2021 U.S. Open Local Qualifying roundup

May 20, 2021 | by AmateurGolf.com Staff

The Road to the U.S. Open started at 123 sites across the country; see who has made it one step closer to Torrey Pines

U.S. Open qualifying concluded on May 18. Golfers from across the country (and across the world) took their best shot at getting to the next stage with the goal of qualifying for the 121st U.S. Open Championship in June at Torrey Pines (South Course) in Southern California.

A total of 8,680 professional and amateur golfers vied for 500 spots across 123 local qualifying sites. Successful qualifiers move on to one of 12 sectional qualifying sites--ten in the U.S., one in England and one in Japan.

Amateur qualifiers from local qualifying include:

May 18

Osprey Valley - Ontario, Canada -- cancelled due to Covid-19 restrictions

May 17

Catawaba Island Club, Port Clinton, OH: Ohio State sophomore Caleb Davern (Sandusky, OH)

Pinewald Country Club (Holly Course), Pinehurst, NC: 2021 Carolinas Mid-Amateur champion Chad Wilfong (Charlotte, NC); West Virginia sophomore Kurtis Grant (Pinehurst, NC)

Crumpin-Fox Club, Bernardston, Mass.: 17-year old AJGA player Will Lodge (Darien, Conn.)

Elmhurst Country Club, Moscow, Pa.: 2018 PIAA and 2020 Lehigh Valley Amateur champion William Mirams (Stroudsburg, Pa.)

Kinsale Golf & Fitness Club, Powell, Ohio: Dickinson State freshman Bryce Reed (Delaware, Ohio)

Makatwah Country Club, Cincinnati, Ohio: Hayden Zimmer (Louisville, Ky.); Xavier alum Matthew Wetterich (Prospect, Ky.)

Illini Country Club, Springfield, Ill.: 2018 Kentucky Mid-Am champ Andy Roberts

The Country Club at DC Ranch, Scottsdale, Ariz.: Emory junior Max Schwarz (Paradise Valley, Ariz.); Grand Canyon alum and former winner of the Arizona Amateur championship Jake Chanen (Phoenix, Ariz.); past Arizona Amateur Four-Ball champion Darren Fletcher (Cave Creek, Ariz.)

Lakeside Country Club, Houston, Texas: Texas-Arlington junior Zakary Jones (Spring, Texas)

May 13

Country Club of York, York, Pa.: Drexel alum and 2020 WPGA Amateur champion Connor Schmidt (Venetia, Pa.); Rider alum and 2020 New Jersey Amateur champion John Devereaux (Brielle, N.J.)

Redhawk Golf Club, Nampa, Idaho: BYU junior and 2018 Junior Ryder Cup team member Cole Ponich (Farmington, Utah); Notre Dame graduate Hunter Ostrom (Meridian, Ind.) who concludedhis collegiate career at Texas.

The Grand Golf Club, San Diego, Calif.: Arizona State commit Connor Williams (Escondido, Calif.); San Diego State alum and 2020 honorable mention PING All-American Shiryu “Leo” Oyo (Japan); Harrison Kinglsey (Murrietta, Calif.); Youssef Guezzale (La Jolla, Calif.)

CommonGround Golf Course, Auroa, Colo.: 2020 Colorado Mid-Amateur champion Chris Thayer (Golden, Colo.); Colorado senior Victor Bjorlow (Denmark); Colorado sophomore Kristoffer Max (Demark); 2017 Hawaii State Amateur champion and Denver senior Junho Won (Republic of Korea); former Army standout Pete Mangold (Denver, Colo.)

May 12

AK-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club, Maricopa, Ariz.: Arizona State senior Mason Anderson (Mesa, Ariz.); 15-year old Anawin Pikulthong (Gilbert, Ariz.)

The Steel Club; Philadelphia, Pa.: Villanova alum Andy Butler (Philadelphia, Pa.); former Lehigh Valley Amateur Zach Juhasz (Bethlehem, Pa.)

Wichita Country Club, Wichita, Kan.: Wichita State junior Brock Pohill (Edmond, Okla.); Kansas alum Peter Krsnich (Wichita, Kan.) Hidden Glen Country Club, Cedarburg, Wis.: Texas A&M sophomore Evan Myers (Northbrook, Ill.); former Butler standout Ricky Kuiper (Racine, Wis.); Wilmington sophomore Tyler Cleaves (Kaukauna, Wis.)

May 11

Ledgemont Country Club, Seekonk, Mass.: 2006 Massachusetts Amateur champion Benjamin Spitz (Milton, Mass.); 2020 New England Golfer of the Year Chris Francoeur (Amesbury, Mass.) Missoula Country Club, Missoula, Mont.: Former Boise State standout Joey Lovell (Bozeman, Mont.)

