Hall Headed to Pinehurst for 119th U.S. Amateur

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Rising sophomore Ryan Hall qualified for the 119^th U.S. Amateur after earning medalist honors at Willow Creek Golf Club in sectional qualifying over the weekend. Hall shot 131 (-9) over 36 holes including a lights out 63 (-7) in the final round on Sunday to win by a shot over Bryce Lewis.
 
The 2019 PING All-Southeast Region selection was bogey free on the back nine in the final round and had six birdies. Hall, who is the first Gamecock to participate at the U.S. Amateur since Ryan Stachler last summer at Pebble Beach, had a standout freshman year at Carolina. He battled a wrist injury in the spring but returned to the lineup for postseason play. Hall finished his first year on campus with a 71.00 scoring average, the lowest all-time by a freshman in program history. He had four top-20s and a top-five in seven events played (six starts in the lineup).
 
This year’s U.S. Amateur takes place Aug. 12-18, 2019, at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club in the Village of Pinehurst, N.C. Sixty-seven players are fully exempt into the most prestigious championship in amateur golf, and the remaining places in the 312-player field will be filled from 36-hole sectional qualifiers being conducted by Allied Golf Associations at 93 sites July 1-24.
 
Pinehurst, which first hosted the U.S. Amateur in 1962, will be hosting its third U.S. Amateur Championship and 10th USGA championship all-time. Pinehurst has also hosted three U.S. Opens (1999, 2005 and 2014) and will host the 124th U.S. Open in 2024.
 
Pinehurst’s Course No. 2 and Course No. 4 will host the stroke-play rounds Aug. 12-13. After 36 holes, the field will be trimmed from 312 players to 64 for match play. The first five rounds of match play – through the semifinals – will be played on Course No. 2 on Aug. 14-17. FS1 will be providing live TV coverage of match play.
 
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