Torrey Pines Golf Course, in San Diego, Calif., will host the 2021 U.S. Open, June 17-20
Monday, June 7, 2021
To assist with your coverage of U.S. Open final qualifying on Monday, June 7, the following storylines have been developed for each of the nine U.S. sites.
Final qualifying, conducted over 36 holes, will be held at the sites listed. The 2021 U.S. Open Championship will be contested from June 17-20 on the South Course at Torrey Pines Golf Course, in San Diego, Calif.
Rolling Hills Country Club, Rolling Hills Estates, Calif.
The Bear’s Club, Jupiter, Fla.
Piedmont Driving Club, Atlanta, Ga.
Woodmont Country Club (North Course), Rockville, Md.
Century Country Club & Old Oaks Country Club, Purchase, N.Y.
Brookside Golf & Country Club & The Lakes Golf & Country Club, Columbus, Ohio
Springfield (Ohio) Country Club
Long Cove Club, Hilton Head Island, S.C.
Meadow Springs Country Club, Richland, Wash.
Note: The final size of the field for each qualifier, along with the final number of available spots, will be announced on Monday, June 7. Scoring from all nine qualifiers will be available atusopen.com/qualifying/final.html.
Social media: Follow final qualifying action @usopengolf and join the conversation with #USOpen and #FromManyOne.
Broadcast coverage: Golf Channel will provide 10 hours of “Golf’s Longest Day” coverage. The broadcast times are: 7-9 a.m., Noon-2 p.m. and 6 p.m.-Midnight EDT.
Rolling Hills Country Club
Rolling Hills Estates, Calif.; 90 players for TBD spots
►Devon Bling, 21, of Ridgecrest, Calif., was the runner-up to Viktor Hovland in the final of the 2018 U.S. Amateur at Pebble Beach Golf Links. Bling, a senior at UCLA, earned third-team All-America and All-West Region recognition last year and was second-team All-Pac-12 Conference in 2020-21. In 2019, he competed in the U.S. Open and in the Masters, where he was one of four amateurs to make the 36-hole cut and finished 55th.
►Barclay Brown, 20, of England, was a member of the 2021 Great Britain and Ireland Walker Cup Team. Brown, who is a sophomore on the Stanford University team, won the Wyoming Cowboy Classic this spring. In 2020, he was a semifinalist in the English Men’s Amateur Championship and reached the quarterfinals of The Amateur Championship at Royal Birkdale, losing to eventual champion Joe Long.
►Youssef Guezzale, 21, of La Jolla, Calif., missed his final exam in marketing at San Diego State University on May 13 because he was involved in a 4-for-2 playoff in local qualifying at The Grand Golf Club. He advanced on the fourth extra hole. Guezzale, a junior on the Aztecs team, has posted five top-10 finishes in 2020-21, including a tie for fourth in the NCAA Kingston Springs Regional and tie for eighth in the Mountain West Conference Championship.
►Stewart Hagestad, 30, of Newport Beach, Calif., has advanced through final qualifying to the U.S. Open three consecutive times (2017-19). He has been a member of three winning USA Walker Cup teams (2017, 2019, 2021). Hagestad won the 2016 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship and was low amateur in the 2017 Masters Tournament, becoming the first invited Mid-Amateur champion to make the 36-hole cut. He also won a gold medal in the mixed-team competition of the 2019 Pan American Games.
►Spencer Levin, 36, of Sacramento, Calif., qualified for his fourth U.S. Open through the Columbus, Ohio, final qualifier in 2016. He tied for 65th at Oakmont (Pa.) Country Club. Levin, who has won three times on PGA Tour Canada, tied for 13th and was low amateur in the 2004 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills. He is currently competing on the Korn Ferry Tour.
►William Mouw, 20, of Chino, Calif., was a member of the victorious 2021 USA Walker Cup Team last month. Mouw, the son of a chicken egg farmer, was a first-team All-American as a freshman at Pepperdine University in 2019-20. He has played in three U.S. Amateurs and twice advanced to the Round of 16. He won the 2019 California State Amateur and played basketball and golf in high school.
►Joe Neuheisel, 24, of Scottsdale, Ariz., is a fifth-year senior on Boise State University’s 2020-21 roster. He tied for 11th in this year’s Mountain West Conference Championship. He transferred from UCLA, where he spent two years but was not a member of the golf team. His father, Rick, was the head football coach at Colorado, Washington and UCLA and was the 1984 Rose Bowl MVP.
►Luke Potter, 17, of Encinitas, Calif., competed in last year’s U.S. Amateur and reached the Round of 32 in the 2019 U.S. Junior Amateur. In 2020, Potter won the Maridoe Amateur (edging Preston Summerhays by two strokes), the SCGA Amateur in a playoff, and was the runner-up in the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley. He led his high school team to the 2019 state championship as a freshman.
►Cameron Sisk, 21, of San Diego, Calif., advanced to the semifinals of last year’s U.S. Amateur at Bandon Dunes and was a semifinalist in the 2018 U.S. Junior Amateur, losing to eventual champion Michael Thorbjornsen in 21 holes. Sisk, a junior at Arizona State University, earned third-team All-America recognition in 2019-20. His twin brother, Parker, is a member of the San Jose State golf team.
►Justin Suh, 23, of San Jose, Calif., qualified for the 2016 U.S. Open and advanced to match play in three consecutive U.S. Amateurs (2016-18). Suh helped the University of Southern California win the 2018 Pac-12 Conference Championship and was the conference individual champion. He has competed on PGA Tour Latinoamerica. His sister, Hannah, played in the 2013 U.S. Women’s Open.
►Preston Summerhays, 18, of Scottsdale, Ariz., won the 2019 U.S. Junior Amateur and with his victory played in last year’s U.S. Open at Winged Foot. Summerhays is the son of former PGA Tour player Boyd, the nephew of retired PGA Tour player Daniel and the great nephew of Bruce, who won three PGA Tour Champions events. Preston, who attends Chaparral High, won the 2020 Sunnehanna Amateur, becoming the youngest champion in tournament history. He will attend Arizona State University in the fall.
