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Main earns medalist honors at U.S. Amatuer

August 24, 2011 ERIN, Wis. – Gregor Main, 22, of Danville, Calif., earned medalist honors by tying for the lowest 36-hole stroke-play qualifying score in U.S. Amateur Championship history Wednesday with a 10-under-par 132.

Main, who was a three-time All-American at UCLA, shot a bogey-free 5-under-par 67 at par-72, 7,760-yard Erin Hills. Monday, he had shared the first-round lead with a 5-under-par 65 at the par-70, 6,622-yard Blue Mound Golf and Country Club. He left UCLA after the 2011 college season and plans to compete in PGA Tour qualifying, which will be held later this year.

“The one bogey was a three-putt but the other greens I’ve missed I got it up and down,” said Main, who was the runner-up in the 2010 Western Amateur. “I got a new-found confidence in my putting and my short game this week. I’ve been smoking my driver. I had a real good week of preparation with my short-game coach back at home. I found it the past few days.”

In his two stroke-play rounds, Main made one eagle, nine birdies and one bogey.

“The goal is get into match play, which it is for everyone in the field,” Main said. “In match play anything can happen. The 64th seed can win. It’s nice to get the medalist spot. I am trying to make that Walker Cup Team, so I am trying to play my best every chance I get.”

Main tied the previous low 36-hole score of 132 (12 under par) shot by Hank Kim in 1994 at TPC Sawgrass (Stadium and Valley Courses) in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

Blake Biddle, 19, of St. Charles, Ill., a UNLV player, was two strokes behind Main at 8-under-par 134.

Sixteen-year-old Beau Hossler of Mission Viejo, Calif., and collegiate players Blayne Barber, 21, of Lake City, Fla.; Ben Geyer, 19, of Arbuckle, Calif.; and 2011 USA Walker Cup player Russell Henley, 22, of Macon, Ga., shot 7-under-par 135. USA Walker Cup selection Patrick Rodgers, 19, of Avon, Ind., followed at 136.

Defending champion and 2009 and 2011 USA Walker Cup Team member Peter Uihlein, 21, of Orlando, Fla., easily advanced to match play at 5-under 137.

All but one of the seven current USA Walker Cup players advanced to match play including: Chris Williams, 20, of Moscow, Idaho, at 139, Harris English, 22, of Thomasville, Ga., and Patrick Cantlay, 19, of Los Alamitos, Calif., at 140.

The other USA Walker Cup player, Nathan Smith, 33, of Pittsburgh, Pa., was eliminated in a 20-for-4 playoff for the final match-play berths.

Great Britain and Ireland’s Walker Cup Team had three of four players advance: Tom Lewis, 20, and Jack Senior, 23, of England and Michael Stewart, 21, of Scotland. England’s Stiggy Hodgson, 20, did not make the final 64.

Corbin Mills (139), who won the 2011 U.S. Amateur Public Links, and Jordan Spieth (137), who won the 2009 and 2011 U.S. Junior Amateur, also qualified for match play.

The second round resumed at 7:30 a.m. at Blue Mound but fog delayed the resumption at Erin Hills until 8:55 a.m. The first round of match play will begin at 3 p.m. CDT.

The second round was suspended due to darkness on Tuesday evening after a 3-hour, 40-minute weather delay in the morning.

The 2011 U.S. Amateur Championship consists of 36 holes of stroke play followed by six rounds of match play, with the championship scheduled to conclude with a 36-hole final on Sunday.

The U.S. Amateur is one of 13 national championships conducted annually by the United States Golf Association, 10 of which are strictly for amateurs.

Results of Wednesday completion of the second round of stroke play at the 2011 U.S. Amateur Championship, played at 7,760-yard, par-72 Erin Hills and 6,622-yard, par-70 Blue Mound Golf and Country Club – EH=Erin Hills; BM=Blue Mound; *=in a playoff)

