SAN FRANCISCO — Your eyes see the two U.S. Amateur finalists, Mason Howell and Jackson Herrington, quite differently. Howell is a long-armed 6-foot-4 18-year-old, while Herrington is country strong, his stalky build in part the result of his life on a farm in Dickson, Tenn. The ball doesn’t notice any difference, though, as both players possess incredible speed and are very well the two longest players in the starting field of 312 at The Olympic Club.

On Sunday, the bombers will meet in the 36-hole championship match on the Lake Course. Should Howell win, he would overtake Tiger Woods as the third-youngest player to win the Havemeyer Trophy in the 125th edition of the USGA’s oldest men's championship.

If the dominant trend in professional and amateur golf in recent years has been a race

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