Inside the field of the 2019 U.S. Amateur

August 9, 2019

Aug. 12-18, 2019, Pinehurst Resort & Country Club,

Course No. 2 & Course No. 4, Village of Pinehurst, N.C

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FIELD NOTES – Among the 312 golfers in the 2019 U.S. Amateur Championship:

Oldest Competitors: Sean Knapp (57, born March 15, 1962), Michael McCoy (56, born Nov. 21, 1962), Jeff Wilson (56, born June 14, 1963)

Youngest Competitors: Jay Brooks (14, born Nov. 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, born Nov. 5, 2003), William Love (15, born Aug. 1, 2003)

Average Age of Field: 22.09

International Field (Number of players) – There are 27 countries represented in the 2019 U.S. Amateur, including United States (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 2019 U.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), South Carolina (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 (2018 Amateur Four-Ball), Scott Harvey (2019 Amateur Four-Ball, 2014 Mid-Amateur), Sean Knapp (2017 Senior Amateur), Michael McCoy (2013 Mid-Amateur), Kevin O’Connell (2018 Mid-Amateur), Matt Parziale (2017 Mid-Amateur), Preston Summerhays (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 (2018 Mid-Amateur), Brad Dalke (2016 Amateur), Scott Harvey (2016 Mid-Amateur), Bo Jin (2019 Junior Amateur), Sean Knapp (2018 Senior Amateur), Andrew Orischak (2015 Junior Amateur), Garrett Rank (2012 Mid-Amateur), Ben Warnquist (2016 Amateur Four-Ball).

Players in Field with Most U.S. Amateur Appearances (2019 included) – Michael McCoy (20), Richard Berkmeyer (11), Jeff Wilson (11), Stewart Hagestad (10), Scott Harvey (9), Garrett Rank (8)

2019 U.S. Amateur Players Who Competed in 2008 U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst (6): Richard Berkmeyer (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, Brad Dalke, Steven DiLisio, Chandler Eaton, Austin Eckroat, Clay Feagler, Alex Fitzpatrick, Sam Goldenring, Ben Greve, Will Grimmer, Stewart Hagestad, Cole Hammer, Scott Harvey, Joe Highsmith, Daniel Hillier, William Holcomb, Parker Holekamp, 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, John Pak, Matt Parziale, Chandler Phillips, Trent Phillips, Cullen Plousha, Spencer Ralston, Garrett Rank, Jovan Rebula, Parker Reddig, Isaiah Salinda, Joey Savoie, Ben Sigel, Alex Smalley, Ryan Smith, Jacob Solomon, James Song, Andy Spencer, Austin Squires, Preston Summerhays, Sahith Theegala, Nate Thomson, Michael Thorbjornsen, Donnie Trosper, Travis Vick, Charles Waddell, Daniel Wetterich, 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, Chris Crisologo, Brad Dalke, Clay Feagler, Steven Fisk, Wilson Furr, Will Grimmer, Stewart Hagestad, Nicklaus Harrington, Scott Harvey, Derek Hitchner, Austin Hitt, Eugene Hong, Mark Lawrence Jr., Won Jun Lee, Bryce Lewis, Brandon Mancheno, Michael McCoy, McClure Meissner, James Nicholas, Noah Norton, Andy Ogletree, Kaito Onishi, AJ Ott, John Pak, Spencer Ralston, Garrett Rank, Joey Savoie, Connor Schmidt, Luke Schniederjans, Ben Sigel, Alex Smalley, Jansen Smith, Camden Solomon, Jacob Solomon, Hayden Springer, Austin Squires, Scott Stevens, Sahith Theegala, Matt Tolan, Donnie Trosper, Karl Vilips, Charles Waddell, 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, Won Jun 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, Charles Waddell, 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, Andy Ogletree, Andrew Orischak, Andrew Price, Garrett Rank, Joey Savoie, Jacob Solomon, Kyler Tate, Will Thomson, Brett Viboch, Daniel Wetterich, Hidetoshi Yoshihara, Cameron Young, Robbie Ziegler

2014 U.S. Amateur Competitors (10): John Eades, Will Grimmer, Michael McCoy, Trevor Phillips, Garrett Rank, Henry Shimp, Patrick Stephenson, Will Thomson, Charles Waddell, Cameron Young

2013 U.S. Amateur Competitors (10): Andrew Bailey, Brad Dalke, Stewart Hagestad, Scott Harvey, Justin Kadin, Michael McCoy, Andrew Price, 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, Spencer Tibbits, 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, Michael Thorbjornsen, 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, Kevin O’Connell, Matt Parziale, Andrew Sajevic, Andres Schonbaum, Brett Viboch, Ben Warnquist, 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 Amateur Competitors (34): Jonathan Brightwell, Ryan Burnett, Ricky Castillo, Parker Coody, Cooper Dossey, Chandler Eaton, Austin Eckroat, Jacob Eklund, Ryan Gerard, Ryan Grider, Aman Gupta, 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, Connor Schmidt, Luke Schniederjans, Alex Smalley, Andy Spencer, Austin Squires, Patrick Stephenson, Travis Vick, Daniel Wetterich

Competitors from North Carolina (15): Akshay Bhatia (Wake Forest), Brett Boner (Charlotte), Jonathan Brightwell (Charlotte), Timothy Driver (Holly Springs), John Eades (Charlotte), Ryan Gerard (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), Blake Wagoner (Cornelius)

Colleges with the Most Active Players (class listed 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.), Travis Vick (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): Puwit Anupansuebsai (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.)