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Blair, Arizonan Win Spots in U.S. Amateur
Zac Blair and Brandon Moore earned spots in the U.S. Amateur Championhips today at Alpine Country Club with Blair shooting medalist rounds of nine under par 68-67-135 and Moore just three shots back at 71-67-138.
Cole Ogden is the first alternate with rounds of 71-70-141, and according to Keith Hansen of the USGA Regional Affairs committee “if we had just one more entry in the field we would have been granted three spots instead of two and Cole would be going for sure.”
Blair has been on a tear this summer with an impressive record in major national amateur events, and this qualifying score adds to that record. He has set his sights on earning a spot on the prestigious Walker Cup team and has caught the attention of the committee.
Moore, 27, hails from Glendale, Arizona and this was his first competitive round in a year and a half. He just recently signed a letter of intent to play at Grand Canyon University so that he can finish up his college career. He gave up the game for seven years after high school.
Joe Webber was one under par 72-71-143. At 146 were Brandon Kida and Daniel Reid, and at 147 were Mike Branca and Kyle Chappell. Chappell shot a 69 in the first round of the day, but fell off to a 78 in the afternoon.
The finals will be held in Wisconsin the last week of August.
US Amateur Championship Local QualifyingUpdated: 8/1/2011 9:28 PM EDT
Alpine Country Club
Pos.
Player
Today
Hole
Total
R1
R2
Total
1
Blair, Zac
-5
F
-9
68
67
135
2
Moore, Brandon
-5
F
-6
71
67
138
3
Ogden, Cole
-2
F
-3
71
70
141
4
Webber, Joe
-1
F
-1
72
71
143
T5
Kida, Brandon
+1
F
+2
73
73
146
T5
Reid Jr., Michael
+2
F
+2
72
74
146
T7
Branca, Michael
+4
F
+3
71
76
147
T7
Chappell, Kyle
+6
F
+3
69
78
147
9
Higham, Tanner
+3
F
+4
73
75
148
10
Booth, Nic
+6
F
+5
71
78
149
T11
Miskell, Brian
+1
F
+6
77
73
150
T11
Coburn, Brennan
+4
F
+6
74
76
150
T11
Kuhn, Darren
+5
F
+6
73
77
150
T11
Lindsey, Stephen
+6
F
+6
72
78
150
15
Lupinacci, Matt
+2
F
+7
77
74
151
T16
Miller, Scott
+2
F
+8
78
74
152
T16
Banz, Austin
+3
F
+8
77
75
152
T16
Millard, Brad
+5
F
+8
75
77
152
T16
Despain, Nicklaus
+5
F
+8
75
77
152
T16
Horner, Dan
+7
F
+8
73
79
152
21
Johnson, Zach
+2
F
+9
79
74
153
T22
Hatch, Dan
+3
F
+10
79
75
154
T22
Carbol, Quinn
+4
F
+10
78
76
154
T22
Holt, Jacob
+6
F
+10
76
78
154
25
Knight, Gary
+4
F
+11
79
76
155
T26
Lym, Dylan
+3
F
+13
82
75
157
T26
Davis, Rich
+4
F
+13
81
76
157
T26
Tebbs, Adam
+9
F
+13