124th U.S. Open - Final Qualifying


Pinehurst Resort & Country Club's Course No. 2 will host the 2024 U.S. Open, June 13-16

 

124th U.S. Open Championship Final Qualifying Storylines

Monday, June 3, 2024

To assist with your coverage of U.S. Open Final Qualifying on Monday, June 3, the following storylines have been developed for each of the 10 sites (nine in the U.S., one in Canada).

 

Final qualifying, conducted over 36 holes, will be held at the sites listed. The 2024 U.S. Open Championship will be contested from June 13-16 at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club’s Course No. 2.

 

►Cherry Hill Club, Ridgeway, Ontario, Canada

►Lake Merced Golf Club, Daly City, Calif.
►The Bear’s Club, Jupiter, Fla.
►The Golf Club of Georgia (Lakeside Course), Alpharetta, Ga.
►Woodmont Country Club (North Course), Rockville, Md.
►Canoe Brook Country Club (North & South Courses), Summit, N.J.

►Duke University Golf Club, Durham, N.C.
►Ohio State University Golf Club (Scarlet Course), Columbus, Ohio
►Springfield (Ohio) Country Club
►Pronghorn Resort (Nicklaus Course), Bend, Ore.

 

Note: The final size of the field for each qualifier, along with the final number of available spots, will be announced on Monday, June 3. Scoring from all 10 qualifiers will be available at usopen.com.
 

Social media: Follow final qualifying action @usopengolf and join the conversation with #USOpen.

Broadcast coverage: Golf Channel will provide 10 hours of coverage of “Golf’s Longest Day.” The broadcast times are: noon-2 p.m. and 4 p.m.-midnight EDT.

Cherry Hill Club
Ridgeway, Ontario, Canada; 66 players for TBD spots

►Paul Barjon, 31, of France, has played in three U.S. Opens (2020, 2021, 2023). He won last year’s Korn Ferry Tour Championship by three strokes and is now competing on the PGA Tour. Barjon, who won the 2019 PGA Tour Canada Order of Merit, owns six professional tour wins. He played at Texas Christian University and was the runner-up in the 2016 Big 12 Conference Championship.

►Joseph Bramlett, 36, of San Jose, Calif., has played in three U.S. Opens, with his best finish a tie for 37th in 2022 at The Country Club. 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 played at Stanford University and earned his PGA Tour card through qualifying school. He won the 2021 Korn Ferry Tour Championship.

►Stewart Cink, 51, of Atlanta, Ga., has played in 23 U.S. Opens, with his best finish a tie for third in 2001 at Southern Hills. Cink advanced through the Columbus, Ohio, final qualifier one year ago. He set the U.S. Open final qualifying 36-hole scoring mark in 2003 with rounds of 62 and 61 in Columbus. Cink captured the 2009 Open Championship at Turnberry in a playoff with Tom Watson. He has won eight PGA Tour titles, including the 2019 RBC Heritage.

►Pierceson Coody, 24, Plano, Texas, competed in the 2021 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines after advancing from the Columbus, Ohio, final qualifier. Coody, who plays on the PGA Tour, was a member of the winning 2021 USA Walker Cup Team. He and his twin brother, Parker, are the grandsons of 1971 Masters champion Charles Coody, who made 18 U.S. Open starts. Pierceson, who played in college at the University of Texas, won the 2020 Western Amateur and the 2019 Trans-Mississippi Amateur.

Brice Garnett, 40, of Valdosta, Ga., has played in two U.S. Opens (2012, 2017) and qualified through both stages to play in his first at The Olympic Club. He has won on four professional tours (PGA, Korn Ferry, eGolf, Adams). He won the PGA Tour’s Puerto Rico Open in a playoff on March 10. A former All-American at Missouri Western State University, Garnett is a member of the school’s athletic hall of fame.

Doug Ghim, 28, of Arlington Heights, Ill., played in the 2018 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills. He was the runner-up in the 2017 U.S. Amateur to Doc Redman and was an All-American at the University of Texas. Ghim, who competes on the PGA Tour and has five top-25 finishes this season, was a member of the winning 2017 USA Walker Cup Team. He was also the runner-up in the 2014 U.S. Amateur Public Links, the last edition of that championship.

Charley Hoffman, 47, of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., has competed in nine U.S. Opens, with his best finish eighth in 2017 at Erin Hills. Hoffman was the runner-up, losing in a playoff, in this year’s Waste Management Phoenix Open. He owns four PGA Tour wins, including the 2016 Valero Texas Open. A member of the winning 2017 Presidents Cup team, Hoffman has also won on the Korn Ferry Tour and Gateway Tour. He was a member of UNLV’s 1998 NCAA championship squad.

Mark Hubbard, 35, of Denver, Colo., has played in one U.S. Open (2020). He has made the 36-hole cut in all 15 PGA Tour events in which he has played this season, including a tie for fourth in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Hubbard has won on the Korn Ferry Tour, PGA Tour Canada, Gateway Tour and Golden State Tour. He was a first-team all-conference selection at San Jose State University.

Robert MacIntyre, 27, of Scotland, has played in the U.S. Open twice. He tied for 35th in 2021 at Torrey Pines and tied for 56th the previous year at Winged Foot. The left-hander has posted three top-10 finishes on the PGA Tour this season, including a tie for eighth in the PGA Championship. McIntyre, a two-time winner on the DP World Tour, was a member of the 2017 Great Britain and Ireland Walker Cup Team.

Maverick McNealy, 28, of Las Vegas, Nev., has played in two U.S. Opens (2014, 2017). He has posted two top 10s on the PGA Tour in 2023-24, including a tie for ninth in the Players Championship. 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.

Chez Reavie, 42, of Scottsdale, Ariz., has played in nine U.S. Opens and tied for third in 2019 at Pebble Beach, his best finish in a major championship. Reavie has won three times on the PGA Tour, including the 2008 Canadian Open and the 2022 Barracuda Championship. He won the 2001 U.S. Amateur Public Links and has competed in 14 USGA championships.