Gregor Main, Danville, Calif. 65-67--132 EH
Blake Biddle, St. Charles, Ill. 67-67--134 BM
Beau Hossler, Mission Viejo, Calif. 69-66--135 BM
Blayne Barber, Lake City, Fla. 68-67--135 BM
Russell Henley, Macon, Ga. 66-69--135 EH
Ben Geyer, Arbuckle, Calif. 69-66--135 EH
Patrick Rodgers, Avon, Ind. 66-70--136 EH
Peter Uihlein, Orlando, Fla. 68-69--137 BM
Scott Langley, St. Louis, Mo. 74-63--137 BM
Sunil Jung, Korea 72-65--137 BM
Jordan Spieth, Dallas, Texas 68-69--137 EH
Cory Whitsett, Houston, Texas 69-68--137 EH
Patrick Christovich, New Orleans, La. 69-69--138 BM
Justin Thomas, Goshen, Ky. 68-70--138 BM
Cameron Wilson, Rowayton, Conn. 72-66--138 BM
Will McCurdy, Fort Payne, Ala. 69-69--138 BM
Zahkai Brown, Arvada, Colo. 69-69--138 EH
Andrew Putnam, University Place, Wash. 70-68--138 EH
Corbin Mills, Easley, S.C. 75-64--139 BM
Chris Williams, Moscow, Idaho 73-66--139 BM
Tom Lewis, England 71-68--139 BM
Will Collins, Salisbury, N.C. 72-67--139 BM
Denny McCarthy, Rockville, Md. 73-66--139 BM
Daniel Nisbet, Australia 70-69--139 BM
Jim Markovitz, Bridgeville, Pa. 69-70--139 EH
Jonathan Garrick, Atherton, Calif. 66-73--139 EH
Chase Wright, Muncie, Ind. 68-71--139 EH
Max Scodro, Chicago, Ill. 67-72--139 EH
John Peterson, Fort Worth, Texas 68-71--139 EH
John Hahn, Las Vegas, Nev. 65-74--139 EH
Mackenzie Hughes, Canada 73-67--140 BM
Harris English, Thomasville, Ga. 73-67--140 BM
Andrew Yun, Chandler, Ariz. 72-68--140 BM
Peter Williamson, Hanover, N.H. 72-68--140 BM
Hunter Hamrick, Montgomery, Ala. 74-66--140 BM
Todd Baek, Korea 69-71--140 BM
Patrick Cantlay, Los Alamitos, Calif. 71-69--140 BM
Jonathan Randolph, Brandon, Miss. 70-70--140 BM
Charlie Hughes, Canada 73-67--140 BM
Dylan Frittelli, South Africa 74-66--140 BM
Mitch Sutton, Canada 71-69--140 BM
Tim Madigan, Rio Rancho, N.M. 72-68--140 BM
Lee Bedford, Cary, N.C. 69-71--140 EH
Kevin Penner, Sammamish, Wash. 69-71--140 EH
David Lee, Houston, Texas 70-70--140 EH
Jack Senior, England 67-73--140 EH
Juan Salcedo, The Woodlands, Texas 68-72--140 EH
Jordan Russell, College Station, Texas 68-72--140 EH
Bryson Dechambeau, Clovis, Calif. 73-68--141 BM
Kelly Kraft, Denton, Texas 71-70--141 BM
Michael Stewart, Scotland 71-70--141 BM
Max Buckley, Rye, N.Y. 71-70--141 BM
David Kim, Redondo Beach, Calif. 71-70--141 BM
Jade Scott, Daingerfield, Texas 74-67--141 BM
Matt Ewald, Topeka, Kan. 72-69--141 BM
Donald Constable, Deephaven, Minn. 74-67--141 BM
Eugene Wong, Canada 73-68--141 BM
Jack Fields, Southern Pines, N.C. 68-73--141 EH
Ryan Peterson, Eagan, Minn. 68-73--141 EH
Kevin Dougherty, Murrieta, Calif. 68-73--141 EH
*Marty Jeppesen II, Ypsilanti, Mich. 73-69--142 BM (4,4,4)
*Stephan Jaeger, Germany 70-72--142 BM (4,4,4)
*David Denlinger, Lancaster, Pa. 69-73--142 BM (4,4,4)
*Bobby Leopold, Cranston, R.I. 72-70--142 EH (4,4,4)
