118th U.S. Amateur Notes & Storylines

118th U.S. Amateur Championship 
Aug. 13-19, 2018, Pebble Beach Golf Links and
Spyglass Hill Golf Course, Pebble Beach, Calif.

FIELD NOTES – Among the 312 golfers in the 2018 U.S. Amateur Championship:
Oldest Competitors: Paul Simson (67, born May 10, 1951), Dave Ryan (64, born March 27, 1954), Sean Knapp (56, born March 15, 1962).

Youngest Competitors: Gaven Lane (14, born June 16, 2004), Jackson Van Paris (14, born Aug. 23, 2003), Matthew Griggs (15, born Oct. 7, 2002), Alexander Yang (15, born Sept. 23, 2002).

Average Age of Field: 22.59

International Field (Number of players) – There are 23 countries represented in the 2018 U.S. Amateur, including United States (261), Canada (10), Australia (8), England (5), Mexico (3), People’s Republic of China (2), Republic of Ireland (2), Republic of Korea (2), Norway (2), Sweden (2), Spain (2), Argentina (1), Chinese Taipei (1), Costa Rica (1), France (1), Germany (1), Japan (1), Malaysia (1), New Zealand (1), Peru (1), Puerto Rico (1), South Africa (1) and Venezuela (1).

U.S. States Represented (Number of players)– There are 45 states represented in the 2018 U.S. Amateur: California (46), Florida (16), Texas (14), Illinois (13), North Carolina (13), South Carolina (11), Massachusetts (9), New York (9), Arizona (8), Georgia (8), Ohio (7), Pennsylvania (7), Virginia (7), Louisiana (6), Washington (6), Indiana (5), Mississippi (5), New Jersey (5), Oklahoma (5), Tennessee (5), Colorado (4), Kentucky (4), Michigan (4), Minnesota (4), Wisconsin (4), Hawaii (3), Iowa (3), Maryland (3), West Virginia (3), Alabama (2), Arkansas (2), Connecticut (2), Idaho (2), Maine (2), Missouri (2), Nebraska (2), New Mexico (2), Kansas (1), Montana (1), Nevada (1), North Dakota (1), Oregon (1), Rhode Island (1), South Dakota (1) and Utah (1).

USGA Champions (13): Philip Barbaree (2015 Junior Amateur), Garrett Barber (2018 Amateur Four-Ball), Noah Goodwin (2017 Junior Amateur), Stewart Hagestad (2016 Mid-Amateur), Cole Hammer (2018 Amateur Four-Ball), Scott Harvey (2014 Mid-Amateur), Sean Knapp (2017 Senior Amateur), Min Woo Lee (2016 Junior Amateur), Michael McCoy (2013 Mid-Amateur), Matt Parziale (2017 Mid-Amateur), Paul Simson (2010, 2012 Senior Amateur), Dave Ryan (2016 Senior Amateur), Michael Thorbjornsen (2018 Junior Amateur).

USGA Runners-Up (10): Akshay Bhatia (2018 Junior Amateur), Brad Dalke (2016 Amateur), Noah Goodwin (2016 Junior Amateur), Scott Harvey (2016 Mid-Amateur), Josh Nichols (2017 Mid-Amateur), Andrew Orischak (2015 Junior Amateur), Garrett Rank (2012 Mid-Amateur), Davis Riley (2013, 2014 Junior Amateur), Paul Simson (2017 Senior Amateur), Matthew Wolff (2017 Junior Amateur).

Players in Field with Most U.S. Amateur Appearances (2018 included) – Michael McCoy (19), Paul Simson (15), Richard Berkmeyer (10), Jeff Wilson (10), Stewart Hagestad (9), Scott Harvey (8), Garrett Rank (7).

2018 U.S. Amateur Players Who Competed in 1999 U.S. Amateur (5): Sean Knapp (Rd.-64), Sam O'Dell (Rd.-64), Danny Paniccia (Rd.-64), Paul Simson (Rd.-32), Jeff Wilson (FQ)

2017 U.S. Amateur Competitors (76): Andrew Alligood, Mason Andersen, Philip Barbaree, Garrett Barber, Luis Fernando Barco, Zach Bauchou, Jacob Bergeron, Hugo Bernard, Hayden Buckley, Nick Carlson, Steven Chervony, Patrick Cover, Chris Crisologo, Trace Crowe, Brad Dalke, Clay Feagler, Luis Gagne, Jorge Garcia, Oliver Gillberg, Noah Goodwin, William Gordon, Arthur Griffin, Will Grimmer, Stewart Hagestad, Scott Harvey, Timmy Hildebrand, Viktor Hovland, Franklin Huang, Tyler Isenhart, Jacob Koppenberg, Mark Lawrence Jr., Min Woo Lee, Won Jun Lee, Logan Lowe, Brandon Mancheno, Ryan Marter, Patrick Martin, Joshua McCarthy, Ryan McCarthy, Michael McCoy, McClure Meissner, Collin Morikawa, Noah Norton, Andy Ogletree, Brian Ohr, A.J. Ott, John Pak, Dylan Perry, Spencer Ralston, Garrett Rank, Rhett Rasmussen, Ben Reichert, Kristoffer Reitan, Joey Savoie, Jack Schultz, Corby Segal, Benjamin Shipp, Davis Shore, Ben Siegel, Rosswell Sinclair, Alex Smalley, Zach Smith, Austin Squires, Tyler Strafaci, Justin Suh, Sahith Theegala, Braden Thornberry, Donnie Trosper, Joey Vrzich, Charles Waddell, Matthew Wolff, Hayden Wood, Shae Wools-Cobb, Brandon Wu, Brett Young, Chun An Yu.

2016 U.S. Amateur Competitors (52): Mason Andersen, Philip Barbaree, Luis Fernando Barco, Zach Bauchou, Bryan Baumgarten, Hugo Bernard, Nick Carlson, Mario Carmona, Chris Crisologo, Trace Crowe, Brad Dalke, Kyler Dunkle, Chandler Eaton, Clay Feagler, Luis Gagne, Jorge Garcia, Darin Goldstein, Noah Goodwin, William Gordon, Jeremy Grab, Arthur Griffin, Will Grimmer, Stewart Hagestad, Scott Harvey, Franklin Huang, Chase Johnson Min Woo Lee, S.M. Lee, Won Jun Lee, Kaiwen Liu, Joshua McCarthy, Michael McCoy, Mitchell Meissner, Collin Morikawa, Brian Ohr, Spencer Ralston, Garrett Rank, Davis Riley, Joey Savoie, Maxwell Sear, Alex Smalley, James Song, Ryan Stachler, Justin Suh, Sahith Theegala, Braden Thornberry, Travis Vick, Charles Waddell, Matthew Wetherill, Daniel Wetterich, Matthew Wolff, Taylor Wood.

2015 U.S. Amateur Competitors (32): Philip Barbaree, Luis Fernando Barco, Bryan Baumgarten, Kyler Dunkle, Austin Eckroat, Jorge Garcia, Noah Goodwin, Will Grimmer, Stewart Hagestad, Cole Hammer, Scott Harvey, Franklin Huang, Ryggs Johnston, James Kneen, Jacob Koppenberg, Brandon Mancheno, Michael McCoy, Collin Morikawa, Andy Ogletree, Andrew Orischak, Garrett Rank, Garett Reband, Davis Riley, Joey Savoie, Corby Segal, Tyler Strafaci, Braden Thornberry, Daniel Wetterich, Josh Whalen, Hayden Wood, Noah Woolsey, Hide Yoshihara.