►Davis Riley, 27, of Hattiesburg, Miss., tied for 31st in the 2022 U.S. Open after advancing through the final qualifier in Columbus, where he carded a second-round 63. Riley, who has played in three U.S. Opens, recorded his second PGA Tour victory on May 26 when he won the Charles Schwab Challenge. He and partner Nick Hardy teamed to win the 2023 Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Riley was twice runner-up in the U.S. Junior Amateur (to Scottie Scheffler in 2013 and Will Zalatoris in 2014).

Robby Shelton IV, 28, of Birmingham, Ala., has played in two U.S. Opens (2014, 2021). He has recorded four Korn Ferry Tour victories, including a pair of wins in 2022, and now competes on the PGA Tour. Shelton was a member of the 2015 USA Walker Cup Team and an all-conference player at the University of Alabama. His grandfather, Bob, played football for the Crimson Tide.

►Davis Thompson, 24, of St. Simons Island, Ga., has played in two U.S. Opens (2020, 2023). He nearly made the 36-hole cut in 2020 after carding a first-round 69 at Winged Foot Golf Club. Thompson, who won on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2022, has recorded eight top-25 finishes on the PGA Tour this season. He was a member of the victorious 2021 USA Walker Cup Team.

►Norman Xiong, 25, of San Diego, Calif., is attempting to qualify for his first U.S. Open. Xiong, who was a member of the winning 2017 USA Walker Cup Team, is competing on the PGA Tour. His best finish this season is ninth in the Puerto Rico Open. Xiong has won twice on the Korn Ferry Tour – 2022 Wichita Open and 2023 Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship.

Lake Merced Golf Club
Daly City, Calif.; 84 players for TBD spots

►Jake Beber-Frankel, 22, of Miami, Fla., was one of six players to advance from the Pleasanton, Calif., local qualifier on May 7. He carded a 69 at The Club at Ruby Hill. Beber-Frankel, who has a twin sister, Phoebe, tied for 29th in this year’s Pac-12 Conference Championship as a senior on the Stanford University team in 2023-24. His father, David, has directed several successful studio films, including “The Devil Wears Prada” and “Marley & Me,” while his mother owns a Miami advertising agency. His grandfather, Max, was the executive editor of the New York Times.

►Barclay Brown, 23, of England, played in last year’s U.S. Open at The Los Angeles Country Club after advancing from final qualifying. Brown, who competed as a graduate student at Stanford University in 2023-24, is a three-time All-Pac-12 Conference selection. He was a member of the 2019 and 2021 Great Britain and Ireland Walker Cup Teams. In 2020, he was a semifinalist in the English Amateur Championship and reached the quarterfinals of The Amateur Championship at Royal Birkdale.

►Cooper Jones, 20, of Highland, Utah, was one of five players to advance from local qualifying in his hometown at Alpine Country Club on April 29. Jones, who just completed his freshman season at Brigham Young University, also reached final qualifying in 2022. He tied for 23rd in the Big 12 Conference Championship in April. In 2023, he reached the U.S. Amateur’s Round of 16. Jones helped his high school team win four consecutive Utah Class 6A state championships.

►Matt Jones, 44, of Australia, has played in six U.S. Opens. The LIV Golf member has won twice on the PGA Tour, including the 2021 Honda Classic. He is one of 14 players since World War II to be a two-time winner of the Australian Open. He won by one stroke on each occasion and shot a final-round 69 in 2019. He was a first-team All-America selection at Arizona State University.

►Jimmy Makloski, 29, of Pueblo, Colo., just completed his third year as the assistant golf coach at the U.S. Air Force Academy. He was the medalist in the Westminster, Colo., local qualifier on May 8. Makloski, who played as a collegian at Colorado State University, was the Colorado Golf Association Junior Player of the Year in 2012. He finished fourth in the 2016 Colorado State Amateur, and advanced to match play with partner Colin Prater in this year’s U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship.

Dylan Menante, 23, of Carlsbad, Calif., was a member of the victorious 2023 USA Walker Cup Team and competed in the Pan American Games last year. He has posted five top-10 finishes as a fifth-year senior at the University of North Carolina in 2023-24. Menante earned All-American recognition in his first season with the Tar Heels after transferring from Pepperdine University. He advanced to the 2022 U.S. Amateur semifinals. His father, Dean, played at the University of Nevada.

►Corey Pereira, 29, of Cameron Park, Calif., will attempt to advance through both stages of qualifying for the second consecutive year. He reached the 2023 U.S. Open through the Columbus, Ohio, final qualifier. Pereira shot a 66 to earn medalist in this year’s Granite Bay (Calif.), local qualifier on May 8. An All-Pac 12 Conference selection at the University of Washington, he played on PGA Tour Canada and the Korn Ferry Tour after turning pro in 2017. He stepped away from the game in the months leading up to last year’s U.S. Open to focus on his girlfriend who was diagnosed with cancer.
 

►Preston Summerhays, 21, of Scottsdale, Ariz., has played in two U.S. Opens (2020, 2023). He posted two tournaments wins as a junior at Arizona State University in 2023-24. Summerhays won the 2019 U.S. Junior Amateur, which earned him an exemption into the 2020 U.S. Open at Winged Foot. He is the son of former PGA Tour player Boyd, the nephew of PGA Tour player Daniel and the great nephew of Bruce, who won three PGA Tour Champions events. His younger sister, Grace, qualified for the 2023 U.S. Women’s Open at Pebble Beach. He was a member of the winning 2023 USA Walker Cup Team.

►Sampson Zheng, 22, of the People’s Republic of China, is a two-time first-team All-Pac 12 Conference selection as a member of the University of California-Berkeley team. His produced six top-10 finishes as a senior in 2023-24, including a tie for second in the NCAA Rancho Santa Fe (Calif.) Regional. He won last year’s U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship with partner Aaron Du and reached the Round of 32 in the U.S. Amateur after sharing medalist honors.

The Bear’s Club
Jupiter, Fla.; 73 players for TBD spots

►Ryan Armour, 48, of Silver Lake, Ohio, played in his first U.S. Open last year after advancing from the Canadian final qualifier. He 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 at Waverley Country Club, in Portland, Ore. Armour recorded his first PGA Tour victory when he won the Sanderson Farms Championship by five strokes in 2017. His grandfather, Frank, was once president of Pittsburgh’s H.J. Heinz Company.