Failed to Qualify
*Nicholas Scott, Union, Ohio 68-74--142 EH (4,4,5)
*Mike Miller, Brewster, N.Y. 70-72--142 EH (4,4,5)
*Garrett Rank, Canada 69-73--142 BM (4,5)
*Anton Arboleda, La Canada, Calif. 66-76--142 EH (4,5)
*Zac Blair, Ogden, Utah 71-71--142 EH (4,6)
*Justin Shin, Canada 73-69--142 BM (4,5)
*Nathan Smith, Pittsburgh, Pa. 75-67--142 BM (5)
*Paul Haley, Dallas, Texas 73-69--142 BM (5)
*Alex Ching, Honolulu, Hawaii 77-65--142 BM (5)
*Mike Ignasiak, Saline, Mich. 76-66--142 EH (5)
*Zach Primavera, Lynn Haven, Fla. 71-71--142 EH (5)
*Nick Brothers, Crystal River, Fla. 71-71--142 EH (5)
*Matthew Stieger, Australia 69-73--142 EH (5)
*Austin Cody, N. Charleston, S.C. 70-72--142 EH (5)
*Cheng-Tsung Pan, Chinese Taipei 69-73--142 EH (5)
*William Peel IV, Potomac, Md. 70-72--142 EH (5)
Albin Choi, Canada 73-70--143 BM
Jack Dukeminier, Eugene, Ore. 74-69--143 BM
Max Homa, Valencia, Calif. 75-68--143 BM
Julian Suri, St. Augustine, Fla. 72-71--143 BM
Emiliano Grillo, Argentina 74-69--143 BM
Cody Gribble, Dallas, Texas 74-69--143 BM
Brett Patterson, McMinnville, Tenn. 70-73--143 BM
Matthew Broome, Barrington, R.I. 75-68--143 BM
James Pleat, Nashua, N.H. 70-73--143 EH
T.J. Vogel, Hollywood, Fla. 71-72--143 EH
Andrew Mason, Huntingdon Valley, Pa. 72-71--143 EH
Hunter Stewart, Nicholasville, Ky. 70-73--143 EH
Michael Weaver, Fresno, Calif. 68-75--143 EH
Spencer Fletcher, Los Altos, Calif. 68-75--143 EH
Tripp McAllister, Lake City, S.C. 69-74--143 EH
Jeremy Wells, Prince George, Va. 69-75--144 BM
Herbert Day, El Salvador 74-70--144 BM
Alex Moore, Richland, Wash. 75-69--144 BM
Jacob Burger, Orangeburg, S.C. 71-73--144 BM
Alex Franklin, San Rafael, Calif. 74-70--144 BM
Marc Sambol, Dallas, Texas 75-69--144 BM
Michael Johnson, Birmingham, Ala. 71-73--144 BM
Ryan Black, Port St. Lucie, Fla. 71-73--144 BM
Christian Raynor, Kennesaw, Ga. 73-71--144 BM
Sean Dale, Jacksonville, Fla. 73-71--144 EH
A.J. McInerney, Henderson, Nev. 69-75--144 EH
Michael Cromie, Cary, N.C. 67-77--144 EH
Daniel Miernicki, Santee, Calif. 74-70--144 EH
Kevin Fitzgerald, Riverside, Calif. 73-71--144 EH
C.G. Mercatoris, Brookville, Pa. 71-73--144 EH
Adam Schenk, Vincennes, Ind. 72-72--144 EH
Luke Guthrie, Quincy, Ill. 70-74--144 EH
Bank Vongvanij, Gainesville, Fla. 69-75--144 EH
Ben Kohles, Cary, N.C. 68-76--144 EH
J.D. Tomlinson, Gainesville, Fla. 68-76--144 EH
Justin Bryant, St. Louis, Mo. 72-72--144 EH
Alex Moon, Dallas, Texas 73-72--145 BM
Erik Schleicher, Grosse Pointe Shores, Mich. 74-71--145 BM
Jay Degenhart, Savannah, Ga. 75-70--145 BM
Teddy Schrier, Atwater, Calif. 73-72--145 BM
Wes Graham, Port Orange, Fla. 74-71--145 BM
Preston Bartley, Copan, Okla. 72-73--145 BM
Alex Williams, Cornwall On Hudson, N.Y. 73-72--145 BM
Anthony Aloi, Plainsboro, N.J. 73-72--145 BM
