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7/28/2022 1:01:00 PM | Men's Golf
U.S. Amateur Championship Information
VALENCIA, Calif. - CSUN's Brandon McDonough fired a two-round eight-under 136 to win the U.S. Amateur Qualifying event at The Oaks Club at Valencia on July 25.
McDonough was one of three players to qualify out of the Valencia event and he advances to the U.S. Amateur which will be held Aug. 15-21 at The Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, New Jersey. The U.S. Amateur Championship will feature 36 holes followed by match play.
The CSUN junior opened the qualifying event with a three-under 69 after posting five birdies and a pair of bogeys. McDonough came back in the second round with a blistering five-under 67 after notching six birdies and a single bogey.
Fellow Matador Nick Fowlkes also competed in the qualifier and finished sixth at two-under 142 following rounds of 72-70. Fowlkes finished a single shot behind Andi Xu of China and Alexander Yang of Hong Kong who were the first and second alternates at three-under 141.
McDonough is the first CSUN men's golfer to qualify for the U.S. Amateur since Corby Segal and Erik Jarvey competed in the 2017 U.S. Amateur Championship at The Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades and Bel Air Country Club in Los Angeles.
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VALENCIA, Calif. - CSUN's Brandon McDonough fired a two-round eight-under 136 to win the U.S. Amateur Qualifying event at The Oaks Club at Valencia on July 25.
McDonough was one of three players to qualify out of the Valencia event and he advances to the U.S. Amateur which will be held Aug. 15-21 at The Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, New Jersey. The U.S. Amateur Championship will feature 36 holes followed by match play.
The CSUN junior opened the qualifying event with a three-under 69 after posting five birdies and a pair of bogeys. McDonough came back in the second round with a blistering five-under 67 after notching six birdies and a single bogey.
Fellow Matador Nick Fowlkes also competed in the qualifier and finished sixth at two-under 142 following rounds of 72-70. Fowlkes finished a single shot behind Andi Xu of China and Alexander Yang of Hong Kong who were the first and second alternates at three-under 141.
McDonough is the first CSUN men's golfer to qualify for the U.S. Amateur since Corby Segal and Erik Jarvey competed in the 2017 U.S. Amateur Championship at The Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades and Bel Air Country Club in Los Angeles.
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