►Gunner Wiebe, 32, of Sherman Oaks, Calif., was the co-medalist in the Palm Desert, Calif., local qualifier and is attempting to play in his first U.S. Open. Wiebe has been an assistant professional at Bel-Air Country Club, in Los Angeles, since 2018. His father, Mark, played in nine U.S. Opens and won two PGA Tour and five PGA Tour Champions events.
►Joey Zambri, 19, of Camarillo, Calif., earned medalist honors at the Lompoc, Calif., local qualifier with a 68 at La Purisima Golf Course. Zambri, who was the Ventura County player of the year at Camarillo High School, was a freshman on the Cal Poly golf team in 2020-21. His father, Chris, was the head golf coach at USC for 14 years and competed in two U.S. Opens (1995, 1999).
The Bear’s Club
Jupiter, Fla.; 78 players for TBD spots
►Ricky Castillo, 20, of Yorba Linda, Calif., was a member of the winning 2021 USA Walker Cup Team last month. Castillo received the NCAA Division I Phil Mickelson Outstanding Freshman Award and was a first-team All-American at the University of Florida in 2019-20. He earned an exemption into the U.S. Open at Winged Foot and advanced to the semifinals of the Western Amateur last year.
►Luke Donald, 43, of England, has played in 14 U.S. Opens. His best finish was a tie for eighth in 2013 at Merion Golf Club. Donald, the 2011 PGA Tour Player of the Year, has won five Tour events and seven PGA European Tour titles, including two BMW PGA Championships. He also claimed the 1999 NCAA individual title while playing for Northwestern University.
►Alex Fitzpatrick, 22, of England, competed on the 2019 and 2021 Great Britain and Ireland Walker Cup Teams. In 2020-21 at Wake Forest University, he won the Valspar Collegiate, tied for second in the Jones Cup Invitational and was second in the NCAA Scottsdale Regional. A two-time All-East Region selection, Fitzpatrick was a member of the winning International team in the 2020 Arnold Palmer Cup. He is the younger brother of Matthew Fitzpatrick, who owns six PGA European Tour victories. Alex caddied for his brother at age 14 when Matthew won the 2013 U.S. Amateur at The Country Club.
►Luis Gagne, 23, of Costa Rica, shared low-amateur honors with Matt Parziale in the 2018 U.S. Open, tying for 48th at Shinnecock Hills. Gagne, who played at Louisiana State University, competes on PGA Tour Latinoamerica and the newly-created Forme Tour. He has competed in seven USGA championships, including two U.S. Opens and three U.S. Amateurs, and was the runner-up in the 2019 Latin America Amateur to Alvaro Ortiz of Mexico.
►Lucas Glover, 41, of Tequesta, Fla., won the 2009 U.S. Open at Bethpage State Park’s Black Course. In a Monday finish due to weather, Glover posted a two-stroke victory over Ricky Barnes, David Duval and Phil Mickelson. He has played in 15 U.S. Opens and tied for 17th last year at Winged Foot Golf Club. Glover owns three PGA Tour victories.
►Branden Grace, 33, of South Africa, has played in eight U.S. Opens. He tied for fourth in 2015 at Chambers Bay and tied for fifth in 2016 at Oakmont Country Club. He has won twice on the PGA Tour, including this year’s Puerto Rico Open. Grace, who has posted nine PGA European Tour victories, carded an 8-under-par 62 in the 2017 Open Championship at Royal Birkdale, the lowest round recorded in a major championship.
►Trevor Hulbert, 24, of Orlando, Fla., is a graduate student at East Tennessee State University. He owns five top-10 finishes in 2020-21, including a tie for fifth in the Southern Conference Championship and a tie for sixth in the NCAA Cle Elum Regional. His father, Mike, registered three PGA Tour wins and competed in 10 U.S. Opens, with his best finish a tie for sixth in 1992 at Pebble Beach.
►Alex Noren, 38, of Sweden, has played in eight U.S. Opens. His best finish was a tie for 17th in 2020 at Winged Foot. Noren has recorded 10 PGA European Tour victories, including the 2017 BMW PGA Championship. He nearly won the PGA Tour’s Farmers Insurance Open in 2018 at Torrey Pines Golf Course, losing to Jason Day in a six-hole playoff that also involved Ryan Palmer.
►Patrick Rodgers, 28, of Avon, Ind., has qualified for two U.S. Opens. He tied for 41st in 2018 at Shinnecock Hills and was 46th in 2016 at Oakmont (Pa.) Country Club. Rodgers, an All-American at Stanford University, was a member of two USA Walker Cup Teams (2011, 2013). He has three top-25 finishes on the PGA Tour in 2020-21.
►Karl Vilips, 19, of Australia, is a freshman at Stanford University. Vilips, who was born in Indonesia, advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2019 U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst No. 2. In 2018, he won the Wyndham Invitational and was the runner-up in the Western Junior. In 2017, he captured the Southern Amateur title and matched Bob Jones (1917) as the youngest champion in tournament history.
Piedmont Driving Club
Atlanta, Ga.; 73 players for TBD spots
►Joseph Deraney, 37, of Tupelo, Miss., was the runner-up to Lukas Michel in the 2019 U.S. Mid-Amateur. He has won the Mississippi Amateur, two Canadian Mid-Amateur titles and two Kentucky Mid-Amateur titles. A stay-at-home father, his wife, Sarah, is a radiologist affiliated with the Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
►Steven Fisk, 24, of Statesboro, Ga., was a member of the winning 2019 USA Walker Cup Team and is now competing on the Forme Tour. Fisk, who grew up on a par-3 course that his parents owned, was an All-American at Georgia Southern University. He was the runner-up in the 2019 NCAA Championship and was twice chosen Sun Belt Conference Golfer of the Year.
►Min Woo Lee, 22, of Australia, is the brother of Minjee Lee, who won the 2012 U.S. Girls’ Junior and owns five LPGA Tour victories. Min Woo captured the 2016 U.S. Junior Amateur and with Minjee became the first brother-sister tandem to win USGA junior championships. Min Woo, who competes on the PGA European Tour, won last year’s ISPS Handa Vic Open.