Garren Poirier, Killington, Vt. 74-71--145 EH
Randy Haag, Orinda, Calif. 73-72--145 EH
Brooks Koepka, Lake Worth, Fla. 74-71--145 EH
Stewart Hagestad, Newport Beach, Calif. 72-73--145 EH
Steven Kearney, Carlsbad, Calif. 71-74--145 EH
Sebastian Vazquez, Mexico 70-75--145 EH
Steve Lee, Gallatin, Tenn. 73-73--146 BM
Grant Weaver, Wooster, Ohio 76-70--146 BM
Danny Keddie, England 74-72--146 BM
Matt Pinizzotto, Salinas, Calif. 75-71--146 BM
Brad Shigezawa, Honolulu, Hawaii 78-68--146 BM
Nick MacDonald, Lebanon, N.H. 74-72--146 BM
Spencer Cole, Winter Park, Fla. 74-72--146 BM
Nick Gilliam, Gainesville, Fla. 77-69--146 BM
Matt Hansen, Los Osos, Calif. 77-69--146 BM
Ben Juffer, West Des Moines, Iowa 73-73--146 BM
James White, Acworth, Ga. 75-71--146 BM
Tim Sundseth, Corvallis, Ore. 75-71--146 BM
Mike McCoy, West Des Moines, Iowa 74-72--146 BM
Brady Klotz, Nappanee, Ind. 74-72--146 BM
Jack Schultz, Whitefish Bay, Wis. 73-73--146 BM
Andrew Green, Edmond, Okla. 75-71--146 BM
Mike Slaven, Chicago, Ill. 75-71--146 BM
Cory McElyea, Santa Cruz, Calif. 74-72--146 BM
Patrick Carter, Huntington, W.Va. 75-71--146 BM
Nate Dunn, Manchester, Iowa 70-76--146 EH
Sean Einhaus, Germany 69-77--146 EH
Damian Telles, The Dalles, Ore. 70-76--146 EH
Graham Brockington, Laguna Niguel, Calif. 70-76--146 EH
Harold Varner III, Gastonia, N.C. 72-74--146 EH
David Smith, Plymouth, Minn. 70-76--146 EH
Kyle Kmiecik, Avon, Ohio 76-70--146 EH
Steve Irwin, Golden, Colo. 71-75--146 EH
Andrew Wyatt, Lake Forest, Ill. 70-76--146 EH
Ryan McCarthy, Australia 72-74--146 EH
David Denunzio, Jeannette, Pa. 71-75--146 EH
Stiggy Hodgson, England 73-73--146 EH
Jace Long, Dixon, Mo. 70-76--146 EH
Jonathan Fly, Memphis, Tenn. 71-75--146 EH
Clinton Shepard, West Monroe, La. 71-75--146 EH
Mike Barbosa, St. Petersburg, Fla. 76-71--147 BM
Ryan Abbate, Weston, Fla. 77-70--147 BM
Rusty Pies, Potomac, Md. 76-71--147 BM
Luke Joy, England 78-69--147 BM
David Lang, Canada 79-68--147 BM
Blaine Woodruff, Acworth, Ga. 77-70--147 BM
Spencer Lawson, Raleigh, N.C. 78-69--147 BM
Trevor Simsby, Carlsbad, Calif. 75-72--147 BM
Seth Reeves, Duluth, Ga. 74-73--147 EH
Brad Miller, Timonium, Md. 75-72--147 EH
John Engler, Augusta, Ga. 71-76--147 EH
Brad Benjamin, Rockford, Ill. 72-75--147 EH
Tae Wan Lee, Korea 70-77--147 EH
Bryce Chalkley, Richmond, Va. 71-76--147 EH
Sean Keating, Cincinnati, Ohio 70-77--147 EH
Andrew McCain, Australia 73-74--147 EH
Marcelo Huarte, Miami, Fla. 74-73--147 EH
Tyler Dunlap, Westlake, Texas 76-72--148 BM
Bryden Macpherson, Australia 76-72--148 BM
Alex Kang, Thousand Oaks, Calif. 80-68--148 BM
Tze Huang Choo, Singapore 75-73--148 BM
Herbie Aikens, Pembroke, Mass. 75-73--148 BM
Doug Kleeschulte, Kingston, N.Y. 77-71--148 BM
J.J. Spaun, Los Angeles, Calif. 76-72--148 BM
Troy Anderson, Paradise Valley, Ariz. 75-73--148 EH
