sectional qualifying site in Memphis, Tenn. at 5-over-par 147.

He shot an opening even-par 71 at Germantown Country Club to stay in the hunt, but then fired a 76 in the afternoon at Ridgeway Country Club where he made consecutive bogeys on Nos. 16, 17 and 18.

Thirteen berths to the U.S. Open were available to the 110 players who were in Memphis. It was the second-largest sectional qualifying site in the country.

Thirteen sites held U.S. Open sectional qualifying Monday, but it's no secret where the big boys were playing.

A majority of the PGA Tour golfers were in Columbus, Ohio just down the road from where they played over the weekend at The Memorial Tournament.

And one high-profile amateur, who will join that cast for select tournaments later this summer, showed he has more than enough game to play with the best players in the world.

Gig Harbor's Kyle Stanley tied PGA Tour player George McNeill for medalist honors Monday at 12-under 132 to lead the 120-player field at Brookside Country Club and Lakes Golf and Country Club.

Stanley, who completed his junior season at Clemson, and was the Ben Hogan Award winner for collegiate golf's top player, also fired the day's best round – a 10-under 62 on the Lakes course in the morning.

"The fact, for the most part, that this is a pro deal (qualifying site), it's nice to come out on top," Stanley said. "More importantly, it confirms to me I'm working on the right things. That is really what I care about."

Puyallup's Ryan Moore is also going back to the U.S. Open for the first time since 2007. He shot an 8-under 64 on the Lakes course in the afternoon, and jumped up to a tie for seventh.

Seventeen spots to Bethpage Black in New York were awarded at this site.

Stanley got off to a fast start, finishing his first nine holes – Nos. 10 through Nos. 18 – in 30. He birdied his final five holes.

The string started on the par-3 14th where he stuck a 7-iron from 181 yards out to 12 feet, and made the putt.

And after that, it was a series of short-iron approach shots that gave Stanley, a Bellarmine Prep product, plenty of short putts. He finished with a 4-footer on the 17th, and a 5-footer on the 18th, both par-4s.

"I really gave myself a lot of opportunities," Stanley said. "Of course, I hit the ball pretty well, and made a few putts. I kind of kept it going."

Moore, the former UNLV All-American now on the PGA Tour, shot a front-nine 31 at the Lakes course, highlighted by an eagle on the 581-yard, par-5 seventh. He was one of the first finishers, and was rendered to scoreboard-watching the rest of the afternoon.

"Waiting around to see how that holds up," he said. And it did.

Tacoma's Andrew Yun, who is going off to Stanford in the fall, tied for 92nd at 5-over 149.

It hasn't been the season Puyallup's Ryan Moore hoped for on the PGA Tour, but he accomplished one big goal Monday: Qualifying for the U.S. Open.

Moore posted an 8-under-par 64 at the Lakes Golf and Country Club in Columbus, Ohio to nab a spot, even though much of afternoon play had not finished up.

He was in second at 10-under 134, all but guaranteeing him one of the qualifying spots – even though he was taking the cautious approach.

"Waiting around to see how that holds up," he said, eventually settling for a tie for seventh.

The highlight of Moore's round was an eagle on the 581-yard, par-5 seventh on his way to an opening-nine 31.

He will be playing in the U.S. Open for the first time since 2007.

Moore made his first U.S. Open appearance in 2002 at Bethpage Black in New York, firing rounds of 76 and 79 and missing the cut as an amateur.

At the sectional site in Roslyn, University of Washington junior Nick Taylor fired a 5-under 66 to take a three-shot lead heading into the afternoon round at Tumble Creek at Suncadia.

With a good share of the PGA Tour professionals in the field, it was a big-name amateur who posted the best scores at U.S. Open sectional qualifying in Ohio.

Gig Harbor's Kyle Stanley, the Hogan Award winner who just completed his final season at Clemson University, was co-medalist Monday, finishing at 12-under 132 with PGA Tour veteran George McNeill.

And Stanley fired the day's best round – a 10-under 62 – in the morning at the Lakes Golf and Country Club.

Stanley, the Bellarmine Prep graduate who will turn professional later this month, finished off with a run of five birdies on his opening nine holes (Nos. 10 through 18) to grab the top spot.

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