It’s no surprise to see amateurs in the field at major championships. Yet at the 2023 U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club’s North Course, more than 10 percent of the field will be amateurs.
Among the 19 amateurs who will tee it up this week in Los Angeles, only three weren’t on a college golf team this spring or, in the case of Wenyi Ding, will be on campus come this fall. College golf has never been stronger, and it shows in the amount of golfers who played their way into the field.
Fred Biondi, the 2023 NCAA individual champion from Florida, was exempt into the field if he remained an amateur, but he turned professional and made his debut on the Korn Ferry Tour last week.
Additionally, Sam Bennett, the low amateur at the 2023 Masters and winner of the 2022 U.S. Amateur, is in the field but turned professional after his season ended last month at Texas A&M.
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Stanford has four amateurs who made it through qualifying and advanced into the U.S. Open field. The oldest amateur in the field is 30-year-old Matthew McClean from Northern Ireland.
Here’s a look at the amateurs in the field at the 2023 U.S. Open.