2014 U.S. Amateur Competitors (10): Matthew Bassler, Patrick Cover, Patrick Frodigh, Will Grimmer, Michael McCoy, Trevor Phillips, Garrett Rank, Davis Riley, Corby Segal, Charles Waddell.

2013 U.S. Amateur Competitors (10): Andrew Bailey, Shintaro Ban, Brandon Dalinka, Brad Dalke, Stewart Hagestad, Scott Harvey, Michael McCoy, Gordon Neale, Garrett Rank, Davis Riley.

2012 U.S. Amateur Competitors (6): Chris Baingo, Brandon Dalinka, Stewart Hagestad, Gordon Neale, Gary Nicklaus, John Wright.

2011 U.S. Amateur Competitors (6): Chris Baingo, Richard Berkmeyer, Stewart Hagestad, Michael McCoy, Garrett Rank, Christopher Tuulik.

2010 U.S. Amateur Competitors (7): Richard Berkmeyer, Stewart Hagestad, Scott Harvey, Drew Kittleson, Sean Knapp, Michael McCoy, Jeff Wilson.

2018 U.S. Open Competitors (16): Shintaro Ban, Philip Barbaree, Jacob Bergeron, Luis Gagne, Noah Goodwin, Will Grimmer, Stewart Hagestad, Franklin Huang, Matt Parziale, Garrett Rank, Rhett Rasmussen, Kristoffer Reitan, Tyler Strafaci, Braden Thornberry, Timothy Wiseman, Chun An Yu.

2018 The Open Championship Competitors (1): Jovan Rebula.  

2018 U.S. Senior Open Competitors (4): Sean Knapp, Michael McCoy, Paul Simson, Jeff Wilson.

2018 U.S. Junior Amateur Competitors (18): Garrett Barber, Sam Batta, Jake Beber-Frankel, Akshay Bhatia, Cole Hammer, Joe Highsmith, James Imai, Tyler Isenhart, Palmer Jackson, Kaiwen Liu, William Mouw, Trent Phillips, Cameron Sisk, Ryan Smith, James Song, Michael Thorbjornsen, Mark Turner, Travis Vick.

2018 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Competitors (20): Joe Alfieri, Andrew Bailey, Garrett Barber, Derek Bayley, Richard Berkmeyer, Dennis Bull, Brandon Dalinka, Riley Elmes, Patrick Frodigh, Darin Goldstein, Jeremy Grab, Ben Greve, Matthew Griggs, Cole Hammer, Scott Harvey, Chris Hatch, Sean Knapp, Jake McGlone, Garrett Rank, Bradford Tilley.

2017 U.S. Mid-Amateur Competitors (13): Joe Alfieri, Darin Goldstein, Stewart Hagestad, Scott Harvey, Sean Knapp, Michael McCoy, Josh Nichols, Sam O’Dell, Matt Parziale, Dave Ryan, Corby Segal, Bradford Tilley, Charles Waddell.

2017 U.S. Senior Amateur Competitors (3): Sean Knapp, Dave Ryan, Paul Simson.

2017 USA Walker Cup Team Members (3): Stewart Hagestad, Collin Morikawa, Braden Thornberry.

2017 Great Britain and Ireland Walker Cup Team Members (1): Matthew Jordan.

2015 USA Walker Cup Team Members (2): Scott Harvey, Michael McCoy.
 
PLAYER NOTES:
 
Mason Andersen, 19, of Chandler, Ariz., competed in the 2017 U.S. Open at Erin Hills, where he missed the cut by one stroke. He was chosen Arizona Golf Association player of the year. As a freshman at Arizona State University, Andersen tied for 27th in the 2018 Pac-12 Conference Championship. Anderson, who is competing in his third consecutive U.S. Amateur, won the Arizona Stroke Play Championship, earned medalist honors in the Arizona Amateur and advanced to U.S. Open sectional qualifying in 2016.
 
Shintaro Ban, 22, of San Jose, Calif., is competing in his second U.S. Amateur and qualified for this year’s U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, in Southampton, N.Y. Ban recently graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), where he was named the Mountain West Conference Player of the Year as a senior. He was a Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Year finalist and a semifinalist for the Ben Hogan Award, while also garnering WGCA All-America and All-West Region honors. Ban helped the USA claim the 2018 Palmer Cup at the Evian Resort Golf Club in France. 
 
Philip Barbaree, 20, of Shreveport, La., qualified for this year’s U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club and was one of three current Louisiana State University (LSU) players in the field. He is competing in his fourth U.S. Amateur. Barbaree won the 2015 U.S. Junior Amateur by defeating Andrew Orischak in 37 holes. He posted a championship record for largest comeback, coming from 5 down with eight holes to play. Barbaree won two Division I individual state high school championships and helped C.E. Byrd High garner the 2016 team title. He registered five top-10 finishes this year, including a tie for 10th in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Championship. 
 
Garrett Barber, 18, of Stuart, Fla., won the 2018 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball title with partner Cole Hammer, defeating Chip Brooke and Marc Dull, 4 and 3, in the final at Jupiter Hills Club (Hills Course), in Tequesta, Fla. Barber advanced to the Round of 32 in last month’s U.S. Junior Amateur. He won this year’s Jones Cup Invitational (in a playoff over 2018 U.S. Open qualifier Theo Humphrey) and the 2017 Rolex Tournament of Champions. He claimed the 2017 Florida Class 1A high school state championship by six strokes with a 36-hole score of 10-under 134. Barber, who will attend Louisiana State University (LSU) in the fall, is the first player to have won both the Jones Cup Junior (2016) and the Jones Cup. 

Luis Fernando Barco, 23, of Peru, is competing in his fourth consecutive U.S. Amateur. Barco won the 2018 Mexican Amateur Championship with a 5-under 283 for a five-stroke victory over runner-up Alvaro Ortiz. He has won three tournaments this year, including the Terra Cotta Invitational on April 15. As a senior at Purdue University in 2016-17, Barco was named to the Ping All-Region Team and posted the sixth-best single-season stroke average in school history (72.66).

Zach Bauchou, 22, of Forest, Va., has advanced to the Round of 32 in each of his previous two U.S. Amateurs. He won the 2017 Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship after finishing third in both 2015 and 2016. Bauchou, who was the 22nd American to claim the title, shot an 8-under 272 for a one-stroke victory. Bauchou, who will be a senior at Oklahoma State University, helped the Cowboys win the 2018 NCAA Championship. He earned second-team All-America and All-Big 12 Conference recognition while posting six top-10 finishes.  
 
Jake Beber-Frankel, 16, of Miami, Fla., advanced to match play for the second consecutive year in the U.S. Junior Amateur. He tied for 16th in the 2017 Class 1A state high school championship as a member of the Ransom Everglades High team. He was runner-up in the state Boys Junior (ages 13-15) and Junior Players at TPC Sawgrass in 2017. He finished seventh in the 2018 state Boys Junior (ages 16-18). His father David Frankel 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. His twin sister, Phoebe, is also a competitive golfer who finished 11th in the 2017 Class 1A girls’ state high school championship. 