►Ben Martin, 33, of Greenville, S.C., has played in three U.S. Opens and made the 36-hole cut once, tying for 64th in 2015 at Chambers Bay. He was the runner-up in the 2009 U.S. Amateur and turned professional the following year. He has won on both the PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour.
►Jovan Rebula, 23, of South Africa, is the nephew of 1994 and 1997 U.S. Open champion Ernie Els. He played in the 2019 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach and in three U.S. Amateurs (2018-20). Rebula, a senior at Auburn University, earned third-team All-America honors in 2019-20. In 2018, Rebula defeated Robin Dawson to capture the 123rd Amateur Championship at Royal Aberdeen Golf Club. He became the first South African to win the Amateur since Bobby Cole in 1966.
►Kyle Reifers, 37, of Mooresville, N.C., is attempting to qualify for his first U.S. Open. He was a member of the 2005 USA Walker Cup Team. His father, Randy, is an Ohio Golf Hall of Fame inductee who played at DePauw University with former U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle and NBC/Golf Channel analyst Mark Rolfing. His mother, Alison, has competed in nine USGA championships.
►Bob Royak, 59, of Alpharetta, Ga., won the 2019 U.S. Senior Amateur at Old Chatham Golf Club. Royak has competed in four U.S. Amateurs and two U.S. Senior Opens (2012, 2019). Royak, who is vice president for an executive search firm, was chosen 2017 Georgia State Golf Association Senior Player of the Year. He and his wife assist in finding families for Russian orphans.
►Ollie Schniederjans, 27, of Alpharetta, Ga., has played in three U.S. Opens. He tied for 42nd in the 2015 at Chambers Bay. Schniederjans, who has won on the Korn Ferry Tour, was a three-time All-American and two-time Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year at Georgia Tech. In 2014, he won the Mark H. McCormack Medal as the world’s top-ranked amateur.
►Cohen Trolio, 18, of West Point, Miss., advanced to the semifinals of the U.S. Amateur in 2019 at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club. Trolio has competed on the Oak Hill Academy varsity team since seventh grade and has helped the program capture four state championships. Trolio, who won the state individual title in 2019, will enroll at Louisiana State University this fall. He is exempt from qualifying into this year’s U.S. Amateur and U.S. Junior Amateur.
►Michael Weaver, 30, of Fresno, Calif., was the runner-up to Steven Fox in the 2012 U.S. Amateur, a match that was decided on the 37th hole. Weaver is attempting to play in his second U.S. Open after finishing 64th as an amateur in 2013 at Merion Golf Club. Weaver, a first-team All-American at the University of California-Berkeley, was a member of the victorious 2013 USA Walker Cup Team.
►Hunter Wolcott, 23, of Burns, Tenn., was the medalist in the Knoxville, Tenn., local qualifier on April 26. His brother, Ben, also advanced to final qualifying through the Winter Haven, Fla., local qualifier. Hunter is a redshirt junior at the University of Tennessee and has been selected second-team All-Southeastern Conference twice. Hunter, who advanced to the Round of 32 in last year’s U.S. Amateur, has posted seven top-15 finishes in 2020-21, including a tie for fifth in the NCAA Noblesville Regional. His father, Bob, tied for 51st in the 1992 U.S. Open.
Woodmont Country Club (North Course)
Rockville, Md.; 70 players for TBD spots
►Joseph Bramlett, 33, of Las Vegas, Nev., has played in two U.S. Opens (2010, 2019). Bramlett was the youngest player at the time to qualify for the U.S. Amateur when he competed at age 14 in 2002. He was later sidelined for two years due to lateral spine dysfunction and returned to golf in 2018. He was an All-America selection at Stanford University and earned his PGA Tour card through qualifying school in 2010.
►Kelly Chinn, 18, of Great Falls, Va., reached match play in last year’s U.S. Amateur, advanced to the semifinals of the 2019 U.S. Junior Amateur and was a quarterfinalist in last month’s U.S. Amateur Four-Ball. A past Class 6A state high school champion, Chinn will attend Duke University in the fall of 2021. His father, Colin, is a retired rear admiral in the U.S. Navy who serves as joint staff surgeon at the Pentagon and is the chief medical advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
►Mark Lawrence Jr., 24, of Richmond, Va., shot a 69 to earn medalist honors in the Glen Allen, Va., local qualifier. He was chosen 2020 Virginia State Golf Association player of the year after becoming the first golfer in 35 years to win both the State Open and State Amateur in the same year. Lawrence, who has played in three U.S. Amateurs and reached the quarterfinals, is a graduate student on the Virginia Tech team. He also captured the 2017 State Amateur, the same championship his father won in 1980.
►Denny McCarthy, 26, of Rockville, Md., owns three top-10 finishes on the PGA Tour in 2020-21, including a tie for third in the Honda Classic. McCarthy, who was a member of the 2015 USA Walker Cup Team, has competed in two U.S. Opens and tied for 42nd at Chambers Bay in 2015. He was a three-time All-American at the University of Virginia and played in seven consecutive U.S. Amateurs (2009-15).
►Joseph Pagdin, 19, of England, tied for seventh in the Southeastern Conference Championship as a freshman at the University of Florida in 2020-21. He reached match play in The Amateur Championship, conducted by The R&A, in 2019, and was a semifinalist in the Boys Amateur in 2018. Pagdin, who moved to Florida at age 3, practices at Lake Nona Golf & Country Club alongside past U.S. Open champions Graeme McDowell (2010) and Justin Rose (2013).
►Taylor Pendrith, 29, of Canada, tied for 23rd in last year’s U.S. Open at Winged Foot, his first major championship. He won twice on the PGA Tour Canada in 2019 and has also competed on the Korn Ferry Tour. Pendrith was a two-time Mid-American Conference player of the year at Kent State University, where Corey Conners was his teammate. His sister, Jennifer, is a superintendent at an Ontario country club.
►Ryan Sullivan, 32, of Winston-Salem, N.C., has played in two U.S. Opens (2013, 2019). He qualified each time through both stages, including a final qualifier at Woodmont Country Club. In 2013, he fired a 61 in his morning qualifying round en route to earning a spot in the field at Merion Golf Club. Sullivan has competed on the Korn Ferry Tour, PGA Tour Latinoamerica and the eGolf Professional Tour.
