The road to the U.S. Open begins for many on Monday, May 12 at Pinnacle Golf Club in Grove City.
120 players will compete for six qualifying spots and two alternates into U.S. Open Final Qualifying.
The Ohio Golf Association will host a final qualifier on Monday, June 2, at The Lakes Golf & Country Club and Kinsale Golf & Fitness Club.
This year’s U.S. Open Championship will be played June 12-15 at Oakmont Country Club, just outside of Pittsburgh.
ABOUT THE COURSE
PGA Championship winner Lanny Wadkins designed Pinnacle Golf Club in Grove City, Ohio, in 2006. Pinnacle is known as one of the more difficult tracks in the state of Ohio, and its longest tees stretch the course to nearly 7,500 yards.
The front-nine and back-nine are noticeably different. The front-nine is very long, but open off the tee. On Monday, the front-nine will play over 300 yards longer than the back-nine. The second nine is significantly more narrow, specifically holes 14-17.
Pinnacle has hosted several USGA qualifiers and Mid American Conference Championships.
Head Golf Professional Scott Callaghan is in the field.
FIELD NOTES
Former PGA Tour player Kyle Reifers is in the field on Monday at Pinnacle. Reifers won the Ohio Amateur Championship at Columbus Country Club in 2004. In his five full seasons on TOUR, the Dublin, Ohio native finished in the top-10 eight times. Reifers advanced through local qualifying twice as an amateur, in 2004 and 2005.
TT Crouch has had more success than anyone not named Bob Sowards at U.S. Open Local Qualifying in Columbus. Mount Vernon’s Crouch has been Local Qualifying medalist twice, in 2017 and 2023. In 2018, Crouch won on PGA TOUR Canada at the Lethbridge Paradise Canyon Open.
Reynoldsburg’s Wyatt Worthington II has competed in three PGA Championships (2016, 2022, 2023).
