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Oldest Competitors: Tommy Smith (53, born 9-30-67), Todd White (53, born 11-7-67), Tony Hejna (53, born 1-8-68), Phillip Walker (52, born 12-26-68), Chad Branton (52, born 3-22-69)

Youngest Competitors: Curtis Da Silva (15, born 9-27-05), Max Herendeen (16, born 1-27-05), Brandon Knight (16, born 1-7-05), Ben DeLaRosa (16, 7-29-04), Phillip Kench (16, 8-13-04), Ryan Abuan (16, born 11-15-04)

Average Age of Field: 30.11

Oldest Sides (combined ages): Kory Bowman (50) & Jason Schultz (48); Brad Jordan (49) & John Lamendola (47)

Youngest Sides: Curtis Da Silva (15) & Brandon Knight (16); Ryan Abuan (16) & Philip Kench (16); Ben DeLaRosa (16) & Matthew Foster (17); Max Herendeen (16) & Ethan Evans (17)

Largest Age Difference (side members): 28, Scott Storck (51) & Marty McGuckin (23); 22, Philip Walker (52) & Ross Wilkins (30); 19, Ross Stewart (36) & Aiden Krafft (17)

U.S. States Represented – There are 40 states represented in the 2021 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball: California (29 players), Texas (21), Massachusetts (13), New York (13), North Carolina (13), Florida (11), Pennsylvania (11), Illinois (10), Washington (10), Ohio (9), Georgia (8), Minnesota (7), Alabama (6), New Jersey (6), Virginia (6), Arizona (5), Colorado (5), Nevada (5), South Carolina (5), Maryland (4), Michigan (4), Missouri (4), Oklahoma (4), Oregon (4), Tennessee (4), Idaho (3), Indiana (3), Nebraska (3), New Mexico (3), Utah (3), Connecticut (2), Hawaii (2), Iowa (2), Kentucky (2), Vermont (2), Kansas (1), Louisiana (1), Maine (1), Mississippi (1) and Wisconsin (1).

International – There are seven countries represented in the 2021 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball: United States (247), Canada (3), Puerto Rico (2), France (1), Hong Kong, China (1), South Africa (1) and Sweden (1).

USGA Champions (11): Benjamin Baxter (2016 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball), Andrew Buchanan (2016 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball), Frankie Capan (2017 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball), Stewart Hagestad (2016 U.S. Mid-Amateur), Scott Harvey (2014 U.S. Mid-Amateur, 2019 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball), Todd Mitchell (2019 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball), Matt Parziale (2017 U.S. Mid-Amateur), Nathan Smith (2003, 2009, 2010, 2012 U.S. Mid-Amateur; 2015 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball), Preston Summerhays (2019 U.S. Junior Amateur), Todd White (2015 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball), Shuai Ming Wong (2017 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball)

USGA Runners-Up (11): Chip Brooke (2018 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball), Brandon Cigna (2016 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball), Clark Collier (2017 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball), Kenny Cook (2011 U.S. Mid-Amateur), Marc Dull (2015 U.S. Mid-Amateur, 2018 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball), Scott Harvey (2016 U.S. Mid-Amateur), Kyle Hudelson (2017 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball), Todd Mitchell (2008 U.S. Mid-Amateur), Logan Shuping (2019 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball), Blake Taylor (2019 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball), Ben Warnquist (2016 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball)

Sides Who Played in 2019 Amateur Four-Ball: 17 (Herbie Aikens/Matt Parziale; Justin Arcano/Justin Ngan; Carson Barry/Sam Tidd; Ralph Blasey/Alex Nianouris; Kory Bowman/Jason Schultz; Chip Brooke/Marc Dull; Derek Busby/Stewart Hagestad; Brandon Cigna/Ben Warnquist; Clark Collier/ Kyle Hudelson; Kyle Crawford//Kevin Rei; Hunter Epson/Ryder Epson; Steven Groover/M. Tyler McKeever; Scott Harvey/Todd Mitchell; Jeff Koprivetz/Pete Williams; Andrew Medley/Taylor Wood; Logan Shuping/Blake Taylor; Nathan Smith/Todd White)

Individuals Who Played in 2019 Amateur Four-Ball: 38 (Herbie Aikens, Justin Arcano, Carson Barry, Ralph Blasey, Kory Bowman, Chip Brooke, Derek Busby, Brandon Cigna, Clark Collier, Kyle Crawford, Marc Dull, Hunter Epson, Ryder Epson, Steven Groover, Stewart Hagestad, Scott Harvey, Kyle Hudelson, Troy Johnson, Jeff Koprivetz, Vince Kwon, Jackson Lake, M. Tyler McKeever, Jamie Miller, Todd Mitchell, Justin Ngan, Alex Nianouris, Matt Parziale, Jason Schultz, Nathan Smith, Brady Shivers, Logan Shuping, Blake Taylor, Sam Tidd, Troy Vannucci, Ben Warnquist, Todd White, Pete Williams, Taylor Wood)