►Daniel Summerhays, 37, of Kaysville, Utah, has played in four U.S. Opens, with his best finish a tie for eighth in 2016. His brother, Boyd, coaches Tony Finau, who is exempt into this year’s U.S. Open. His uncle, Bruce, won three PGA Tour Champions events. His nephew, Preston, won the 2019 U.S. Junior Amateur and played in his first U.S. Open last year. Preston is in this year’s California final qualifier.
►Curtis Thompson, 28, of Boynton Beach, Fla., competes on the Korn Ferry Tour and won the Evans Scholar Invitational last September. He posted a one-stroke victory over Will Zalatoris and Jimmy Stanger for his first professional tournament victory. His brother, Nicholas, has played in three U.S. Opens and his sister, Lexi, has competed in 15 U.S. Women’s Opens and won the 2008 U.S. Girls’ Junior. He was a two-time All-American at LSU.
►Jonathan Yaun, 21, of Minneola, Fla., is surrounded by a family of golfers. His mother, Meredith, competed on the Ladies European Tour from 1983-93. His father, Radford, is a member of the Jacksonville University hall of fame and has coached his alma mater’s women’s golf team. His sister, Catherine, played at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Jonathan, a sophomore at Liberty University, advanced to the Round of 32 in the U.S. Amateur and was a North & South Amateur semifinalist last year.
Century Country Club & Old Oaks Country Club
Purchase, N.Y.; 79 players for TBD spots
►Danny Balin, 39, of White Plains, N.Y., is the head professional at Fresh Meadow Country Club, in Lake Success, N.Y., the site of the 1932 U.S. Open. Balin, the runner-up in the 2019 PGA Professional National Championship, previously worked at Westchester Country Club, in Rye, N.Y. and Sunningdale Country Club, in Scarsdale, N.Y. He played in his first U.S. Open in 2020 at Winged Foot.
►Matt Dobyns, 43, of Glen Head, N.Y., is the head professional at Meadow Brook Club, in Jericho, N.Y. Dobyns is attempting to advance to his second U.S Open after playing in 2014 at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club. He was one of 24 to qualify through both stages that year. Dobyns won the PGA Professional National Championship in 2012 and 2015.
►Joseph Horowitz, 41, of Long Beach, N.Y., shot a 71 and advanced from a 2-for-1 playoff to earn one of three spots in the Glen Head, N.Y., local qualifier. Horowitz, who is a musician and composer, has previously competed in final qualifying. In 2012, he played at Canoe Brook Country Club but missed out on one of the four spots awarded by one stroke. Horowitz played on PGA Tour Canada and was a full-time mini-tour competitor. He performed at pro-ams and local bars to fund his travel.
►Benjamin James, 18, of Milford, Conn., was the third-youngest player in last year’s U.S. Amateur field at Bandon Dunes. He advanced to the Round of 32 in the 2018 U.S. Junior Amateur, his first USGA championship. In 2019, James was selected to the U.S. Junior Presidents Cup, won his second consecutive New England Junior Invitational and captured the Connecticut Junior Amateur.
►James Nicholas, 24, of Scarsdale, N.Y., advanced from the Armonk, N.Y., local qualifier and aims to play in his first U.S. Open. Nicholas was a strong safety and special teams player on the Yale University football team as a freshman before concentrating solely on golf. He was the 2019 Ivy League player of the year as a senior. Nicholas, who has played in two U.S. Amateurs, competes on the Korn Ferry Tour and won last year’s New York State Open on Bethpage State Park’s Black Course.
►Andy Pope, 37, of Glen Ellyn, Ill., has competed in four U.S. Opens. He was one of four players to make the 36-hole cut in the 2019 U.S. Open after advancing through both local and final qualifying. Pope, who tied for 58th at Pebble Beach, played at Xavier University and has competed primarily on the Korn Ferry Tour since 2012.
►Garrett Rank, 33, of Canada, is a full-time National Hockey League referee. Rank, a runner-up in the 2012 U.S. Mid-Amateur, has competed in 21 USGA championships, including nine U.S. Amateurs and the 2018 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills. In 2019, Rank won the Western Amateur, becoming the first Canadian to win the championship in 42 years.
►Michael Thorbjornsen, 19, of Wellesley, Mass., won the 2018 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship and reached the quarterfinals of last year’s U.S. Amateur. He became the second-youngest player (age 17) since World War II to make the 36-hole cut in the U.S. Open and finished 79th in 2019. Thorbjornsen, who tied for 13th in this year’s Pac-12 Conference Championship as a freshman at Stanford University, captured the 2016 Drive, Chip & Putt National Final (ages 14-15).
►Bernd Wiesberger, 35, of Austria, has competed in six U.S. Opens and his best finish is a tie for 16th in 2017 at Erin Hills. He has recorded seven PGA European Tour wins, including the 2019 Scottish Open in a playoff. He has also won twice on the Asian Tour and Challenge Tour. Wiesberger won three Austrian Amateur Stroke Play Championships before turning professional in 2006.
►Cameron Young, 24, of Scarborough, N.Y., played in the 2019 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach. He was a three-time All-Atlantic Coast Conference performer at Wake Forest University. Young, who won two consecutive Korn Ferry Tour events in the month of May, has competed in 11 USGA championships. His father, David, is the head professional at Sleepy Hollow Country Club.
Brookside Golf & Country Club & The Lakes Golf & Country Club
Columbus, Ohio; 120 players for TBD spots
►Aaron Baddeley, 40, of Australia, has played in 11 U.S. Opens and has three top-25 finishes. His best performance was a tie for 13th in 2007 when he was the 54-hole leader at Oakmont (Pa.) Country Club. Baddeley has won four PGA Tour, two PGA European Tour and four PGA Tour of Australasia events. He was the runner-up to James Oh in the 1998 U.S. Junior Amateur.
►Keegan Bradley, 35, of Woodstock, Vt., is celebrating his 35th birthday on June 7 as he attempts to qualify for his 10th U.S. Open. His best finish in the championship is a tie for fourth in 2014 at Pinehurst No. 2. Bradley has won four PGA Tour events, including the 2011 PGA Championship. His aunt, Pat, won the 1981 U.S. Women’s Open and is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.
