 Fisher, 16, is the youngest ever Walker Cup player |
British teenagers Oliver Fisher and Lloyd Saltman fired opening level-par rounds of 70 to trail the leader by six shots in the US Amateur Championship. England's Fisher, 16, and Scot Saltman, 19, were the leading Britons after their first strokeplay rounds at Philadelphia Country Club.
American Charlie Beljan shot 64 at Philadelphia to lead by four strokes.
The field play two strokeplay rounds at Philadelphia and Merion before the top 64 contest matchplay at Merion.
Essex's Fisher is Great Britain and Ireland's youngest-ever Walker Cup star, while team-mate Saltman won the low amateur at the Open in July.
The pair's Walker Cup colleague Richard Ramsay, 22, of Scotland, was the next Briton after a 71 at Philadelphia.
England's Gary Wolstenholme, 44, GB&I's record points scorer, and countryman Richard Dinwiddie, 22, shot rounds of 72 at Philedelphia.
Wales' 22-year-old Rhys Davies shot 73 at Philadelphia, England's Ben Taylor carded 75 at Merion and Ireland's Sean McTernan handed in an 83 at Merion.
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