Jacob Bergeron, 20, of Slidell, La., competed in this year’s U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club and was one of three current Louisiana State University players to qualify for the championship. Bergeron, who will be a sophomore at LSU, was named to the Southeastern Conference All-Freshman Team after tying for 10th in the SEC Championship. He tied for sixth in this year’s Northeast Amateur, which included an opening-round 65. He is playing in his second consecutive U.S. Amateur.
 
Hugo Bernard, 23, of Canada, advanced to the Round of 16 in this year’s Australian Amateur and to match play in both the 2016 and 2017 U.S. Amateur. He won the 2016 NCAA Division II Championship as a member of the St. Leo University team. He also claimed the 2016 Canadian Amateur and tied for fourth in 2017. Bernard helped Canada tie for 11th in the 2016 World Amateur Team Championship.

Akshay Bhatia, 16, of Wake Forest, N.C., was the runner-up in the 2018 U.S. Junior Amateur, where he fell to Michael Thorbjornsen, 1 up, in the championship. Bhatia captured his second consecutive Boys Junior PGA title by one stroke with a 72-hole score of 11-under 277 on Aug. 3. He also won this year’s Junior Invitational at Sage Valley by one stroke over Frankie Capan with a 54-hole score of 214 (2 under) and the Polo Golf Junior Classic. In 2017, Bhatia advanced to match play in both the U.S. Junior Amateur and U.S. Amateur Four-Ball. Bhatia, whose sister Rhea just completed her junior season as a member of the Queens University of Charlotte women’s golf team, aced the 17th hole at Pinehurst No. 2 at age 12.

Nick Carlson, 21, of Hamilton, Mich., advanced to the semifinals of the 2016 U.S. Amateur, losing to eventual champion Curtis Luck, in 21 holes. He won two extra-holes matches and defeated Western Amateur champion Dylan Meyer in the quarterfinals. A rising senior at the University of Michigan, Carlson helped the Wolverines finish sixth in the 2018 Big Ten Conference Championship after earning Midwest All-District recognition the previous year.

Chris Crisologo, 22, of Canada, will play in his third consecutive U.S. Amateur. He advanced through a playoff to the Round of 64 last year at The Riviera Country Club. He was selected to the NCAA Division II All-America squad for the fourth year in a row as a member of the Simon Fraser University team. Crisologo, who resides in Richmond, British Columbia, also earned All-Region West recognition and was chosen Great Northwest Athletic Conference Player of the Year for a third time. He tied for 45th in the PGA Tour’s RBC Canadian Open on July 29.
 
Brad Dalke, 20, of Norman, Okla., is competing in his ninth USGA championship and fourth U.S. Amateur. Dalke was the runner-up to Curtis Luck in the 2016 U.S. Amateur and played in the 2017 Masters. A rising senior at the University of Oklahoma, he helped the Sooners capture the 2017 NCAA Championship by winning the decisive match in the victory over Oregon. Dalke helped the USA claim the 2018 Palmer Cup at the Evian Resort Golf Club in France. His father (Bill) was a starting linebacker on Oklahoma’s 1975 national championship football team and his mother (Kay Pryor) played on the first Oklahoma women’s golf team.
 
Robin Dawson, 22, of the Republic of Ireland, was the runner-up in the 2018 Amateur Championship, conducted by The R&A. Dawson lost to Jovan Rebula, 3 and 2, in the 36-hole final at Royal Aberdeen on June 23. Dawson was also a runner-up in the 2018 European Amateur Championship, finishing just one stroke behind champion Nicolai Hojgaard of Denmark. He captured the 2018 Irish Amateur Open Championship by four strokes, a victory that included a first-round 65 at Royal County Down. 
 
Michael Feagles, 20, of Scottsdale, Ariz., is the nephew of Pro Bowl punter Jeff Feagles, who played 22 seasons in the National Football League. Michael, who will be a junior at the University of Illinois, earned first-team All-Big Ten Conference honors this year after tying for fifth in the conference tournament. Feagles, who posted a career-low second-round 64, also tied for 10th in the NCAA Columbus Regional. His grandfather, John Foley, played golf at the University of Notre Dame. 
 
Alex Fitzpatrick, 19, of England, is the younger brother of Matthew Fitzpatrick, who owns four PGA European Tour victories and tied for 12th in this year’s U.S. Open. Alex, who will be a freshman at Wake Forest University, was on the bag for his brother when he won the 2013 U.S. Amateur at The Country Club, in Brookline, Mass. In 2018, he was the runner-up to Billy McKenzie in the Spanish International Amateur, finished fourth in the Irish Amateur Open Championship and tied for 21st in the European Amateur Championship.
 
Luis Gagne, 20, of Orlando, Fla., shared low-amateur honors with Matt Parziale in the 2018 U.S. Open, tying for 48th at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, in Southampton, N.Y. Gagne was one of three current Louisiana State University players to qualify for the U.S. Open. He earned third-team All-America and first-team All-Southeastern Conference honors as an LSU sophomore in 2017-18. Gagne is competing in his third consecutive U.S. Amateur and reached the quarterfinals in 2016. He helped the USA claim the 2018 Palmer Cup at the Evian Resort Golf Club in July and tied for fourth in the Northeast Amateur.

Patrick Gareiss, 17, of Chesapeake, Va., earned a spot in the U.S. Amateur field when Akshay Bhatia gained exempt status by advancing to the championship match in the U.S. Junior Amateur at Baltusrol Golf Club. Gareiss was the first alternate in sectional qualifying at James River Country Club, in Newport News, Va. He helped Hickory High School finish second in the 2017 Class 5A state high school championship and was sixth overall. His team also won the regional title.

Oliver Gillberg, 21, of Sweden, won the 2018 South African Stroke Play Championship, recording the lowest 72-hole score (261) in championship history, including a second-round 62. Gillberg made the 36-hole cut in his PGA European Tour debut in the 2017 Nordea Masters, finishing 68th. He also advanced to the final stage of the European Tour Qualifying School. As an amateur, Gillberg has finished in the top 25 in three professional tournaments. He is competing in his second U.S. Amateur.

Sam Goldenring, 20, of Florham Park, N.J., will be competing in his first USGA championship. He is a member of the Williams College team, where he earned All-New England Small College Athletic Conference and Ping All-Northeast Region honors for the second consecutive year. As a freshman, Goldenring was chosen honorable mention NCAA Division III All-American and to the NCAA All-Freshman Team. His teammate Will Kannegieser also qualified for this year’s U.S. Amateur.

Noah Goodwin, 18, of Corinth, Texas, is competing in his fourth U.S. Amateur and ninth USGA championship. He won the 2017 U.S. Junior Amateur by defeating Matthew Wolff, 1 up, in the 36-hole final. He rallied from 4 down with eight holes left to win the championship and earn an exemption into the 2018 U.S. Open. Goodwin became the third player to win after being runner-up the previous year, joining Mason Rudolph (1950) and Tim Straub (1983). Goodwin, who will be a sophomore at Southern Methodist University (SMU), has the same swing coach (Cameron McCormick) as 2015 U.S. Open champion Jordan Spieth. His father, Jeff, is a professor of kinesiology at the University of North Texas.

