10 amateurs take spots in U.S. Open field
Steven Fox
The road to the U.S. Open field is a long one ---
especially for amateurs. For those that took
the long route and made it through local and
sectional qualifying, they knew what was on the
line. For others, who qualified on merits of recent
and past performances, the road to those
events was surely as arduous.
When the full field takes the tee June 13-16 at
Merion Golf Club, 10 amateurs will be among
them. Here's a look at the amateurs in the field
along with how they qualified:
Steven Fox - Reigning U.S. Amateur
Champion
Michael Weaver - U.S. Amateur runner-
up
Chris Williams - 2012 Mark H. McCormack
Winner
Cory
McElyea - T4 Newport Beach, Calif.
Sectional
Max Homa
- T4 Newport Beach, Calif. Sectional
Kevin Phelan - Medalist Bradenton, Fla.
Sectional
Michael
Kim - Co-medalist Ball Ground, Ga.
Sectional
Grayson
Murray - 3rd Ball Ground, Ga. Sectional
Gavin Hall - Co-medalist Purchase, NY
Sectional
Cheng-
Tsung Pan - 2nd Cle Elum, Wash.
Sectional
ABOUT THE
U.S. Open Golf Championship
The U.S. Open is the biggest of the 15 national
championships conducted by the USGA.
Open
to amateurs and professionals. Amateurs gain
entry via USGA win or runner-up finishes while having the opportunity
to qualify alongside non-exempt professionals in an 18-hole "Local' qualifying followed
by 36-hole "Final" qualifying which is affectionately known as golf's longest day.
Highly-ranked amateurs will be exempted past the 18-hole Local Qualifying. See the
USGA website for details. And if you are exempt on any level be sure to apply by the deadline anyway.
The USGA intends to make the U.S. Open
the
most rigorous, yet fair, examination of golf
skills, testing all forms of shot-making. The
USGA prepares the course after careful
consideration of 14 different factors.
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