U.S. Open qualifying concluded on May 18. Golfers from across the country (and across the world) took their best shot at getting to the next stage with the goal of qualifying for the 121st U.S. Open Championship in June at Torrey Pines (South Course) in Southern California.
A total of 8,680 professional and amateur golfers vied for 500 spots across 123 local qualifying sites. Successful qualifiers move on to one of 12 sectional qualifying sites--ten in the U.S., one in England and one in Japan.
Amateur qualifiers from local qualifying include:
May 18
Osprey Valley - Ontario, Canada -- cancelled due to Covid-19 restrictions
May 17
Catawaba Island Club, Port Clinton, OH: Ohio State sophomore Caleb Davern (Sandusky, OH)
Pinewald Country Club (Holly Course), Pinehurst, NC: 2021 Carolinas Mid-Amateur champion Chad Wilfong (Charlotte, NC); West Virginia sophomore Kurtis Grant (Pinehurst, NC)
Crumpin-Fox Club, Bernardston, Mass.: 17-year old AJGA player Will Lodge (Darien, Conn.)
Elmhurst Country Club, Moscow, Pa.: 2018 PIAA and 2020 Lehigh Valley Amateur champion William Mirams (Stroudsburg, Pa.)
Kinsale Golf & Fitness Club, Powell, Ohio: Dickinson State freshman Bryce Reed (Delaware, Ohio)
Makatwah Country Club, Cincinnati, Ohio: Hayden Zimmer (Louisville, Ky.); Xavier alum Matthew Wetterich (Prospect, Ky.)
Illini Country Club, Springfield, Ill.: 2018 Kentucky Mid-Am champ Andy Roberts
The Country Club at DC Ranch, Scottsdale, Ariz.: Emory junior Max Schwarz (Paradise Valley, Ariz.); Grand Canyon alum and former winner of the Arizona Amateur championship Jake Chanen (Phoenix, Ariz.); past Arizona Amateur Four-Ball champion Darren Fletcher (Cave Creek, Ariz.)
Lakeside Country Club, Houston, Texas: Texas-Arlington junior Zakary Jones (Spring, Texas)
May 13
Country Club of York, York, Pa.: Drexel alum and 2020 WPGA Amateur champion Connor
Schmidt (Venetia, Pa.); Rider alum and 2020 New Jersey Amateur champion John Devereaux
(Brielle, N.J.)
Redhawk Golf Club, Nampa, Idaho: BYU junior and 2018 Junior Ryder Cup team member Cole
Ponich (Farmington, Utah); Notre Dame graduate Hunter Ostrom (Meridian, Ind.) who concludedhis collegiate career at Texas.
The Grand Golf Club, San Diego, Calif.: Arizona State commit Connor Williams (Escondido,
Calif.); San Diego State alum and 2020 honorable mention PING All-American Shiryu “Leo” Oyo (Japan); Harrison Kinglsey (Murrietta, Calif.); Youssef Guezzale (La Jolla, Calif.)
CommonGround Golf Course, Auroa, Colo.: 2020 Colorado Mid-Amateur champion Chris Thayer (Golden, Colo.); Colorado senior Victor Bjorlow (Denmark); Colorado sophomore Kristoffer Max (Demark); 2017 Hawaii State Amateur champion and Denver senior Junho Won (Republic of Korea); former Army standout Pete Mangold (Denver, Colo.)
May 12
AK-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club, Maricopa, Ariz.: Arizona State senior Mason Anderson
(Mesa, Ariz.); 15-year old Anawin Pikulthong (Gilbert, Ariz.)
The Steel Club; Philadelphia, Pa.: Villanova alum Andy Butler (Philadelphia, Pa.); former Lehigh Valley Amateur Zach Juhasz (Bethlehem, Pa.)
Wichita Country Club, Wichita, Kan.: Wichita State junior Brock Pohill (Edmond, Okla.); Kansas alum Peter Krsnich (Wichita, Kan.) Hidden Glen Country Club, Cedarburg, Wis.: Texas A&M sophomore Evan Myers (Northbrook, Ill.); former Butler standout Ricky Kuiper (Racine, Wis.); Wilmington sophomore Tyler Cleaves (Kaukauna, Wis.)
May 11
Ledgemont Country Club, Seekonk, Mass.: 2006 Massachusetts Amateur champion Benjamin
Spitz (Milton, Mass.); 2020 New England Golfer of the Year Chris Francoeur (Amesbury, Mass.)
