Aug. 10-16, 2020, Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (Bandon Dunes and Bandon Trails), Bandon, Ore.

FIELD NOTES – Among the 264 golfers in the 2020 U.S. Amateur field, there are:

Oldest Competitors: Dave Ryan (66, born 3-27-54), Doug Hanzel (63, born 2-18-57)

Youngest Competitors: Luke Potter (16, born 2-4-04), Jackson Van Paris (16, born 8-23-03), Benjamin James (17, born 5-30-03), Gordon Sargent (17, born 5-27-03), Kelly Chinn (17, born 5-13-03)

Average Age of Field: 23.18

U.S. States Represented – A total of 37 states and the District of Columbia are represented in the 2020 U.S. Amateur: Texas (26), California (24), North Carolina (16), Florida (13), Georgia (9), Tennessee (9), South Carolina (7), Virginia (7), Mississippi (6), Alabama (5), Arizona (5), Oklahoma (5), Washington (5), Idaho (4), Kentucky (4), Louisiana (4), Maryland (4), New Jersey (4), New York (4), Illinois (3), Massachusetts (3), Minnesota (3), Pennsylvania (3), Colorado (2), Iowa (2), Michigan (2), Nebraska (2), Ohio (2), Arkansas (1), Connecticut (1), Kansas (1), Missouri (1), Montana (1), Nevada (1), Rhode Island (1), Utah (1), Wisconsin (1) and District of Columbia (1).

International – There are 31 countries represented in the 2020 U.S. Amateur: United States (191), England (8), People’s Republic of China (5), Germany (5), Argentina (4), Australia (4), Canada (4), Chile (4), Germany (4), Japan (4), Denmark (3), France (3), Norway (3), Sweden (3), Belgium (2), Colombia (2), South Africa (2), Spain (2), Chinese Taipei (1), Italy (1), Republic of Korea (1), Malaysia (1), Mexico (1), Netherlands (1), Peru (1), Portugal (1), Scotland (1), Singapore (1), Slovakia (1), Thailand (1), Wales (1) and Zimbabwe (1).

USGA Champions (18): Philip Barbaree (2015 U.S. Junior Amateur), Garrett Barber (2018 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball), Frankie Capan (2017 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball), Noah Goodwin (2017 U.S. Junior Amateur), Stewart Hagestad (2016 U.S. Mid-Amateur), Cole Hammer (2018 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball), Doug Hanzel (2013 U.S. Senior Amateur), Scott Harvey (2014 U.S. Mid-Amateur, 2019 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball), Sean Knapp (2017 U.S. Senior Amateur), Lukas Michel (2019 U.S. Mid-Amateur), Kevin O’Connell (2018 U.S. Mid-Amateur), Andy Ogletree (2019 U.S. Amateur), Matt Parziale (2017 U.S. Mid-Amateur), Bob Royak (2019 U.S. Senior Amateur), Dave Ryan (2016 U.S. Senior Amateur), Preston Summerhays (2019 U.S. Junior Amateur), Michael Thorbjornsen (2018 U.S. Junior Amateur), Jeff Wilson (2018 U.S. Senior Amateur)

USGA Runners-Up (11): John Augenstein (2019 U.S. Amateur), Devon Bling (2018 U.S. Amateur), Brett Boner (2018 U.S. Mid-Amateur), Joseph Deraney (2019 U.S. Mid-Amateur), Noah Goodwin (2016 U.S. Junior Amateur), Scott Harvey (2016 U.S. Mid-Amateur), Bo Jin (2019 U.S. Junior Amateur), Sean Knapp (2018 U.S. Senior Amateur), Roger Newsom (2019 U.S. Senior Amateur), Brad Nurski (2014 U.S. Mid-Amateur), Garrett Rank (2012 U.S. Mid-Amateur)

Players in Field with Most U.S. Amateur Appearances (2020 included) – Sean Knapp (16), Doug Hanzel (13), Jeff Wilson (12), Stewart Hagestad (11), Scott Harvey (10), Garrett Rank (9), Gene Elliott (8)

Played in 2019 U.S. Amateur (95): Mason Andersen, Puwit Anupansuebsai, John Augenstein, Philip Barbaree, Jordan Batchelor, Devon Bling, Brett Boner, Michael Brennan, Jacob Bridgeman, Jonathan Brightwell, William Buhl, Ryan Burnett, Davis Chatfield, Parker Coody, Pierceson Coody, Quade Cummins, Cooper Dossey, Austin Eckroat, Jacob Eklund, Clay Feagler, Alex Fitzpatrick, Maxwell Ford, Wilson Furr, Ryan Gerard, Nick Geyer, Parker Gillam, Austin Greaser, Ryan Grider, Aman Gupta, Stewart Hagestad, Ryan Hall, Cole Hammer, Sam Harned, Scott Harvey, Blake Hathcoat, Joe Highsmith, Austin Hitt, William Holcomb V, Van Holmgren, Thomas Hutchison, Brent Ito, Palmer Jackson, Bo Jin, Dawson Jones, Evan Katz, Sean Knapp, Won Jun Lee, Bryce Lewis, Luke Long, Andy Lopez, Nick Lyerly, Brandon Mancheno, RJ Manke, Travis McInroe, McClure Meissner, Maxwell Moldovan, William Mouw, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Noah Norton, Kevin O’Connell, Andy Ogletree, Kaito Onishi, Charles Osborne, Hunter Ostrom, AJ Ott, Harrison Ott, Shiryu (Leo) Oyo, John Pak, Matt Parziale, David Perkins, Trent Phillips, David Puig, Spencer Ralston, Garrett Rank, Jovan Rebula, Luke Schniederjans, Andres Schonbaum, Sandy Scott, Chad Sewell, Henry Shimp, Ben Sigel, Jansen Smith, Ryan Smith, Preston Summerhays, Giovanni Tadiotto, Michael Thorbjornsen, Spencer Tibbits, Jack Trent, Travis Vick, Blake Wagoner, William Walker III, Trevor Werbylo, Tyler Wilkes, Jeff Wilson, Andi Xu

Played in 2018 U.S. Amateur (71): Mason Andersen, John Augenstein, Philip Barbaree, Garrett Barber, Devon Bling, Michael Brennan, Ryan Burnett, Christian Cavaliere, Davis Chatfield, Quade Cummins, Austin Eckroat, Clay Feagler, Michael Feagles, Alex Fitzpatrick, Noah Goodwin, Stewart Hagestad, Cole Hammer, Scott Harvey, Joe Highsmith, William Holcomb V, Isaiah Jackson, Palmer Jackson, Ryggs Johnston, Sean Knapp, Jacob Koppenberg, Won Jun Lee, Kaiwen Liu, Logan Lockwood, Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra, Nick Lyerly, Brandon Mancheno, Joshua McCarthy, McClure Meissner, Dylan Menante, William Mouw, Noah Norton, Kevin O’Connell, Andy Ogletree, AJ Ott, Harrison Ott, Mason Overstreet, Tanner Owens, John Pak, Matt Parziale, Trent Phillips, Trevor Phillips, Spencer Ralston, Garrett Rank, Nolan Ray, Jovan Rebula, Ben Reichert, Jack Rhea, Dave Ryan, Alex Schaake, Benjamin Shipp, Ian Siebers, Ben Sigel, Cameron Sisk, Ryan Smith, Tyler Strafaci, Preston Summerhays, Michael Thorbjornsen, Jackson Van Paris, Travis Vick, Alex Vogelsong, Joey Vrzich, Patrick Welch, Jeff Wilson, Trey Winstead, Noah Woolsey, Alexander Yang