Ironwood CC, Palm Desert, Calif.: Long Beach State freshman Clayton Seeber

May 10

The Club at Weston Hills (Tour), Weston, Florida: Auburn Senior Andrew Kozan, winner of the Florida Gators Invitational

Dragonfly Golf Club, Madera, Calif.: St. Mary's Univ. standout Blake Hathcoat

Edgewood Tahoe G.C., Stateline, NV: 2020 SCGA Mid-Am champ Torey Edwards, who also played well at the 2020 California State Am at Torrey Pines

May 6

Bermuda Dunes Country Club, Bermuda Dunes, Calif.: University of San Diego sophomore Charlie Reiter, mid-amateur Cullen Brasfield

La Purisima Golf Course, Lompoc, Calif.: Cal Poly freshman Joey Zambri, 18-year-old Francis Catalano, mid-amateur J.R. Warthen

Bear's Paw Country Club, Naples, Fla.: Florida Gulf Coast senior Van Holmgren

Sewailo Golf Club, Tucson, Ariz.: University of Arizona freshman Sam Sommerhauser, University of Arizona senior David Laskin

The Federal Club, Glen Allen, Va.: Virginia Tech graduate student Mark Lawrence, 15-year-old Matt Moloney, mid-amateur Jeffrey Long

Hillendale Country Club, Phoenix, Md.: Wake Forest freshman and winner of three Middle Atlantic Amateurs in a row Michael Brennan, Loyola University Maryland senior teammates Evan Brown and Brandon Berry

River Landing Golf Club, Wallace, N.C.: N.C. State sophomore Spencer Oxendine, N.C. State graduate student Christian Salzer

Buckhorn Springs Golf & Country Club, Valrico, Fla.: former Florida Southern golfer Jacob Penny, mid-amateur Patrick Lovely

Bay Point Golf Club, Panama City, Fla.: UAB junior Ben Reichert

May 5

Orange Tree Golf Club, Orlando, Fla.: 13-year-old Lev Grinberg, former Dogwood Invitational champion Lloyd Jefferson Go

The Preserve Golf Club, Carmel, Calif.: AmateurGolf.com Silicon Valley Amateur champion Weston Payne, multiple NCGA champion Nick Moore, University of Arizona senior Drake Mendenhall

Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Silver Lakes, Glencoe, Ala.: Mississippi State junior Ford Clegg

Butler Country Club, Butler, Pa.: mid-am and Pennsylvania Open champion Jimmy Ellis, Carnegie Mellon senior Jason Li, Carnegie Mellon senior Benjamin Huber, Penn State senior Louis Olsakovsky

May 4

The Club at Ruby Hill, Pleasanton, Calif.: Santa Clara senior Matt McCarty, Cal-Berkeley junior James Song, University of San Francisco senior Alex Chin

Andalusia Country Club, La Quinta, Calif.: Pepperdine junior, past Sahalee Players champion and Western Intercollegiate champion Joe Highsmith

El Macero Country Club, El Macero, Calif.: Stanford junior Ethan Ng, mid-amateur Brett Viboch, University of San Francisco assistant coach Jalen Griffin

Cherry Blossom Golf Club, Georgetown, Ky.: Wright State graduate student Cameron Willis, Wright State senior Austin Schoonmaker, Eastern Kentucky senior Billy Basham, high school junior Rocoo Zakutney, Clemson senior and former North & South amateur champion William Nottngham

Legends Club, Prior Lake, Minn.: three University of Minnesota players -- junior Lincoln Johnson, sophomore Connor Glynn, and fifth year Thomas Longbella

Indian Creek Club, Carrollton, Texas: University of Houston senior Luke Long

Beechmont Country Club, Cleveland, Ohio: Kent State junior Jared Wilson, Kent State sophomore Cade Breitenstine, Ohio State junior Jon Erik Alford, high schooler Tyler Sabo

Northwest Golf Course, Silver Spring, Md.: former Davidson golfer Mike Blasey, former James Madison golfer Joe Scheffres, former University of Illinois golfer and past Middle Atlantic Amateur champion Frank Alafoginis, Yale University golfer Teddy Zinser, Penn State commit Jake Griffin

New Mexico State University Golf Course, Las Cruces, N.M.: New Mexico State freshman Steven Strasheim, UTEP junior Greg Yellin

Hot Springs Country Club, Hot Springs, Ark.: University of Arkansas freshman Denver Davis, Henderson State sophomore Jackson Cole, LSU sophomore Connor Gaunt

Green Brook Country Club, North Caldwell, N.J.: mid-amateur Pat Wilson, 2020 New Jersey Player-of-the-Year Mark Costanza, Rutgers University senior Christopher Gotterup

