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Mason Howell has 1 twelvemonth near of precocious school, but helium volition beryllium capable to archer his classmates helium played successful the U.S. Open earlier helium walks astatine graduation.
The 17-year-old Georgia precocious schoolhouse inferior qualified for the 2025 U.S. Open astatine Piedmont Driving Club successful Atlanta connected Monday aft shooting an awesome 18-under-par done 2 rounds. He is besides 1 of the highest-ranked inferior golfers successful the country, coming successful astatine No. 8 connected the American Junior Golf Association list. However, his feat was singular considering helium was the 496th-ranked amateur going into Monday’s qualifier.
"That was 1 of the top moments of my life," Howell said aft his 2 rounds.
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Mason Howell watches his changeable during the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship successful Bloomfield Hills, Mich., connected July 23, 2024. (Raj Mehta/Getty Images)
"Golf’s Longest Day" is what the amateur qualifier is called, arsenic golfers indispensable play 2 afloat rounds to find who volition enactment successful the 125th variation of the large tournament, which volition beryllium held astatine Oakmont Country Club successful Pennsylvania this year.
It was surely a grueling day, but Howell breezed done his 36 holes without putting a bogey connected the scorecard, shooting 63 successful some of his rounds to gain his spot successful the U.S. Open field.
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Howell finished tied for archetypal with Jackson Buchanan, a 22-year-old University of Illinois golfer, who besides qualified for the tournament.
Mason Howell plays a changeable during the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship successful Bloomfield Hills, Mich., connected July 23, 2024. (Raj Mehta/Getty Images)
But determination weren’t conscionable amateurs successful the qualifying field. The 2007 Masters winner, Zach Johnson, was among PGA Tour veterans trying to get into the tract arsenic well. Only the top-five finishers connected the leaderboard tin get into Oakmont, and Howell present has tons of momentum heading into the tourney adjacent week.
Mason Howell of the United States plays his changeable during the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship successful Bloomfield Hills, Mich., connected July 23, 2024. (Raj Mehta/Getty Images)
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Howell hails from Thomasville, Georgia, wherever helium stars for the Brookwood High School boy’s play team, which won the program’s 4th authorities rubric successful the past 5 years past month. Despite inactive having 1 much twelvemonth of schoolhouse near earlier graduation, helium has already committed to stay in-state for the adjacent section of his play vocation and play for the Georgia Bulldogs.
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Scott Thompson is simply a sports writer for Fox News Digital.
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