Played in 2017 U.S. Amateur (44): Mason Andersen, Eric Bae, Philip Barbaree, Garrett Barber, Canon Claycomb, Parker Coody, Connor Creasy, Walter Egloff, Clay Feagler, Wilson Furr, Tomas Gana, Noah Goodwin, Stewart Hagestad, Scott Harvey, Reid Hatley, Austin Hitt, Luke Kluver, Jacob Koppenberg, David Laskin, Walker Lee, Won Jun Lee, Bryce Lewis, Brandon Mancheno, Joshua McCarthy, McClure Meissner, Noah Norton, Andy Ogletree, Kaito Onishi, AJ Ott, John Pak, Adrien Pendaries, Turk Pettit, Spencer Ralston, Garrett Rank, Ben Reichert, Luke Schniederjans, Scott Shingler, Benjamin Shipp, Ben Sigel, Jansen Smith, Tyler Strafaci, Blake Taylor, Justin Tereshko, Joey Vrzich

Played in 2016 U.S. Amateur (18): Mason Andersen, Christian Banke, Philip Barbaree, Connor Burgess, Clay Feagler, Wilson Furr, Noah Goodwin, Stewart Hagestad, Scott Harvey, Graysen Huff, Won Jun Lee, Kaiwen Liu, Joshua McCarthy, Spencer Ralston, Garrett Rank, Luke Schniederjans, Henry Shimp, Travis Vick

Played in 2015 U.S. Amateur (18): Philip Barbaree, Austin Eckroat, Noah Goodwin, Stewart Hagestad, Cole Hammer, Doug Hanzel, Scott Harvey, Ryggs Johnston, Evan Katz, Jacob Koppenberg, Andrew Kozan, Brandon Mancheno, Brad Nurski, Andy Ogletree, Garrett Rank, David Snyder, Tyler Strafaci, Noah Woolsey

Played in 2014 U.S. Amateur (5): Doug Hanzel, Trevor Phillips, Garrett Rank, Henry Shimp, Justin Tereshko

Played in 2019 U.S. Open (9): Devon Bling, Austin Eckroat, Stewart Hagestad, Noah Norton, Kevin O’Connell, Matt Parziale, Jovan Rebula, Michael Thorbjornsen, Spencer Tibbits

Played in 2019 U.S. Senior Open (4): Sean Knapp, Roger Newsom, Bob Royak, Jeff Wilson

Played in 2019 U.S. Mid-Amateur (21): Brett Boner, Derek Busby, Joseph Deraney, Gene Elliott, Nick Geyer, Stewart Hagestad, Scott Harvey, Steve Harwell, Reid Hatley, Jacob Koppenberg, Yaroslav Merkulov, Lukas Michel, Brad Nurski, Kevin O’Connell, Matt Parziale, Garrett Rank, Bob Royak, Andres Schonbaum, Jason Schultz, Alejandro Villavicencio, Jeff Wilson

Played in 2019 U.S. Junior Amateur (26): Michael Brennan, Kelly Chinn, Canon Claycomb, George Duangmanee, Austin Greaser, Palmer Jackson, Bo Jin, Yuxin Lin, Garrett Martin, Connor McKinney, Maxwell Moldovan, William Moll, William Mouw, Joseph Pagdin, Thomas Ponder, Luke Potter, Deven Ramachandran, Brett Roberts, Gordon Sargent, Ian Siebers, Preston Summerhays, Michael Thorbjornsen, Jackson Van Paris, Alex Vogelsong, Jack Wall, Andi Xu

Played in 2019 U.S. Senior Amateur (8): Gene Elliott, Doug Hanzel, Steve Harwell, Sean Knapp, Roger Newsom, Bob Royak, Dave Ryan, Jeff Wilson

Played in 2019 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball (15): Carson Barry, Michael Brennan, Derek Busby, Gene Elliott, Stewart Hagestad, Doug Hanzel, Scott Harvey, Matthew McCarty, Matt Parziale, Bob Royak, Jason Schultz, Scott Shingler, Blake Taylor, Jack Wall, Sean Yu

Played in 2019 Walker Cup Match (7): John Augenstein, Alex Fitzpatrick, Stewart Hagestad, Cole Hammer, Andy Ogletree, John Pak, Sandy Scott

Played in 2017 Walker Cup Match (1): Stewart Hagestad

Played in 2015 Walker Cup Match (1): Scott Harvey

PLAYER NOTES:

John Augenstein, 22, of Owensboro, Ky., was the runner-up to Andy Ogletree in last year’s U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst No. 2. Augenstein, who won two singles matches as a member of the winning 2019 USA Walker Cup Team, also reached the Round of 32 in the 2018 Amateur at Pebble Beach. He earned first-team All-America and All-Southeast Region honors and was the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Player of the Year as a senior at Vanderbilt University in 2019-20. He posted four top-10 finishes, including a victory in the Desert Mountain Intercollegiate. Augenstein, a member of the 2019 USA Palmer Cup Team, also competed in three U.S. Junior Amateurs and reached the semifinals in 2013 at Martis Camp Club.

Eric Bae, 22, of Pinehurst, N.C., has played in three USGA championships, including the 2017 U.S. Amateur and two U.S. Junior Amateurs. In 2019-20 at Wake Forest University, Bae was selected All-East Region and All-Atlantic Coast Conference. He will return to compete as a graduate student next year. Bae, who was born in the Republic of Korea, advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2019 Western Amateur. His sister, Sarah, played as a collegian at High Point University and North Carolina State.

Philip Barbaree, 22, of Shreveport, La., has played in five U.S. Amateurs and has advanced to match play twice (2017, 2019). He won the 2015 U.S. Junior Amateur, defeating Andrew Orischak in 37 holes and posting a championship record for largest comeback, coming from 5 down with eight holes to play. Barbaree, who qualified for the 2018 U.S. Open, posted five top-10 finishes in the 2019-20 season at Louisiana State University. He was chosen All-Southeast Region twice and All-Southeastern Conference once. Barbaree also has claimed two Division I individual state high school championships.

Garrett Barber, 20, of Stuart, Fla., won the 2018 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball title with partner Cole Hammer. Barber has played in two U.S. Amateurs and reached the Round of 32 in 2017 at The Riviera Country Club. He was chosen All-Southeast Region as a sophomore at Louisiana State University (LSU) in 2019-20. Barber has also competed in three U.S. Junior Amateurs and advanced to the Round of 32 in 2018. He won the 2018 Jones Cup, the 2017 Rolex Tournament of Champions and the 2017 Florida Class 1A high school state championship by six strokes with a 36-hole score of 10-under 134.

Devon Bling, 20, of Ridgecrest, Calif., was the runner-up to Viktor Hovland in the final of the 2018 U.S. Amateur at Pebble Beach and advanced to match play in last year’s championship at Pinehurst No. 2. Bling earned third-team All-America and All-West Region recognition as a junior at UCLA in 2019-20. He won the Bandon Dunes Championship by one stroke on March 10. He competed in last year’s U.S. Open and in the Masters, where he was one of four amateurs to make the 36-hole cut and finished 55th. Bling has won two consecutive California State Fair Amateurs.

