U.S. Open Sectional Qualifying Results

Tequesta, Florida

49 players for 3 spots

St. Petersburg, Florida, resident Jack Maguire earned medalist honors by two strokes at three-under-par to qualify for his second U.S. Open. The 22-year-old Web.com Tour player was outside the cut line after 18 holes to earn one of three spots available. He followed his 72 by carding the site’s low round of the day, a five-under-par 65 thanks in part to a putter swap, a USGA recap reported.

Maguire started on the back nine at Jupiter Hills Club for round two and was on fire. The former Florida State University golfer made four consecutive birdies on holes 13-16 and six on the back for a nine-hole score of five-under 30. He eased off the gas making one birdie and one bogey to come in at even par on the front.

The No. 564 player in the world tied for 58th at the 2015 U.S. Open at Chamber’s Bay in his only other major start.

Also qualifying from Tequesta is the No. 1 amateur in the world, Joaquin Niemann of Chile.

He narrowly missed out on qualifying for this year’s Masters by taking second at the Latin American Amateur but the 18-year-old redeemed himself here by joining Tyson Alexander in advancing from a 3-for-2 playoff.

Niemann made a birdie on his 36th hole to make the playoff.

Alexander is a 28-year-old who is No. 81 on the PGA Tour Latinoamérica and is the son of 1984 U.S. Amateur champ and former legendary University of Florida men’s head golf coach, Buddy Alexander.

Seventeen-year-old and commit to Buddy Alexander’s former program, Eugene Hong, is the first alternate followed by lefty Kiwi touring veteran, Tim Wilkinson.

Notables to miss the cut include 15-time U.S. Open participant Robert Allenby (+2); the former youngest U.S. Open participant at age 14 in 2012, Andy Zhang (WD, +5 after round one), and recent world No. 3 amateur and newfound professional, Sam Horsfield (WD, +5 after round one).