►Luke Clanton, 20, of Hialeah, Fla., won three tournaments, tied for second in the NCAA Championship and finished fifth in the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship as a sophomore at Florida State University in 2023-24. He reached the 2021 U.S. Junior Amateur semifinals at The Country Club of North Carolina and played in the 2019 U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club. Clanton, a state high school champion and two-time Broward County player of the year, also won the 2022 North & South Amateur at Pinehurst.

Luke Donald, 46, of England, has played in 14 U.S. Opens. His best finish is 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 DP World Tour titles, including two BMW PGA Championships. Donald, the 1999 NCAA champion while playing at Northwestern University, was the winning captain of the 2023 European Ryder Cup Team and will serve again in 2025. He also played on two victorious Great Britain & Ireland Walker Cup Teams in 1999 and 2001.

Branden Grace, 36, of South Africa, has played in 10 U.S. Opens and owns three top-10 finishes. 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, once on LIV Golf, and posted nine DP World Tour victories. He carded a 62 (8 under par) in The Open Championship in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, which was equaled in last year’s U.S. Open as the lowest round recorded in a major championship.

Justin Hicks, 49, of Wellington, Fla., has played in six U.S. Opens. He twice advanced through the two-stage qualifying process (2004, 2008) and is attempting to repeat that performance this year. In 2008, he shared the first-round lead with Kevin Streelman after carding a 68 at Torrey Pines’ South Course. He has combined for 25 victories on five professional tours, but is now a teaching pro in South Florida.

Matt Kuchar, 45, of Jupiter, Fla., has played in 20 U.S. Opens, with his best finish a tie for sixth in 2010 at Pebble Beach Golf Links. He was also low amateur in 1998 when he tied for 14th at The Olympic Club. Kuchar, the 1997 U.S. Amateur champion, has won on six professional tours and owns nine PGA Tour victories. He claimed the 2012 Players Championship and the 2013 Memorial Tournament.

►Willie Mack III, 35, of Orlando, Fla., was co-medalist with a 67 that included seven birdies in the Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla., local qualifier on April 24 at Mission Inn Resort & Club. Mack, who now has full status on the Korn Ferry Tour, has recorded more than 70 wins on mini-tours and the Advocates Professional Golf Association Tour. Mack, the 2021 APGA player of the year, attended Bethune-Cookman University and once lived out of his car early in his professional career.

►Graeme McDowell, 44, of Northern Ireland, won the 2010 U.S. Open by one stroke over Gregory Havret at Pebble Beach Golf Links, becoming the first European to capture the championship in 40 years. McDowell, who has played in 15 U.S. Opens, also tied for second with Michael Thompson, one stroke behind champion Webb Simpson at The Olympic Club in 2012. McDowell, who is now an LIV Golf member, has recorded four PGA Tour and 11 DP World Tour victories.

►Joaquin Niemann, 25, of Chile, has played in five U.S. Opens, with his best finish a tie for 23rd in 2020 at Winged Foot Golf Club. Niemann has won twice on LIV Golf in 2024, including the Mayakoba event when he defeated Sergio Garcia in a playoff. He owns 12 professional victories, including two on the PGA Tour and a playoff win over Rikuya Hoshino in the 2023 Australian Open. He also won the 2018 Latin America Amateur Championship in his home country.

Sohan Patel, 15, of Weston, Fla., posted a 2-under 70 at Wellington (Fla.) National Club and was one of five to advance from local qualifying on May 6. Patel, who qualified for the 2023 U.S. Amateur and was the youngest player in the field at age 14, tied for sixth as a freshman in the Florida Class 2 A state high school championship last December. He tied for ninth as an eighth grader in 2022 when he was chosen Broward County golfer of the year.

Patrick Rodgers, 31, of Jupiter, Fla., has qualified for all five of his U.S. Opens, including last year, through Columbus, Ohio. He tied for 31st in 2022 at The Country Club and had the same result in 2021 at Torrey Pines. Rodgers, who tied for 32nd last year at The Los Angeles Country Club, owns three top-10 finishes on the PGA Tour in 2023-24. He was a member of two USA Walker Cup Teams (2011, 2013).

Charl Schwartzel, 39, of South Africa, has played in 13 U.S. Opens. His best finish was seventh in 2015 at Chambers Bay. Schwartzel, the 2011 Masters champion, has recorded 11 DP World Tour and two PGA Tour victories. He has also won on the Asian and Sunshine tours. He joined LIV Golf in 2022 and won the league’s inaugural event in London.

Peter Uihlein, 34, of Jupiter, Fla., has competed in three U.S. Opens, with his best finish a tie for 48th in 2018 at Shinnecock Hills. He has won on three professional tours, including a pair of Korn Ferry tournaments, and now plays on LIV Golf. Uihlein, who was an All-American at Oklahoma State University, won the 2010 U.S. Amateur at Chambers Bay. He was a member of two USA Walker Cup Teams (2009, 2011).

Brendan Valdes, 21, of Orlando, Fla., competed in his first U.S. Open in 2023 after advancing through both stages of qualifying. Valdes posted eight top-10 finishes as a junior at Auburn University in 2023-24. He earned first team All-Southeastern Conference honors as a sophomore and reached the Round of 32 in last year’s U.S. Amateur. Valdes won the Drive, Chip & Putt title (age 14-15 division) at Augusta National in 2018.

The Golf Club of Georgia (Lakeside Course)
Alpharetta, Ga.; 68 players for TBD spots

►Derek Bard, 28, of Jacksonville, Fla., was the runner-up to Bryson DeChambeau in the 2015 U.S. Amateur Championship. He also defeated Jon Rahm in the quarterfinals of that championship. Bard, who would earn an exemption as runner-up into the 2016 U.S. Open, played at the University of Virginia. Bard, who has played on several professional tours, including the Korn Ferry Tour, was one of four players to advance from the Sewickley, Pa., local qualifier on May 2.