Ben Greve, 37, of Minneapolis, Minn., is an insurance agent who is competing in his third USGA championship. He has twice won the Minnesota State Open (2016, 2017) and was a member of Minnesota’s 2002 NCAA Championship team. Greve is married to Lindsay Whalen, a four-time WNBA champion with the Minnesota Lynx and a two-time Olympic gold medalist (2012, 2016) who was recently hired as the University of Minnesota’s head women’s basketball coach.

Matthew Griggs, 15, of Prosper, Texas, competed in the 2018 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball with partner Evan Vo, equaling the record for the youngest team in the championship’s four-year history. Sean Maruyama and Clay Seeber were also each age 15 when they competed in 2016 at Winged Foot Golf Club. At age 14, Griggs won the 15-18-year-old division in the TJGT Invitational at the Traditions Texas A&M course, then defended his title at the age of 15. 

Will Grimmer, 21, of Cincinnati, Ohio, was one of three amateurs to make the 36-hole cut in the 2018 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, where he finished 66th. He is playing in his fifth consecutive U.S. Amateur and 12th USGA championship. He advanced to the Round of 32 at Olympia Fields (Ill.) Country Club in 2015. Grimmer, who is a rising senior at Ohio State University, tied for fourth in the 2018 Big Ten Conference Championship. He was third at The Players Amateur on July 15 at Berkeley Hall Golf Club. He qualified for the 2014 U.S. Open, where he was the youngest player (age 17) in the field.

Stewart Hagestad, 27, of Newport Beach, Calif., is competing in his ninth U.S. Amateur and 15th USGA championship. He won the 2016 U.S. Mid-Amateur by defeating Scott Harvey in 37 holes and was a member of the winning 2017 USA Walker Cup Team. Hagestad, who became the second-youngest Mid-Amateur champion, produced the largest comeback victory (4 down with 5 holes to play) since a 36-hole final was introduced in 2001. He was the low amateur in the 2017 Masters Tournament, tying for 36th. Hagestad was a member of the University of Southern California golf team, graduating in 2013. He was chosen 2016 Metropolitan Golf Association Player of the Year.

Cole Hammer, 18, of Houston, Texas, advanced to the semifinals in this year’s U.S. Junior Amateur at Baltusrol Golf Club and won the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball with partner Garrett Barber. Hammer, who was the third-youngest player to compete in a U.S. Open when he played at Chambers Bay in 2015, is playing his second U.S. Amateur and ninth USGA championship. He reached the Round of 64 in 2015 at Olympia Fields (Ill.) Country Club. Hammer captured the Western Amateur on Aug. 4, defeating Davis Riley, 1 up, in the championship match. Hammer, who will attend the University of Texas in the fall, also claimed the Azalea Invitational when he defeated Hugo Bernard and Joseph Pagdin in a playoff.

Scott Harvey, 40, of Greensboro, N.C., is competing in his eighth U.S. Amateur and 28th USGA championship. He won the 2014 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship, which earned him an invitation to the 2015 Masters, and was the runner-up to Stewart Hagestad in 2016. Harvey, a property manager, was a member of the 2015 USA Walker Cup Team and qualified to play in his first U.S. Open in 2017 at Erin Hills. Harvey has reached match play in all 10 U.S. Mid-Amateurs and all four U.S. Amateur Four-Balls (with partner Todd Mitchell) in which he has competed.

Joe Highsmith, 18, of Tacoma, Wash., reached the quarterfinals in the 2018 U.S. Junior Amateur, losing to the eventual champion Michael Thorbjornsen, 4 and 3, at Baltusrol Golf Club. Highsmith became the youngest player to win the Washington State Amateur last year when he posted a 54-hole score of 9-under 205. He also won the 2017 Class 4A state championship and helped Bellarmine Prep capture its third consecutive state crown. Highsmith, the 2016 state Junior Boys player of the year, will attend Pepperdine University in the fall of 2018.

Viktor Hovland, 20, of Norway, earned first-team All-America and All-Big 12 Conference honors in his sophomore season at Oklahoma State University and helped the Cowboys win the 2018 NCAA Championship. He had eight top-10 finishes, including a tie for third in the Big 12 Championship. Hovland, who tied for 11th in the NCAA Championship, was a member of the losing 2018 Palmer Cup International Team. Hovland, who is competing in his second U.S. Amateur, lost the 2016 European Amateur to Luca Cianchetti in a seven-hole playoff. He fired a final-round 65 in in the 2016 World Amateur Team Championship to help Norway place fifth, its best-ever finish. 

Franklin Huang, 22, of Poway, Calif., is competing in his fourth consecutive U.S. Amateur, having reached match play at Oakland Hills in 2016. As a member of the Stanford University team, he earned second-team All-Pac-12 Conference honors as a senior and honorable mention All-America and All-Pac-12 recognition. He tied for 10th in this year’s Pac-12 Championship and was seventh in the California State Open. Huang was a two-time All-Calif. San Diego area selection at Rancho Bernardo High School.
Tyler Isenhart, 17, of Geneva, Ill., advanced to the Round of 64 in his first U.S. Junior Amateur last month at Baltusrol Golf Club. Isenhart, who played in the 2017 U.S. Amateur at The Riviera Country Club, in Pacific Palisades, Calif., tied for third in the Illinois Class 3A state championship for the second consecutive year and led Geneva High to a seventh-place finish. He also tied for second in the Illinois State Junior Amateur for the second year in a row. Isenhart, the region’s most valuable athlete, won the Memorial Junior on June 7 and tied for 17th in the Western Junior on June 21.

Matthew Jordan, 22, of England, recorded a nine-stroke victory in the 2018 Lytham Trophy at Royal Lytham & St Annes on May 6. Jordan, who was a member of the 2017 Great Britain and Ireland Walker Cup Team, tied for 16th in the European Amateur. He captured last year’s St. Andrews Links Trophy and was the runner-up in the Scottish Stroke Play Championship. Jordan, who reached match play in the 2017 Amateur Championship, conducted by The R&A, helped England finish second in last year’s European Team Championship.

Drew Kittleson, 29, of Scottsdale, Ariz., was the runner-up to Danny Lee in the 2008 U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst No. 2. Kittleson, who was reinstated as an amateur three years ago, is a sales manager for a kitchen and bathroom remodeling company. He is competing in his fifth U.S. Amateur and advanced to match play at Chambers Bay in 2010. Kittleson, who competed in the 2009 Masters and U.S. Open, reached the quarterfinals of the 2005 U.S. Junior Amateur.

Sean Knapp, 56, of Oakmont, Pa., won the 2017 U.S. Senior Amateur, defeating Paul Simson, 2 and 1, at The Minikahda Club, in Minneapolis, Minn. Knapp is competing in his 14th U.S. Amateur, but first since 2010, and his 44th USGA championship. He advanced to the U.S. Amateur quarterfinals in 1998 and reached the Round of 16 in the 1995 U.S. Amateur before losing, 2 and 1, to eventual champion Tiger Woods. He is a 14-time Western Pennsylvania Golf Association Player of the Year. Knapp, who is vice president of financial sales for an investment management firm, began playing golf at age 19 while caddieing at Oakmont (Pa.) Country Club. 

