2016 Yearbook

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LIFIER HOMEPAGE U.S. AM HOMEPAGE
U.S. AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
July 11, 2016
1 Dennis Bull Norwalk 70 69 139
2 Andrew Huseman Ankeny 70 72 142
Alt. Alex Moorman Centerville 74 69 143
Alt. Sam Meuret Brunswick, Neb. 71 72 143
Grant Smith Johnston 71 72 143
Tripp Kinney West Des Moines 75 70 145
Henry Spring Whakatane, New Zeland 71 75 146
Ben Wollam Marshalltown 69 78 147
Jon Olson Ankeny 74 74 148
Gene Elliott West Des Moines 73 75 148
Sam Pieczynski Grimes 78 71 149
Matt Schlueter Davenport 75 74 149
Trevor Ullestad Jewell 75 74 149
Zachary Ward Waterloo 75 74 149
Name City (Par 71) R1 R2 Total
U.S. Amateur Quali er
Otter Creek Golf Course, Ankeny, Iowa
July 11, 2016
FAILED TO QUALIFY
Players battled blustery and
hot conditions at the 2016 U.S.
Amateur Qualifier at Otter Creek
Golf Course. After a 36-hole
grind, Dennis Bull and Andrew
Huseman would qualify for the
championship.
Bull earned medalist honors
with an impressive three-under,
139 (70-69). His number was
the lone score under-par (-3)
amongst the 56 U.S. Am hopefuls.
Bull, a Norwalk resident, pieced
together two solid rounds behind a
combined eight birdies.
“You know going into one of these
types of days, it’s a marathon,” Bull
said. “You have to be patient. My
mindset was I needed to go out
and hit quality shots. I played well
all day. (Caddy) Gary (Ellis) was
out there all day with me and that
helped a ton.”
This will mark the second U.S.
Amateur that Bull will have played
in. Bull previously played in the
2013 U.S. Amateur, ge�ng in as an
alternate at the last minute that
year.
Huseman was consistent all day,
posting scores of one-under, 70
and one-over 72 for and even-par
142, including a lengthy putt to
end his day on the 18th hole.
“It took me 4-5 holes to get going,”
Huseman said. “My mental game
was good today. I was trying to
take it just one hole at a time. I
know the course pretty well. The
wind was blowing out there, it
was a challenge. The 35-foot putt
I made on 18 proved to be a big
one.”
Alex Moorman, Sam Meuret and
Grant Smith all tied for third and
Bull stays patient, qualifies for U.S. Amateur, Huseman grabs second spot
were sent to a playoff to decide the
First and Second Alternate spots.
On the first extra-hole, Moorman
stuffed an approach shot to birdie
the hole, and finish as the First
Alternate. This playoff would
ultimately punch Moorman’s ticket
into the championship when Bull was
unable to participate due to personal
reasons.
Meuret and Smith would continue on
to an additional hole to decide the
Second Alternate. With each golfer
facing lengthy birdie putts, Meuret
rolled his into the bottom of the
cup to lock up the second alternate
position.
At the Championship Proper held
at Oakland Hills Country Club, just
outside of Detroit, MI, Huseman and
Moorman joined Iowans Broc Everett
and Mike McCoy. Huseman, following
qualifying rounds of 69-71 would earn
the #37 seed. His trip to match play
was short as he would fall to eventual
U.S. Amateur champion Curtis Luck,
of Australia, 4&3 in the Round of 64.
Moorman, McCoy and Everett would
all miss the cut into match play.
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U.S. AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP August 15-21, 2016
Andrew Huseman of
Ankeny (le�) and Dennis
Bull of Norwalk.
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