Blades Brown, 17, of Nashville, Tenn., advanced from a 6-for-2 playoff in the Jackson, Tenn., local qualifier on April 23. He was chosen to the U.S. Junior National Team that is part of the newly created U.S. National Development Program (USNDP). Brown was the co-stroke-play medalist and advanced to the Round of 32 in last year’s U.S. Amateur. He may get his athletic prowess from his mother, Rhonda Blades Brown, a former WNBA player and All-America guard at Vanderbilt University. He tied for 26th in the Myrtle Beach Classic on May 12, his first PGA Tour event.
 

Jackson Buchanan, 22, of Dacula, Ga., was the stroke-play co-medalist with Blades Brown and Sampson Zheng and reached the Round of 32 in last year’s U.S. Amateur. Buchanan, a junior at the University of Illinois, has won two tournaments and was the Big Ten Conference runner-up in 2023-24. He tied for second in the NCAA Championship and earned All-America honors as a sophomore. He attended Buford High School in Georgia and was an all-state selection.

►Billy Davis, 18, of Spring Valley, Calif., was one of five players to advance from the La Quinta, Calif., local qualifier on May 7. He carded a 68 at Andalusia Country Club. Davis reached the semifinals of the 2023 U.S. Junior Amateur and finished fifth in this year’s Terra Cotta Invitational. He will join his twin sister, Anna, at Auburn University this fall. Anna, who won the NCAA Auburn Regional as a freshman, has already played in two U.S. Women’s Opens and won the 2022 Augusta National Women’s Amateur.
 

Jason Dufner, 47, of Auburn, Ala., has played in 13 U.S. Opens, with his best finish a tie for fourth in both 2012 and 2013. His last appearance was in 2019 at Pebble Beach Golf Links when he tied for 35th after advancing through the Columbus, Ohio, final qualifier. Dufner has won five PGA Tour events, including the 2013 PGA Championship. He was the runner-up in the 1998 U.S. Amateur Public Links to Trevor Immelman.

David Ford, 21, of Peachtree Corners, Ga., was a member of the winning 2023 USA Walker Cup Team and helped the USA win last year’s World Amateur Team Championship in the United Arab Emirates. He posted five top-10 finishes as a junior at the University of North Carolina in 2023-24. Ford’s twin brother, Maxwell, is an UNC teammate and is also competing in the Georgia final qualifier. David, a two-time first-team All-American, was the 2022-23 Atlantic Coast Conference player of the year.

Maxwell Ford, 21, of Peachtree Corners, Ga., tied for 12th in this year’s Atlantic Coast Conference Championship as a junior at the University of North Carolina. Ford and his twin brother, David, are UNC teammates and each advanced to the Round of 16 in last year’s U.S. Amateur. Maxwell transferred from the University of Georgia where he earned All-Southeast Region honors. He also reached the Round of 16 in the 2021 U.S. Junior Amateur, held at The Country Club of North Carolina.

►Jake Peacock, 20, of Milton, Ga., was the co-medalist in the Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla., local qualifier on April 24. He carded a 5-under 67 and overcame a double bogey with eight birdies. Peacock won the American Athletic Conference Championship with a final-round 64 as a junior at the University of South Florida in 2023-24. Peacock, an all-state selection at Cambridge High School in Georgia, won the 2015 Drive, Chip & Putt national title in the age 10-11 division.

Woodmont Country Club (North Course)
Rockville, Md.; 64 players for TBD spots

Evan Beck, 33, of Virginia Beach, Va., was the runner-up in the 2023 U.S. Mid-Amateur, held at Sleepy Hollow Country Club, in Scarborough, N.Y. He won this year’s George L. Coleman Invitational at Seminole Golf Club. Beck, an analyst for an investment group, was runner-up in the 2008 U.S. Junior Amateur. He was chosen Virginia State Golf Association Player of the Year in 2021 and 2022. Beck was a two-time All-Atlantic Coast Conference selection while playing at Wake Forest University.

►Kevin Chappell, 37, of Fresno, Calif., has played in eight 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 is 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.

George Duangmanee, 22, of Fairfax, Va., advanced from the Ijamsville, Md., local qualifier for the second consecutive year. He survived a 5-for-2 playoff and was among seven players who moved forward from The Club at P.B. Dye on May 8. Duangmanee, who won the 2015 Drive, Chip & Putt national title (age 12-13 division), is a senior on the University of Virginia team in 2023-24. He tied for 15th in this year’s NCAA Championship.

Ian Gilligan, 21, of Reno, Nev., transferred to the University of Florida from Long Beach State University and earned second-team All-Southeastern Conference honors as a junior in 2023-24. He owns five top-10 finishes, including a Southern Highlands title. He overcame a battle with anaplastic large-cell lymphoma that included seven rounds of chemotherapy at age 15. At LBSU as a sophomore, he was chosen Big West Conference Golfer of the Year and won the conference championship.

Marc Leishman, 40, of Australia, has played in 11 U.S. Opens, with his best finish a tie for 14th in 2022 at The Country Club. He has won six PGA Tour events, including the 2017 Arnold Palmer Invitational, and now competes on LIV Golf and PGA Tour Australasia. Leishman, who has won on five professional tours, was co-runner-up in the 2015 Open Championship at St. Andrews.

Sebastian Munoz, 31, of Colombia, has played in five U.S. Opens. His best result was a tie for 14th in 2022 at The Country Club. He tied for 49th last year at The Los Angeles Country Club. Munoz won the PGA Tour’s Sanderson Farms Championship in 2019, defeating Sungjae Im in a playoff. Munoz, who played as a collegian at North Texas, is now competing on LIV Golf.

►Jason Preeo, 45, of Littleton, Colo., was the 2023 U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark’s high school head coach at Valor Christian, south of Denver. Preeo guided to the school to five Class 4A state championship during his nine-year tenure. Preeo, who is a golf instructor at a learning center, qualified for the 2010 U.S. Open. He advanced through both stages and was one of seven local-final qualifiers to make the 36-hole cut at Pebble Beach Golf Links.

►Logan Reilly, 17, of Lovettsville, Va., was one of seven players to advance from the Ijamsville, Md., local qualifier on May 8. He shot an even-par 70 at The Club at P.B. Dye. Reilly birdied three of the last four holes to share the 2023 Virginia Independent State Athletic Association title with a 4-under 67. A junior at Bishop O’Connell High, Reilly was chosen first-team All-Met by the Washington Post.