Michael Brennan, 18, of Leesburg, Va., has played in two U.S. Amateurs (2018, 2019). He advanced to the Round of 32 in last year’s U.S. Junior Amateur and played in the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort. Brennan, who attended both Tuscarora High and the Academies of Loudoun (engineering & technology), will enroll at Wake Forest University in the fall. In 2020, Brennan won the Maridoe Junior Invitational and tied for third in the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley. He is the first player to win three consecutive Middle Atlantic Amateurs and claimed last year’s VSGA Amateur.

Jonathan Brightwell, 22, of Charlotte, N.C., was chosen second-team All-America and All-East Region at UNC-Greensboro in 2019-20 but will transfer to the University of Oklahoma for his final year. Brightwell, who played in last year’s U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club, was UNC-Greensboro’s first Division I All-American. A three-time All-Southern Conference selection, he captured the 2017 conference championship.

Marcus Byrd, 23, of Temple Hills, Md., was chosen Conference USA Player of the Year and first-team all-conference as a senior at Middle Tennessee State University in 2018-19. He missed the fall season after recovering from an auto accident. Byrd, who won the Old Waverly Collegiate and Puerto Rico Classic titles, helped the program to its third consecutive NCAA regional appearance. Byrd, who qualified for match play in the 2014 U.S. Junior Amateur, was the Georgia State Golf Association Junior Player of the Year in 2013.

Frankie Capan, 20, of North Oaks, Minn., won the 2017 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball with partner Shuai Ming (Ben) Wong at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club. He has also played in three U.S. Junior Amateurs and reached the Round of 32 in 2017. Capan transferred to Florida Gulf Coast University for 2020-21 after playing his first two years at the University of Alabama. Capan, who won the Minnesota Amateur on July 15, was the 2017 Minnesota Junior Player of the Year and set a tournament scoring record in winning the 2016 Puerto Rico Junior Open.

Kelly Chinn, 17, of Great Falls, Va., was a semifinalist in the 2019 U.S. Junior Amateur at Inverness Club and reached the Round of 32 and earned stroke-play medalist the previous year. He helped Langley High School win its fourth consecutive Virginia Class 6A state title last fall. He won the individual state crown in 2017, was runner-up the following year and tied for fourth in 2019. Chinn captured the 2019 Rolex Tournament of Champions and was runner-up in the Jones Cup Junior Invitational. His father, Colin, is a retired rear admiral in the U.S. Navy who serves as joint staff surgeon at the Pentagon and is the chief medical advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Canon Claycomb, 18, of Bowling Green, Ky., played in the 2017 U.S. Amateur and two U.S. Junior Amateurs, advancing to the Round of 16 at Inverness Club in 2019. Claycomb, who is a rising sophomore at the University of Alabama, was the runner-up in the 2018 Florida Class 1A state high school championship after tying for third the previous year, helping Circle Christian School capture the state title. He played on the Greenwood High team in Bowling Green since fourth grade and, in 2016, he led the team to a second-place finish in the state championship while tying for second individually. He was the runner-up in the 2019 Boys Junior PGA Championship.

Parker Coody, 20, of Plano, Texas, has played in two U.S. Amateurs and three U.S. Junior Amateurs. He and his twin brother, Pierceson, each reached the Round of 16 in last year’s U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst No. 2 and they are rising juniors on the University of Texas golf team. Parker, who earned All-Central Region honors in 2019-20, fired a final-round 67 to share with Yuxin Lin the 2020 Southern Highlands Collegiate title. The twins are grandsons of 1971 Masters champion Charles Coody.

Pierceson Coody, 20, of Plano, Texas, and his twin brother, Parker, each reached the Round of 16 at Pinehurst No. 2 in last year’s U.S. Amateur and they are rising juniors on the University of Texas golf team. They are grandsons of 1971 Masters champion Charles Coody. Pierceson won the 118th Western Amateur on Aug. 1 by defeating Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, 2 and 1, in the final. Pierceson, who was chosen All-Central Region in 2019-20, won last year’s Trans-Mississippi Amateur at Maridoe Golf Club in his home state. He also played in the 2014 U.S. Junior Amateur.

Quade Cummins, 24, of Weatherford, Okla., has competed in two U.S. Amateurs. He was chosen first-team All-American as a redshirt senior at the University of Oklahoma in 2019-20. Cummins was third in the Southern Amateur with a 72-hole score of 283 (5 under) on July 18 and tied for fourth in the Sunnehanna Amateur the following week. He won last year’s Pacific Coast Amateur by four strokes with a four-day total of 264 (20 under) and tied for fifth in the Sunnehanna Amateur.

Joseph Deraney, 37, of Tupelo, Miss., was the runner-up to Lukas Michel in last year’s U.S. Mid-Amateur at Colorado Golf Club. In 2019, Deraney won the Canadian Mid-Amateur for the second consecutive year, the Mississippi Amateur and the Stocker Cup. He also twice won the Kentucky Mid-Amateur Championship (2016, 2017). Deraney, a stay-at-home father, has competed in five USGA championships. His wife, Sarah, is a radiologist and is affiliated with the Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Cooper Dossey, 22, of Austin, Texas, earned first-team All-America honors as a senior at Baylor University and will return for a final year in 2020-21. He is one of four players in program history to be chosen to an All-America team twice. Dossey recorded five top-10 finishes and won the OFCC Fighting Illini Invitational. He advanced to the Round of 32 in his first U.S. Amateur last year at Pinehurst No. 2 and has played in two U.S. Junior Amateurs. In 2019, Dossey won the North & South Amateur.

George Duangmanee, 18, of Fairfax, Va., advanced to the semifinals of the Western Amateur on Aug. 1. Duangmanee, who reached the quarterfinals of last year’s U.S. Junior Amateur at Inverness Club in his first USGA championship, tied for sixth in the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley on March 14. In 2019, he posted six top-10 AJGA finishes, including a victory in the Cardinal Trophy, and won five U.S. College Sports Camp (USCC) events. Duangmanee, who will attend the University of Virginia this fall, captured the 2017 U.S. Kids Teen Worlds and the 2015 Drive, Chip & Putt Boys 12-13 Division national title.

Austin Eckroat, 21, of Edmond, Okla., has played in three U.S. Amateurs and advanced to match play last year at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club. Eckroat, who competed in last year’s U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, earned second-team All-America recognition as a junior at Oklahoma State University in 2019-20. He is also a three-time All-Central Region and All-Big 12 Conference selection. Eckroat tied for sixth in this year’s Southern Amateur. He reached the quarterfinals of the 2017 U.S. Junior Amateur, losing to fellow OSU player and PGA Tour winner Matthew Wolff. Eckroat won his second OSSA Class 6A state championship in 2017 as Edmond North High School claimed the state title.

Gene Elliott, 58, of West Des Moines, Iowa, has competed in 34 USGA championships, including seven U.S. Amateurs. He has advanced to the Round of 32 twice. Elliott and his partner Michael McCoy played in the 2019 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort. Elliott, who reached the quarterfinals of the 2006 U.S. Mid-Amateur, won the Canadian Men’s Senior Amateur and was the runner-up to Craig Davis in the Seniors Amateur, conducted by The R&A, in 2019. Elliott owns a sanitation and street equipment company, and underwent open-heart surgery 20 years ago. He was inducted into the Iowa Golf Hall of Fame in 2012.

