Andrew Giuliani won his first round match in the 106th Met Amateur Championship this morning, defeating David Mann of Fresh Meadow 1-up. Through nine holes in his quarterfinal match against Marc Issler of Pine Barrens CC, the son of the former mayor and presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani was 3 up.
Giuliani aspires to a career as a pro golfer. He made news lately when he sued Duke University to regain practice privileges at the college's golf course after he was kicked off the team for various discipline issues.
Joe Saladino of Huntington Country Club beat Al Falussy of Colonial Springs, 6 and 5, this morning and led Bradley Rock Jr. of Wheatley Hills 3 up through nine in an all-Long Island afternoon quarterfinal.
Should they both win, Giuliani and Saladino would not play each other in the semifinal round Saturday because they are in different brackets.