Jacob Koppenberg, 31, of Bellingham, Wash., is a volunteer assistant golf coach at his alma mater, Western Washington University, and works in business development for a communications services company. He is competing in his fourth U.S. Amateur, having advanced to the Round of 32 in 2008, where he lost to Rickie Fowler. Koppenberg was a two-time All-American and twice Great Northwest Athletic Conference Player of the Year as a collegian.

Gaven Lane, 14, of Argyle, Texas, will be the third-youngest competitor in U.S. Amateur history, as he will be 14 years, 1 month and 28 days old at the start of the championship. Lane, who will be an eighth grader at Argyle Middle School, earned medalist honors at the Carrollton, Texas, sectional qualifier that was played in 102-degree heat. He tied for second in the Byron Nelson Junior Championship, three strokes behind winner Pierceson Coody. Lane also was third in the AJGA Kansas Junior at Buffalo Dunes and recorded a top-10 finish in the boys’ division of the 2018 AJGA Junior All-Star at Watters Creek.

Mark Lawrence Jr., 21, of Richmond, Va., advanced to the semifinals of last year’s U.S. Amateur, falling to the eventual champion, Doc Redman, 1 up. He was competing in his first USGA championship. Lawrence, who will be a senior at Virginia Tech, earned All-East Region and All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors in 2017-18. He won the 2017 Virginia State Golf Association Men’s Amateur Championship, matching his father, Mark Lawrence Sr., who won the title in 1980. The pair were the first father-son duo to claim the state amateur title.

Min Woo Lee, 20, of Australia, is competing in his third consecutive U.S. Amateur and fifth USGA championship. He defeated Noah Goodwin, 2 and 1, in the 36-hole final to win the 2016 U.S. Junior Amateur. He became the fourth international champion of the Junior Amateur and the first male Australian in 10 years to win a USGA title. His sister, Minjee, won the 2012 U.S. Girls’ Junior and owns four LPGA Tour victories. They are the first brother-sister tandem to win USGA junior championships. Min Woo reached the Round of 32 in the 2018 Australian Amateur and was the 2017 runner-up in the same event. He won the 2018 South Australian Amateur by six strokes on March 22.

Thomas Lehman, 23, of Scottsdale, Ariz., is the son of Tom Lehman, who won the 1996 Open Championship at Royal Lytham & St. Annes and three senior major professional titles. Thomas is a sophomore on the Cal Poly team and tied for 15th in the 2018 Big West Conference Championship. He competed in football and baseball (not golf) on the high school level. Lehman advanced to this year’s U.S. Open sectional qualifying in Daly City, Calif.

Kaiwen Liu, 18, of the People’s Republic of China, is playing in his second U.S. Amateur and fifth USGA championship. He advanced to match play in the U.S. Junior Amateur in 2015, 2017 and 2018 and qualified for the 2016 U.S. Amateur. Liu, who helped Torrey Pines High School finish third in the 2017 California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) state championship, recently completed his freshman season at the University of California-Berkeley. He tied for 26th in the NCAA Raleigh Regional and tied for 52nd in the Pac-12 Conference Championship. In 2017, Liu was a first-team Rolex All-American and competed in the Wyndham Cup.

Logan Lockwood, 20, of Van, Texas, qualified for his first USGA championship with rounds of 68-65 in the Euless, Texas, sectional at the Texas Star Golf Course. After posting his second-round score, Lockwood went inside to have lunch and when he returned his clubs had been stolen. He has yet to find them and since ordered a new set. Lockwood, who is a rising junior on the Texas State University team, tied for 39th in the 2018 Sun Belt Conference Championship. His lowest competitive score came when he set a course record at Garden Valley Golf Course with a 61, including 10 birdies and one eagle.

Hurly Long, 23, of Germany, set the course record at Pebble Beach (Calif.) Golf Links, shooting a second-round 11-under 61 in the 2017 Carmel Cup. Long, who recently graduated from Texas Tech University, surpassed Tom Kite and David Duval, who had previously shot 10-under 62s during the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. In his senior season, Long captured one individual title and helped the Red Raiders advance to the match-play quarterfinals in the NCAA Championship. Long was a member of the USA team that claimed the 2018 Palmer Cup at the Evian Resort Golf Club in July.
Brandon Mancheno, 18, of Jacksonville, Fla., is playing in his third U.S. Amateur and sixth USGA championship. Mancheno, who will be a sophomore at Auburn University, was chosen to the National All-Freshman Team and voted Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Year. He earned All-Southeast Region and second-team All-SEC honors. He carded a course-record 63 in the first round of stroke play before losing in the Round of 64 in the 2017 U.S. Junior Amateur at Flint Hills National Golf Club. He also reached match play in 2016 and was the stroke-play medalist and advanced to the Round of 32 in 2015. Mancheno was the runner-up in the 2017 Florida State Amateur and won the 2016 Class 3A state high school championship.

Patrick Martin, 21, of Birmingham, Ala., earned All-America and All-Southeastern Conference recognition for the third consecutive year as a junior at Vanderbilt University. Martin, who is competing in his second U.S. Amateur, finished third in the NCAA Kissimmee Regional and tied for fourth in the Carmel Cup at Pebble Beach (Calif.) Golf Links. Martin was the runner-up in the 2017 SEC Championship. In 2015, he won the Class 7A state high school championship and Alabama State Match Play.

Ryan McCarthy, 28, of Kensington, Md., caddied for his younger brother Denny in 12 USGA championships, including seven U.S. Amateurs and two U.S. Opens. Denny, who is now competing on the PGA Tour, was a member of the 2015 USA Walker Cup Team. Ryan, who is chief operating officer for a commercial real estate company, is playing in his second consecutive U.S. Amateur. He was a member of four Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championship teams at Loyola (Md.) University.

Michael McCoy, 55, of Norwalk, Iowa, will compete in his 19th U.S. Amateur and 55th USGA championship. He was the low amateur in the 2014 and 2015 U.S. Senior Opens and in 2013 was the second-oldest winner of the U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship. McCoy, who was a member of the 2015 USA Walker Cup Team, works in the insurance business and is an Iowa Golf Hall of Fame member.

Cameron Meeks, 19, of Las Vegas, Nev., is the third of three generations of USGA championship competitors. His father Eric won the 1988 U.S. Amateur Championship and his grandfather Robert played in the 1995 U.S. Senior Amateur. Cameron, who is a rising senior at Loyola Marymount University, helped Palo Verde High School claim two Nevada state championships as he tied for sixth individually as a senior and was fourth as a junior. Meeks, the 2016 Las Vegas Journal-Review Player of the Year, competed in last year’s U.S. Junior Amateur.

McClure Meissner, 19, of San Antonio, Texas, shared medalist honors with his older brother, Mitchell, at the San Antonio, Texas, sectional qualifier. He shot 5-under 137 (71-66) at Oak Hills Country Club. Meissner, who will be a sophomore at Southern Methodist University, earned an individual bid to the NCAA Norman Regional and was runner-up in the American Athletic Conference Tournament. Meissner, who was SMU’s best finisher in six tournaments, was the 2017 Texas 5A Individual state co-champion and named San Antonio Express-News Boys Golf Player of the Year.