►Pierceson Coody, 21, of Plano, Texas, was a member of the winning 2021 USA Walker Cup Team. Coody and his twin brother, Parker, are juniors on the University of Texas team and are the grandsons of 1971 Masters champion Charles Coody. Pierceson won the 118th Western Amateur last August and tied for sixth in this year’s Big 12 Conference Championship. In 2019, he captured the 116th Trans-Mississippi Amateur and reached the Round of 16 in the U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst No. 2.
►Cameron Davis, 26, of Australia, is attempting to qualify for his first U.S. Open. Davis, who owns four top-25 finishes on the PGA Tour in 2020-21, has won on the Korn Ferry Tour and PGA Tour of Australasia. He helped Australia win the 2016 World Amateur Team Championship and recorded the lowest score as an individual (269). Davis also won the 2015 Australian Amateur.
►Jason Day, 33, of Australia, has competed in 10 U.S. Opens. He was the runner-up in 2011 at Congressional Country Club and in 2013 at Merion Golf Club. Day won the 2015 PGA Championship at Whistling Straits. He owns 12 PGA Tour victories and has twice captured the Farmers Insurance Open (2015, 2018), which is contested at Torrey Pines Golf Course.
►Jason Dufner, 44, of Auburn, Ala., has played in 13 U.S. Opens, with his best finish a tie for fourth in both 2012 and 2013. He advanced through qualifying in Columbus, Ohio, two years ago and went on to tie for 35th at Pebble Beach. Dufner has won five times on the PGA Tour, including the 2013 PGA Championship. Dufner was the runner-up to Trevor Immelman in the 1998 U.S. Amateur Public Links.
►Rickie Fowler, 32, of Murrieta, Calif., has played in 12 U.S. Opens. He has posted three top-10 finishes, including a tie for second in 2014 at Pinehurst No. 2. Fowler’s win in The Players Championship in 2015 is among his five PGA Tour victories. He has competed in 20 USGA championships and was a member of two winning USA Walker Cup Teams (2007, 2009).
►Doug Ghim, 25, of Arlington Heights, Ill., played in the U.S. Open in 2018 at Shinnecock Hills. He was the runner-up in the 2017 U.S. Amateur and was an All-American at the University of Texas. Ghim, who competes on the PGA Tour and tied for fifth in this year’s The American Express, was a member of the winning 2017 USA Walker Cup Team. He was also the 2014 U.S. Amateur Public Links runner-up.
►Cole Hammer, 21, of Houston, Texas, has been a member of two winning USA Walker Cup Teams (2019, 2021). Hammer has competed in two U.S. Opens, including his first at age 15 in 2015 at Chambers Bay. In 2018, he advanced to the semifinals in both the U.S. Amateur and U.S. Junior Amateur and won the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball with partner Garrett Barber. Hammer, a junior at the University of Texas, was a key figure in the Longhorns’ runner-up finish in the 2019 NCAA Championship. He was the medalist in this year’s Big 12 Conference Championship.
►Padraig Harrington, 49, of the Republic of Ireland, won the 2007 and 2008 Open Championships, conducted by The R&A, and the 2008 PGA Championship. He has competed in 16 U.S. Opens and has posted five top-10 finishes. He tied for fourth in 2012 at The Olympic Club. He was chosen 2007 PGA European Tour Player of the Year and 2008 PGA Tour Player of the Year.
►Charley Hoffman, 44, of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., is attempting to return home to his native San Diego, Calif., for this year’s U.S. Open at Torrey Pines. Hoffman, who attended Poway High School, won two state high school titles in 1994 and 1995. He has played in seven U.S. Opens and his best finish was eighth in 2017 at Erin Hills. Hoffman last advanced through qualifying in 2013 when he shot 65-68 to earn medalist honors in Columbus, Ohio.
►David Lingmerth, 33, of Sweden, has finished in the top 25 in all three U.S. Opens in which he has competed. His best effort was 12th in 2016 at Oakmont (Pa.) Country Club. He recorded his lone PGA Tour victory in the 2015 Memorial Tournament, defeating Justin Rose in a playoff. He was a two-time All-America selection at the University of Arkansas.
►Tyler McCumber, 30, of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., is attempting to qualify for his first professional major championship. He has won six tournaments combined on PGA Tour Canada and PGA Tour Latinoamerica. McCumber considers himself a surfing thrill seeker. He is the son of Mark McCumber, who tied for second with Chip Beck and Ian Woosnam behind Curtis Strange in the 1989 U.S. Open. McCumber won 10 PGA Tour titles and competed in 13 U.S. Opens.
►Turk Pettit, 22, of Sugar Grove, N.C., is a senior at Clemson University. He won this year’s NCAA individual title on May 31, a one-stroke victory over Oklahoma State’s Bo Jin. Pettit has reached match play in all four of his USGA championships, including two U.S. Amateurs (2017, 2020) and two U.S. Junior Amateurs (2015, 2017). Pettit, who was also a scholastic quarterback and linebacker on the Lee-Scott Academy football team, was a quarterfinalist in the 2020 North & South Amateur.
►Chez Reavie, 39, of Scottsdale, Ariz., has played in eight U.S. Opens. He tied for third in 2019 at Pebble Beach, his best finish in a major championship. Reavie has won twice on the PGA Tour, including the 2008 RBC Canadian Open. He won the 2001 U.S. Amateur Public Links and has competed in 13 USGA championships.
►Doc Redman, 23, of Raleigh, N.C., seeks to qualify for his first U.S. Open. He turned professional in 2018 and forfeited his exemptions into the U.S. Open and The Open Championship after rallying to win the U.S. Amateur the previous year. Redman, who played at Clemson University, was also the runner-up in the 2017 Western Amateur and was a member of the winning USA Walker Cup Team that same year.
►Rory Sabbatini, 45, of Slovakia, has competed in 13 U.S. Opens, with his best finish a tie for 30th in 2011. He has made the 36-hole cut in his last two starts (2019, 2020) after not playing in the U.S. Open since 2013. Sabbatini, who was born in South Africa but changed his citizenship two years ago, has won six PGA Tour events.
