Four Yellow Jackets to Participate in U.S. Amateur Golf Tournament

The 114th U.S Amateur Golf Tournament starts Monday August 11th at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Ga. There will be four Georgia Tech golfers who will be taking their swings at the championship.

The Georgia Tech four will be led in by the No. 1 Amateur Golfer in the world Ollie Schneiderjans, who will be accompanied by Seth Reeves, Bo Andrews and Jacob Joiner.

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The U.S. Amateur field consists of 312 golfers who will play 18 holes of Stroke Play on August 11th and 12th. Stroke Play will be played on two qualifying courses which are “The Highland” which is a par 71 course that measures out at 7,428 yards, and “The Riverside” which is a par 72 and measures out at 7,381 yards.

After the qualifying rounds, the field will get cut to the 64 lowest scorers in the field. From that point six rounds of Match Play will begin on August 13th with the championship to be decided in a 36-hole championship match on the 17th.

Coming into this week’s competition Ollie Schneiderjans will be looking to hold on to his No. 1 world amateur ranking and doing so will pay off big for him.

If Schneiderjans is able to hold on to the top spot he will win the Mark H. McCormick Medal which is awarded to the World’s Top Amateur over the last 12 months. That award comes with automatic invites to the U.S. and British Opens.

Schneiderjans has gone through his growing pains in the U.S. Amateur. Last year the Tech golf star failed to reach match play when this event was held at Brookline. In 2012 he did make it to the Match Play round though he lost his first round match up.

Seth Reeves, who comes into this event ranked No. 27 in the World Amateur Rankings, has gone through a growing process in this event as well.

In 2011, Reeves made the field of 312 but failed to make it into the Match Play round. In 2013, Reeves did make it to the Match Play round and won his first round match.

Bo Andrews played his way into the U.S. Amateur field by advancing out of a sectional qualifier that was held at the Great Waters golf course in Eatonton, GA while Jacob Joiner qualified at a sectional that was held in Orlando, Fla.

The last Yellow Jackets golfer to win the U.S. Amateur was current No. 5 golfer in the world Matt Kuchar. Kuchar won the U.S. Amateur back in 1997 at Cog Hill golf and Country Club.

Golf legend Bobby Jones won five amateur titles (1924, 1925,1927,1928,1930).

Here is the Schedule of Play for the 114th U.S. Amateur Championship:

Monday, Aug. 11: First round of stroke-play qualifying (18 holes) on Highlands and Riverside Courses

Tuesday, Aug. 12: Second round of stroke-play qualifying (18 holes) on Highlands and Riverside Courses

Wednesday, Aug. 13: First round of match play on Highlands Course (TV: Golf Channel, 4-6 p.m.)

Thursday, Aug. 14: Second and third rounds of match play on Highlands Course (TV: Golf Channel, 6:30-8:30 p.m.)

Friday, Aug. 15: Quarterfinal round of match play on Highlands Course (TV: Golf Channel, 8:30-10:30 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 16: Semifinal round of match play on Highlands Course (TV: NBC, 4-6 p.m.)

Sunday, Aug. 17: Championship match (36 holes) on Highlands Course (TV: NBC, 4-6 p.m.

Here are the pairings and tee times for Stroke Play:

Monday, Aug 11: Highlands Course, hole #1; Tuesday, Aug. 12: Riverside Course, hole #10

8:15 a.m. – 1:20 p.m. –Seth Reeves, Suwanee, Ga., with Thomas Lim, Eugene, Ore., and Michael Koeneke, San Diego, Calif.

Monday, Aug 11: Highlands Course, hole #10; Tuesday, Aug. 12: Riverside Course, hole #1

2:10 p.m. – 9:05 a.m. – Ollie Schniederjans, Powder Springs, Ga., with Sean Knapp, Oakmont, Pa., and Peter French, Franklin, Mass.

Monday, Aug 11: Riverside Course, hole #1; Tuesday, Aug. 12: Highlands Course, hole #10

8:35 a.m. – 1:40 p.m. – Bo Andrews, Raleigh, N.C., with Nicholas Smits, Netherlands, and Kraig McLeod, Pebble Beach, Calif.

Monday, Aug. 11: Riverside Course, hole #10; Tuesday, Aug. 12: Highlands Course, hole #1

2:50 p.m. – 9:45 a.m. – Jacob Joiner, Leesburg, Ga., with Ryan Harris, Carlisle, Mass., and Tyler Collier, Chico, Calif.

**Schedules and tee times care of ramblinwreck.com**