Sides Who Played in 2018 Amateur Four-Ball: 13 (Carson Barry/Sam Tidd; Brandon Bradosky/Raymond Wooten; Chip Brooke/Marc Dull; Frankie Capan/Shuai Ming Wong; Brandon Cigna/Ben Warnquist; Clark Collier/ Kyle Hudelson; Kenny Cook/Sean Rowen: Darin Goldstein/Trevor Randolph; Steven Groover/M. Tyler McKeever; Scott Harvey/Todd Mitchell; Josh Irving/Will Osborne; Alex Jeffers/Garren Poirier; Nathan Smith/Todd White)

Individuals Who Played in 2018 Amateur Four-Ball: 28 (Carson Barry, Brandon Bradosky, Chip Brooke, Derek Busby, Frankie Capan, Brandon Cigna, Clark Collier, Kenny Cook, Marc Dull, Darin Goldstein, Steven Groover, Scott Harvey, Kyle Hudelson, Josh Irving, Alex Jeffers, M. Tyler McKeever, Jamie Miller, Todd Mitchell, Will Osborne, Garren Poirier, Trevor Randolph, Sean Rowen, Nathan Smith, Sam Tidd, Ben Warnquist, Todd White, Shuai Ming Wong, Raymond Wooten)

Sides Who Played in 2017 Amateur Four-Ball: 10 (Herbie Aikens/Matt Parziale; Justin Arcano/Justin Ngan; Chip Brooke/Marc Dull; Frankie Capan/Shuai Ming Wong; Brandon Cigna/Ben Warnquist; Clark Collier/Kyle Hudelson; Kenny Cook/Sean Rowen; Scott Harvey/Todd Mitchell; Josh Irving/Will Osborne; Nathan Smith/Todd White)

Individuals Who Played in 2017 Amateur Four-Ball: 27 (Herbie Aikens, Justin Arcano, Chip Brooke, Derek Busby, Frankie Capan, Brandon Cigna, Clark Collier, Kenny Cook, Tyler Crawford, Marc Dull, Michael Fastert, Stewart Hagestad, Scott Harvey, Tony Hejna, Kyle Hudelson, Josh Irving, Andrew Medley, Todd Mitchell, Justin Ngan, Will Osborne, Matt Parziale, Sean Rowen, Nathan Smith, Ben Warnquist, Todd White, Shuai Ming Wong, Taylor Wood)

Sides Who Played in 2016 Amateur Four-Ball: 6 (Herbie Aikens/Matt Parziale; Justin Arcano/Justin Ngan; Frankie Capan/Shaui Ming Wong, Brandon Cigna/Ben Warnquist; Scott Harvey/Todd Mitchell; Nathan Smith/Todd White)

Individuals Who Played in 2016 Amateur Four-Ball: 15 (Herbie Aikens, Justin Arcano, Sam Bernstein, Frankie Capan, Brandon Cigna, Michael Fastert, Scott Harvey, Reid Hatley, Todd Mitchell, Justin Ngan, Matt Parziale, Nathan Smith, Ben Warnquist, Todd White, Shuai Ming Wong)

Sides Who Played in 2015 Amateur Four-Ball: 2 (Scott Harvey/Todd Mitchell; Nathan Smith/Todd White)

Individuals Who Played in 2015 Amateur Four-Ball: 9 (Sam Bernstein, Kyle Crawford, Scott Harvey, Jeffrey Jolley, Todd Mitchell, Trevor Randolph, Nathan Smith, Todd White, Taylor Wood)

Played in 2020 U.S. Open: 1 (Preston Summerhays)

Played in 2020 U.S. Amateur: 21 (Carson Barry, Derek Busby, Frankie Capan, Davis Chatfield, Kelly Chinn, David Ford, Maxwell Ford, Stewart Hagestad, Scott Harvey, Blake Hathcoat, Reid Hatley, Brent Ito, Palmer Jackson, Luke Kluver, Jacob Koppenberg, Yaroslav Merkulov, Matt Parziale, Luke Potter, Jason Schultz, Preston Summerhays, Blake Taylor)