►Sam Saunders, 33, of Orlando, Fla., is the grandson of 1960 U.S. Open champion Arnold Palmer. In 2015, Saunders was co-medalist in the Columbus, Ohio, final qualifier and tied for 50th in the U.S. Open. He also qualified in Columbus two years ago to advance to Pebble Beach. Saunders shot a first-round 59 and tied for second in the 2017 Korn Ferry Tour Championship.
►Charl Schwartzel, 36, of South Africa, has played in 12 U.S. Opens, with his best finish seventh place in 2015 at Chambers Bay. Schwartzel, who turned professional at age 18, won the 2011 Masters, a two-stroke victory over Jason Day and Adam Scott. He has claimed victories on five tours, including two wins on the PGA Tour and 11 on the PGA European Tour.
►Bob Sowards, 52, of Dublin, Ohio, qualified locally on May 17 at Kinsale Golf & Fitness Club, in Powell, Ohio, where he is a teaching professional. He played on the PGA Tour in 2008, with his best finish a tie for ninth in the Wyndham Championship. Sowards, who has competed on the Korn Ferry Tour, is a four-time national PGA Professional of the Year. He was an NAIA All-American at Glenville State in West Virginia.
►Troy Taylor II, 21, of Westerville, Ohio, is a junior on the Michigan State University golf team. His best finish is a tie for second in the Husker Invitational in 2020-21. Taylor II, who was an all-state selection at Westerville South High School, also played in the Columbus, Ohio, final qualifier in 2018. He is the son of Troy Taylor, who scored 1,497 points as a guard on the Ohio State University basketball team from 1982-85 and was the head girls’ basketball coach at Columbus Mifflin High School.
►Cameron Tringale, 33, of Laguna Niguel, Calif., has played in two U.S. Opens. His best finish was a tie for 54th in 2015 at Chambers Bay. Tringale competes on the PGA Tour and has four top-10 finishes in 2020-21. He was a member of the 2009 USA Walker Cup Team and a three-time All-America selection at Georgia Tech. He earned his PGA Tour card through qualifying school in 2010 and 2011.
►Kevin Tway, 32, of Edmond, Okla., has competed in three U.S. Opens and tied for 60th at Pinehurst No. 2 in 2014. He won the 2018 Safeway Open, his lone PGA Tour victory, in a playoff over Brandt Snedeker and Ryan Moore. Tway, who won the 2005 U.S. Junior Amateur, was an All-America selection at Oklahoma State University. He is the son of 1986 PGA champion Bob Tway, who played in 18 U.S. Opens and tied for third in 1998.
►Ben Wolcott, 25, of Burns, Tenn., advanced from the Winter Haven, Fla., local qualifier on May 17. His brother, Hunter, is also in final qualifying after earning medalist honors in the Knoxville, Tenn., local qualifier. Ben is competing on the newly-created Forme Tour. He was an All-Southeast Region and All-Southeastern Conference selection at the University of Mississippi. His father, Bob, tied for 51st in the 1992 U.S. Open and played on the PGA Tour for several years.
Springfield Country Club
Springfield, Ohio; 78 players for TBD spots
►Ryan Brehm, 35, of Mount Pleasant, Mich., shot 70-63 to earn one of four spots at the Springfield, Ohio, qualifier to advance to the 2017 U.S. Open. He finished 58th at Erin Hills. Brehm has won twice on the Korn Ferry Tour and has also competed on the PGA Tour and PGA Tour Canada. He played at Michigan State University and later was an assistant coach for the Spartans.
►Quade Cummins, 25, of Weatherford, Okla., was a member of the victorious 2021 USA Walker Cup Team. Cummins, a fifth-year senior at the University of Oklahoma, tied for second in this year’s Big 12 Conference Championship. Last summer, Cummins finished third in the Southern Amateur and tied for fourth in the Sunnehanna Amateur. He won the 2019 Pacific Coast Amateur and has been a member of two USA Arnold Palmer Cup Teams (2019, 2020).
►Angus Flanagan, 22, of England, was a member of the 2021 Great Britain and Ireland Walker Cup Team. Flanagan, a senior at the University of Minnesota, earned third-team All-America and All-Midwest Region honors last year and won the Big Ten Conference Championship as a sophomore. In 2020, he advanced to the Round of 16 in the Western Amateur and received invitations to play in the PGA Tour’s Genesis Invitational and 3M Open.
►Nick Hardy, 25, of Northbrook, Ill., has played in three U.S. Opens, tying for 52nd in 2015 at Chambers Bay after advancing through both qualifying stages. In 2016, he was the medalist in the Springfield, Ohio, final qualifier. Hardy, who competes on the Korn Ferry Tour, earned first-team All-America honors and was the 2018 Big Ten Conference Player of the Year while playing for the University of Illinois.
►Jim Herman, 43, of Palm City, Fla., grew up 80 miles south of Springfield Country Club and played his college golf at the University of Cincinnati. He has competed in five U.S. Opens and his best finish was a tie for 47th in 2010. He qualified for Winged Foot last year after winning the Wyndham Championship, his third PGA Tour victory. He once was assistant professional at Trump National Golf Club in New Jersey.
►Beau Hossler, 26, of Mission Viejo, Calif., has played in three U.S. Opens. Hossler, an All-American and two-time Big 12 Conference player of the year at the University of Texas, played in the 2011 U.S. Open at age 16 and tied for 29th in 2012. Hossler, who was the runner-up in the PGA Tour’s 2018 Houston Open, was a member of the 2015 USA Walker Cup Team and 2014 USA World Amateur Team.
►Troy Merritt, 35, of Eagle, Idaho, played in his second U.S. Open last year and finished 58th at Winged Foot Golf Club. He has captured two events on the PGA Tour, including the 2015 Quicken Loans National and 2018 Barbasol Championship. Merritt has also won on the Korn Ferry Tour.
►Dylan Meyer, 23, of Evansville, Ind., advanced to his lone U.S. Open through the Springfield, Ohio, qualifier in 2018. He tied for 20th at Shinnecock Hills. Meyer, who was 2017 Big Ten Conference Player of the Year at the University of Illinois, shared medalist honors in the Springfield, Ill., local qualifier on May 17. In 2016, Meyer won the Western Amateur and reached the quarterfinals of the U.S. Amateur.
