Aug.12-18, 2019, Pinehurst Resort & Country Club,
Course No. 2 & Course No. 4, Village of Pinehurst, N.C
FIELD NOTES – Among the 312 golfersin the 2019 U.S. Amateur Championship:
Oldest Competitors: Sean Knapp (57, bornMarch 15, 1962), Michael McCoy (56, born Nov. 21, 1962), Jeff Wilson (56, bornJune 14, 1963)
Youngest Competitors: Jay Brooks (14, bornNov. 16, 2004), Zachary Ong (14, born Oct. 5, 2004), Nick Dunlap (15, born Dec.23, 2003), Lincoln Melcher (15, born Dec. 12, 2003), Luke Clanton (15, bornNov. 5, 2003), William Love (15, born Aug. 1, 2003)
AverageAge of Field: 22.09
International Field (Number of players) –There are 27 countries represented in the 2019 U.S. Amateur, including UnitedStates (246), Canada (9), Australia (5), England (5), Spain (5), Japan (3),Mexico (3), Republic of Ireland (3), Sweden (3), Argentina (2), Austria (2),Germany (2), Puerto Rico (2), Scotland (2), South Africa (2), Belgium (1),Chinese Taipei (1), Denmark (1), France (1), India (1), Italy (1),Netherlands (1), New Zealand (1), Norway (1), People’s Republic of China (1),Singapore (1) and Thailand (1)
U.S. States Represented (Number of players) –There are 41 states and the District of Columbia (1) represented in the 2019U.S. Amateur: California (44), Texas (26), Florida (19), North Carolina (15),Pennsylvania (12), Georgia (10), Kentucky (9), Massachusetts (9), New York (8),Arizona (7), Illinois (7), Ohio (7), Minnesota (5), Oklahoma (5), SouthCarolina (5), Tennessee (5), Mississippi (4), New Jersey (4), Virginia (4),Washington (4), Alabama (3), Colorado (3), Iowa (3), Indiana (3), Maryland (3),Michigan (3), Wisconsin (3), Hawaii (2), Kansas (2), Louisiana (2), Missouri(2), Nebraska (2), Nevada (2), Oregon (2), Utah (2), Arkansas (1), Connecticut(1), Idaho (1), North Dakota (1), Wyoming (1)
USGA Champions (11): Philip Barbaree(2015 Junior Amateur), Stewart Hagestad (2016 Mid-Amateur), Cole Hammer (2018Amateur Four-Ball), Scott Harvey (2019 Amateur Four-Ball, 2014 Mid-Amateur),Sean Knapp (2017 Senior Amateur), Michael McCoy (2013 Mid-Amateur), KevinO’Connell (2018 Mid-Amateur), Matt Parziale (2017 Mid-Amateur), PrestonSummerhays (2019 Junior Amateur), Michael Thorbjornsen (2018 Junior Amateur),Jeff Wilson (2018 Senior Amateur)
USGA Runners-Up (10): Akshay Bhatia(2018 Junior Amateur), Devon Bling (2018 U.S. Amateur), Brett Boner (2018Mid-Amateur), Brad Dalke (2016 Amateur), Scott Harvey (2016 Mid-Amateur), BoJin (2019 Junior Amateur), Sean Knapp (2018 Senior Amateur), Andrew Orischak(2015 Junior Amateur), Garrett Rank (2012 Mid-Amateur), Ben Warnquist (2016Amateur Four-Ball).
