It takes a handicap index of 1.4 or better for an amateur to enter the U.S. Open. Countless amateurs submitted entries with the dream of teeing it up this week at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass. For most, it required getting through two stages — an 18-hole local qualifier and a 36-hole finale. Here are the 10 amateurs who made it through and into the 156-man field. Jack Nicklaus had a back-nine lead in 1960, and Marty Fleckman (1967) and Jim Simons (1971) held the 54-hole lead, but the last amateur to win the U.S. Open: Johnny Goodman in 1933.
Amateur Hour at Brookline
Amateur Hour at Brookline
Amateur Hour at Brookline
It takes a handicap index of 1.4 or better for an amateur to enter the U.S. Open. Countless amateurs submitted entries with the dream of teeing it up this week at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass. For most, it required getting through two stages — an 18-hole local qualifier and a 36-hole finale. Here are the 10 amateurs who made it through and into the 156-man field. Jack Nicklaus had a back-nine lead in 1960, and Marty Fleckman (1967) and Jim Simons (1971) held the 54-hole lead, but the last amateur to win the U.S. Open: Johnny Goodman in 1933.