Clay Feagler, 22, of Laguna Niguel, Calif., has competed in four U.S. Amateurs and reached the Round of 32 in 2018 at Pebble Beach. Feagler, who was a senior at Pepperdine University in 2019-20, was chosen All-West Region twice and All-West Coast Conference three times. He shot a final-round 63 to win the 2018 WCC Championship by eight strokes as a sophomore. Feagler advanced to match play in the U.S. Junior Amateur and was the Orange County Player of the Year in 2015.

Alex Fitzpatrick, 21, of England, was a member of the 2019 Great Britain and Ireland Walker Cup Team and he posted victories in singles and foursomes. He has competed in two U.S. Amateurs, advancing to the quarterfinals in 2018 and the Round of 16 last year. Fitzpatrick, who is a rising junior at Wake Forest University, was selected All-East Region for second consecutive year. He is the younger brother of Matthew Fitzpatrick, who owns five PGA European Tour victories. Alex was on the bag for his brother when Matthew won the 2013 U.S. Amateur at The Country Club, in Brookline, Mass.

Agnus Flanagan, 21, of England, was chosen third-team All-American as a junior at the University of Minnesota in 2019-20. He earned first-team All-Big Ten Conference after receiving second-team recognition the previous year. Flanagan, who has twice been voted All-Midwest Region, shared the Big Ten Championship as a sophomore when he shot 2-over 212 at Philadelphia Cricket Club. He fired a final-round 64 to win the Minnesota State Open by two strokes on July 9 and competed in the PGA Tour’s 3M Open later that month.

David Ford, 17, of Peachtree Corners, Ga., and his identical twin brother, Maxwell, are both in this year’s U.S. Amateur field and they have a triplet sister, Abigail. David, who is a rising senior at Rivers Academy, won the AJGA Invitational at Sedgefield in June, tied for sixth in the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley and tied for ninth in the Georgia Amateur on July 12. In 2019, he posted five top-10 finishes, including a win in the E-Z-GO Vaughn Taylor Invitational and a tie for seventh in both the PGA Boys Junior and Rolex Tournament of Champions.

Maxwell Ford, 17, of Peachtree Corners, Ga., qualified for the 2019 U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club. His brother, David, is also in this year’s field and they have a triplet sister, Abigail. Maxwell, who is a rising senior at Rivers Academy, tied for third in both the Georgia Amateur and Dustin Johnson World Invitational in 2020. He recorded five top-10 finishes, including a victory in the 2019 Jones Cup Junior with a 54-hole score of 205 at Sea Island Golf Club.

Noah Goodwin, 20, of Corinth, Texas, has competed in four U.S. Amateurs and advanced to the Round of 16 at Pebble Beach in 2018. 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). He earned second-team All-America recognition for the second consecutive year as a junior at Southern Methodist University (SMU) in 2019-20. His father, Jeff, is a professor of kinesiology at the University of North Texas.

Austin Greaser, 19, of Vandalia, Ohio, played in his first U.S. Amateur last year and was a quarterfinalist in the 2019 U.S. Junior Amateur at Inverness Club, losing to eventual champion Preston Summerhays. Greaser, a rising sophomore at the University of North Carolina, registered four top-20 finishes during the 2019-20 campaign. He won the Ohio Amateur on July 17 and broke Ben Curtis’ tournament record with a score of 18-under 270. Greaser also claimed the Northern Kentucky Amateur and tied for 10th in the Northern Amateur. Greaser finished third in the 2018 Ohio Division I state high school championship.

Stewart Hagestad, 29, of Newport Beach, Calif., has played in 20 USGA championships, including 10 U.S. Amateurs. He won the 2016 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship by rallying to defeat Scott Harvey in 37 holes, producing the largest comeback victory since a 36-hole final was introduced in 2001. Hagestad was a member of the victorious 2017 and 2019 USA Walker Cup Teams and won a gold medal in the Mixed Team competition of the 2019 Pan American Games. Hagestad, who advanced to match play in the previous two U.S. Amateurs, has played in the last three U.S. Opens and was the low amateur in the 2017 Masters Tournament, becoming the first invited Mid-Amateur champion to make the 36-hole cut.

Cole Hammer, 20, of Houston, Texas, was a member of the winning 2019 USA Walker Cup Team at Royal Liverpool Golf Club. He has competed in three U.S. Amateurs, advancing to the semifinals in 2018, and four U.S. Junior Amateurs. Hammer also won the 2018 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball with partner Garrett Barber and was the third-youngest player to compete in a U.S. Open when he played at Chambers Bay at age 15 in 2015. Hammer, a rising junior at the University of Texas, posted two top-10 finishes in 2019-20 after helping the Longhorns to a runner-up finish in the NCAA Championship as a freshman. He tied for 61st in this year’s Houston Open on the PGA Tour. In 2018, Hammer won the Western Amateur and led the USA to a second-place finish in the World Amateur Team Championship.

Doug Hanzel, 63, of Savannah, Ga., has played in 36 USGA championships, including 12 U.S. Amateurs. He has competed in the U.S. Amateur in five different decades. He won the 2013 U.S. Senior Amateur and was twice low amateur in the U.S. Senior Open (2012, 2013). A graduate of Kent State University, where he played on the golf team and has a golf scholarship named for him, Hanzel is a retired pulmonologist. In 2012, he became the only player to qualify for match play in the U.S. Amateur, U.S. Mid-Amateur and U.S. Senior Amateur in the same year. Hanzel is a Type 1 diabetic and plays golf with an insulin pump.

Scott Harvey, 42, of Kernersville, N.C., has competed in 32 USGA championships, including nine U.S Amateurs, and was a member of the 2015 USA Walker Cup Team. He won the 2014 U.S. Mid-Amateur at Saucon Valley Country Club, in Bethlehem, Pa., and was the runner-up to Stewart Hagestad in 2016. Harvey, a property manager, also captured the 2019 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball with partner Todd Mitchell at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort. In 2017, Harvey qualified for his first U.S. Open at Erin Hills. He won the 2015 South American Amateur and was the runner-up the following year.

Joe Highsmith, 20, of Seattle, Wash., has played in two U.S. Amateurs and four U.S. Junior Amateurs, including a quarterfinal appearance in 2018, losing to the eventual champion Michael Thorbjornsen. Highsmith earned All-West Region honors as a sophomore at Pepperdine University in 2019-20. He was also the West Coast Conference Freshman of the Year and a first-team All-WCC selection. Highsmith, who won the 2019 Sahalee Players Championship, became the youngest player to win the Washington State Amateur when he posted a 54-hole score of 9-under 205 in 2017. He reached the quarterfinals of the 2020 North & South Amateur.

William Holcomb V, 22, of Crockett, Texas, advanced to the semifinals of last year’s U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst No. 2. He posted four top-10 finishes, including a win in the Bentwater Intercollegiate, as a senior at Sam Houston State University in 2019-20. Holcomb, who became the first Bearkat to reach match play in a U.S. Amateur, was twice chosen the Southland Conference Student-Athlete of the Year and to the all-conference team. He also played in the 2018 U.S. Amateur and 2015 U.S. Junior Amateur. Holcomb was the runner-up to Tyler Strafaci in the 2020 North & South Amateur. His sister, Ann, was a member of the Stephen F. Austin golf team from 2013-17.