►Robby Shelton, 25, of Birmingham, Ala., competed in his lone U.S. Open in 2014 after advancing through final qualifying. He has won twice on the Korn Ferry Tour and won one PGA Tour Canada event. Shelton was a member of the 2015 USA Walker Cup Team. He played at the University at Alabama where he was a three-time All-Southeastern Conference selection.
►Brian Stuard, 38, of Jackson, Mich., has played in five U.S. Opens and advanced to the championship through the Springfield, Ohio, final qualifier each time. He was the medalist in 2013, 2014 and 2019. He shot 66-68 two years ago to become one of four players to tie for medalist and qualify for Pebble Beach. Stuard won the PGA Tour’s Zurich Classic of New Orleans in a playoff in 2016.
►Michael Thompson, 36, of St. Simons Island, Ga., tied for second with Graeme McDowell behind champion Webb Simpson in the 2012 U.S. Open at The Olympic Club. Thompson, who has played in four U.S. Opens, was low amateur in 2008 at Torrey Pines. He has won twice on the PGA Tour, including last year’s 3M Open. In 2007, he was the runner-up to Colt Knost in the U.S. Amateur.
►Sahith Theegala, 23, of Chino Hills, Calif., played in the 2017 U.S. Open after qualifying in Newport Beach, Calif. Theegala, who turned professional in 2020, advanced this year through the Houston, Texas, local qualifier at Lakeside Country Club. He won the Jack Nicklaus Award as the nation’s top player and was a three-time All-American at Pepperdine University. Theegala has played in events on the PGA Tour, Korn Ferry Tour and Outlaw Tour.
►Andrew Walker, 22, of Holt, Mich., is a redshirt senior on the Michigan State University team. He has four top-20 finishes in 2020-21. Walker, who shot a 71 in local qualifying on May 10 at Barton Hills Country Club, in Ann Arbor, Mich., has won two state high school titles. He qualified for the 2013 U.S. Amateur at age 14, the youngest African-American to play in the championship.
►Richy Werenski, 29, of West Palm Beach, Fla., has played in two U.S. Opens. He qualified for Winged Foot last year after winning on the PGA Tour for the first time. He totaled 39 points to capture the Barracuda Championship, which included a five-point eagle on the par-4 16th when he sank a flop shot from the fairway. Werenski, who played at Georgia Tech, competed in four U.S. Amateurs.
Long Cove Club
Hilton Head Island, S.C.; 52 players for TBD spots
►Robert Allenby, 49, of Australia, has played in 15 U.S. Opens and has four top-25 finishes. His best performance is a tie for seventh in 2004. He has four wins on both the PGA Tour and PGA European Tour. Allenby has also won four Australian PGA Championships.
►Ryan Armour, 45, of Silver Lake, Ohio, was the runner-up to Tiger Woods in the 1993 U.S. Junior Amateur. He held a 2-up lead before Woods birdied holes 17 and 18 and won it with a par on the 19th hole. Armour recorded his first PGA Tour victory when he won the Sanderson Farms Championship by five strokes in 2017. Armour earned All-America recognition at Ohio State University.
►John Augenstein, 23, of Owensboro, Ky., was the runner-up to Andy Ogletree in the 2019 U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst No. 2. Augenstein, who turned professional last fall, played in the U.S. Open and Masters in 2020. He won two singles matches as a member of the winning 2019 USA Walker Cup Team. Augenstein earned first-team All-America and was the Southeastern Conference Player of the Year as a senior at Vanderbilt University in 2019-20.
►Ricky Barnes, 40, of Stockton, Calif., tied for second behind Lucas Glover in the 2009 U.S. Open at Bethpage State Park’s Black Course. He also qualified for the 2000 U.S. Open as a 19-year-old amateur, one of six Opens in which he has competed. Barnes won the 2002 U.S. Amateur Championship, defeating Hunter Mahan in the final at Oakland Hills.
►Akshay Bhatia, 19, of Wake Forest, N.C., was the runner-up to Michael Thorbjornsen in the 2018 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship at Baltusrol Golf Club. He turned professional after playing on the victorious 2019 USA Walker Cup Team. Bhatia has competed in several PGA Tour events in 2020-21, with his best finish a tie for ninth in the Safeway Open.
►Kevin Chappell, 34, of Fresno, Calif., has played in seven U.S. Opens. He tied for third in 2011 in his first Open when he shot 66 in the final round at Congressional Country Club. His lone PGA Tour win was a one-stroke victory over two-time U.S. Open champion Brooks Koepka in the 2017 Valero Texas Open. Chappell, who played at UCLA, won the 2008 NCAA Championship.
►Erik Compton, 41, of Coral Gables, Fla., advanced through the Weston, Fla., local qualifier on May 10. He was diagnosed with viral cardiomyopathy at age 9 and has since had two successful heart transplants. Compton, a member of the 2001 USA Walker Cup Team, has played in three U.S. Opens. He tied for second at Pinehurst No. 2 in 2014.
►Marion Dantzler, 57, of Orangeburg, S.C., is attempting to play in his first U.S. Open following two narrow misses in final qualifying during the 1990s. He advanced through the Blythewood, S.C., local qualifier on April 29. Dantzler, who has competed in two U.S. Senior Opens, shot a course-record 59 (11 birdies, one eagle) last year at Orangeburg Country Club.
►Caden Fioroni, 19, of San Diego, Calif., is celebrating his birthday (June 7) while playing in U.S. Open final qualifying. Fioroni, a freshman at Pepperdine University, led Torrey Pines High School to the 2018 state championship when he tied for second individually. He was the runner-up in the 2020 SCGA Amateur, losing to Luke Potter in a playoff, and reached the semifinals of the 2019 California Amateur.
►Bill Haas, 39, of Greenville, S.C., has played in 10 U.S. Opens, with his best finish a tie for fifth in 2017 at Erin Hills. He has earned six PGA Tour victories, including the 2011 Tour Championship. Haas is the son of Jay Haas, who competed in 27 U.S. Opens, and the great nephew of Bob Goalby, who tied for second in the 1961 U.S. Open. Like his father, Bill played his college golf at Wake Forest University.
