U.S. AMATEUR FOUR-BALL

May 19, 2026

Lawrence Allan

Grady Brame, Jr.

Desert Mountain Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Congratulations, guys. Semifinals, does this exceed all your expectations?

GRADY BRAME JR: No, not necessarily. We had pretty high expectations going in. You know, we feel very comfortable playing as a team, and so, you know, it has been a lot of fun.

But we're hoping to continue that stretch.

Q. You guys met as teammates at Southeast Louisiana?

LAWRENCE ALLAN: Yes.

GRADY BRAME JR: That's correct.

Q. Because you're from Scotland, correct?

LAWRENCE ALLAN: Yes, Scotland originally. I got recruited to come play. Grady was on the team.

Q. Okay.

LAWRENCE ALLAN: His parents and family pretty much took me in and made me one of their own and I never left.

Q. Have you guys always been four-ball partners then?

LAWRENCE ALLAN: This might be the first event we played as four-ball.

GRADY BRAME JR: Yeah. Now, we play in our home course and team up.

Q. Okay.

GRADY BRAME JR: But as far as tournaments go, this is the first one we played together.

Q. So what clicked today? What was the difference in this one?

LAWRENCE ALLAN: This one.

Q. This guy?

LAWRENCE ALLAN: He was really good this morning. Really, really good. Anything he had to make, a putt and clutch shot, he did. Without him I would've been beat 5&4 this morning. Was incredible.

GRADY BRAME JR: And vice versa on this afternoon.

Q. So it's nice teammates.

GRADY BRAME JR: Yeah.

LAWRENCE ALLAN: Yeah, we complement each other quite a bit.

GRADY BRAME JR: Right.

Q. And you're coaching now, the team?

LAWRENCE ALLAN: Yes, I did some mini tour stuff.

Q. How long?

LAWRENCE ALLAN: Four, five years.

Q. In the States?

LAWRENCE ALLAN: Yep. Mixture. I went home for a while, played some mini tour stuff over in Britain, and came back here and played. Then this job sort of fell in my lap and I grabbed it with both hands.

Q. So any coaching experience before?

LAWRENCE ALLAN: Uh-uh, no. I went straight from mini tours to head coach.

Q. When did you take over as coach?

LAWRENCE ALLAN: August 2022.

Q. Okay.

LAWRENCE ALLAN: So...

Q. Grady, what do you do?

GRADY BRAME JR: I'm in commercial insurance. I work with J. Gallagher.

Q. I know your dad was a pretty good player. He played on a bunch of --

GRADY BRAME JR: Yeah, he's actually at the Senior Trans-Miss right now over in Palm Springs, so he's a player. Always has been.

Q. And this is obviously the farthest you guys ever got in a USGA Championship, correct?

GRADY BRAME JR: Yeah, that's correct. This is our first opportunity being able to play the four-ball.

Q. Yeah.

GRADY BRAME JR: But, yeah, that is --

Q. What about other stuff? What's your best finish?

GRADY BRAME JR: Yeah, so I've played two other U.S. Amateurs. Haven't made the cut on either of them.

Q. And you?

LAWRENCE ALLAN: This is my first USGA event.

Q. First one. What about R&A stuff? Probably played some R&A.

LAWRENCE ALLAN: I played some British Ams and made the cut once at British Am. I remember one 18-hole match at the British Am when it was in Wales somewhere.

I can't remember if it was a playoff or round one, whatever it was. This is by far the farthest.

Q. Two guys from Wales in the semifinals as well.

GRADY BRAME JR: Yeah, we were good friends with Jonathan Bale.

Q. Because he played Louisiana Tech?

GRADY BRAME JR: Yeah, and lived in Baton Rouge for a while, so we played a lot of golf with him.

Q. What's the goal for tomorrow? I mean, what's the plan tonight? Probably just want to get some rest, huh?

GRADY BRAME JR: Yeah, just some rest. We been doing a lot of really good stuff. We've done a really good job underreacting to any situation that we have had thrown our way. If we continue to do that, I think we'll be fine.

Q. Did you guys knock of the Drews?

LAWRENCE ALLAN: Yes, we did.

Q. So that was a pretty big win. Knock off the local guys. Pretty big following out here.

GRADY BRAME JR: Great players. We were lucky enough to get through, and it's been a fun week.

Q. You guys are the same age about?

GRADY BRAME JR: Yeah, one year difference.

Q. How often do you get back to Scotland?

LAWRENCE ALLAN: Once, twice a year. All my family is still there so I try and go home.

Q. Where do you play there?

JONATHAN BALE: Home course is Alva Golf Club, which is a tiny little town, nine-hole course. But it's home.

Q. Yeah. Scotland has a lot of those little hidden gems that most people don't know about.

LAWRENCE ALLAN: Yeah, for sure.