Van Holmgren, 21, of Plymouth, Minn., advanced to the Round of 32 in last year’s U.S. Amateur, his first USGA championship. Holmgren transferred to Florida Gulf Coast University in the spring of 2020 after earning All-Summit League recognition twice at North Dakota State University. Holmgren, who was the league’s top newcomer as a freshman walk-on, won the 2018 MGA Amateur at Hazeltine National. His brothers Will (North Dakota State) and Jack (South Dakota) are also collegiate golfers.

Palmer Jackson, 19, of Murrysville, Pa., reached the quarterfinals in last year’s U.S. Amateur, the first University of Notre Dame golfer to advance to that round since Tom Veech in 1950. Jackson, who also competed in the 2018 U.S. Amateur, battled his way to the Round of 16 in last year’s U.S. Junior Amateur. He posted three top-10 finishes, including a victory at the Quail Valley Intercollegiate, as a UND freshman in 2019-20. Jackson, who was named after 1954 U.S. Amateur and 1960 U.S. Open champion Arnold Palmer, won the Class 3A state golf championship and helped his Franklin Regional High baseball team advance to the quarterfinals of the Class 5A state playoffs in 2018-19.

Benjamin James, 17, of Milford, Conn., is the third-youngest player in this year’s U.S. Amateur field. He advanced to the Round of 32 in the 2018 U.S. Junior Amateur, his first USGA championship. In 2019, James was selected to the U.S. Junior President’s Cup, won his second consecutive New England Junior Invitational, captured the Connecticut Junior Amateur and tied for ninth in the Boys Junior PGA. James won the 2013 U.S. Kids Golf World Championship (age 10) with a 54-hole score of 202 (14-under). He also tied for second in 2014 (age 11) and tied for fourth in 2015 (age 12).

Bo Jin, 17, of the People’s Republic of China, was the runner-up to Preston Summerhays in the 2019 U.S. Junior Amateur at Inverness Club. Jin, who played in last year’s U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club, attends Futures Academy, in Carlsbad, Calif., and will enroll at Oklahoma State University this fall. In 2019, he was runner-up in the Junior Players and tied for eighth in the Asia-Pacific Amateur. His brother, Cheng, played in three U.S. Amateurs, won the 2015 Asia-Pacific Amateur and competed in the 2016 Masters. His sister, Jiarui (Joyce) Jin, was co-medalist in the 2019 U.S. Women’s Amateur.

Sean Knapp, 58, of Oakmont, Pa., has competed in 50 USGA championships, including 15 U.S. Amateurs. Knapp advanced to the quarterfinals in 1998 and Round of 16 in 1995, losing to eventual champion Tiger Woods. Knapp won the 2017 U.S. Senior Amateur and was the runner-up to Jeff Wilson in 2018. Knapp, who caddied at Oakmont Country Club, reached the semifinals of the U.S. Mid-Amateur in 2008 and 2010 and tied for 60th in the 2012 U.S. Senior Open. Knapp, a vice president for a wholesale company, is a 14-time Western Pennsylvania Golf Association Player of the Year and a member of the Indiana University of Pennsylvania athletic hall of fame.

Jacob Koppenberg, 33, of Bellingham, Wash., has played in four U.S. Amateurs, advancing to the Round of 32 in 2008, where he lost to Rickie Fowler. Koppenberg, who works in business development for a communications services company, reached the quarterfinals of last year’s U.S. Mid-Amateur at Colorado Golf Club. Koppenberg was a two-time All-American and twice Great Northwest Athletic Conference Player of the Year at Western Washington University, where he enlisted a sports psychology professor to help him with the mental side of golf.

Walker Lee, 22, of Houston, Texas, is a part of a family who have been members of the Texas A&M University golf team. His father, Randy, and uncles, Jackie and Scott, also competed for the Aggies. Lee posted three top-10 finishes, including a win in the Cabo Collegiate, en route to earning third-team All-America honors as a junior in 2019-20. He has also played in five USGA championships, including the U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur in 2017.

Yuxin Lin, 19, of the People’s Republic of China, won this year’s Asia-Pacific Amateur with a birdie on the second playoff hole. Lin also claimed the 2017 Asia-Pacific Amateur title with a birdie-eagle finish to win by three strokes. He earned exemptions into the Masters and The Open Championship, conducted by The R&A, in 2018. Lin, a rising sophomore at the University of Southern California (USC), was co-medalist in the Southern Highlands Invitational on March 3. He has played in two U.S. Junior Amateurs and advanced to the Round of 32 last year at Inverness Club.

Brandon Mancheno, 20, of Jacksonville, Fla., has played in four U.S. Amateurs and seven USGA championships. Mancheno, a rising senior at Auburn University, earned second-team All-America and was chosen All-Southeast Region for a second time as a sophomore. He was also chosen to the National All-Freshman Team and Southeastern Conference (SEC) Freshman of the Year. 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. Mancheno, who was the runner-up in the 2017 Florida Amateur and won the 2016 Class 3A state high school championship, tied for fourth in this year’s Sunnehanna Amateur.

Michael Mattiace, 22, of Jacksonville, Fla., is the nephew of Len Mattiace, who won twice on the PGA Tour and played in five U.S. Opens. Michael, who will compete as a graduate student at the University of North Florida in 2020-21, was chosen All-Atlantic Sun Conference and posted two top-10 finishes this year. He qualified for the 2018 NCAA Championship. In 2019, he tied for eighth in the Canadian Men’s Amateur and was runner-up in the Terra Cotta Invitational. He played in the 2014 U.S. Junior Amateur and was runner-up in the 2015 FSGA Boys Junior.

Joshua McCarthy, 23, of Danville, Calif., has played in three U.S. Amateurs and reached the Round of 32 in 2018 at Pebble Beach. He posted three top-10 finishes as a senior at Pepperdine University in 2019-20. McCarthy, who played in three NCAA Championships, earned All-West Region twice and All-West Coast Conference three times. He won the 2019 NCGA Amateur Match Play and advanced to the Round of 16 in the 2014 U.S. Junior Amateur. His sister, Emma, competed in the 800-meter run as a member of the St. Mary’s College track team.

Matthew McCarty, 22, of Scottsdale, Ariz., reached the quarterfinals with partner Derek Ackerman in last year’s U.S. Amateur Four-Ball at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort. McCarty was a senior in this year’s shortened season at Santa Clara University. He twice was chosen first-team All-West Coast Conference and tied for 15th in the 2019 WCC Championship. McCarty was a quarterfinalist in the 2020 North & South Amateur and finished third in the 2019 Pacific Coast Amateur.

McClure (Mac) Meissner, 21, of San Antonio, Texas, has played in three U.S. Amateurs and reached the Round of 16 at Pebble Beach Golf Links in 2018. He was chosen first-team All-America and All-Central Region as a junior at Southern Methodist University (SMU) in 2019-20. Meissner won the American Athletic Conference Championship as a sophomore with a 54-hole score of 13-under 200. Meissner, who was voted 2019 AAC Player of the Year, tied for third in last year’s Trans-Mississippi Amateur. He won this year’s Southern Amateur on July 18 by defeating David Perkins in a one-hole playoff. His brother, Mitchell, played golf at Rice University and competed on PGA Tour Latinoamerica.