Collindale Golf Club, Fort Collins, Colo.: former Colorado State player Parker Edens, former UC-Colorado Springs player Ryan Burke, Colorado State freshman Gavin Hagstrom

May 3

Cog Hill Golf & Country Club, Lemont, Ill.: Northern Illinois graduate student Jordan Less, Dixie Amateur champion Larry Blatt

Alpine Country Club, Highland, Utah: amateurs took all 5 spots -- BYU junior Carson Lundell, BYU freshman Max Brenchley, 16-year-old Peter Kim, University of Utah senior Mitchell Schow, University of Utah junior Tristan Mandur

Oak Tree Country Club, Edmond, Okla.: Louisiana Tech senior Mac Murphy, Oklahoma State freshman Brian Stark, mid-amateur Ben McCaslin

Marietta Country Club, Kennesaw, Ga.: 2018 Georgia Player of the Year Chris Waters, high schooler Andrew Hughes, Auburn freshman John Marshall Butler, Georgia Tech senior Noah Norton, Wofford College sophomore Matthew Larkin

Escondido Golf & Lake Club, Horseshoe Bay, Texas: former Texas Tech golfer David Bolen, University of Texas sophomore Travis Vick, Abilene Christian senior Alex Clouse, Texas Mid-Amateur champion Ryan O'Rear, Ireland mid-amateur Paul Buckley

El Niguel Country Club, Laguna Niguel, Calif.: 16-year-old Luke Powell, Pepperdine Senior and West Coast Conference champion Clay Feagler, former Cal Poly player Camden Price, former University of New Mexico golfer Shane Evangelist

Eastward Ho! Country Club, Chatham, Mass.: amateurs took all 5 spots -- mid-amateurs Andrew DiRamio, Jeff Deberg, John Hayes and Kent Monas; Rutgers commit Weston Jones

Plantation Bay Golf & Country Club, Ormond Beach, Fla.: Coastal Carolina senior Zack Taylor

Muskegon Country Club, Muskegon, Mich.: Michigan State junior Troy Taylor II

The Country Club of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Ind.: University of Indianapolis junior Keegan Bronnenberg

Patterson Club, Fairfield, Conn.: three mid-amateurs -- Chris DeJohn, Daniel Murphy, and Tyler Lanza

North Shore Country Club, Glen Head, N.Y.: former University of Virginia player Christopher White

Beaver Hills Country Club, Cedar Falls, Iowa: Iowa State senior Tripp Kinney, former University of Iowa player Sam Meuret

The Country Club of Sioux Falls, Sioux Falls, S.D.: University of Nebraska freshman Jack Lundin

April 29

The Pines Country Club, Morgantown, W.Va.: University of Oregon senior Jake Sollon

Columbia Country Club, Blythewood, S.C.: USC Upstate fifth year Hunter Fry, University of South Carolina junior Ryan Hall

Jackson Country Club, Jackson, Tenn.: former Tennessee State Amateur champion Aaron Ingalls, former Tennessee State golfer Rosario Falzone, Middle Tennessee State junior Cooper Sears

Mission Inn Resort & Club, Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla.: Liberty University sophomore Jonathan Yaun

Mayacoo Lakes Country Club, West Palm Beach, Fla.: 2020 Florida Mid-Amateur Player of the Year, Joey Latowski

Oakbourne Country Club, Lafayette, La. LSU junior Garrett Barber, Louisiana Lafayette sophomore Charlie Flynn, Louisiana Lafayette junior Peter Hinnant

April 27

Hoakalei Country Club, Ewa Beach, Hawaii: University of San Diego sophomore Remington Hirano

Huntington Crescent Club, Huntington, N.Y.: former University of Richmond player Matthew Lowe

Duke University Golf Club, Durham, N.C.: Duke University freshman Ian Siebers

April 26

Fox Den CC, Knoxville, Tenn.:University of Tennessee junior Hunter Wolcott, ETSU graduate student Trevor Hulbert, University of Alabama junior Davis Shore

Results: U.S. Open Local Qualifying

Place	Player	Location	Pts
Medalist	Hunter Wolcott	Burns, TN	125
Medalist	Remington Hirano	Honolulu, HI	125
Medalist	Ian Siebers	Bellevue, WA	125
Medalist	Jake Sollon	Venetia, PA	125
Medalist	Jonathan Yaun	Minneola, FL	125

View full results for U.S. Open Local Qualifying

About the U.S. Open Local Qualifying

18-hole stroke play qualifier open to male amateurs with a handicap of 0.4 and below. Players who advance will get to choose their top three sectional qualifying sites. The number of qualifying spots will depend on the size of the field.