Mitchell Meissner, 22, of San Antonio, Texas, shared medalist honors with his younger brother, McClure, at the San Antonio, Texas, sectional qualifier. He shot 5-under 137 (69-67) at Oak Hills Country Club. Meissner led Rice University to the 2018 Conference USA Championship and was medalist in the C-USA Tournament. Meissner, who earned first-team All-C-USA honors, tied for eighth in the NCAA Bryan Regional, one of six top-10 finishes during his senior season. Meissner, who is playing in his second U.S. Amateur, won the 109th Texas Amateur Championship by three strokes in June with a 72-hole score of 6-under 282.

David Micheluzzi, 22, of Australia, was the runner-up to Keita Nakajima in this year’s Australian Amateur after defeating Shae Wools-Cobb in the semifinals. He advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2018 Amateur Championship, conducted by The R&A, losing to Conor Purcell, 3 and 2. Micheluzzi, who is competing in his first USGA championship, won the Australian Master of the Amateurs by five strokes at Royal Melbourne with a four-round total of 270. In 2017, he captured the Port Phillip Open Amateur and the Victoria Amateur (by 11 strokes) on Dec. 13.

Collin Morikawa, 21, of La Cañada Flintridge, Calif., is competing in his fourth consecutive U.S. Amateur after having advanced to the Round of 16 the previous two years. He posted a perfect 4-0 record in leading the USA to a 19-7 victory over Great Britain and Ireland in the 2017 Walker Cup Match. Morikawa was named the 2018 Golfweek Men’s Player of the Year, while also earning first-team All-America and first-team All-Pac-12 Conference honors as a junior at the University of California. He broke a 14-year-old single-season NCAA record by posting a 68.68 stroke average in 2017-18 and captured two individual titles. Morikawa, who was also a member of the winning 2018 USA Palmer Cup Team, tied for seventh in the Pac-12 Championship and tied for 10th in the NCAA Raleigh Regional.

William Mouw, 17, of Chino, Calif., is competing in his second USGA championship after advancing to the Round of 32 in the 2018 U.S. Junior Amateur. Mouw won the 2017 Western Junior by eight strokes, tying 1999 U.S. Junior Amateur champion Hunter Mahan’s 72-hole scoring record of 266 (14 under). He received the Curtis Cup Award as the top junior player in Southern California and was chosen as a Rolex All-American. Mouw, the winner of the 2015 IMG Junior World Championship (ages 13-14) and a member of the victorious 2017 Junior Presidents Cup Team, is the son of a chicken egg farmer. In 2018 as a junior at Ontario Christian High School, he tied for 10th in the State Boys Championship and was the runner-up in the CIF/SCGA SoCal Regional. He is also a member of the school’s basketball team.

Josh Nichols, 27, of Apex, N.C., was the runner-up to Matt Parziale in the 2017 U.S. Mid-Amateur at Capital City Club’s Crabapple Course. Nichols, who was competing in his second consecutive Mid-Amateur, works as a wedding caterer. In 2017, he won the Carolinas Open and Triad Amateur, while finishing fifth in the North Carolina Amateur. Nichols is a 2013 Appalachian State graduate, where he was a four-year member of the men’s golf team.

Gary Nicklaus, 49, of Jupiter, Fla., is the son of four-time U.S. Open and two-time U.S. Amateur champion Jack Nicklaus. Nicklaus advanced through the Naples, Fla., sectional qualifier by defeating 14-year-old Luke Clanton on the third playoff hole. He is competing in his 10th USGA championship, which includes the 1997 and 2001 U.S. Opens. Nicklaus, who was reinstated as an amateur in 2007, will play in his sixth U.S. Amateur and most recently qualified in 2012 when the championship was held at Cherry Hills Country Club, in Cherry Hills Village, Colo.

Noah Norton, 19, of Chico, Calif., advanced to the Round of 16 in last year’s U.S. Amateur and has reached match play in two U.S. Junior Amateurs (2016, 2017). He earned All-East Region and All-Atlantic Coast Conference recognition as a freshman at Georgia Tech and tied for 26th in the NCAA Raleigh Regional in 2017-18. Norton, who was the 2017 California State Amateur runner-up, was voted to the Golf Coaches Association of America All-Freshman Team. 

John Pak, 19, of Scotch Plains, N.J., is competing in his second U.S. Amateur and sixth USGA championship. He was chosen the 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference Rookie of the Year as a freshman at Florida State University. Additionally, he was selected third-team All-American and All-ACC while posting nine top-10 finishes. He advanced to match play in all four U.S. Junior Amateurs he competed in, reaching the semifinals in 2016 and the quarterfinals in 2015. Pak, who tied for seventh in the NCAA Norman Regional, was chosen to the Phil Mickelson All-Freshman Team.

Matt Parziale, 31, of Brockton, Mass., won the 2017 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship by defeating Josh Nichols, 8 and 6, at Capital City Club (Crabapple Course), in Atlanta, Ga. Parziale became the first Mid-Amateur champion to earn a full exemption into the following year’s U.S. Open. His margin of victory matched the third-largest in championship history. Parziale, a firefighter with the Brockton Fire Department, and Luis Gagne were the low amateurs in the 2018 U.S. Open, tying for 48th at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club. Parziale, who was reinstated as an amateur five years ago, competed in the 2018 Masters and reached the quarterfinals of this year’s Massachusetts Amateur.
Dylan Perry, 23, of Australia, advanced to the Round of 32 in last year’s U.S. Amateur at The Riviera Country Club, his first USGA championship. In 2017, he was the runner-up to Harry Ellis in The Amateur Championship, conducted by The R&A, losing in 38 holes, and tied for 10th in the European Amateur. He advanced to the Round of 32 in the Australian Amateur in both 2017 and 2018. At age 8, Perry was introduced to golf following a motorbike accident.

Trent Phillips, 18, of Inman, S.C., advanced to the Round of 16 in the U.S. Junior Amateur for the second consecutive year. He is a three-time Class 4A/5A state high school championship medalist (2014, 2015, 2017) and has led Boiling Springs High to four state titles. Phillips, who became the first player since 1991 to win consecutive South Carolina Junior Championships, tied for third in this year’s Junior Invitational at Sage Valley. He will attend the University of Georgia this fall, where his brother, Trevor, is a rising junior on the team. They are one of two sets of brothers competing in the 2018 U.S. Amateur.

Trevor Phillips, 20, of Inman, S.C., is competing in his second U.S. Amateur and reached the Round of 32 in 2014 at Atlanta Athletic Club. Phillips, who is a rising junior at the University of Georgia, will be joined by his younger brother Trent on the 2018-19 Bulldog team. They are one of two sets of brothers competing in this year’s U.S. Amateur. Trevor tied for 10th in the Southeastern Conference Championship. Phillips, who advanced to the Round of 16 in the 2013 U.S. Junior Amateur, helped Boiling Springs High capture state championships in 2013 and 2014.

Cullen Plousha, 19, of Carlsbad, Calif., is part of an athletic family. His father Cullen served in the U.S. Marines and played football at the University of Arizona, while his mother, Mary, won four varsity letters as a member of the Wildcats basketball team. Cullen, who competed in the 2015 U.S. Junior Amateur, is a rising sophomore at Colorado State University. He played in five events in 2017-18 and his best finish was a tie for ninth in the Bob Writz Invitational.

