USGA Announces Groupings and Starting Times for 68th U.S. Junior Amateur Championship
Bluffton, S.C. (PRWEB) July 15, 2015 -- The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced groupings and starting times for the first two rounds of the 2015 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship, Monday (July 20) and Tuesday (July 21), at 7,366-yard, par-72 Colleton River Plantation Club’s Pete Dye Course.
The U.S. Junior Amateur consists of 36 holes of stroke play on July 20 and 21, after which the 156-player field will be reduced to the low 64 scorers. There will be six rounds of match play at Colleton River Plantation Club’s Pete Dye Course, starting July 22. The quarterfinals and semifinals are slated for Friday, July 24. The championship is scheduled to conclude with a 36-hole final on Saturday, July 25, starting at 7 a.m. EDT.
All Times EDT
Monday (July 20), hole #1 / Tuesday (July 21), hole #10
7 a.m. / 12:15 p.m. – Joseph Weiler, Bloomington, Ind.; Tripp Kinney, West Des Moines, Iowa; Andrew Orischak, Hilton Head Island, S.C.
7:10 a.m. / 12:25 p.m. – Davis Shore, Knoxville, Tenn.; Blake Micholas, Potomac, Md.; Orion Yamat, Niles, Ill.
7:20 a.m. / 12:35 p.m. – Joshua Gliege, Eagle, Idaho; Walker Lee, Houston, Texas; Tony Gil, Canada
7:30 a.m. / 12:45 p.m. – Brandon Mancheno, Jacksonville, Fla.; Frankie Thomas, Chesterfield, Mo.; Viraj Garewal, Raleigh, N.C.
7:40 a.m. / 12:55 p.m. – Joey Park, Lake Elmo, Minn.; Koichiro Ishika, Japan; Jake DeZoort, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
7:50 a.m. / 1:05 p.m. – William Thomson, Pittsford, N.Y.; Brandon Lacasse, Canada; Evan Brown, Chadds Ford, Pa.
8 a.m. / 1:15 p.m. – Frank Lindwall, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; David Snyder, McAllen, Texas; Jimmie Massie, Lynchburg, Va.
8:10 a.m. / 1:25 p.m. – John Augenstein, Owensboro, Ky.; Peter Kuest, Fresno, Calif.; Rhett Rasmussen, Draper, Utah
8:20 a.m. / 1:35 p.m. – Nicholas Costello, Austin, Texas; Owen Calvin-Smith, South Pasadena, Calif.; Sarit Suwannarut, Thailand
8:30 a.m. / 1:45 p.m. – Chris Ferris, Saint Louis, Mo.; Eddy Lai, San Jose, Calif.; Andrew Walker, Battle Creek, Mich.
8:40 a.m. / 1:55 p.m. – Christian Salzer, Sumter, S.C.; Clay Seeber, Newport Beach, Calif.; Andy Ogletree, Little Rock, Miss.
8:50 a.m. / 2:05 p.m. – Noah Goodwin, Corinth, Texas; Kristoffer Reitan, Norway; Alberto Martinez, Weston, Fla.
9 a.m. / 2:15 p.m. – Drew Gonzales, Lafayette, La.; Chandler Eaton, Alpharetta, Ga.; Viktor Hovland, Norway
Monday (July 20), hole #10 / Tuesday (July 21), hole #1
7 a.m. / 12:15 p.m. – Coby Welch, Highlands Ranch, Colo.; Andrew Sciarretta, Wilton, Conn.; William Holcomb, Crockett, Texas
7:10 a.m. / 12:25 p.m. – Charlie Miller, Jackson, Miss.; Alvin Kwak, Mukilteo, Wash.; Cole Hammer, Houston, Texas
7:20 a.m. / 12:35 p.m. – Collin Clark, Mansfield, Texas; Jeremy Eckenrode, Ebensburg, Pa.; Preston Ball, Raleigh, N.C.
7:30 a.m. / 12:45 p.m. – Eric Ghim, Glendale, Ariz.; Chris Navarro, Davidsonville, Md.; Ryan Grider, Lewisville, Texas
7:40 a.m. / 12:55 p.m. – Won Jun Lee, Republic of Korea.; Kobdech Rodrat, Thailand; Brayden Baldridge, Howard, Ohio
7:50 a.m. / 1:05 p.m. – David Mackey, Watkinsville, Ga.; Parker Gillam, Cary, N.C.; Tanner Johnson, Venetia, Pa.
8 a.m. / 1:15 p.m. – Nathan Chuwait, Herndon, Va.; Haoyuan Li, Ppls Repl. of China; Justin Egelske, Thousand Oaks, Calif.
8:10 a.m. / 1:25 p.m. – Charles-Eric Belanger, Canada; Stuart Fuller, Winston-Salem, N.C.; Turk Pettit, Auburn, Ala.
8:20 a.m. / 1:35 p.m. – Winston Margaritis, Collierville, Tenn.; Kyosuke Hara, Honolulu, Hawaii; Connor Daly, Bronxville, N.Y.
8:30 a.m. / 1:45 p.m. – Joe Highsmith, Lakewood, Wash.; Clay Feagler, Laguna Niguel, Calif.; Alec Bard, New Hartford, N.Y.
8:40 a.m. / 1:55 p.m. – Jake Kuwitzky, McKinney, Texas; Devondeep Bling, Ridgecrest, Calif.; Gray Potter, Canada
8:50 a.m. / 2:05 p.m. – James Imai, Brookline, Mass.; Davis Bryant, Aurora, Colo.; Scott Mitchell, Santa Rosa, Calif.
