Jack Whaley's U.S. Amateur win, in demanding conditions, was unsurprising
Englishman Jack Whaley took on an English-style course at the U.S. Amateur, and on Sunday played the final in English-style conditions. The post Jack Whaley’s U.S. Amateur win, in demanding conditions, was unsurprising appeared first on Golf .
Jack Whaley, a 22-year-old Englishman from Doncaster and a student at Florida State University, has won the US Amateur Championship. He defeated American Jay Leng Jr 4&3 at Merion. According to Yahoo Sports and BBC Sport, Whaley was a major underdog, ranked 67 places lower than Leng Jr in the world amateur golf rankings.
Whaley came back from being two down after the first 18 holes, making back-to-back birdies on the second and third holes of his second round to win four holes consecutively. He then held a three-hole lead after Leng Jr misread a putt on the 12th. Whaley sealed his win with a birdie at the 15th hole, also reported by Yahoo Sports and BBC Sport.
The victory makes Whaley the second Englishman to win the US Amateur Championship since 1911, following Matt Fitzpatrick in 2013 and Harold Hilton in 1911. According to BBC Sport and Yahoo Sports, the win also earns Whaley a place in the field for the Masters, US Open, and The Open at St Andrews in 2027.
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