SAMMAMISH, WASH., (July 29, 2010) -- Twenty eight amateurs teed off in the USGA Senior Open today at Sahalle Country Club in Sammamish Washington today. Tim Jackson from Germantown, Tennessee is one of them and he sits just two shots in back of the leader Bruce Vaughn. Jackson played a clean front nine with birdies on the par-3 fifth hole and the par-4 seventh. He rebounded from a bogey on the par-4 16th hole with a birdie on the 220-yard par-3 17th.

Casey Boyns, the caddie from Pebble Beach, and Rich Hudson are in good company at 29th place with names like Sutton, Sluman, Tway, and Irwin.

All Amateur players listed below

T2.  JACKSON, Tim ............... 68
T29.  BOYNS, Casey ............. 73
T29.  HUDSON, Steven ........ 73
T46.  THOMPSON, Pat ......... 74
T46.  GRACE, John ............... 74
T55.  LANGE, Chris ............... 75
T55.  LAVERTY, Pat ............... 75
T68.  MARUCCI, Buddy ........ 76
T68.  BOOKER, Mike ............ 76
T85.  PALLADINO, Ken ......... 77
T85.  LACY, Ken ................... 77
T115.  VACCARO, John ......... 80
T115.  NORTON, Tom ........... 80
T120.  GILES, Vinny .............. 81
T120.  MAUST, Dirk .............. 81
T120.  WILLIAMS, Pete ........ 81
T131.  MASSEY, Dave ........... 82
T131.  KLIER, Kevin .............. 82
T131.  BRANDES, Tom .......... 82
T137.  ROBINSON, Tommy ... 83
T137.  BIEBER, Dan ............... 83
T137.  NICKEAS, Mark .......... 83
T144.  RIFKIN, Martin ........... 84
T144.  STORMONT, Jim ........ 84
148.  MORAN, Steve ............ 85
T149.  TEN BROECK, Rick ...... 86
151.  SULLIVAN, Scott .......... 87
153.  FERGUSON, James ...... 90
T154.  BATTISTA, Mark ......... 91