►Chesson Hadley, 33, of Raleigh, N.C., has played in three U.S. Opens and his best finish was a tie for third in 2019 at Pebble Beach Golf Links. Hadley earned PGA Tour Rookie of the Year in 2014, when he won the Puerto Rico Open. He was also the 2017 Korn Ferry Tour Player of the Year. Hadley was a three-time All-American at Georgia Tech.
►Patton Kizzire, 35, of Sea Island, Ga., has played in two U.S. Opens. He has won twice on the PGA Tour, including the 2018 Sony Open in Hawaii with a birdie on the sixth playoff hole. In 2015, he was chosen Korn Ferry Tour Player of the Year after winning two tournaments.
►Timothy O’Neal, 48, of Savannah, Ga., qualified for the 2015 U.S. Open, his first PGA Tour event, advancing through both stages. He shot 69-73 and prevailed in a 2-for-1 playoff in the final qualifier at Woodmont Country Club. O’Neal, who was the first African-American to win the Georgia State Amateur in 1997, has played on the Korn Ferry, PGA Tour Latinoamerica, Asian and eGolf tours. He played for coach Eddie Payton at Jackson State and once was sponsored by actor Will Smith.
►Ian Poulter, 45, of England, has competed in 15 U.S. Opens, recording five top-25 finishes, including a tie for 12th in 2006 at Winged Foot Golf Club. Poulter, who was the runner-up to Padraig Harrington in The Open Championship at Royal Birkdale in 2008, has won 12 PGA European Tour events. He has been victorious on four other professional tours, including three PGA Tour wins.
►Brandt Snedeker, 40, of Nashville, Tenn., has won nine PGA Tour events, including the 2016 Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines and the 2011 RBC Heritage at Harbour Town. Snedeker has competed in 14 U.S. Opens, with his best performances eighth in 2015 and a tie for eighth in 2010. He also played well in the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines when he tied for ninth, one of his five top-10 finishes.
►D.J. Trahan, 40, of Charleston, S.C., has played in four U.S. Opens, with his best finish a tie for fourth at Torrey Pines Golf Course in 2008. Trahan, a four-time All-America selection at Clemson University, has two PGA Tour victories. He won the 2000 U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship. His father, Don, is a master golf instructor and is known as “The Swing Surgeon.”
►Peter Uihlein, 31, of Jupiter, Fla., has competed in three U.S. Opens, with his best finish a tie for 48th in 2018 at Shinnecock Hills. Uihlein, who was an All-America selection at Oklahoma State University, won the 2010 U.S. Amateur at Chambers Bay. Uihlein, who won his second Korn Ferry Tour event in April 2021, was also a member of the winning 2009 USA Walker Cup Team and posted a 4-0 match record.
►Bo Van Pelt, 46, of Tulsa, Okla., earned medalist honors in the Gunter, Texas, local qualifier. He has competed in nine U.S. Opens and his best finish was a tie for 14th in 2011 at Congressional Country Club. Van Pelt has won on four professional tours, including the PGA Tour and PGA European Tour. His father, Bob, was chosen in the 1967 NFL Draft by the Philadelphia Eagles.
Meadow Springs Country Club
Richland, Wash.; 45 players for TBD spots
►Cullen Brasfield, 41, of La Quinta, Calif., tried the professional ranks for a short time after playing at the University of San Diego and University of Nevada. He then lived on the beach in San Diego while working at both Del Mar Country Club and a restaurant. Brasfield later battled cancer successfully but has side effects from the radiation treatment. He would eventually meet his wife, an optometrist, and they run a practice together. He returned to golf in 2015 and recently qualified for two USGA amateur championships. Brasfield advanced through the Bermuda Dunes, Calif., local qualifier on May 6.
►John Catlin, 30, of Gold River, Calif., is seeking a spot in his first U.S. Open. He captured his third PGA European Tour event on April 18 when he won the Austrian Golf Open in a five-hole playoff. Catlin, who played at the University of New Mexico, started as a professional on PGA Tour Canada and went on to the Asian Development Tour. He was the Asian Tour’s top player in 2018 after winning three times.
►Noah Goldman, 34, of Albany, Ore., is in his fourth year as an assistant golf coach at Oregon State University. The Beavers tied for second in this year’s NCAA Albuquerque Regional, the program’s best finish, and qualified for the NCAA Championship for the first time since 2010. Goldman shot 69 in the Canby, Ore., local qualifier and advanced along with OSU junior Nolan Thoroughgood.
►Joe Highsmith, 21, of Lakewood, Wash., was the medalist in the La Quinta, Calif., local qualifier. He won the Western Intercollegiate and has seven top-10 tournament finishes as a junior at Pepperdine University. Highsmith earned All-West Region honors as a sophomore and was the WCC Freshman of the Year in 2019. Highsmith, who won the 2019 Sahalee Players Championship, became the youngest player to win the Washington State Amateur in 2017 and reached the quarterfinals of the 2020 North & South Amateur.
►Maverick McNealy, 25, of Las Vegas, Nev., has played in two U.S. Opens and was the runner-up in this year’s AT&T Pebble Pro-Am on the PGA Tour. McNealy earned the Mark H. McCormack Medal as the world’s top-ranked amateur in 2016 and was a member of two USA Walker Cup Teams (2015, 2017). He was a first-team All-American in three consecutive seasons at Stanford University.
►Andrew Putnam, 32, of University Place, Wash., has competed in three U.S. Opens and his best finish was a tie for 43rd in 2019. Putnam, who was a three-time All-American at Pepperdine University, has won on the PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour. He has three top-10 finishes on the PGA Tour in 2020-21. His brother, Michael, has played in six U.S. Opens.
►Isaiah Salinda, 24, of South San Francisco, Calif., is attempting to qualify for his first U.S. Open. He was a member of the winning 2019 USA Walker Cup Team and advanced to the semifinals of the 2018 U.S. Amateur at Pebble Beach Golf Links. In 2019, he helped Stanford University win its third consecutive Pac-12 Conference Championship, the NCAA Stanford Regional title and the NCAA Championship.