Stephen Carney, Tulsa, Okla. 69-79--148 EH
Jake Katz, Williamsville, N.Y. 71-77--148 EH
Jeff Karlsson, Sweden 72-76--148 EH
Austin Hurt, Bainbridge Island, Wash. 72-76--148 EH
Tyler Merkel, Evansville, Ind. 72-76--148 EH
McLain Leberte, Huntsville, Ala. 71-77--148 EH
Bill O'Connor, Birmingham, Mich. 70-78--148 EH
Jim Knous, Golden, Colo. 73-75--148 EH
Kyle Kopsick, Highland Park, Ill. 71-77--148 EH
Alex Rowland, Houston, Miss. 72-76--148 EH
Jim Liu, Smithtown, N.Y. 72-76--148 EH
Keith Mitchell, Chattanooga, Tenn. 73-75--148 EH
Mac McClung, Fremont, Calif. 76-73--149 BM
Tom Moore, Huntington Beach, Calif. 80-69--149 BM
Matt Dubrowski, Bergenfield, N.J. 75-74--149 BM
Jonathan McCurry, Sanford, N.C. 76-73--149 BM
Blake Kennedy, Spartanburg, S.C. 76-73--149 BM
Taylor Pendrith, Canada 74-75--149 BM
Matt Nagy, Buena Vista, Ga. 79-70--149 BM
Bruce Woodall, Yanceyville, N.C. 76-73--149 BM
Preston Dembowiak, Summerfield, N.C. 78-71--149 EH
Alex Shi Yup Kim, Korea 74-75--149 EH
Hojin Kang, Longwood, Fla. 73-76--149 EH
Derek Ernst, Clovis, Calif. 77-72--149 EH
Jordan Weir, El Dorado Hills, Calif. 70-79--149 EH
Adam Hofmann, Pittsburgh, Pa. 76-73--149 EH
Kolton Crawford, Mansfield, Texas 77-73--150 BM
Alex Stinson, Anderson, Ind. 77-73--150 BM
Robbie Ziegler, Canby, Ore. 77-73--150 BM
Wes Gosselin, Knoxville, Tenn. 79-71--150 BM
Greg Etimos, East Islip, N.Y. 78-72--150 BM
Chelso Barrett, Keene, N.H. 79-71--150 BM
Anders Albertson, Woodstock, Ga. 79-71--150 BM
Scottie Scheffler, Dallas, Texas 73-77--150 BM
Ryan Leahey, Orange, Conn. 76-74--150 BM
Donny Hopoi, Aiea, Hawaii 78-72--150 BM
Joe Toland, Dixville Notch, N.H. 73-77--150 EH
Ryan Heisey, Greensboro, N.C. 70-80--150 EH
Jed Dirksen, Hampton, Iowa 73-77--150 EH
Takuya Fuji, Japan 76-74--150 EH
Matthew Seramin, San Geronimo, Calif. 74-76--150 EH
Nick Austin, Midlothian, Va. 74-76--150 EH
Mason Jacobs, Metropolis, Ill. 74-76--150 EH
Colin Chapman, Franklin, N.C. 70-80--150 EH
Drew Evans, Dallas, Texas 76-74--150 EH
Andres Pumariega, Miami, Fla. 70-80--150 EH
Paul Peterson, Corvallis, Ore. 80-71--151 BM
Matt Adcock, Phoenix, Ariz. 80-71--151 BM
Bhavik Patel, Bakersfield, Calif. 76-75--151 BM
Ian Vandersee, West Des Moines, Iowa 78-73--151 BM
Gene Elliott, West Des Moines, Iowa 78-73--151 BM
Cody Proveaux, Leesville, S.C. 70-81--151 EH
Mitchell McLeroy, Mansfield, Texas 76-75--151 EH
Edward Figueroa, Naples, Fla. 78-73--151 EH
Kramer Hickok, Plano, Texas 71-80--151 EH
John Darden, Frisco, Texas 79-72--151 EH
Sejun Yoon, Korea 71-80--151 EH
Tony Krogen, Marshall, Minn. 77-75--152 BM
Daniel Kim, Canada 75-77--152 BM
Kyle Beversdorf, Plymouth, Minn. 80-72--152 BM
Michael Decker, Pebble Beach, Calif. 78-74--152 BM
Michael Coriasso, Grand Blanc, Mich. 75-77--152 BM
Jeff Mallette, North Canton, Ohio 72-80--152 EH
