COLUMBUS, Ohio - U.S. Amateur Final Qualifying returns to the Scarlet Course at the Ohio State University Golf Club on Wednesday, July 30th.
72 players will compete for 11 qualifying spots and two alternates into the 2025 U.S. Amateur Championship.
This year’s U.S. Amateur Championship will take place at The Olympic Club in San Francisco, Calif., from August 11-17.
ABOUT THE COURSE
Alister McKenzie, the architect of Augusta National and Cypress Point, designed the Ohio State University Golf Club Scarlet Course in 1931, but died in 1934. Perry Maxwell oversaw the construction of the course until its opening in 1938.
The course was renovated in 2006 by Jack Nicklaus, who restored bunkers and lengthened the course. The Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship, a staple on the Korn Ferry Tour, is played at Scarlet each fall. The OHSAA Division I State Championship was also been contested on the property for decades.
The course, along with the Ohio Golf Association, hosted U.S. Amateur, U.S. Women’s Open and U.S. Open Final Qualifying in 2024.
FIELD NOTES
Andrew Bailey (Cleveland, Ohio) is the highest ranked player in the field in the World Amateur Golf Rankings (No. 241). Bailey won the Ohio Amateur Championship in 2023 and 2024.
A pair of Ohio Junior champions, Tyler Sabo (2021) and Braden Herstich (2024) are in the field. Sabo, a member of the Ohio State University golf team, will look to use course knowledge to his advantage.
Czech Republic's Timotej Formanek, Stow, Ohio's Jack Vojtko, and Blacklick, Ohio's Vaughn Harber are also members of the OSU golf team in the field. Formanek sits 386th in WAGR, while Harber is coming off a pair of high finishes at the Ohio Amateur Championship and Ohio Open.
Other top World Amateur Golf Ranking players include Jenson Forrester (419), Brady Smith (696), and Peyton Blackard (701). The latter recently won the Indiana Boys State Junior Championship and Dye Junior Championship.
Ohioans in the field include:
Chris Burger (Cincinnati)
Darin Hudak (Tallmedge)
Ryan Sam (Canfield)
Luke Metzger (Mason)
Mitchell Soma (Gahanna)
Cayse Morgan (Cincinnati)
Vaughn Harber (Blacklick)
Jack Vojtko (Stow)
Colin Schadek (Liberty Twp.)
Bryce Haney (Huber Heights)
Jeg Coughlin (Dublin)
Michael Stagnaro (Cincinnati)
Andrew Bailey (Cleveland)
Nolan Haynes (Barberton)
Evan Menges (Columbus)
Carson Trafford (Dublin)
Victor Caliguri (Cincinnati)
Tommy Sullinger (Toledo)
Dhaivat Pandya (Dayton)
Tyler Sabo (Ashland)
Braden Herstich (Akron)
Michael Fickle (West Chester)
Brett Podobinski (Dublin)
In total, there are 10 states and nine countries being represented on Wednesday at the Scarlet course.
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