About
Uihlein is one of the most decorated
amateur golfers in the United States,
highlighted by his 4-and-2 victory at the
2010 U.S. Amateur at Chambers Bay over
David Chung…Momentum carried into his
junior season at Oklahoma State, where
his strong play earned him the 2011 Ben
Hogan Award, which is given by the Golf
Coaches Association of America to the
top men’s college golfer in any division on
the basis of his performance in all
collegiate and amateur competitions
during a 12-month period. Uihlein was
also named Big 12 Player of the Year and
first-team All-Big 12. In his career at
Oklahoma State, Uihlein has totaled five
victories and has two top-three finishes
at the NCAA Championship.
Uihlein played in the 2009 Walker Cup,
where he had a 4-0-0 record and helped
lead the USA to victory at Merion Golf
Club in Ardmore, Pa…His singles victory on
Sunday clinched the Cup for the USA…
Also helped the USA finish third at the
World Amateur Team Championship in
Argentina last fall…Also a member of USA
Copa de las Americas Team that won the
overall title (men and women) in
Argentina in January of 2010.
In 2010, Uihlein won the Sahalee Players
Championship and won his second Dixie
Amateur. That same year, he also
received the Mark H. McCormack Medal,
which is presented by The R&A to the
top-ranked golfer in the World Amateur
Golf Ranking at the end of the amateur
season.
This summer, Uihlein won the Northeast
Amateur by three strokes. Having won
the U.S. Amateur, he gained exemption
into the Masters, U.S. Open and British
Open Championship, making the cut and
finishing T-48 in the British Open at Royal
St. George’s in Sandwich, England, and
missing the cut in the other two…Was a
quarterfinalist in 2009 U.S. Amateur at
Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa,
Okla…Tied for ninth at 2011 Nationwide
Tour’s Children’s Hospital Invitational in
Columbus, Ohio...Also advanced to the
quarterfinals of the Western Amateur
before losing to Patrick Cantlay on the
19th hole.
In his title defense at the U.S. Amateur,
he advanced to the quarterfinals before
falling to Jordan Russell, 2 and 1.