Sunnehanna to host Monday's U.S. Amateur Local Qualifying
By Josh Rowntree, Director of Communications • June 29, 2025
JOHNSTOWN — Sunnehanna Country Club will welcome a loaded field of amateur golfers Monday, as they hope to punch tickets to the next round of qualifying for the 125th U.S. Amateur Championship.
The Local Qualifying event will be an 18-hole competition with 12 places in the Final Qualifying stage on the line. Two alternate positions will be earned, as well.
Once advanced, spots will be won in Final Qualifying for the 125th U.S. Amateur, set for August 11-17 at The Olympic Club in San Francisco, California.
Several Western Pennsylvanians will compete as part of the 143-player field, with play beginning from two tees at 8:00 a.m. in the first wave of competitors. The second wave of players will tee off at 1:00 p.m.
2025 WPGA Junior Champion Michael Quallich, a 15-year-old, will be the first player to tee off of the first hole Monday morning. The 2024 WPGA Junior Champion, Nick Turowski, will be in the next group.
Chuck Tragesser, who won the 2025 WPGA Spring Stroke Play and earned Low Amateur honors at this month’s 122nd WPGA Open Championship, will tee off at 9:40 a.m.
Nine-time WPGA Amateur champion Sean Knapp will start his round ten minutes prior from the 10th tee.
Reigning WPGA Mid-Amateur champion Ian Bangor will play in the second wave, teeing off at 1:00 p.m. Defending WPGA C.R. Miller champion David Fuhrer will compete in the afternoon wave, as well.
The U.S. Amateur Championship is one of the country’s longest-running golf competitions and is the top national championship for amateur golfers. It has been played since 1895, only pausing for two World Wars.
Western Pennsylvania has traditionally been well represented at the U.S. Amateur, including wins by Eben Byers, William C. Fownes Jr, Arnold Palmer.
Two years ago, Pittsburgh’s Neal Shipley finished runner-up, earning exemptions into the U.S. Open and Masters Tournament in 2024, where he won Low Amateur honors in each.
Some of golf’s greatest figures have won the U.S. Amateur, including Bobby Jones, who won the vent a record five times. Tiger Woods claimed the title in three straight years, becoming the only player to accomplish that feat.
Jack Nicklaus, Chick Evans, Justin Leonard, Phil Mickelson, Bryson DeChambeau are among the major champions who have picked up victories in the U.S. Amateur.
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For any media inquiries, please contact WPGA Director of Communications Josh Rowntree.
About the WPGA
Founded in 1899, the Western Pennsylvania Golf Association is the steward of amateur golf in the region. Started by five Member Clubs, the association now has nearly 200 Member Clubs and nearly 37,000 members. The WPGA conducts 14 individual competitions and 10 team events, and administers the WPGA Scholarship Fund and Western Pennsylvania Golf Hall of Fame.