ARDMORE, Pa. – The first playoff hole Wednesday morning at the U.S. AdvertisementAdvertisement Advertisement"Honestly, I kind of blacked out when I stood on the tee," said Whaley, the Florida State rising senior from Doncaster, England. Whaley's ball landed about 5 feet past the hole, spun back past Cowan's ball and lipped out hard. The world's sixth-ranked amateur, one of four top-11 amateurs in the playoff, was two shots above the projected cut after birdies at Nos. AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementWith William Love and Parker Sands birdieing the second playoff hole, that left Taishi Moto and Gabriel Palacios to battle it out for the 64th seed.