Isaiah Salinda, 27, of San Francisco, Calif., advanced to the 2022 U.S. Open through both stages of qualifying. He won The Panama Championship with a final-round 65 on Feb. 4, his first Korn Ferry Tour victory. He was a member of the winning 2019 USA Walker Cup Team and reached the semifinals of the 2018 U.S. Amateur. He helped Stanford University win the 2019 NCAA Championship.

►Nick Sorkin, 33, of Moundsville, W.Va., will celebrate his birthday while attempting to qualify for a spot in the U.S. Open field at Pinehurst No. 2. He was the medalist in the Sewickley, Pa., local qualifier on May 2. His 5-under 66 included two holed shots for eagle on the outward nine. He spent five years in minor league hockey after his collegiate career at New Hampshire. He played for the American Hockey League’s Hamilton Bulldogs and the East Coast Hockey League’s Wheeling Nailers.

►Jackson Van Paris, 20, of Pinehurst, N.C., was chosen second-team All-Southeastern Conference as a junior at Vanderbilt University in 2023-24. He has posted four top-five finishes this season. Van Paris, who won the 2023 Sunnehanna Amateur, made his PGA Tour debut in March when he tied for 10th in the Puerto Rico Open with a final-round 64. He earned All-Southeast Region recognition as a sophomore last year and was a four-time NCISAA all-state selection on the high school level.

Canoe Brook Country Club (North & South Courses)
Summit, N.J.; 72 players for TBD spots

►Jackson Buccigross, 24, of South Windsor, Conn., was one of eight players to advance from the Darien, Conn., local qualifier on May 13. He is the son of John Buccigross, who has been an ESPN SportsCenter anchor since 1996. Jackson, who now plays professionally on mini-tours, was an All-Atlantic Region and All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference selection at NCAA Division II Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

►Christopher Crawford, 30, of Bensalem, Pa., is attempting to qualify for the U.S. Open through both stages for a fourth time. Crawford, who has played in three U.S. Opens (2016, 2017, 2021), was the co-medalist (67) in the West Orange, N.J., local qualifier on May 9. Crawford became the first Drexel University golfer to play in a U.S. Open in 2016 when he sank a 40-foot birdie putt on the final hole in the Summit, N.J., final qualifier. He is currently competing on PGA Tour Americas.

►Chris Gotterup, 24, of Little Silver, N.J., qualified for the 2022 U.S. Open through both stages and then tied for 43rd in the championship. He recorded his first PGA Tour victory in this year’s Myrtle Beach Classic with a 72-hole score of 262 (22 under). He was a consensus first-team All-America at the University of Oklahoma in 2021-22 after transferring from Rutgers University. His father, Morten, won his second New Jersey Senior Amateur last year and his sister, Anna, is an attacker on the U.S. Naval Academy lacrosse team.

►Nicholas Gross, 17, of Downingtown, Pa., earned medalist with a bogey-free 7-under 63 in local qualifying at York (Pa.) Country Club on May 2. Gross, a senior at Downingtown West High School, will play at the University of Alabama in the fall. He advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2022 U.S. Amateur and reached match play last year. His parents are both college professors – Shawn at Villanova University (civil and environmental engineering) and Jennifer at Lehigh University (structural engineering).
 

Jim Herman, 46, of Cincinnati, Ohio, has competed in five U.S. Opens, with his best finish a tie for 47th in 2010. He qualified for the 2020 Open at Winged Foot after winning the Wyndham Championship, his third PGA Tour victory. He has won on three professional tours. Herman is a former assistant professional at Trump National Golf Club, 27 miles west of Canoe Brook Country Club.
 

►Ben James, 21, of Milford, Conn., was a member of the victorious 2023 USA Walker Cup Team. He has registered seven top-10 finishes and was 12th in the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship as a sophomore at the University of Virginia in 2023-24. He also shared runner-up honors in the NCAA Championship that concluded on May 27. James won the 2023 Phil Mickelson Outstanding Freshman Award. He advanced to the quarterfinals of last year’s U.S. Amateur.

Michael La Sasso, 20, of Raleigh, N.C., is competing in U.S. Open final qualifying for the second consecutive year. In 2023, he advanced with a birdie on the sixth playoff hole in the Wallace, N.C., local qualifier. La Sasso produced four top-5 finishes, including runner-up in the Cabo Collegiate, as a sophomore at the University of Mississippi in 2023-24. He transferred from North Carolina State where he finished 19th in the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship as a freshman.

Owen Quinn, 25, of Holden, Mass., and his father, Fran, have great memories from the 2014 U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2. Fran, with his son carrying the golf bag, opened with a first-round 68 and eventually tied for 56th after advancing through both stages of qualifying. Owen is navigating his own path to Pinehurst after surviving a 3-for-2 playoff for one of the five spots in the Lincoln, R.I., local qualifier. He shot a 69 at Kirkbrae Country Club on May 14. Owen, who played at Lehigh University, is competing on the Minor League Golf Tour. His father recently qualified for this year U.S. Senior Open.

Andrew Svoboda, 44, of Oak Brook, Ill., has played in five U.S. Opens. He is the head professional at Butler National Golf Club. He tied for second in this year’s PGA Professional Championship which earned him a place in the PGA Championship. Svoboda, who has been victorious in three Korn Ferry Tour events, has won three Met Opens and two New York State Opens. He claimed the 2001 Big East Conference title while playing at St. John’s University.

►Michael Thorbjornsen, 23, of Wellesley, Mass., played in his third U.S. Open last year after earning medalist (66-68) in the Summit, N.J. qualifier. As a senior in 2023-24 at Stanford University, Thorbjornsen won the Cabo Collegiate and has five top-10 finishes. He returned to competition from a back injury this spring. He was a first-team All-American and the Pac-12 Conference’s top golfer last year. In 2019, Thorbjornsen became the second-youngest player (age 17) since World War II to make the 36-hole cut in the U.S. Open. He won the 2018 U.S. Junior Amateur.