Garrett Rank, 30, of Canada, is competing in his seventh U.S. Amateur and 17th USGA championship. In 2016-17, Rank became a full-time official in the National Hockey League after working for several years in the American Hockey League. Rank, who overcame a cancer scare at age 23, is one of 16 players in the U.S. Amateur field who competed in this year’s U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills. Rank was the runner-up in the 2012 U.S. Mid-Amateur and has advanced to at least to the quarterfinals with partner Patrick Christovich in three consecutive U.S. Amateur Four-Balls (2016-18).

Jovan Rebula, 21, of South Africa, is the nephew of 1994 and 1997 U.S. Open champion Ernie Els. Rebula defeated Robin Dawson to capture the 123rd Amateur Championship, conducted by The R&A, at Royal Aberdeen Golf Club. He became the first South African to win the Amateur since Bobby Cole in 1966. Rebula, who is a rising junior at Auburn University, earned All-Southeast Region and second-team All-Southeastern Conference honors in 2017-18. He finished 21st in the NCAA Championship and became the first South African to be selected to the Arnold Palmer Cup International Team.

Davis Riley, 21, of Hattiesburg, Miss., is competing in his fifth U.S. Amateur and ninth USGA championship. He advanced to the Round of 32 in the 2016 U.S. Amateur at Oakland Hills and matched the North Course record of 64 in stroke play. Riley, who will be a senior at the University of Alabama, was chosen third-team All-American and first-team All-Southeastern Conference in 2017-18. He posted six top 10s, tied for 29th in the NCAA Championship and helped the Crimson Tide to a national runner-up finish. Riley, who was the U.S. Junior Amateur runner-up in 2013 and 2014, advanced to the Western Amateur championship match, losing to Cole Hammer, 1 up, on Aug. 4 and tied for seventh in the Pacific Coast Amateur on July 27.

Dave Ryan, 64, of Taylorville, Ill., is competing in his fourth U.S. Amateur but first since 1997. Ryan, who is the second-oldest player in this year’s U.S. Amateur field, won the 2016 U.S. Senior Amateur Championship. On his way to the title, he made the first double eagle in championship history when he made a hole-in-one on a par 4 in his Round-of-16 match with Paul Simson. Ryan, who is a six-time Illinois State Senior Player of the Year, is playing in his 24th USGA championship.

Isaiah Salinda, 21, of South San Francisco, Calif., is competing in his first USGA championship. Salinda, who will be a senior at Stanford University, was chosen honorable mention All-America and All-Pac-12 Conference in 2017-18. He tied for 15th in the NCAA Championship and tied for 23rd in the NCAA Pacific Regional. Salinda won the 2018 Pacific Coast Amateur by one stroke over Austin Eckroat. He shot 12-under 272 at The Olympic Club’s Lake Course.
 
Paul Simson, 67, of Raleigh, N.C., is the oldest player in the U.S. Amateur field and has competed in 61 USGA championships. Simson, who was the runner-up to Sean Knapp in last year’s U.S. Senior Amateur, is playing in his 15th U.S. Amateur but first since 2008. Simson won the 2010 and 2012 U.S. Senior Amateur titles and was the low amateur in the 2001 U.S. Senior Open. He and Chip Lutz are the lone players to have won the U.S. Senior Amateur, the Seniors Amateur, conducted by The R&A, and the Canadian Senior Amateur championships.
 
Austin Sipe, 23, of Dayton, Ohio, chipped in for birdie on the first playoff hole to earn one of two spots in the Dayton, Ohio, sectional qualifier at Moraine Country Club. Sipe, who played at Wright State University and works as a caddie at Seminole Golf Club, won the 2017 Ohio Amateur by four strokes. At the age of 8, he was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes and has since started his own nonprofit foundation to provide underprivileged kids and families necessary diabetic supplies that they may not be able to afford. 
 
Cameron Sisk, 18, of El Cajon, Calif., was a semifinalist in this year’s U.S. Junior Amateur, losing to eventual champion Michael Thorbjornsen, in 21 holes, at Baltusrol Golf Club. Sisk, who is competing in his first U.S. Amateur, was a 2017 AJGA Rolex All-America and was chosen to the All-Southern California Junior Team. Sisk was also a member of the AJGA Wyndham Cup West Team and will attend Arizona State University in the fall. His twin brother Parker served as his caddie in the U.S. Junior Amateur.
 
Alex Smalley, 21, of Wake Forest, N.C., is competing in his third consecutive U.S. Amateur. He reached match play last year and was the stroke-play medalist and advanced to the Round of 32 in 2016. Smalley, a rising senior at Duke University, earned both All-East Region and All-Atlantic Coast Conference recognition for the second straight year. He finished 10th in the NCAA Raleigh Regional and tied for 12th in the ACC Tournament. In 2018, Smalley won the Sunnehanna Amateur by two strokes over Quade Cummins with a 72-hole score of 11-under 269.
 
Ryan Smith, 16, of Carlsbad, Calif., is playing in his first U.S. Amateur after advancing to match play in two U.S. Junior Amateurs (Round of 16, 2018; quarterfinals, 2017). He also competed in last year’s U.S. Amateur Four-Ball at Pinehurst No. 2. Smith, a rising junior at Santa Fe Christian High School, has helped the Eagles win a pair of CIF Division 3 titles. He tied for fifth in last year’s Rolex Tournament of Champions, including a third-round 66, and tied for 17th in the 2018 Western Junior.
 
James Song, 17, of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., advanced to match play for the third consecutive year in the U.S. Junior Amateur when he reached this year’s Round of 16. Song fired a 62 at Oak Valley Golf Club in sectional qualifying to compete in the 2016 U.S. Amateur. Song, who was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, is a high school teammate of 2018 U.S. Amateur competitor Kaiwen Liu. They led Torrey Pines High to the 2016 CIF state championship. He will join Liu this fall at the University of California. Song, who won this year’s CIF-San Diego Section title and tied for third in the CIF/SCGA SoCal Championship, finished sixth in the Sahalee Players Championship on July 4.
 
Tyler Strafaci, 20, of Davie, Fla., competed in this year’s U.S. Open Championship at Shinnecock Hills. He is competing in his third U.S. Amateur and sixth USGA championship. His grandfather, Frank Strafaci, won the 1935 U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship and went on to become the executive director of the Florida State Golf Association. Strafaci, who will be a junior at Georgia Tech, earned All-East Region and All-Atlantic Coast Conference recognition in 2017-18. Additionally, he reached the semifinals of this year’s Western Amateur. His mother, Jill, was a senior vice president for the Miami Dolphins for more than two decades and played golf at the University of Florida from 1976-79.
 
Justin Suh, 21, of San Jose, Calif., earned first-team All-America honors and was the Pac-12 Conference Player of the Year as a junior at the University of Southern California. Suh, who broke USC’s single-season records for stroke average (68.73) and rounds in the 60s (21), is competing in his third U.S. Amateur and eighth USGA championship. Suh, who won the 2018 Pac-12 Championship, has advanced to match play in the U.S. Amateur twice. He won this year’s Northeast Amateur by six strokes with a 72-hole score of 15-under 261. His sister Hannah played in the 2013 U.S. Women’s Open.
 
