U.S. Open Sectional Qualifying: The Road to Pebble Beach

June 3, 2019 | by Chris Brauner of AmateurGolf.com

Take a closer look at the 12 qualifying sites and the amateurs that are 36 holes away from making the 119th U.S. Open

U.S. Open Sectional qualifiers will be held Monday around the country with 927 players (including over 200 amateurs) competing over 36 holes to advance to the championship at Pebble Beach Golf Links.

8602 players entered local qualifying, with 500 successful qualifiers joining exempt players in the sectionals.

Related: FINAL: U.S. Open Local Qualifying Roundup

AmateurGolf.com takes a closer look at each of the 12 qualifying sites, with key pros and amateurs to watch on "Golf's Longest Day".


Chun An Yu, Isaiah Salinda, Jeff Wilson

Newport Beach, California >> RESULTS

Courses: Big Canyon CC, Newport Beach CC
Field Size: 99 Amateurs: 44

Professionals to Watch:
Justin Suh (former amateur #1 who has just turned professional), Cameron Tringale

Amateurs to Watch:

Chun An Yu, Chinese Taipei - World #3 and Master of the Amateurs champion
Isaiah Salinda, S. San Francisco, Calif. - World #6 and Pacific Coast Amateur champion
Jeff Wilson, Fairfield, Calif. - 2018 U.S. Senior Amateur champion
Stewart Hagestad, Newport Beach, Calif. - 2016 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion
Bobby Bucey, Concord, Calif. - 2018 California Amateur champion
John Sawin, San Francisco, Calif. - 2018 Stocker Cup champion
Alex Lee, Sacramento, Calif. - 2017 Memorial Amateur champion
Daulet Tuleubayev, New York - Member of the 2019 Stanford NCAA Championship team


William Gordon, Luis Gagne, Tyler Strafaci

Streamsong, Florida >> RESULTS

Course: Streamsong Resort (Black Course)
Field Size: 56 Amateurs: 23

Professionals to Watch:
Retief Goosen, Vijay Singh, former U.S. Amateur champion Bubba Dickerson

Amateurs to Watch:

Will Gordon, Davidson, N.C. - World #8 who won the Florida Gators Invitational and Tavistock Collegiate for Wake Forest University
Luis Gagne, Orlando, Fla. - World #14 and low amateur in last year's U.S. Open
Tyler Strafaci, Davie, Fla. - World #27, grandson of 1935 U.S. Amateur Public Links champion Frank Strafaci


Spencer Ralston, Alex Smalley, Chandler Eaton

Ball Ground, Georgia >> RESULTS

Course: Hawks Ridge Golf Club
Field Size: 67 Amateurs: 36

Professionals to Watch:
Brendon De Jonge, D.J. Trahan, Doug Ghim (2018 U.S. Amateur runner-up), Ollie Schniederjans

Amateurs to Watch:

Spencer Ralston, Gainesville, Ga. - World #18 and the Linger Longer Invitational champion
Alex Smalley, Wake Forest, N.C. - World #19 and the Sunnehanna Amateur champion
Chandler Eaton, Alpharetta, Ga. - World #19 and the 2018 Nike Golf Collegiate champion
Thomas Walsh, High Point, N.C. - World #24 and the Porter Cup champion
Mason Overstreet, Kingfisher, Okla. - World #92 and 2017 Patriot All-America champion
Nick Lyerly, Salisbury, N.C. - 2018 Eastern Amateur champion
Derek Busby, Ruston, La. - 2017 Crane Cup champion and Gasparilla Invitational runner-up


Garrett Rank, Karl Vilips, Gabe Lench

Rockville, Maryland >> RESULTS

Course: Woodmont Country Club
Field Size: 62 Amateurs: 21

Professionals to Watch:
Robert Allenby, Vaughn Taylor, Billy Hurley III, Erik Compton

Amateurs to Watch:

Garrett Rank, Canada - #3 ranked mid-amateur and NHL hockey referee
Karl Vilips, Australia - 2017 Southern Amateur champion
Gabe Lench, Lake Mary, Fla. - current Florida Amateur champion


John Augenstein, John Pak, Matt Parziale

Purchase, N.Y. >> RESULTS

Course: Century CC & Old Oaks CC
Field Size: 73 Amateurs: 21

Professionals to Watch:
Gary Nicklaus, J.J. Henry, Jim Herman, Kelly Kraft (2011 U.S. Amateur champion)

Amateurs to Watch:

John Augenstein, Owensboro, Ky. - World #9 and The Players Amateur champion
John Pak, Scotch Plains, N.J. - World #39 and ACC Conference champion
Cameron Young, Scarborough, N.Y. - World #56 and winner of the Augusta Invitational and General Hackler Collegiate
Matt Parziale, Brockton, Mass. - 2017 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion and low amateur in last year's U.S. Open
Scott Harvey, Kernersville, N.C. - 2014 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion and current Coleman Invitational champion
Mike McCoy, W. Des Moines, Iowa - 2013 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion and 2018 Trans-Miss Senior champion
Brett Boner, Charlotte, N.C. - 2018 U.S. Mid-Amateur runner-up


