Most of the amateurs who qualified for the U.S. Open in sectional qualifying are top collegiate players who recently wrapped up their seasons.
Austin Eckroat of Oklahoma State was first. He qualified May 20 in Dallas, before the NCAA Div. I men’s golf championships, at which his Cowboys got knocked out in the semifinal round of match play.
On Monday June 3, Eckroat was joined by the following players, who also punched their tickets to Pebble Beach:
Brandon Wu of Stanford
Collin Morikawa of Cal
Chun An Yu of Arizona State
Spencer Tibbits of Oregon State
Noah Norton of Georgia Tech
Chandler Eaton of Duke
Cameron Young of Wake Forest
Wu was a member of the Stanford team that won the national title. Yu finished first in the Newport Beach sectional.
Viktor Hovland of Oklahoma State and Devon Bling of UCLA are also in the field by virtue of their 1-2 finish at last year’s U.S. Amateur.
The U.S. Open is June 13-16 at Pebble Beach Golf Links.
