2008 U.S. Amateur Qualifying #1

Qualifiers
Mark Silvers III, Savannah, GA	71	67	138
Brad Doster, Winter Park, FL	67	72	139
Jin Jeong, Rowville, Australia	68	71	139
Matthew Swan, Montgomery, AL	69	70	139
Will Wilcox, Ashville, AL	70	70	140 *
Scott Davenport, Marietta, GA	73	67	140 *
Alternates
1st Minghao Wang, Alpharetta, GA	69	71	140 *
2nd Brent Witcher, Lawrenceville, GA	70	71	141 *

 

* determined in playoff

 

Notes:
University of South Carolina golf team member Mark Silvers of Savannah, Ga., was the medalist, shooting 4-under-par 138 on Piedmont Driving Club's par-71, 7,028-yard layout. Brad Doster of Winter Park, Fla., a player on the men's golf team at the University of Kentucky, finished one-stroke back at 139, with Jin Jeong of Rowville, Australia and the University of Alabama's Matthew Swan of Montgomery, Ala.

Scott Davenport of Marietta, Ga. birdied three of his last four holes to force a playoff for the final two qualifying spots and for the first alternate position with Will Wilcox of Ashville, Ala. and Michael Hicks of Newnan, Ga. On the first playoff hole, Wilcox and Davenport made birdie and par, respectively, to claim the qualifying spots while Hicks made bogey to settle for first alternate.

Piedmont Driving Club hosted the first of two U.S. Amateur qualifiers in Georgia. The second takes place August 4-5 at The Standard Club in Duluth.

The 108th annual U.S. Amateur Championship will be held at Pinehurst Resort and Country Club in Village of Pinehurst, N.C., August 18-24. Entries were open to amateur golfers who have a USGA Handicap Index not exceeding 2.4. The U.S. Amateur is one of 13 national championships conducted annually by the United States Golf Association.