Duke University Golf Club
Durham, N.C.; 84 players for TBD spots

►Frankie Capan III, 23, of North Oaks, Minn., advanced through both stages of qualifying to his first U.S. Open in 2023. He has posted four top-10 finishes on the Korn Ferry Tour this spring and fired a 13-under-par 58 in the first round of the Veritex Bank Championship on April 25. In 2020-21, he helped Florida Gulf Coast University reach the NCAA Championship. Capan and Shuai Ming Wong won the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball title at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club in 2017.

►Ricky Castillo, 23, of Yorba Linda, Calif., played in his lone U.S. Open in 2020 when he earned an exemption. He has recorded three top-10 finishes on the Korn Ferry Tour this season. Castillo helped the University of Florida win the 2023 Southeastern Conference title and was a four-time All-SEC and all region selection. He was a member of the winning 2021 USA Walker Cup Team.

►Noah Goodwin, 23, of Dallas, Texas, played in the 2018 U.S. Open. He won the 2017 U.S. Junior Amateur and became the first U.S. Junior champion to earn an exemption into the following year’s U.S. Open. Goodwin has recorded four top-10 finishes on the Korn Ferry Tour this season. At Southern Methodist University he earned first-team All-America honors and won the American Athletic Conference championship.

Bill Haas, 42, of Greenville, S.C., has played in 10 U.S. Opens, with his best finish a tie for fifth in 2017 at Erin Hills. Haas has earned six PGA Tour victories, including the 2011 Tour Championship. He s 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. He was on the 2003 USA Walker Cup Team.

►Chesson Hadley, 36, of Raleigh, N.C., has played in three U.S. Opens. His best finish was a tie for ninth in 2019 at Pebble Beach Golf Links. Hadley, who is a natural lefthander but plays golf righthanded, was the 2014 PGA Tour Rookie of the Year when he won the Puerto Rico Open. A winner of four Korn Ferry Tour events, Hadley was a three-time All-America selection at Georgia Tech.

►Cole Hammer, 24, of Houston, Texas, has competed in three U.S. Opens, including his first at age 15 in 2015 at Chambers Bay. He has been a member of two winning USA Walker Cup Teams (2019, 2021). 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, who is competing on the Korn Ferry Tour, helped the University of Texas win the 2022 NCAA Championship.

Spencer Levin, 39, of Elk Grove, Calif., has played in four U.S. Opens. He tied for 13th and was low amateur in 2004 at Shinnecock Hills. Levin, who only played baseball until age 13, won the Korn Ferry Tour’s Veritex Bank Championship last year and has been victorious in three PGA Tour Canada events. His father, Don, competed on the PGA Tour in the early 1980s.

Ethan Paschal, 18, of Fayetteville, N.C., was one of five players to advance from the Wallace, N.C., local qualifier on April 24. He shot a 69 at River Landing Golf Club’s River Course. Paschal, who is headed to play at the University of North Carolina this fall, is the reigning Class 3A individual state high school champion. He advanced to match play in last year’s U.S. Amateur.

Doc Redman, 26, of Raleigh, N.C., seeks to qualify for his first U.S. Open. He turned professional in 2018 and forfeited his exemption into the U.S. Open after rallying to win the U.S. Amateur in 37 holes the previous year at The Riviera Country Club in California. Redman, who was a member of the winning 2017 USA Walker Cup Team at The Los Angeles Country Club, competes on the Korn Ferry Tour.

Webb Simpson, 38, of Charlotte, N.C., won the 2012 U.S. Open at The Olympic Club when he carded a final-round 68 to edge Graeme McDowell and Michael Thompson by one stroke. He has played in 12 U.S. Opens and has two other top-10 finishes. Simpson, a three-time All-American at Wake Forest University, has recorded seven PGA Tour victories, including the 2018 Players Championship.

Harold Varner III, 33, of Gastonia, N.C., has competed in three U.S. Opens. He won the 2017 Australian PGA Championship and the 2022 PIF Saudi International. Varner has played on six professional tours – PGA, DP World, Korn Ferry, Asian, eGolf and LIV Golf, earning his first victory on that tour in the last year’s Washington, D.C., event. He was chosen Conference USA Player of the Year while playing at East Carolina University.

Ohio State University Golf Club (Scarlet Course)
Columbus, Ohio; 68 players for TBD spots

►Tegan Andrews, 21, of Agoura Hills, Calif., advanced from local qualifying for the second consecutive year. He survived a 7-for-3 playoff in the Lompoc, Calif., qualifier on May 2. He moved forward from Palmer, Alaska last year. Andrews was the Big West Conference’s top golfer after winning the conference title as a senior at Cal State Fullerton in 2023-24. His grandfather, Gene, was a two-time USGA champion who competed in three U.S. Opens and was a member of the 1961 USA Walker Cup Team.

►Luke Guthrie, 34, of Quincy, Ill., was the co-medalist in the Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., local qualifier on May 6. He carded a 65 with eight birdies at The Plantation at Ponte Vedra Beach. Guthrie has competed in three U.S. Opens, including 2014 when he advanced from the Columbus, Ohio, final qualifier to Pinehurst Resort & Country Club. He has played on the PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour and was a two-time Big Ten Conference individual champion while playing at the University of Illinois.

Will Grimmer, 27, of Cincinnati, Ohio, has advanced to U.S. Opens through both stages of qualifying on two occasions (2014, 2018). In his first start, Grimmer, who played at Ohio State University and now competes on several professional tours, made it to Pinehurst No. 2 as a high school junior. He was one of eight players to advance this year from a local qualifier at Maketewah Country Club, in Cincinnati, a club that has hosted the first stage 46 times since 1976. Grimmer, at age 16, once fired a 59 at Pinehurst No. 1 in the North & South Junior Amateur.
 

Padraig Harrington, 52, of the Republic of Ireland, has played in 17 U.S. Opens and posted five top-10 finishes. He tied for 27th last year at The Los Angeles Country Club after earning an exemption as the 2022 U.S. Senior Open champion. Harrington, whose best result is a tie for fourth in 2012 at The Olympic Club, has won three majors. He claimed the 2007 and 2008 Open Championships and the 2008 PGA Championship. He was chosen 2008 PGA Tour Player of the Year.

