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US Open - Indiana
US Open - Quicksilver
Jon Mills, Indiana,
now playing the Nationwide Tour, advanced through
the USGA Open Local Qualifier at Indiana CC on May 9
with 67. He is slated to compete on June 4
near Chicago at Riverside CC. The other five
qualifiers at Indiana are all professionals, four
from the Hooters Tour and one from the Nationwide
Tour.
Co-Medalists at
Quicksilver on May 17, William Miller, Venetia, the 2006
West Penn Amateur champion and Erik Bertrand,
Pittsburgh, with 71s are headed to Columbus, Ohio, a
site where many PGA Tour Players will try to qualify at
two famous courses - Scioto CC, home of Jack Nicklaus,
and Ohio State University's Scarlet Course where
Nicklaus played his collegiate golf. Bertrand and
Miller will be joined by Kevin Shields, Pittsburgh, who
shot 73 and advanced via a playoff for the last
position. Oakmont's professional, Bob Ford, exempt
from Local Qualifying, will also compete in Columbus.
The third co-medalist
at Quicksilver, Brett Carman, Claysville, will play in
Purchase, New York, at Old Oaks & Century.
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