2017 Yearbook (2)

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U.S. Amateur Four-Ball U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball
Britta Snyder & Sarah Beqaj Qualify
Future Sites
2018
Jupiter Hills Club
Tequesta, Fla.
2019
Chambers Bay
University Place, Wash.
2020
Philadelphia Cricket Club
Philadelphia, Pa.
Two Teams Qualify for U.S. Four-Ball
Future Sites
2018
El Caballero Country Club,
Tarzana, CA
2019
Timuquana Country Club
Jacksonville, FL
2019
TBD
1 Capan / Wong -8 64 Medalist
T2 Brown / Olson -7 65 Qualifier
T2 Sundbom / Walls -7 65 1st Alt.
T2 Polk / Schmitz -7 65 1st Alt.
T5 Barber / Jacobson -6 66
T5 Morgan / Riddering -6 66
T5 Baron / Onkka -6 66
U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Qualifier
Rush Creek Golf Club - Maple Grove, Minn
September 21, 2017
Pinehurst No.2, Site of 2017 U.S. Four-Ball
Championship
The Dunes Golf & Beach Club, site of 2017 U.S.
Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship
U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Qualifier
Chaska Town Course - Chaska, Minn.
October 3, 2017
1 Beqaj/ Snyder -1 71 Medalist
T2 Herrick / Sommers E 72 1st Alt.
T2 Pilot / Williams E 72 2nd Alt.
4 Anderson / Klasse +1 73
T5 Herzog / Yoemans +2 74
T5 McCullough / Wagner +2 74
Britta Snyder & Sarah Beqaj
(Courtesy Minnesota Golf Assoc.) Jon Olson & Jon Brown
Jon Brown, Clive, and Jon Olson, Ankeny, qualified for the second
consecutive year for the USGA Amateur Four-Ball. After making
the field at Winged Foot in 2016 they made the trek to North
Carolina and famed Pinehurst in 2017.
The pair made it through a playoff for the final qualifying spot at
Rush Creek Golf Club in Maple Grove, Minnesota. They were one
of three teams to shoot a 7-under 65 during regulation to tie for
second (64 was medalist). Their qualifier was marred with poor
weather the whole day. In fact, the duo had started their playoff
and, after hitting approaches to the first green, play was suspended
for the day. They slept on two birdie putts and, when they came
back in the morning, Olson drained his to claim the spot.
One of the other two teams in that playoff was Taylor Sandbom of Duluth, MN and Glenn Walls of
Cedar Falls, Iowa. They finished as the 1st
alternate, but would eventually get the call
from the USGA that they were in the field.
At the championship proper neither team
featuring Iowans would make the cut into
match play. Brown and Olson opened with
a 77 on the more difficult No. 2 layout then
shot a 75 over the No. 8 course. Sandblom
and Walls shot 72 (No. 8) and 74 (No. 2).
The cut came at 1-under-par 140.
Britta Snyder, Ames, and Sarah Beqaj, Toronto, Canada, teamed
up to qualify for the 2017 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball
Championship. The two became friends after being paired
together at the U.S. Kids Golf World Championship and through
playing AJGA events around the country.
Their journey to The Dunes Golf & Beach Club in Myrtle Beach,
S.C., began in Minnesota. They played for one spot at Chaska
Town Course where they were the only team to break par,
shooting a 1-under 71 to beat out the next closest team by a shot.
What should be noted is that the pair were 14-years old at the time
of qualifying, making them one of the youngest teams to compete.
At the Championship proper the team would post a first round score of 2-under, 70. They were
near the cut line heading into the second round of stroke play and needed to shoot even par or
better. The pair made a bogey on the
first and a comeback birdie on the
second but quickly lost three shots to
par on holes eight and nine, making a
triple and bogey to finish the nine at
4-over par. They fought back making
birdies on 11 and 14 but were unable to
get anything further going. The duo shot
a second round 76, leaving them four
shots off the cut line into match play.
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