Luke List, 39, of Augusta, Ga., has competed in seven U.S. Opens, including last year at The Los Angeles Country Club. List has won twice on the PGA Tour – 2022 Farmers Insurance Open and 2023 Sanderson Farms Championship – and each in a playoff. List, who owns two Korn Ferry Tour wins, was the runner-up to Ryan Moore in the 2004 U.S. Amateur.

►Chris Naegel, 41, of Wildwood, Mo., is attempting to advance through both stages of qualifying for the third time. He previously worked his way through local and final qualifiers in 2018 and 2022. Despite not taking up golf until age 16, Naegel also managed to play all 72 holes in both U.S. Opens, tying for 56th on each occasion. On April 29th, he earned the last of six spots in a local qualifier at Westwood Country Club, in St. Louis, through a 9-for-1 playoff.

Andrew Putnam, 35, of University Place, Wash., has competed in three U.S. Opens and his best finish was a tie for 31st in 2022 at The Country Club. Putnam, who has won on the PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour, tied for 43rd last year at The Los Angeles Country Club. He tied for eighth in this year’s Arnold Palmer Invitational on the PGA Tour. His brother, Michael, has played in six U.S. Opens.

Sam Saunders, 36, of Orlando, Fla., is the grandson of 1960 U.S. Open champion Arnold Palmer. He has competed in three U.S. Opens and advanced through the Columbus, Ohio, final qualifier in his last start in 2019. Saunders was co-medalist in the Columbus qualifier in 2015 and tied for 50th in the U.S. Open at Chambers Bay. He also moved forward through both qualifying stages to the 2011 U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club. Saunders has played professionally on the PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour.

Jamie Sindelar, 34, of Horseheads, N.Y., was the medalist with a 65 in local qualifying at Mendon (N.Y.) Golf Club on May 13. Sindelar, who aims to play in his first U.S. Open, attended Ohio State University, and has competed on the Korn Ferry Tour and PGA Tour Canada, and served as a club pro in upstate New York. His father, Joey, won seven PGA Tour events and played in 17 U.S. Opens, including the 1999 championship at Pinehurst No. 2.

►Brendon Todd, 38, of Athens, Ga., has played in five U.S. Opens. He tied for 17th in 2014 at Pinehurst No. 2 and was alone in second place following 36 holes. He also tied for 23rd in 2020 at Winged Foot. He has won three PGA Tour events, including both the Bermuda Championship and Mayakoba Golf Classic in 2019. Todd has won two Korn Ferry Tour events and was an All-American at the University of Georgia.

Kevin Tway, 35, of Edmond, Okla., has competed in three U.S. Opens and tied for 60th in 2014 at Pinehurst No. 2. He won the 2018 Safeway Open, his lone PGA Tour victory, in a playoff. Tway, who captured 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.

Bo Van Pelt, 49, of Tulsa, Okla., was one of six players to advance from the Duncan, Okla., local qualifier on April 22. He has played in nine U.S. Opens and last competed in 2015 when he advanced from the Columbus, Ohio, final qualifier. His best finish is a tie for 14th in 2011 at Congressional Country Club. Van Pelt has won on five professional tours, including the PGA Tour and DP World Tour. His father, Bob, was chosen in the 1967 NFL Draft by the Philadelphia Eagles.

Jhonattan Vegas, 39, of Venezuela, has played in four U.S. Opens. He has recorded three PGA Tour victories, including back-to-back Canadian Open titles in 2016 and 2017. His first win came in the 2011 Bob Hope Classic when he won in a playoff. He was the first player from Venezuela to compete in the Presidents Cup (2021) and he represented his country in the 2020 Summer Olympics.

►Wyatt Worthington II, 37, of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, is a sales representative for a golf manufacturer. Worthington has won on the Advocates Professional Golf Association Tour. He played in his fourth PGA Championship last month after tying for 16th in the PGA Professional Championship. Worthington, a graduate of Methodist University’s PGA Golf Management Program, has also been a teaching pro.

Springfield Country Club
Springfield, Ohio; 64 players for TBD spots

Cameron Davis, 29, of Australia, played in his first U.S. Open last year at The Los Angeles Country Club as an exempt player. Davis, who has won on the Korn Ferry Tour and PGA Tour of Australasia, recorded his first PGA Tour win in 2021 at the Rocket Mortgage Classic. Davis, who tied for 12th in this year’s Masters Tournament, helped Australia win the 2016 World Amateur Team Championship.
 

Austin Greaser, 23, of Vandalia, Ohio, has made one U.S. Open start and tied for 61st in 2022 at The Country Club. He was a member of the victorious 2023 USA Walker Cup Team and was the runner-up to James Piot in the 2021 U.S. Amateur at Oakmont Country Club. Greaser has earned All-America and All-Atlantic Coast Conference recognition while playing at the University of North Carolina. He has recorded five top-10 finishes, including medalist in the NCAA Chapel Hill (N.C.) Regional, as a graduate student in 2023-24. In 2022, he won the Western Amateur and played in the Masters.
 

Luke Gutschewski, 21, of Omaha, Neb., was one of five players to advance from the Lake Elmo, Minn., local qualifier on May 1. His father, Scott, who has played on the PGA Tour and won on the Korn Ferry Tour, played in this year’s Dallas, Texas, final qualifier on May 20. Luke has posted five top-10 finishes as a junior at Iowa State University in 2023-24. He was the co-medalist in stroke play and reached match play in the 2022 U.S. Amateur.
 

Nick Hardy, 28, of Northbrook, Ill., has played in five U.S. Opens, with his best finish a tie for 14th in 2022 at The Country Club. He advanced from the Springfield, Ohio, final qualifier last year when he fired a 61 in the second round. He went on to tie for 20th at The Los Angeles Country Club. Hardy, who competes on the PGA Tour, won the 2023 Zurich Classic of New Orleans with partner Davis Riley. He was the 2018 Big Ten Conference Player of the Year while playing for the University of Illinois.
 