Lukas Michel, 26, of Australia, became the first international player to win the U.S. Mid-Amateur last year when he defeated Joseph Deraney in the final at Colorado Golf Club. He went on to tie for 21st in the Australian Open and reached match play for the second consecutive year in the Australian Amateur. Michel, who earned a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Melbourne, grew up playing with Curtis Luck (2016 U.S. Amateur champion) and Oliver Goss (2013 U.S. Amateur runner-up). His father, Ivor, immigrated from Czechoslovakia in the late 1960s.

Maxwell Moldovan, 18, of Uniontown, Ohio, advanced to the Round of 32 in the U.S. Amateur and the Round of 16 in the U.S. Junior Amateur last year. Moldovan, who will attend Ohio State University in the fall, won the 2017 and 2018 Ohio Division I state high school championship and became the 19th two-time winner in the competition’s history. In 2020, Moldovan has posted three top-10 finishes, including a tie for third in the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley. Moldovan, who started playing at age 2, won the Ohio Amateur and was chosen AJGA Player of the Year and to the Rolex Junior All-America Team in 2019.

William Moll, 19, of Houston, Texas, advanced to the Round of 32 in last year’s U.S. Junior Amateur and shared stroke-play medalist at Inverness Club. Moll, who earned Rolex Junior All-America recognition, is a rising sophomore at Vanderbilt University. His best result as a freshman was a tie for 11th in the Desert Mountain Intercollegiate. He helped Houston Memorial High School finish third in the 2018 Texas 6A state championship and was sixth as an individual after finishing second the previous year.

William Mouw, 19, of Chino, Calif., has played in two U.S. Amateurs and advanced to the Round of 16 at Pebble Beach in 2019. He also reached the Round of 32 in two consecutive U.S. Junior Amateurs (2018, 2019) and was a co-medalist last year. Mouw, the son of a chicken egg farmer, was chosen first-team All-American and All-West Region as a freshman at Pepperdine University in 2019-20. He set the program’s freshman record with five top-10 finishes. Mouw won the 2019 California State Amateur and was a member of the basketball and golf teams at Ontario Christian High School. He is a member of the USA Arnold Palmer Cup Team.

Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, 21, of Denmark, was the runner-up to Pierceson Coody in the 118th Western Amateur on Aug. 1. Neergaard-Petersen won the Oklahoma Stroke Play with a final-round 69 for a three-stroke victory on June 28 and advanced to the Round of 16 in the North & South Amateur. He earned GCAA All-America Scholar honors and was fourth in the Southern Plains Intercollegiate as a sophomore at Oklahoma State University in 2019-20. Neergaard-Petersen, who played in last year’s U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club, won his second consecutive German International Amateur and was ninth in the European Amateur in 2019.

Roger Newsom, 56, of Virginia Beach, Va., is a board-certified eye surgeon and ophthalmologist specializing in laser and refractive cataract surgery. In 2019, he was the runner-up to Bob Royak in the U.S. Senior Amateur at Old Chatham Golf Club. He has competed in six USGA championships, including two U.S. Senior Opens (2014, 2019). Newsom has won the State Open of Virginia twice (2008, 2011) and the 2014 Virginia State Golf Association Senior Open. His brother, Tim, is the director of golf at Riverfront Golf Club, in Suffolk, Va.

Noah Norton, 21, of Chico, Calif., has competed in three U.S. Amateurs and advanced to the Round of 16 in 2017 at The Riviera Country Club. Norton also qualified for last year’s U.S. Open at Pebble Beach and has reached match play in two U.S. Junior Amateurs. Norton, a rising senior at Georgia Tech, is a two-time All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) selection and won the Patriot All-America Invitational last December. He finished runner-up to Cooper Dossey in the 2019 North & South Amateur and was the 2017 California State Amateur runner-up.

Kevin O’Connell, 32, of Cary, N.C., won the 2018 U.S. Mid-Amateur, defeating Brett Boner in the 36-hole final at Charlotte Country Club in his home state. He has competed in eight USGA championships, including last year’s U.S. Open at Pebble Beach and three U.S. Amateurs. O’Connell, who once worked for a club manufacturer, earned All-America honors at the University of North Carolina. In 2008, he was named Atlantic Coast Conference freshman of the year. He recorded three top-10 finishes in 2019, including a tie for third in the George L. Coleman Invitational at Seminole Golf Club.

Andy Ogletree, 22, of Little Rock, Miss., will attempt to become the first player to win back-to-back U.S. Amateur Championships since Tiger Woods won three consecutive titles from 1994-96. He became the third Georgia Tech player to win the Amateur. Ogletree, who has competed in four U.S. Amateurs, was a member of the winning 2019 USA Walker Cup Team. He earned second-team All-America honors for the second time as a senior in 2019-20. Ogletree, an All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) selection, was chosen to this year’s USA Arnold Palmer Cup Team. He was also a quarterfinalist in the 2015 U.S. Junior Amateur. Ogletree is fully exempt into the U.S. Open and Masters this fall and has competed in three PGA Tour events this year. He was a quarterfinalist in the 2020 Western Amateur.

John Pak, 21, of Scotch Plains, N.J., has competed in three U.S. Amateurs, advancing to the Round of 16 last year at Pinehurst No. 2. Pak won all three of his matches as a member of the victorious 2019 USA Walker Cup Team. He earned All-America and All-South Region recognition for the third consecutive year as a junior at Florida State University in 2019-20. He has won seven tournaments during his career, including the 2019 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Championship. Pak, who has played in seven USGA championships, advanced to match play in all four U.S. Junior Amateurs he competed in, reaching the semifinals in 2016. He tied for sixth in this year’s Southern Amateur.

Matt Parziale, 33, of Brockton, Mass., has played in 16 USGA championships, including three U.S. Amateurs. He won the 2017 U.S. Mid-Amateur at Capital City Club’s Crabapple Course and became the first Mid-Amateur champion to earn a full exemption into the following year’s U.S. Open. His margin of victory (8 and 6) also matched the third-largest in championship history. A former firefighter who now works for an insurance brokerage firm, Parziale and partner Herbie Aikens reached the quarterfinals of the 2019 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort. He also shared low-amateur honors with Luis Gagne in the 2018 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills.

David Perkins, 21, of East Peoria, Ill., was chosen third-team All-American and All-Midwest Region as a senior at Illinois State University in 2019-20. He registered seven top-10 finishes and was chosen Missouri Valley Conference Golfer of the Year. Perkins won the Golfweek Conference Challenge and was second in the Jones Cup Invitational. Perkins, who played in last year’s U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club, was the runner-up to McClure Meissner in this year’s Southern Amateur, losing in a playoff. His father, Tony, also played golf at Illinois State.

Turk Pettit, 21, of Sugar Grove, N.C., advanced to the Round of 64 in the 2017 U.S. Amateur and has reached match play in two U.S. Junior Amateurs (2015, 2017). He earned All-East Region honors as a junior at Clemson University in 2019-20. Pettit, who chosen All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) as a freshman, tied for second in the Maui Jim Collegiate when he shot a second-round 63. Pettit, who was also a scholastic quarterback and linebacker on the Lee-Scott Academy football team, won the Alabama Independent School Association state title twice and the 2016 Alabama State Amateur. In 2020, he was a quarterfinalist in the North & South Amateur.

