U.S. Open: Monday final sectional qualifier rounds preview
Tequesta, Florida
49 players for 3 spots
Four-time PGA TOUR winner and 15-time U.S. Open competitor, Robert Allenby, is the biggest name teeing it up at Jupiter Hills Club Monday.
Fan favorite Fredrik Jacobson will go for his seventh U.S. Open. He tied for third at the 2003 Open at Olympia Field.
Joining the two 40-something veterans in the field are several talented teens.
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No. 1 amateur Joaquin Niemann is an 18-year-old from Chile with a lot of game. He won the prestigious Junior Invitational at Sage Valley and nearly qualified for the 2017 Masters, losing to Toto Gana in the finals of the Latin American Amateur. He also competed in the 2016 U.S. Amatuer match play.
Andy Zhang is an old 19-years-old as far as golf goes. He was the youngest to compete in a U.S. Open when he qualified as an alternate in 2012 at age 14. The Florida Gator was named an all-SEC freshman in 2017.
The youngest on site is 15-year-old is Canon Claycomb. He’s played on his high school team since fourth grade and is one of America’s top junior players.
Also playing out of nearby Orlando is 17-year-old Eugene Hong. He won a high school state championship in 2016 and has twice made the U.S. Junior Amateur semifinals.
No longer a teenager but still a young gun with a lot of potential is England’s Sam Horsfield. The No. 3 amateur recently turned pro, and for good reason. He was a standout alongside Zhang at Florida, earning first team all-American honors his freshman year. Horsfield’s competed in the last two U.S. Opens.
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So by the time the sun sets of Monday we’ll have a full field for the 117th U.S. Open and we can all start placing our bets on who may or may not challenge Dustin Johnson this year at Erin Hills.