U.S. Amateur Playoff: 23 players for 8 Spots
Time is yet to run out on the 23 players in the U.S. Amateur playoff
(USGA Photo)
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI (August 17, 2016) -- When U.S.
Amateur play began on Monday at Oakland Hills Golf
Club there were 312 players in the field and it was only
natural to assume that there would be a playoff to
determine the final spots in the match play field.
However, I'm just not sure anyone could have imagined
a 23 player for eight spots playoff.
Beginning at 8:00 a.m. EST the 23 players that
tied for 57th at even-par will play for the final eight
spots. The 23 players will be split into six groups and
the playoff will begin on the 10th hole before
proceeding to
the 11th, 17th and 18th.
PLAYOFF GROUPS
Group 1 (8:00 a.m.): Taylor Funk,
Maverick
McNealy, Ian Holt
Group 2 (8:12 a.m.): Sammy Schmitz,
Stewart
Hagestad, Ethan Ng, Scott Harvey
Group 3 (8:24 a.m.): Matthew Wolff, Matt
Gilchrest,
Denzel Ieremia, Sahith Theegala
Group 4 (8:36 a.m.): Franklin Huang, Bradley
Knox,
David Kocher, David Boote
Group 5 (8:48 a.m.): William Gordon, Grant
Hirschman,
Bradley Moore, Blair Hamilton
Group 6 (9:00 a.m.): Stephen Stallings Jr.,
Ryan
Troyer, Nick Swanson, Federico Zucchetti
ABOUT THE U.S. Amateur
The U.S. Amateur, the oldest USGA
championship, was first played in 1895 at
Newport Golf Club in Rhode Island. The
event,
which has no age restriction, is open to
those
with a Handicap Index of 2.4 or lower. It is
one
of 14 national championships conducted
annually by the USGA, 10 of which are
strictly
for amateurs. It is the pre-eminent
amateur
competition in the world.
Applications are typically placed online in the spring
at www.usga.org.
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