9 a.m. / 2:15 p.m. – Teddy Zinsner, Alexandria, Va.; Spencer Soosman, Westlake Village, Calif.; Travis Vick, Houston, Texas
Monday (July 20), hole #1 / Tuesday (July 21), hole #10
12:15 p.m. / 7 a.m. – Eric Bae, Pinehurst, N.C.; Cullen Plousha, Carlsbad, Calif.; Cooper Dossey, Austin, Texas
12:25 p.m. / 7:10 a.m. – Jake Chanen, Phoenix, Ariz.; Brad Dalke, Hobart, Okla.; Christian Baliker, Simpsonville, S.C.
12:35 p.m. / 7:20 a.m. – Connor O'Brien, Rowayton, Conn.; Isaiah Choi, San Ramon, Calif.; Ben Sigel, Deephaven, Minn.
12:45 p.m. / 7:30 a.m. – Austin Vukovits, Fishers, Ind.; Michael Feagles, Scottsdale, Ariz.; Tyler Strafaci, Davie, Fla.
12:55 p.m. / 7:40 a.m. – Wells Padgett, Wichita, Kan.; Dan Erickson, Whittier, Calif.; Hunter Wolcott, Burns, Tenn.
1:05 p.m. / 7:50 a.m. – Billy Basham, Louisville, Ky.; Jack Parrott, Columbia, S.C.; Sahith Theegala, Chino Hills, Calif.
1:15 p.m. / 8 a.m. – Marcos Montenegro, Argentina; Will Chandler, Atlanta, Ga.; Drew Bernard, Charlotte, N.C.
1:25 p.m. / 8:10 a.m. – Jaxon Lynn, Canada; Eugene Hong, Sanford, Fla.; Trent Phillips, Inman, S.C.
1:35 p.m. / 8:20 a.m. – Jack Melville, Maple Glen, Pa.; Chun An Yu, Chinese Taipei; Logan Lowe, Grass Valley, Calif.
1:45 p.m. / 8:30 a.m. – Michael Saccente, New Smyrna Beach, Fla.; Brandon Gillis, Nashua, N.H.; Allen Smith, Durham, N.C.
1:55 p.m. / 8:40 a.m. – Aaron Ramos, Goodyear, Ariz.; Christopher Gotterup, Little Silver, N.J.; Matt Liston, Louisville, Ky.
2:05 p.m. / 8:50 a.m. – Walter Brinker, Sanford, N.C.; Cheng Jin, Ppls Repl. of China; Rij Patel, Hunt Valley, Md.
2:15 p.m. / 9 a.m. – Anthony Bolden, Mokena, Ill.; Ashkaan Hakim, San Ramon, Calif.; Bennett Buch, Sykesville, Md.
Monday (July 20), hole #10 / Tuesday (July 21), hole #1
12:15 p.m. / 7 a.m. – Easton Paxton, Riverton, Wyo.; David Baker, Auburn, Ala.; Noah Gillard, Greenwood, Ind.
12:25 p.m. / 7:10 a.m. – Justin LaFrance, Milford, Mich.; Bryan Baumgarten, Granite Bay, Calif.; Thomas Longbella, Chippewa Falls, Wis.
12:35 p.m. / 7:20 a.m. – Reese Ramsey, Austin, Texas; Joshua Sedeno, Roseville, Calif.; Cooper Sears, Old Hickory, Tenn.
12:45 p.m. / 7:30 a.m. – Brendan O'Reilly, Hinsdale, Ill.; Subin Lee, Englewood, Colo.; Jacob Bergeron, Slidell, La.
12:55 p.m. / 7:40 a.m. – Pete Kuhl, Morton, Ill.; Philip Barbaree, Shreveport, La.; Jack Trent, Australia
1:05 p.m. / 7:50 a.m. – Thomas 'Jack' Simpson, Canada; Wilson Furr, Jackson, Miss.; Spencer Ralston, Gainesville, Ga.
1:15 p.m. / 8 a.m. – Chris Nido, Palmetto Bay, Fla.; Ivan Camilo Ramirez, Colombia; Ahmed Ali, Palo Alto, Calif.
1:25 p.m. / 8:10 a.m. – J.J. Gresco, Scottsdale, Ariz.; Matthew Ruel, Oldsmar, Fla.; Michael Sanders, Davidson, N.C.
1:35 p.m. / 8:20 a.m. – George Markham, Phoenix, Ariz.; John Felitto, Mountainside, N.J.; Parker Sexton, Germantown, Tenn.
1:45 p.m. / 8:30 a.m. – Lane Wallace, Yukon, Okla.; Ethan Ng, New York, N.Y.; Marco Hugo Steyn, South Africa
1:55 p.m. / 8:40 a.m. – Bryce Hammer, Sioux Falls, S.D.; Kaiwen Liu, Ppls Repl. of China; Brody Blackmon, Sulphur Springs, Texas
2:05 p.m. / 8:50 a.m. – Carlo Villaroman, Philippines; Matthew Wolff, Agoura Hills, Calif.; John Pak, Scotch Plains, N.J.
2:15 p.m. / 9 a.m. – Andy Zhang, Ppls Repl. of China; Parker Coody, Plano, Texas; Ari Gulugian, Irvine, Calif.
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Brian DePasquale, United States Golf Association, http://www.usga.org, +1 (908) 326-1884, [email protected]
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