Preston Summerhays, 16, of Scottsdale, Ariz., shot 65-60 in U.S. Amateur qualifying at Soldier Hollow Golf Club, in Midway, Utah, the lowest 36-hole sectional score since Aug. 3, 2011. Summerhays is the son of former PGA Tour player Boyd, the nephew of current PGA Tour player Daniel and the great nephew of Bruce, who won three PGA Champions Tour events. Preston, who attends Chaparral High School, captured this year’s Utah State Amateur to become the youngest player (age 15) to win the championship. He broke a record that was shared by Tony Finau and his uncle Daniel.
 
Sahith Theegala, 20, of Chino Hills, Calif., is competing in his third consecutive U.S. Amateur and reached the quarterfinals in 2016 and Round of 32 last year. Theegala is playing in his eighth USGA championship, including the 2017 U.S. Open at Erin Hills. A rising senior at Pepperdine University, he earned third-team All-America honors and was All-West Region and All-West Coast Conference for the third consecutive year. In 2017, Theegala won the Collegiate Showcase to earn a spot in the PGA Tour’s Genesis Open and went on to tie for 49th.
 
Michael Thorbjornsen, 16, of Wellesley, Mass., won the 2018 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship, defeating Akshay Bhatia, 1 up, in the 36-hole final at Baltusrol Golf Club. As a result of his victory, he receives an exemption into the 2019 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach (Calif.) Golf Links. Thorbjornsen, who was competing in his first USGA championship, played in the 2018 AJGA Wyndham Cup. He won the 2016 Drive, Chip & Putt National Final (ages 14-15) at Augusta National Golf Club and was the 2012 and 2013 U.S. Kids Golf National Player of the Year.
 
Braden Thornberry, 21, of Olive Branch, Miss., is competing in his fourth U.S. Amateur and advanced to the Round of 32 last year. He was a member of the winning 2017 USA Walker Cup Team. Thornberry became the third player in University of Mississippi history to be chosen All-American multiple times and earned All-Southeast Region and All-Southeastern Conference recognition for the second consecutive year. He competed in this year’s U.S. Open and tied for 26th in the PGA Tour’s FedEx St. Jude Classic. In 2017, he won the NCAA Division I individual title by four strokes with a 72-hole score of 11-under 277 and received the Fred Haskins Award as the top collegiate golfer.
 
Carter Toms, 21, of Shreveport, La., is the son of David Toms, who won this year’s U.S. Senior Open at The Broadmoor and the 2001 PGA Championship. Carter, who caddied for his father during the first two rounds of the U.S. Senior Open, shared medalist honors with Jack Tolson in the Shreveport, La., sectional qualifier. Toms, who will be a junior at Louisiana State University, played in three tournaments in 2017-18. Toms captured an individual state title while a senior at C.E. Byrd High School, while also helping the team to its third consecutive Division I team state crown.
 
Travis Vick, 18, of Houston, Texas, was the medalist (63-66) in the Pearland, Texas, sectional to qualify for his second U.S. Amateur. Vick is a three-sport athlete at Houston’s Second Baptist School. In addition to golf, he was a Division II honorable mention all-state linebacker and all-district quarterback and a pitcher/third baseman on the baseball squad. Vick has advanced to match play in all three U.S. Junior Amateurs in which he competed. He has twice won the Class 5A state individual golf championship and led his team to the 2018 state crown. Vick is a family friend of Hal Sutton, who competed in 18 U.S. Opens and won the 1980 U.S. Amateur and 1983 PGA Championship.
 
Daniel Wetterich, 21, of Cincinnati, Ohio, is the cousin of PGA Tour player Brett Wetterich, who played in two U.S. Opens and won the 2006 Byron Nelson Championship. Daniel, who will be a senior at Ohio State University, earned All-Midwest Region and second-team All-Big Ten Conference honors in 2017-18. He tied for 15th in this year’s Big Ten Championship. His brothers were both college golfers – Matthew at Xavier and David at Wittenberg. Daniel and Matthew competed in the 2017 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball and reached the Round of 32 at Pinehurst No. 2.
 
Jeff Wilson, 55, of Fairfield, Calif., is the general sales manager at an automobile dealership. He abandoned a professional golfer’s life, bouncing around mini-tours, for a more stable career path. Wilson, who was reinstated as an amateur in 1997, has had success over the years in USGA championships. He tied for 31st in this year’s U.S. Senior Open at The Broadmoor and became the second player to earn low amateur in both the U.S. Open and U.S. Senior Open, joining Marvin “Vinny” Giles III. Wilson, who was low amateur in the 2000 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach (Calif.) Golf Links, is competing in his 10th U.S. Amateur and 30th USGA championship.
 
Matthew Wolff, 19, of Agoura Hills, Calif., received the Phil Mickelson Award as the nation’s top freshman and led Oklahoma State University to the 2018 NCAA Championship. Wolff, who tied for seventh at NCAAs, was chosen first-team All-American and the Big 12 Conference Newcomer of the Year. He was the runner-up to Noah Goodwin in the 2017 U.S. Junior Amateur and has advanced to match play in two U.S. Amateurs (2016, 2017). He helped Westlake High School win two state championships (2014, 2015) and finish as runner-up in 2016. He was chosen 2017 Ventura County Star Boys Golfer of the Year.
 
Hayden Wood, 22, of Edmond, Okla., is competing in his third U.S. Amateur. He was the stroke-play medalist and advanced to the Round of 32 last year at The Riviera Country Club. Wood helped Oklahoma State University captured the 2018 NCAA Championship, the program’s 11th national crown. He won the Oklahoma Amateur on July 19 when he defeated OSU teammate Austin Eckroat, 3 and 2, in the final. His father, Willie, won the 1977 U.S. Junior Amateur and played in seven U.S. Opens.
 
Shae Wools-Cobb, 22, of Australia, advanced to the Round of 16 in last year’s U.S. Amateur, his first USGA championship. Wools-Cobb tied for sixth in the Porter Cup on July 21 and fired a second-round 65. He reached the semifinals of the 2018 Australian Amateur, losing to David Micheluzzi, and tied for 19th in the Australian Master of the Amateurs. In 2017, he tied for sixth in the Asia-Pacific Amateur, held at Royal Wellington in New Zealand.
 
Brandon Wu, 21, of Scarsdale, N.Y., earned exempt status into the 2018 U.S. Amateur through his No. 41 position in the second World Amateur Golf Ranking™ top 50 category that was determined on Aug. 8. Wu, a rising senior at Stanford University, was chosen All-West Region and first team All-Pac-12 Conference in 2017-18. He finished second in the NCAA Pacific Regional. Wu, who was born in Danville, Calif., but lived in Beijing for five years, advanced to the semifinals of the Western Amateur earlier this month and was third in the Pacific Coast Amateur on July 27.
 
Chun An Yu, 20, of Chinese Taipei, advanced to the quarterfinals in last year’s U.S. Amateur, falling to Theo Humphrey, 1 up. Yu, who competed in this year’s U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills, is a rising junior at Arizona State University. He earned All-West Region and second-team All-Pac-12 Conference recognition in 2017-18. Yu, who is playing in his fourth USGA championship, tied for fifth in the NCAA Raleigh Regional and tied for 21st in the NCAA Championship. Yu posted the second-best stroke average (71.61) by a freshman in Sun Devil history behind Jon Rahm.
 
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