►Keller Harper, 26, of Atlanta, Ga., was the medalist in the Indianapolis, Ind., local qualifier on May 2. He fired a 9-under 63, including an eagle on the par-5 17th, at Broadmoor Country Club. Harper, a three-time Southern Conference player of the year at Furman University, also earned medalist in local qualifying in 2018 and 2019. He has played on the Korn Ferry Tour and PGA Tour Canada. His grandfather, Jimmy, worked as a Southeastern Conference (SEC) football official and played quarterback at Georgia.

Beau Hossler, 29, of Austin, Texas, has played in four U.S. Opens. He advanced through the Springfield, Ohio, qualifier and tied for 53rd at The Country Club in 2022. Hossler, a former All-American at the University of Texas, played in the 2011 U.S. Open at age 16 and tied for 29th in 2012, his best finish. Hossler owns two top-10 results on the PGA Tour this season, including a tie for fourth in the Myrtle Beach Classic on May 12.

►Zach Johnson, 48, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has won two major championships: the 2007 Masters and the 2015 Open Championship. He has played in 18 U.S. Opens. His best finishes are a pair of ties for eighth in 2016 and 2020. Johnson, who has won 12 PGA Tour events, was a member of five USA Ryder Cup Teams and served as the U.S. captain in 2023.

Troy Merritt, 38, of Eagle, Idaho, played in his fourth U.S. Open in 2022 after qualifying through Springfield, Ohio. He made the 36-hole cut in 2020 and 2021, tying for 58th at Winged Foot and 65th at Torrey Pines. Merritt has captured two events on the PGA Tour, the 2015 Quicken Loans National and 2018 Barbasol Championship. He has also won on the Korn Ferry Tour.
 

Harry Rudolph III, 54, of La Jolla, Calif., competed at a high level in his youth, became a professional, left the game for nearly a decade, returned as a reinstated amateur and is now a pro again. He has qualified for three consecutive U.S. Senior Opens (2021-23) but has never played in a U.S. Open. Rudolph, who knocked heads with six-time U.S. Open runner-up Phil Mickelson on the junior circuit, earned co-medalist in the Llano, Calif., local qualifier on April 30. He carded a 66 at Crystalaire Country Club. Rudolph and his siblings manage a coffee shop in the mold of the great New York diners.
 

►Alex Schaake, 26, of Omaha, Neb., was the co-medalist with his brother, Carson, in the Omaha, Neb., local qualifier. Each Schaake carded a 4-under 67 at Omaha Country Club on May 8. Alex qualified through both stages to reach last year’s U.S. Open at The Los Angeles Country Club. He shot 68-65 in the Springfield, Ohio, final qualifier. Schaake was twice chosen the Big Ten Conference’s player of the year (2019, 2021) while playing at the University of Iowa.
 

►Carson Schaake, 29, of Omaha, Neb., and his younger brother, Alex, were co-medalists in local qualifying at Omaha (Neb.) Country Club on May 8. Carson moved forward through both stages to reach the 2021 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines. He advanced from the Springfield, Ohio, qualifier with rounds of 68 and 63. Carson Schaake, the 2015 Big Ten Conference Player of the Year at the University of Iowa, has competed on PGA Tour Canada.
 

►Adam Scott, 43, of Australia, has competed in 22 U.S. Opens, with his best finish a tie for fourth in 2015 at Chambers Bay. He has played in two Pinehurst Opens – tied for 28th in 2005 and tied for ninth in 2014. In 2018, he advanced through final qualifying with rounds of 66 and 72 in Columbus, Ohio, earning one of the 14 spots available. He has won on five professional tours and his 14 PGA Tour victories include the 2013 Masters and the 2004 Players Championship.
 

Sam Stevens, 27, of Eastborough, Kan., is attempting to advance to his third consecutive U.S. Open and all from the Springfield, Ohio, final qualifier. He shot a second-round 62 to earn medalist in qualifying and would then tie for 43rd in last year’s U.S. Open. He tied for 49th in 2022 at The Country Club, in Brookline, Mass. A third-generation professional, he has played on the PGA Tour, Korn Ferry Tour, PGA Tour Canada and PGA Tour Latinoamerica. His grandfather, Johnny, played in the 1969 U.S. Open and was low amateur in the 1994 U.S. Senior Open.

►Brian Stuard, 41, of Jackson, Mich., has played in seven U.S. Opens and advanced to the championship through the Springfield, Ohio, final qualifier each time. He was the qualifier’s medalist in 2013, 2014 and 2019. He made the 36-hole cut in a U.S. Open once and tied for 65th in 2019 at Pebble Beach Golf Links. Stuard won the PGA Tour’s 2016 Zurich Classic of New Orleans in a playoff.

Pronghorn Resort (Nicklaus Course)
Bend, Ore.; 44 players for TBD spots

►Kihei Akina, 18, of Alpine, Utah, carded a 3-under 69 to earn one of five spots in the Highland, Utah, local qualifier on April 29. He was chosen USA Today’s National Boys Golfer of the Year as a sophomore at Lone Peak High. He won consecutive Class 6A state titles in 2021 and 2022 and set the championship scoring record with a pair of 64s. He is exempt into the 2024 U.S. Junior Amateur and is entered in qualifying for this year’s U.S. Amateur.

►Derek Bayley, 28, of Rathdrum, Idaho, was one of four players to advance from the Caldwell, Idaho, local qualifier on May 13. Bayley was a four-year member of Washinton State University’s team before playing professionally on PGA Tour Canada and PGA Tour Latinoamerica. He won last year’s Idaho Open in a playoff after recovering from surgery to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder in 2022.

►Jackson Lake, 23, of Clovis, Calif., earned medalist in the Lompoc, Calif., local qualifier. He shot a 68 at La Purisma Golf Course on May 2. Lake also advanced to final qualifying in 2022. He has posted three top-10 finishes, including a victory in the Seattle Redhawk Invitational, as a senior at Oregon State University in 2023-24.

►Harrison Moir, 30, Lake Oswego, Ore., was the medalist in the Molalla, Ore., local qualifier on May 14. He carded a 5-under 66 at Arrowhead Golf Club. Moir earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Oregon where he was a member of the school’s club golf program. He works in commercial leasing and acquisitions.

Conner Robbins, 44, of Bremerton, Was

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