Trent Phillips, 20, of Boiling Springs, S.C., has competed in two U.S. Amateurs and reached the Round of 32 in 2018. Phillips, who has also played in three U.S. Junior Amateurs, earned first-team All-America and All-Southeast Region honors as a sophomore at the University of Georgia in 2019-20. He was chosen to the All-Southeastern Conference first team for the second consecutive year. Phillips, who was named the SEC Freshman of the Year, tied for fifth in the 2019 Sunnehanna Amateur. His older brother, Trevor, was a senior on the same Georgia golf team last year and has played in two U.S. Amateurs.

Trevor Phillips, 20, of Boiling Springs, S.C., advanced to the Round of 32 in two U.S. Amateurs, including 2014 at Atlanta Athletic Club and 2018 at Pebble Beach. His younger brother, Trent, is also in this year’s field. The brothers, who were teammates at the University of Georgia in 2019-20, both competed in the 2018 U.S. Amateur. Trevor tied for 15th in last year’s Southeastern Conference (SEC) Championship. Phillips, who advanced to the Round of 16 in the 2013 U.S. Junior Amateur, helped Boiling Springs High School capture two state championships.

Luke Potter, 16, of Encinitas, Calif., is the youngest player in the field. He reached the Round of 32 in last year’s U.S. Junior Amateur, his first USGA championship. In 2020, Potter was the runner-up in the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley, tied for 25th in the Southern Amateur and won an AJGA event in February. He led La Costa Canyon High School to the 2019 state championship as a freshman. Potter birdied his last two holes for a 7-under 64 to win individual honors and became the second player from the San Diego Section to win a state title since the event was reinstated in 2004, joining four-time PGA Tour winner Xander Schauffele. He also tied for third in the CIF/SCGA championship.

Spencer Ralston, 23, of Gainesville, Ga., has played in four U.S. Amateurs and advanced to the Round of 16 last year at Pinehurst No. 2. Ralston was a two-time All-Southeast Region and All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection at the University of Georgia. Ralston, who was a senior in 2019-20, played in the PGA Tour’s RBC Heritage in June. He also competed in three U.S. Junior Amateurs and reached the Round of 16 in 2015. He was a five-sport athlete as a youngster before focusing on golf at age 13.

Garrett Rank, 32, of Canada, is a full-time National Hockey League referee after previously working in the American Hockey League. He has competed in 20 USGA championships, including eight U.S. Amateurs and the 2018 U.S. Open. In 2019, Rank won the Western Amateur, defeating Daniel Wetterich, 3 and 2, in the 18-hole final. He became the first Canadian to win the championship in 42 years and the first mid-amateur to win the title since 1997. Rank, who overcame a cancer scare at age 23, was runner-up to Nathan Smith in the 2012 U.S. Mid-Amateur. He has won three Canadian Men’s Mid-Amateurs.

Jovan Rebula, 23, of South Africa, is the nephew of 1994 and 1997 U.S. Open champion Ernie Els. He has played in two U.S. Amateurs (2018, 2019) and last year’s U.S. Open at Pebble Beach. Rebula earned third-team All-America honors and had five top-10 finishes as a senior at Auburn University in 2019-20. He was chosen All-Southeast Region for the third time and has twice been selected All-Southeastern Conference (SEC). In 2018, 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.

Bob Royak, 58, of Alpharetta, Ga., won the 2019 U.S. Senior Amateur by defeating Roger Newsom, 1 up, in the final at Old Chatham Golf Club. Royak has competed in 17 USGA championships, including three U.S. Amateurs and two U.S. Senior Opens (2012, 2019). Royak, who is vice president for an executive search firm, was chosen 2017 Georgia State Golf Association Senior Player of the Year. His older brother, Jack, served as his caddie in last year’s U.S. Senior Amateur and his younger brother, Paul, played in the same championship. He and his wife assist in finding families for Russian orphans.

Dave Ryan, 66, of Taylorville, Ill., is the oldest player in this year’s field. He has played in 27 USGA championships, including four U.S. Amateurs. Ryan won the 2016 U.S. Senior Amateur Championship and advanced to the semifinals in 2017. On his way to the 2016 title, he recorded the first double eagle in championship history when he made a hole-in-one on a par 4 in his Round-of-16 match against Paul Simson. Ryan, who grew up on a nine-hole course, has played in four U.S. Senior Opens and made the 36-hole cut in 2015 at Del Paso Country Club.

Luke Schniederjans, 22, of Alpharetta, Ga., is the member of his family to play sports for Georgia Tech. His older brother, Ollie, won the 2014 Mark McCormack Medal as the No. 1 player in the World Amateur Golf Ranking® and has played on the PGA and Korn Ferry Tours, and another brother, Ben, was a baseball pitcher. Luke, who has competed in three U.S. Amateurs, earned third-team All-America and All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) honors as junior and won the Carpet Capital Collegiate as a senior. He won the 99th Georgia Amateur with a birdie on the first playoff hole on July 12.

Sandy Scott, 22, of Scotland, was a member of the 2019 Great Britain and Ireland Walker Cup Team and advanced to match play in the 2019 U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst No. 2. Scott was chosen second-team All-American for the second consecutive year as a senior at Texas Tech University in 2019-20. He fired a final-round 65 to win The Carmel Cup in September. Scott has been selected All-Central Region and All-Big 12 Conference during his career.

Ryan Smith, 18, of Carlsbad, Calif., reached match play in both the 2018 and 2019 U.S. Amateurs. Smith, who will attend the University of North Carolina in the fall, was a quarterfinalist in the 2017 U.S. Junior Amateur. Smith, who has played in five USGA championships, won the 2019 FCG Western States Players Cup and the 2018 Southern California Junior Amateur. He helped Classical Academy High School capture the 2019 CIF Division 3 title.

Tyler Strafaci, 22, of Davie, Fla., won the 2020 North & South Amateur, defeating William Holcomb V, 3 and 1, in the final. His grandfather, Frank, won two North & South Amateurs (1938, 1939) and the 1935 U.S. Amateur Public Links. Tyler, who competed in the 2018 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills and two U.S. Junior Amateurs, has played in three U.S. Amateurs and advanced to the Round of 32 in 2017. He will return to Georgia Tech for a fifth year in 2020-21 and is a three-time All-East Region and two-time All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) performer. 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.

Preston Summerhays, 18, of Scottsdale, Ariz., won the 2019 U.S. Junior Amateur at Inverness Club, in Toledo, Ohio. Summerhays, who has played in two U.S. Amateurs, captured his second consecutive Utah State Amateur in 2019 after becoming the youngest player (age 15) to win the championship the previous year. He broke a record that was shared by Tony Finau and his uncle Daniel. Summerhays is the son of former PGA Tour player Boyd, the nephew of retired PGA Tour player Daniel and the great nephew of Bruce, who won three PGA Tour Champions events. Preston, who attends Chaparral High, won the Sunnehanna Amateur on July 24 and became the youngest champion in tournament history.

Blake Taylor, 22, of Atkinson, N.C., and partner Logan Shuping were runners-up in the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort in 2019. Taylor has played in two USGA championships, including the 2017 U.S. Amateur at The Riviera Country Club. He twice received American Athletic Conference all-conference honors and tied for 10th in the 2019 AAC Championship while playing at East Carolina University. Taylor, who was the Wilmington Star-News Boys Golfer of the Year, competed in the 2018 PGA Tour’s Military Tribute at the Greenbrier as a Monday qualifier.