Missoula Country Club, Missoula, Mont.: Former Boise State standout Joey Lovell (Bozeman,
Mont.)
Ironwood CC, Palm Desert, Calif.: Long Beach State freshman Clayton Seeber
May 10
The Club at Weston Hills (Tour), Weston, Florida: Auburn Senior Andrew Kozan, winner of the Florida Gators Invitational
Dragonfly Golf Club, Madera, Calif.: St. Mary's Univ. standout Blake Hathcoat
Edgewood Tahoe G.C., Stateline, NV: 2020 SCGA Mid-Am champ Torey Edwards, who also played well at the 2020 California State Am at Torrey Pines
May 6
Bermuda Dunes Country Club, Bermuda Dunes, Calif.: University of San Diego sophomore Charlie Reiter, mid-amateur Cullen Brasfield
La Purisima Golf Course, Lompoc, Calif.: Cal Poly freshman Joey Zambri, 18-year-old Francis Catalano, mid-amateur J.R. Warthen
Bear's Paw Country Club, Naples, Fla.: Florida Gulf Coast senior Van Holmgren
Sewailo Golf Club, Tucson, Ariz.: University of Arizona freshman Sam Sommerhauser, University of Arizona senior David Laskin
The Federal Club, Glen Allen, Va.: Virginia Tech graduate student Mark Lawrence, 15-year-old Matt Moloney, mid-amateur Jeffrey Long
Hillendale Country Club, Phoenix, Md.: Wake Forest freshman and winner of three Middle Atlantic Amateurs in a row Michael Brennan, Loyola University Maryland senior teammates Evan Brown and Brandon Berry
River Landing Golf Club, Wallace, N.C.: N.C. State sophomore Spencer Oxendine, N.C. State graduate student Christian Salzer
Buckhorn Springs Golf & Country Club, Valrico, Fla.: former Florida Southern golfer Jacob Penny, mid-amateur Patrick Lovely
Bay Point Golf Club, Panama City, Fla.: UAB junior Ben Reichert
May 5
Orange Tree Golf Club, Orlando, Fla.: 13-year-old Lev Grinberg, former Dogwood Invitational champion Lloyd Jefferson Go
The Preserve Golf Club, Carmel, Calif.: AmateurGolf.com Silicon Valley Amateur champion Weston Payne, multiple NCGA champion Nick Moore, University of Arizona senior Drake Mendenhall
Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Silver Lakes, Glencoe, Ala.: Mississippi State junior Ford Clegg
Butler Country Club, Butler, Pa.: mid-am and Pennsylvania Open champion Jimmy Ellis, Carnegie Mellon senior Jason Li, Carnegie Mellon senior Benjamin Huber, Penn State senior Louis Olsakovsky
May 4
The Club at Ruby Hill, Pleasanton, Calif.: Santa Clara senior Matt McCarty, Cal-Berkeley junior James Song, University of San Francisco senior Alex Chin
Andalusia Country Club, La Quinta, Calif.: Pepperdine junior, past Sahalee Players champion and Western Intercollegiate champion Joe Highsmith
El Macero Country Club, El Macero, Calif.: Stanford junior Ethan Ng, mid-amateur Brett Viboch, University of San Francisco assistant coach Jalen Griffin
Cherry Blossom Golf Club, Georgetown, Ky.: Wright State graduate student Cameron Willis, Wright State senior Austin Schoonmaker, Eastern Kentucky senior Billy Basham, high school junior Rocoo Zakutney, Clemson senior and former North & South amateur champion William Nottngham
Legends Club, Prior Lake, Minn.: three University of Minnesota players -- junior Lincoln Johnson, sophomore Connor Glynn, and fifth year Thomas Longbella
Indian Creek Club, Carrollton, Texas: University of Houston senior Luke Long
Beechmont Country Club, Cleveland, Ohio: Kent State junior Jared Wilson, Kent State sophomore Cade Breitenstine, Ohio State junior Jon Erik Alford, high schooler Tyler Sabo
Northwest Golf Course, Silver Spring, Md.: former Davidson golfer Mike Blasey, former James Madison golfer Joe Scheffres, former University of Illinois golfer and past Middle Atlantic Amateur champion Frank Alafoginis, Yale University golfer Teddy Zinser, Penn State commit Jake Griffin
New Mexico State University Golf Course, Las Cruces, N.M.: New Mexico State freshman Steven Strasheim, UTEP junior Greg Yellin
