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Five Players with Utah ties Advance, Two Still Alive at U.S. Amateur
Five players with Utah ties are headed to match play at the U.S. Amateur, with two more still having a chance to join them. BYU’s Drake Harvey and Tyson Shelley, Arizona State’s Boston Bracken, reigning Utah State Amateur champion Bowen Mauss and the University of Utah’s Sergio Jimenez advanced through 36-hole stroke play qualifying and into the Round of 64.
Bowen Mauss hits his tee shot at the 13th hole during the first round of stroke play of the 2026 U.S. Amateur at Philadelphia Country Club in Gladwyne, Pa. on Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. (Dustin Satloff/USGA)
Utah’s Gabriel Palacios and BYU’s Kihei Akina will return Wednesday morning for a playoff in Philadelphia to determine the final spots in the match play bracket.
USGA senior staff writer David Shefter reported on Harvey’s two rounds of stroke play qualifying in his coverage of the 126th U.S. Amateur at Merion Golf Club and Philadelphia Cricket Club:
Harvey (2025 UGA Winterchamps champion) took away a special memory from the iconic venue when he returned Tuesday morning to complete his suspended opening round. He birdied the final two holes to match the competitive course record of 64 at a place where Ben Hogan won the 1950 U.S. Open and Bob Jones completed his Grand Slam in 1930 by claiming the U.S. Amateur.
Drake Harvey hits his tee shot at the second hole during the second round of stroke play of the 2026 U.S. Amateur at Philadelphia Country Club in Gladwyne, Pa. on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026. (Dustin Satloff/USGA)
Harvey pulled his 4-iron tee shot left on the 243-yard, par-3 ninth but miraculously holed his flop shot from gnarly rough. He finished off the round by making birdie on the 315-yard 10th hole. Before the suspension for darkness, he did drain a 20-footer for par on 16 to keep his momentum going. He then hit his tee shot on the 212-yard, par-3 17th hole to 3 feet to set up a birdie.
“Nothing crazy happened,” said Harvey of his 64, unaware it tied the course record. “I just hit the ball well. I hit it to about two inches three times. It wasn’t like I was making 60-footers all day. It was just super steady.”
A short trip over to Philadelphia C.C. didn’t result in a great start with four bogeys over his first 10 holes before steadying the ship with birdies on Nos. 14 and 18 to post a 72 and qualify for match play in his first U.S. Amateur.
“For whatever reason, it was the same thing at the North & South [Amateur at Pinehurst],” said Harvey, who has BYU assistant coach Spencer Dunaway on his bag. “I shot higher on the easier course, Pinehurst No. 4, than I did on Pinehurst No. 2, where I shot around 5 under.
“Maybe on the harder courses I’m just more patient and make pars more often. Maybe that keeps me in a better attitude. I’m excited to go into match play.”