Justin Tereshko, 30, of Lexington, Ky., was recently selected head coach of the men’s and women’s golf teams at Hanover College, an NCAA Division III college in Indiana. Tereshko was previously an assistant coach at the University of Louisville and head coach at Guilford College, where he guided the Quakers to a pair of NCAA Division III Tournaments. He has competed in two U.S. Amateurs, advancing to the Round of 32 in 2014 and Round of 64 in 2017. Tereshko, who has played in six USGA championships, including two U.S. Mid-Amateurs, was a two-time All-American at Transylvania University and later earned a master’s degree in recreation and sports management from Indiana State University.

Davis Thompson, 21, of Saint Simons Island, Ga., earned first-team All-America and first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) honors as a junior at the University of Georgia in 2019-20. Thompson, who was chosen All-Southeast Region for the second consecutive year, was selected to the USA Arnold Palmer Cup Team. He has played in two PGA Tour events this year and tied for 23rd in the RSM Classic (10-under 272). Thompson, who qualified for the 2017 U.S. Junior Amateur, was a quarterfinalist in the 2020 Western Amateur and was the stroke-play medalist in the same event last year. His father, Todd, was a two-time golf captain at Georgia.

Michael Thorbjornsen, 18, of Wellesley, Mass., won the 2018 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship, defeating Akshay Bhatia, 1 up, at Baltusrol Golf Club. He has played in two U.S. Amateurs and the 2019 U.S. Open. He became the second-youngest player (age 17) since World War II to make the 36-hole cut and finished 79th at Pebble Beach (Calif.) Golf Links. Thorbjornsen, who will attend Stanford University in the fall, represented the victorious USA Team in the 2018 Junior Ryder Cup in France. 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.

Spencer Tibbits, 21, of Vancouver, Wash., played in U.S. Open at Pebble Beach and reached match play in the U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst No. 2 in 2019. He posted five top-5 finishes, including a tie for third in the Bandon Dunes Invitational, as a junior at Oregon State University in 2019-20. Tibbits, who was an honorable mention All-Pac-12 Conference selection as a sophomore, won last year’s Oregon Amateur. He was chosen 2016 Pacific Northwest junior player of the year and claimed three Washington Class 3A state high school championships.

Jack Trent, 21, of Australia, advanced to the Round of 32 in last year’s U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst No. 2. Trent, who reached the Round of 16 in this year’s Australian Amateur, received All-West Region and All-Mountain West Conference recognition as a junior at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) in 2019-20. Trent, who earned all-conference honors for the third time, recorded four top-10 finishes. He also played in two U.S. Junior Amateurs (2014, 2015) and won two Nevada state high school titles.

Jackson Van Paris, 16, of Pinehurst, N.C., is the second-youngest player in this year’s U.S. Amateur field. He reached the Round of 32 in the 2018 Amateur and became the youngest (14 years, 11 months, 21 days) to win a first-round match since Robert T. Jones Jr. in 1916. Van Paris, who also advanced to match play in last year’s U.S. Junior Amateur, carded a final-round 67 to win the 2020 Junior Invitational at Sage Valley. He helped The O’Neal School capture the 2018 and 2019 North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association (NCISAA) 2A state championship. He was runner-up last year and finished third in 2018. As an eighth grader, he won the state individual title and was a first-team all-state selection.

Travis Vick, 20, of Hunters Creek Village, Texas, has advanced to match play in two of the three U.S. Amateurs in which he has competed. Vick was chosen All-Central Region as a freshman at the University of Texas in 2019-20. He was a three-sport athlete at Houston’s Second Baptist High School. In addition to golf, he was an all-state linebacker and all-district quarterback and a pitcher/third baseman on the baseball squad. Vick scored the first double eagle in the history of the U.S. Junior Amateur in the 2018 championship at Baltusrol Golf Club and reached match play for the third consecutive year. Vick, who fired a final-round 63 to place second at the Sunnehanna Amateur on July 24, is a family friend of Hal Sutton, who won the 1980 U.S. Amateur and competed in 18 U.S. Opens.

Jack Wall, 19, of Brielle, N.J., and his partner Brendan Hansen advanced to match play in last year’s U.S. Amateur Four-Ball at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort. Wall, who is a rising sophomore at the University of South Carolina, shot a final-round 65 to tie for seventh in the J.T. Poston Invitational in 2019-20. He has played in two U.S. Junior Amateurs and advanced to the Round of 32 last year. Wall won back-to-back individual state high school championships and helped Christian Brothers Academy win three consecutive state crowns. Wall, whose brothers, Jeremy and Ethan, each played at Loyola (Md.) University, was the 2018 NJ.com Golfer of the Year.

Patrick Welch, 20, of Providence, R.I.., won the inaugural Boys 14-15 Division Drive, Chip and Putt at Augusta National Golf Club. Welch, who played in the 2018 U.S. Amateur and three U.S. Junior Amateurs, is now a rising junior at the University of Oklahoma. He tied for eighth as a freshman in the Big 12 Conference Championship. Welch, who at age 13 was the youngest to win the Rhode Island Junior Amateur, tied for ninth in this year’s Southern Amateur at Maridoe Golf Club.

Trevor Werbylo, 22, of Tucson, Ariz., advanced to match play in his first U.S. Amateur last year at Pinehurst No. 2. Werbylo earned third-team All-America recognition as a senior at the University of Arizona in 2019-20. He recorded five top-10 finishes, including three second-place showings. His aunt, Cindy Rarick, won five LPGA tournaments and played in 13 U.S. Women’s Opens. Werbylo was a second-team All-Pac 12 Conference selection as a sophomore when he tied for second in the NCAA Louisville Regional.

Jeff Wilson, 58, of Fairfield, Calif., has competed in 36 USGA championships, including 11 U.S. Amateurs. He won the 2018 U.S. Senior Amateur and advanced to the semifinals last year. He is the general sales manager at an automobile dealership. Wilson, who abandoned a professional golfer’s life, including mini tours, for a more stable career path, was reinstated as an amateur in 1997. He tied for 31st in the 2018 U.S. Senior Open and became the second player to earn low-amateur honors 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 Golf Links, has played in four U.S. Opens and five U.S. Senior Opens.

Trey Winstead, 21, of Baton Rouge, La., reached match play in the 2018 U.S. Amateur at Pebble Beach Golf Links. He recorded three top-5 finishes, including a win in the David Toms Intercollegiate, as a junior at Louisiana State University (LSU) in 2019-20. Winstead was chosen All-Southeast Region last year and was a member of the 2018 All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) Freshman Team. He finished third in the Sunnehanna Amateur on July 24 with a 72-hole score of 270 (10 under) after tying for fifth last year. His father, Chuck, recently competed his 15th season as LSU’s head golf coach.

Noah Woolsey, 21, of Pleasanton, Calif., has played in two U.S. Amateurs (2015, 2018). He earned honorable mention All-America and All-West Region honors as a junior at the University of Washington in 2019-20. He won three tournament titles, including the Husky Invitational, Georgetown Intercollegiate and the Old Town Club Collegiate. Woolsey, who was 13th in the Pac-12 Conference Championship as a sophomore, was the 2019 Southern Amateur runner-up. He also qualified for the U.S. Junior Amateur and U.S. Amateur Four-Ball in 2017.

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