Hot Springs Country Club, Hot Springs, Ark.: University of Arkansas freshman Denver Davis, Henderson State sophomore Jackson Cole, LSU sophomore Connor Gaunt
Green Brook Country Club, North Caldwell, N.J.: mid-amateur Pat Wilson, 2020 New Jersey Player-of-the-Year Mark Costanza, Rutgers University senior Christopher Gotterup
Collindale Golf Club, Fort Collins, Colo.: former Colorado State player Parker Edens, former UC-Colorado Springs player Ryan Burke, Colorado State freshman Gavin Hagstrom
May 3
Cog Hill Golf & Country Club, Lemont, Ill.: Northern Illinois graduate student Jordan Less, Dixie Amateur champion Larry Blatt
Alpine Country Club, Highland, Utah: amateurs took all 5 spots -- BYU junior Carson Lundell, BYU freshman Max Brenchley, 16-year-old Peter Kim, University of Utah senior Mitchell Schow, University of Utah junior Tristan Mandur
Oak Tree Country Club, Edmond, Okla.: Louisiana Tech senior Mac Murphy, Oklahoma State freshman Brian Stark, mid-amateur Ben McCaslin
Marietta Country Club, Kennesaw, Ga.: 2018 Georgia Player of the Year Chris Waters, high schooler Andrew Hughes, Auburn freshman John Marshall Butler, Georgia Tech senior Noah Norton, Wofford College sophomore Matthew Larkin
Escondido Golf & Lake Club, Horseshoe Bay, Texas: former Texas Tech golfer David Bolen, University of Texas sophomore Travis Vick, Abilene Christian senior Alex Clouse, Texas Mid-Amateur champion Ryan O'Rear, Ireland mid-amateur Paul Buckley
El Niguel Country Club, Laguna Niguel, Calif.: 16-year-old Luke Powell, Pepperdine Senior and West Coast Conference champion Clay Feagler, former Cal Poly player Camden Price, former University of New Mexico golfer Shane Evangelist
Eastward Ho! Country Club, Chatham, Mass.: amateurs took all 5 spots -- mid-amateurs Andrew DiRamio, Jeff Deberg, John Hayes and Kent Monas; Rutgers commit Weston Jones
Plantation Bay Golf & Country Club, Ormond Beach, Fla.: Coastal Carolina senior Zack Taylor
Muskegon Country Club, Muskegon, Mich.: Michigan State junior Troy Taylor II
The Country Club of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Ind.: University of Indianapolis junior Keegan Bronnenberg
Patterson Club, Fairfield, Conn.: three mid-amateurs -- Chris DeJohn, Daniel Murphy, and Tyler Lanza
North Shore Country Club, Glen Head, N.Y.: former University of Virginia player Christopher White
Beaver Hills Country Club, Cedar Falls, Iowa: Iowa State senior Tripp Kinney, former University of Iowa player Sam Meuret
The Country Club of Sioux Falls, Sioux Falls, S.D.: University of Nebraska freshman Jack Lundin
April 29
The Pines Country Club, Morgantown, W.Va.: University of Oregon senior Jake Sollon
Columbia Country Club, Blythewood, S.C.: USC Upstate fifth year Hunter Fry, University of South Carolina junior Ryan Hall
Jackson Country Club, Jackson, Tenn.: former Tennessee State Amateur champion Aaron Ingalls, former Tennessee State golfer Rosario Falzone, Middle Tennessee State junior Cooper Sears
Mission Inn Resort & Club, Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla.: Liberty University sophomore Jonathan Yaun
Mayacoo Lakes Country Club, West Palm Beach, Fla.: 2020 Florida Mid-Amateur Player of the Year, Joey Latowski
Oakbourne Country Club, Lafayette, La. LSU junior Garrett Barber, Louisiana Lafayette sophomore Charlie Flynn, Louisiana Lafayette junior Peter Hinnant
April 27
Hoakalei Country Club, Ewa Beach, Hawaii: University of San Diego sophomore Remington Hirano
Huntington Crescent Club, Huntington, N.Y.: former University of Richmond player Matthew Lowe
Duke University Golf Club, Durham, N.C.: Duke University freshman Ian Siebers
April 26
Fox Den CC, Knoxville, Tenn.:University of Tennessee junior Hunter Wolcott, ETSU graduate student Trevor Hulbert, University of Alabama junior Davis Shore