2013 U.S. Amateur Qualifier #2

 

Final Results

 

Qualifiers	Rd. 1	Rd. 2	Total
Greyson Sigg, Augusta, GA	67	68	135
Sam Straka, Valdosta, GA	68	69	137
Zach Estep, Lawrenceville, GA	71	67	138
Chase Parker, Augusta, GA	71	67	138
Alternates
1st Jimmy Beck, Columbus, GA	72	67	139 *
2nd Austin Langdale, Townville, S.C.	69	70	130 *

 

* determined in playoff

Notes:
Greyson Sigg of Augusta, winner of the 2011 Georgia Junior Championship, posts a 5-under-par 135 (67-68) and earns medalist honors to qualify for the U.S. Amateur Championship. Sam Straka of Valdosta (3-under-par 137, 68-69), Zach Estep of Lawrenceville (2-under-par 138, 71-67) and Chase Parker of Augusta (2-under-par 138, 71-67) also automatically qualified into the Championship by finishing in the top four. Like Sigg in 2011, Parker won the 2008 Georgia Junior Championship. A 36-hole, two-day qualifier was held at Athens Country Club in Athens, Ga., July 29-30.

Sigg is set to begin his collegiate career at the University of Georgia this fall, where he will join Straka, who currently plays for the Bulldogs. Estep is a member of the University of Southern Mississippi golf team and Parker plays at the University of Kentucky.

Reigning Georgia Amateur champion and Kennesaw State University golfer Jimmy Beck of Columbus, Ga., University of Georgia golfer Sepp Straka of Valdosta and Austin Langdale of Townville, S.C., all tied at 1-under-par 139, so a playoff was needed to determine the first and second alternate positions. On the first playoff hole (#10), Beck birdied, Langdale made par, and Straka bogeyed, so Beck and Langdale finished as first and second alternate, respectively.

Athens Country Club was set to 6,890 yards and a par of 70 and a field of 128 players started the qualifier. An 18-hole cut took place with 64 players advancing at 5-over-par 75 or better. This was the second of two U.S. Amateur qualifiers in Georgia. The first took place at Capital City Club-Crabapple in Woodstock, July 23-24. Qualifiers advance to the 113th annual U.S. Amateur Championship, which will be held at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass., August 12-18, 2013. Entries were open to any amateur golfer with a USGA Handicap Index not exceeding 2.4. The U.S. Amateur is one of 13 national championships conducted annually by the USGA.