Over the course of the next week and a half, more than 150 players will battle the odds in Colorado in the hopes of qualifying for arguably the top amateur golf championship in the world.
The Centennial State will host two 36-hole U.S. Amateur qualifying tournaments, Monday (July 18) at Fort Collins Country Club and July 25 at Columbine Country Club. Seventy-seven players are in the field in Fort Collins and 80 at Columbine. At each site, three spots into the 312-player national championship will be at state.
The 2016 U.S. Amateur will be contested Aug. 15-21 at Oakland Hills in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., a course that’s hosted six U.S. Opens, three PGA Championships and a Ryder Cup.
Among those in the field at Fort Collins CC are two 2015 U.S. Amateur qualifiers, Kyler Dunkle of Fort Collins and Steve Irwin of Arvada, who went to his second U.S. Am last summer. Also entered there are 2016 CGA Match Play winner Nathaniel Goddard of Fort Collins and runner-up Josh Seiple of Castle Pines; 2015 CGA Stroke Play champ Chris Korte of Littleton; and last year’s CGA Mid-Amateur winner Jon Lindstrom of Broomfield.
Meanwhile, on July 25 at Columbine, the competitors will include four-time U.S. Amateur qualifier Wyndham Clark of Lone Tree and Colorado State golfer Jake Staiano, who finished eighth in the stroke-play portion of the 2015 U.S. Am and advanced to the round of 64 in match play. Likewise set for Columbine are incoming University of Colorado golfer Spencer Painton, who also qualified for the U.S. Am last year; two-time U.S. Amateur qualifier Gus Lundquist; and 2013 qualifier and 2014 alternate Chris Thayer.
For July 18 tee times from Fort Collins CC, CLICK HERE.