Players in Field with Most U.S. AmateurAppearances (2019included) – Michael McCoy (20), Richard Berkmeyer (11), Jeff Wilson (11),Stewart Hagestad (10), Scott Harvey (9), Garrett Rank (8)
2019 U.S. Amateur Players Who Competedin 2008 U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst (6): RichardBerkmeyer (Rd.-32), Stewart Hagestad (MC), Sean Knapp (MC), Michael McCoy(Rd.-32), Kevin O’Connell (Rd.-64), Jeff Wilson (MC)
2018 U.S. Amateur Competitors (83): Mason Andersen,Daniel Anfield, John Augenstein, Andrew Bailey, Spencer Ball, Philip Barbaree,Richard Berkmeyer, Akshay Bhatia, Devon Bling, Etienne Brault, Michael Brennan,Ryan Burnett, Davis Chatfield, Cody Cox, Chris Crisologo, Quade Cummins, BradDalke, Steven DiLisio, Chandler Eaton, Austin Eckroat, Clay Feagler, AlexFitzpatrick, Sam Goldenring, Ben Greve, Will Grimmer, Stewart Hagestad, ColeHammer, Scott Harvey, Joe Highsmith, Daniel Hillier, William Holcomb, ParkerHolekamp, Palmer Jackson, Sean Knapp, Peter Kuest, Mark Lawrence Jr., Shawn Lu,Nick Lyerly, Brandon Mancheno, Josh McCollum, Michael McCoy, McClure Meissner,David Micheluzzi, Jesus Montenegro, William Mouw, Chris Nido, Noah Norton,Kevin O’Connell, Andy Ogletree, Andrew Orischak, AJ Ott, Harrison Ott, JohnPak, Matt Parziale, Chandler Phillips, Trent Phillips, Cullen Plousha, SpencerRalston, Garrett Rank, Jovan Rebula, Parker Reddig, Isaiah Salinda, JoeySavoie, Ben Sigel, Alex Smalley, Ryan Smith, Jacob Solomon, James Song, AndySpencer, Austin Squires, Preston Summerhays, Sahith Theegala, Nate Thomson,Michael Thorbjornsen, Donnie Trosper, Travis Vick, Charles Waddell, DanielWetterich, Jeff Wilson, Blake Windred, Brandon Wu, Hide Yoshihara, Chun An Yu
2017 U.S. Amateur Competitors (51): Mason Andersen,Philip Barbaree, Ricky Castillo, Parker Coody, Jordan Costello, ChrisCrisologo, Brad Dalke, Clay Feagler, Steven Fisk, Wilson Furr, Will Grimmer,Stewart Hagestad, Nicklaus Harrington, Scott Harvey, Derek Hitchner, AustinHitt, Eugene Hong, Mark Lawrence Jr., Won Jun Lee, Bryce Lewis, BrandonMancheno, Michael McCoy, McClure Meissner, James Nicholas, Noah Norton, AndyOgletree, Kaito Onishi, AJ Ott, John Pak, Spencer Ralston, Garrett Rank, JoeySavoie, Connor Schmidt, Luke Schniederjans, Ben Sigel, Alex Smalley, JansenSmith, Camden Solomon, Jacob Solomon, Hayden Springer, Austin Squires, ScottStevens, Sahith Theegala, Matt Tolan, Donnie Trosper, Karl Vilips, CharlesWaddell, Matt Wilson, Brandon Wu, Cameron Young, Chun An Yu
2016 U.S. Amateur Competitors (32): Mason Andersen,Philip Barbaree, Jordan Costello, Chris Crisologo, Brad Dalke, Chandler Eaton,Clay Feagler, Wilson Furr, Will Grimmer, Stewart Hagestad, Scott Harvey, WonJun Lee, Michael McCoy, Ethan Ng, Colin Prater, Spencer Ralston, Garrett Rank,Andrew Sajevic, Joey Savoie, Luke Schniederjans, Henry Shimp, Alex Smalley,James Song, Kyle Sterbinsky, Sahith Theegala, Travis Vick, Karl Vilips, CharlesWaddell, Ben Warnquist, Daniel Wetterich, Cameron Young, Robbie Ziegler
2015 U.S. Amateur Competitors (24): Philip Barbaree,Ricky Castillo, Austin Eckroat, Will Grimmer, Stewart Hagestad, Cole Hammer,Scott Harvey, Eugene Hong, Evan Katz, Brandon Mancheno, Michael McCoy, AndyOgletree, Andrew Orischak, Andrew Price, Garrett Rank, Joey Savoie, JacobSolomon, Kyler Tate, Will Thomson, Brett Viboch, Daniel Wetterich, HidetoshiYoshihara, Cameron Young, Robbie Ziegler
2014 U.S. Amateur Competitors (10): John Eades, WillGrimmer, Michael McCoy, Trevor Phillips, Garrett Rank, Henry Shimp, PatrickStephenson, Will Thomson, Charles Waddell, Cameron Young
2013 U.S. Amateur Competitors (10): Andrew Bailey,Brad Dalke, Stewart Hagestad, Scott Harvey, Justin Kadin, Michael McCoy, AndrewPrice, Garrett Rank, Ben Warnquist, Cameron Young