Alexis Gemme Piacente, Canada 73-79--152 EH
Ryan Rettberg, Front Royal, Va. 75-77--152 EH
Sam Yi, Northridge, Calif. 70-82--152 EH
Cory Williamson, Collins, Miss. 75-77--152 EH
Max Gilbert, Canada 74-78--152 EH
Jeff Osberg, West Chester, Pa. 77-75--152 EH
Drew Trujillo, Montrose, Colo. 77-76--153 BM
Jon Pannone, East Greenwich, R.I. 78-75--153 BM
Chris Baingo, Llano, Calif. 76-77--153 BM
Evan Beck, Virginia Beach, Va. 75-78--153 EH
Wyndham Clark, Greenwood Village, Colo. 74-79--153 EH
Joseph Harrison, Boulder City, Nev. 76-77--153 EH
Bernie D'Amato, Weston, Conn. 75-78--153 EH
Kyle Cobb, Tallahassee, Fla. 75-78--153 EH
Jack Perry, Santa Barbara, Calif. 74-79--153 EH
Joey Petronio, Orlando, Fla. 74-79--153 EH
Scott Stiles, Canada 77-76--153 EH
Skip Berkmeyer, St. Louis, Mo. 74-79--153 EH
John Foster, Canada 80-74--154 BM
Adam Austreng, Green Bay, Wis. 79-75--154 BM
Tyler Raber, El Macero, Calif. 80-74--154 BM
James Parsons, Canada 76-78--154 BM
Mitch Evanecz, Canada 77-77--154 BM
David Christian, Oconomowoc, Wis. 79-75--154 EH
Stephen Seiden, Chadds Ford, Pa. 71-83--154 EH
Brandon Moore, Glendale, Ariz. 75-79--154 EH
Drew Preston, Grand Rapids, Mich. 75-79--154 EH
James Back, Korea 79-75--154 EH
Lewis Chong, Canada 79-76--155 BM
Davis Mullany, Great Barrington, Mass. 73-82--155 EH
Nick Thomas, Westlake Village, Calif. 76-79--155 EH
Colin Dolph, Huntington, N.Y. 74-81--155 EH
Terence Begnel, Tulsa, Okla. 77-78--155 EH
Danny Lewis, Morrow, Ohio 75-80--155 EH
Arnold Yoon, Buena Park, Calif. 72-83--155 EH
David Freeman, Canada 81-75--156 BM
Zhong Yang Fu, People's Republic of China 76-80--156 BM
Luis Cedeno, Venezuela 79-77--156 EH
Andrew Ward, York, S.C. 76-80--156 EH
Vince India, Deerfield, Ill. 75-81--156 EH
David Brown, Pittsburgh, Pa. 81-76--157 BM
Richard Maddox, Panama City, Fla. 85-72--157 BM
Derek East, Canada 77-80--157 EH
Andrew Graham, LaGrangeville, N.Y. 80-78--158 BM
Jay Woodward, Bridgeport, W.Va. 75-83--158 EH
Scott Davenport, Marietta, Ga. 76-82--158 EH
Jordan Burgess, Windsor, Colo. 76-82--158 EH
Tyler Falk, Springfield, Ore. 82-77--159 BM
Tom Halla, Colgate, Wis. 85-75--160 BM
Joey Nichols, Little Rock, Ark. 79-81--160 BM
Chris Crawford, Bensalem, Pa. 78-82--160 BM
Ryan Card, Temecula, Calif. 83-77--160 BM
William Coe, San Diego, Calif. 73-87--160 EH
Dennis Holub, Reminderville, Ohio 83-78--161 BM
Brian Donohoe, Rochester, Mich. 77-84--161 EH
Chris Tuulik, San Diego, Calif. 81-82--163 BM
Evan Emerick, Oceanside, Calif. 82-84--166 EH
Todd Mitchell, Bloomington, Ill. 79-WD BM
Gabe Plaza, Somerton, Ariz. 83-WD BM
Chris Biuso, Temple Terrace, Fla. 84-WD BM
Mike Fastert, Des Plaines, Ill. 76-WD EH
David Chung, Fayetteville, N.C. 69-WD EH
Byeong-Hun An, Korea 74-WD EH

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