Cole Hammer, Collin Morikawa, Akshay Bhatia

Columbus, Ohio >> RESULTS

Course: Brookside G&CC and Scioto CC
Field Size: 120 Amateurs: 22

Professionals to Watch:
Steve Stricker, Luke Donald, Max Homa, Cameron Champ, Jason Dufner, Aaron Baddeley, Jhonattan Vegas, Jonas Blixt, Charley Hoffman, Scott Piercy, Ryan Moore, Nick Watney, Jason Kokrak, Bill Haas, Russell Henley, Russell Knox, Danny Lee, Pat Perez, Sam Saunders, Kevin Streelman, Harold Varner III, Braden Thornberry (2018 AmateurGolf.com Player-of-the-Year), Maverick McNealy (former #1 ranked amateur)

Amateurs to Watch:

Cole Hammer, Houston, Texas - World #4 and Western Amateur champion, U.S. Amateur semifinalist
Collin Morikawa, La Cañada Flintridge, Calif. - World #5 and Pac-12 Conference champion, former Northeast Amateur and Sunnehanna Amateur champion
Akshay Bhatia, Wake Forest, N.C. - #1 ranked junior and Jones Cup champion
Brandon Wu, Scarsdale, N.Y. - World #22 and member of the 2019 Stanford NCAA Championship team, former Porter Cup champion


Will Grimmer, Brad Dalke, Austin Squires

Springfield, Ohio >> RESULTS

Course: Springfield Country Club
Field Size: 73 Amateurs: 28

Professionals to Watch:
Corey Connors (2014 AGC Player of the Year), Zac Blair, Troy Merritt

Amateurs to Watch:

Will Grimmer, Cincinnati, Ohio - World #47 who made the cut in last year's U.S. Open
Brad Dalke, McKinney, Texas - Former U.S. Amateur runner-up who made the winning putt for Oklahoma in the 2017 NCAA Championship
Austin Squires, Union, Ky. - World #52 who made the quarterfinals in last year's U.S. Amateur


Alejandro del Rey, Joe Highsmith

Walla Walla, Washington >> RESULTS

Course: Wine Country Golf Club
Field Size: 55 Amateurs: 19

Professionals to Watch:
Michael Putnam, Kevin Stadler, Philip Knowles (2017 Players Amateur champion who just turned pro)

Amateurs to Watch:

Alejandro del Rey, Spain - World #33 and World Amateur Team individual champion
Joe Highsmith, Lakewood, Wash. - World #145 and 2017 Washington State Amateur champion


David Micheluzzi, Daniel Hillier, Alex Fitzpatrick

Surrey, England >> RESULTS

Course: Walton Heath Golf Club
Field Size: 120 Amateurs: 9

Professionals to Watch:
Lee Westwood, Thomas Pieters, Bernd Wiesberger, Andy Sullivan, Andrew (Beef) Johnston

Amateurs to Watch:

David Micheluzzi, Australia - World #12 who won the 2018 Australian Master of the Amateurs and finished 5th in the Australian Open
Daniel Hillier, New Zealand - World #13 and two-time winner of the New Zealand Amateur
Alex Fitzpatrick, England - World #56 who made the quarterfinals of last year's U.S. Amateur at Pebble Beach


Chris Crisologo

Milton, Ontario, Canada >> RESULTS

Course: RattleSnake Point Golf Club
Field Size: 38 Amateurs: 5

Professionals to Watch:
Padraig Harrington, Ryan Palmer, Cameron Davis, Ricky Barnes, Harris English, Ben Crane

Amateurs to Watch:

Chris Crisologo, Canada - Winner of the 2018 and 2019 South American Amateur, plus the 2018 British Columbia Amateur

QUALIFIERS ALREADY COMPLETED


Austin Eckroat, Bryson Nimmer, Pierceson Coody

Dallas, Texas >> RESULTS

Course: Bent Tree CC & Northwood Club
Field Size: 102 Amateurs: 29

Notable Professionals in the Field:
Mike Weir (qualified), Scottie Scheffler (qualified), Brian Harman, McKenzie Hughes, Martin Laird, Andrew Landry, Spencer Levin

Notable Amateurs in the Field:

Austin Eckroat, Edmond, Okla. - World #17 and member of the Oklahoma State 2018 NCAA Championship team (QUALIFIED)
Bryson Nimmer, Bluffton, S.C. - World #10 and winner of four college tournaments for Clemson this season
Pierceson Coody, Plano, Tex. - World #32 and South Beach International Amateur champion
Joey Savoie, Canada - World #35 who won the 2017 Tailhade Amateur in Argentina
Trent Phillips, Inman, S.C. - World #39 who won the 2016 Palmetto Amateur
Chandler Phillips, Huntsville, Tex. - World #56 who has won a college tournament in each of the last four years
Garett Reband, York, S.C. - World #77 and a member of the 2017 Oklahoma NCAA Championship team

The 12th Sectional Qualifier was held in Japan. >> RESULTS

About the U.S. Open Final Qualifying

U.S. Open Sectional Qualifying: The Road to Pebble Beach

Final qualifying for the U.S. Open Championship. Played at various sites across the U.S. on the Monday a week and half before the U.S. Open. There is also a qualifier in Japan and in England. 36 holes of stroke play at each site.

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