2019 U.S. Open Competitors (14): Devon Bling,Chandler Eaton, Austin Eckroat, Stewart Hagestad, Daniel Hillier, Noah Norton,Kevin O’Connell, Matt Parziale, Jovan Rebula, Michael Thorbjornsen, SpencerTibbits, Brandon Wu, Cameron Young, Chun An Yu
2019 The Open Championship Competitors (4): Takumi Kanaya,James Sugrue, Matthias Schmid, Brandon Wu
2019 U.S. Senior Open Competitors (3): Sean Knapp,Michael McCoy, Jeff Wilson
2019 U.S. Junior Amateur Competitors (14): Austin Barbin,Akshay Bhatia, Michael Brennan, Ricky Castillo, Austin Greaser, Palmer Jackson,Bo Jin, Maxwell Moldovan, William Mouw, James Song, Preston Summerhays, MichaelThorbjornsen, Karl Vilips, Andi Xu
2019 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Competitors (15): Michael Brennan,Cougar Collins, Austin Fox, Stewart Hagestad, Scott Harvey, Devon Hopkins,Michael McCoy, Matt Parziale, Andrew Sajevic, Connor Schmidt, Charles Waddell,Ethan Wall, Ben Warnquist, Jacob Zaranek, Robbie Ziegler
2018 U.S. Mid-Amateur Competitors (13): Brett Boner,Stewart Hagestad, Scott Harvey, Denny Job, Sean Knapp, Michael McCoy, KevinO’Connell, Matt Parziale, Andrew Sajevic, Andres Schonbaum, Brett Viboch, BenWarnquist, Jeff Wilson
2018 U.S. Senior Amateur Competitors (3): Sean Knapp,Michael McCoy, Jeff Wilson
2017 USA Walker Cup Team Members (1): Stewart Hagestad
2015 USA Walker Cup Team Members (2): Scott Harvey,Michael McCoy
2019 North & South AmateurCompetitors (34):Jonathan Brightwell, Ryan Burnett, Ricky Castillo, Parker Coody, Cooper Dossey,Chandler Eaton, Austin Eckroat, Jacob Eklund, Ryan Gerard, Ryan Grider, AmanGupta, Austin Hitt, William Holcomb V, Tyler Jones, Evan Katz, Nick Lyerly,Roland Massimino, Noah Norton, Kevin O’Connell, Andy Ogletree, Andrew Orischak,Harrison Ott, Matt Parziale, Garrett Rank, Isaiah Salinda, Joey Savoie, ConnorSchmidt, Luke Schniederjans, Alex Smalley, Andy Spencer, Austin Squires,Patrick Stephenson, Travis Vick, Daniel Wetterich
Competitors from NorthCarolina (15):Akshay Bhatia (Wake Forest), Brett Boner (Charlotte), Jonathan Brightwell(Charlotte), Timothy Driver (Holly Springs), John Eades (Charlotte), RyanGerard (Raleigh), Elliot Grayson (Shelby), Aman Gupta (Concord), Scott Harvey(Greensboro), Alex Heffner (Harrisburg), Nick Lyerly (Salisbury), Henry Shimp(Charlotte), Alex Smalley (Greensboro), Patrick Stephenson (Four Oaks), BlakeWagoner (Cornelius)
Colleges with the MostActive Players (classlisted as of Fall 2019) :
Arizona State (6): Mason Andersen (Fr.),Alejandro Del Rey (Sr.), Won Jun Lee (Sr.), David Puig (Fr.), Blake Wagoner(Sr.), Chun An Yu (Sr.)
Pepperdine (6): Joe Highsmith(So.), Derek Hitchner (So.), Clay Feagler (Sr.), RJ Manke (Jr.), William Mouw(Fr.), Sahith Theegala (Sr.)
Texas (5): Parker Coody(So.), Pierceson Coody (So.), Cole Hammer (So.), Will Thomson (Fr.), TravisVick (Fr.)
Baylor (4): Cooper Dossey(Sr.), Ryan Grider (Jr.), Travis McInroe (Jr.), Mark Reppe (Jr.)
North Carolina (4): Ryan Burnett(So.), Ryan Gerard (Jr.), Austin Greaser (Fr.), Austin Hitt (Sr.)
Oklahoma State (4): Austin Eckroat(Jr.), Aman Gupta (So.), Rasmus Neergaard (So.), Brian Stark (Fr.)
Duke (3): Steven DiLisio(Sr.), Chandler Eaton (Sr.), Evan Katz (Jr.)
Florida (3): Ricky Castillo(Fr.), Eugene Hong (So.), Chris Nido (Jr.)
Georgia Tech (3): Noah Norton (Jr.),Andy Ogletree (Sr.), Luke Schniederjans (Sr.)
Notre Dame (3): Davis Chatfield(Jr.), Palmer Jackson (Fr.), Hunter Ostrom (Sr.)
San Diego State (3): PuwitAnupansuebsai (Jr.), Zihao Jin (Jr.), Shiryu (Leo) Oyo (So.)
Stanford (3): Nate Menon (Jr.),Ethan Ng (So.), Henry Shimp (Sr.)
Texas Tech (3): Andy Lopez (Jr.),Sandy Scott (Sr.), Jansen Smith (So.)
UCLA (3): Chaz Aurilia(Fr.), Devon Bling (Jr.), Hide Yoshihara (Sr.)