Played in 2019 U.S. Mid-Amateur: 32 (Herbie Aikens, Kory Bowman, Chad Branton, Chip Brooke, Derek Busby, Brandon Cloete, Will Davenport, Tanner Davis, Ryan Eckelkamp, Dan Ellis, Michael Fastert, Darin Goldstein, Steven Groover, Stewart Hagestad, Scott Harvey, Reid Hatley, Andrew Hodge, Alex Jeffers, Troy Johnson, Jacob Koppenberg, Jesse Larson, Eric LeFante, Paul McNamara, Yarolslav Merkulov, Matt Parziale, Trevor Randolph, Jason Schultz, Nathan Smith, Troy Vannucci, Ben Warnquist, Todd White, Ryan Wilkins)

Played in 2019 U.S. Junior Amateur: 7 (Kelly Chinn, Drew Hackett, Nathan Han, Palmer Jackson, Alvin Kwak, Luke Potter, Preston Summerhays)

Played in 2021 Walker Cup Match: 1 (Stewart Hagestad)

Played in 2019 Walker Cup Match: 1 (Stewart Hagestad)

Played in 2017 Walker Cup Match: 1 (Stewart Hagestad)

Played in 2015 Walker Cup Match: 1 (Scott Harvey)

Played in 2013 Walker Cup Match: 2 (Nathan Smith, Todd White)

Team Notes:

Herbie Aikens, 39, of Kingston, Mass., & Matt Parziale, 33, of Brockton, Mass.

Aikens, who owns an electrical contracting company, and Parziale, a former firefighter who now works for an insurance brokerage firm, have played in three U.S. Amateur Four-Balls and reached the quarterfinals in 2019. Aikens has competed in 16 USGA championships. Parziale won the 2017 U.S. Mid-Amateur and became the first champion to earn a full exemption into the following year’s U.S Open. Parziale shared low-amateur honors with Luis Gagne in the 2018 U.S. Open, tying for 48th at Shinnecock Hills, and competed in the 2018 Masters. He has played in 17 USGA championships.

Benjamin Baxter, 25, of Flower Mound, Texas, & Andrew Buchanan, 26, of Los Altos, Calif.

Baxter and Buchanan won the 2016 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship at Winged Foot Golf Club. The Southern Methodist University teammates defeated Brandon Cigna and Ben Warnquist, 3 and 2, in the final. Baxter has competed in two U.S. Amateurs (2013, 2014). Buchanan, who works for a private equity firm, earned American Athletic Conference all-league honors and was the 2017 SMU male student-athlete of the year. He competed on PGA Tour Canada for a brief period and was reinstated as an amateur in 2020.

Chip Brooke, 45, of Altamonte Springs, Fla., & Marc Dull, 35, of Lakeland, Fla.

Brooke and Dull have competed in three U.S. Amateur Four-Balls, finishing as runners-up in 2018 and advancing to the semifinals in 2017. Brooke, a salesman for a pallet company who won the 2016 Florida Mid-Amateur, is a former caddie at Bandon Dunes and Streamsong (Fla.) Resort, sites that have hosted previous USGA Four-Ball championships. Brooke has played in six USGA events. Dull, who owns a lawn service company and caddies at Streamsong, was the 2015 U.S. Mid-Amateur runner-up to Sammy Schmitz. A veteran of 10 USGA championships, Dull is the great grandson of two-time U.S. Senior Amateur champion Dexter Daniels.

Derek Busby, 37, of Ruston, La., & Stewart Hagestad, 30, of Newport Beach, Calif.

Busby and Hagestad advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2019 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball. Busby, who has played in 11 USGA championships, reached match play in last year’s U.S. Amateur at Bandon Dunes and has made the Round of 16 twice in the U.S. Mid-Amateur. Hagestad, a member of the winning 2017, 2019 and 2021 USA Walker Cup Teams, won the 2016 U.S. Mid-Amateur by defeating Scott Harvey in 37 holes. He has played in three U.S. Opens (2017-19) and became the first invited U.S. Mid-Amateur champion to make the cut in the Masters, tying for 36th to earn low-amateur honors in 2017.

Frankie Capan, 21, of North Oaks, Minn., & Shuai Ming Wong, 21, of Hong Kong, China

Capan and Wong won the 2017 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club. They also reached the Round of 16 in 2016 and 2018. Capan transferred to Florida Gulf Coast University for 2020-21 after two years at the University of Alabama. Capan, who won last year’s Minnesota Amateur, tied for seventh in the 2021 Atlantic Sun Conference Championship. Wong, who also goes by the nickname, Ben, is a sophomore at Southern Methodist University. In 2018, he became the eighth player to compete in five U.S. Junior Amateurs, advancing to the quarterfinals. Wong was born in Hong Kong and moved to Beijing, in the People’s Republic of China at age 6 before coming to the United States. He has played in nine USGA championships.

Ethan Casto, 23, of Snohomish, Wash., & Cody Oakes, 21, of Arlington, Wash.

Casto and Oaks are each playing in their first U.S. Amateur Four-Ball and have ties to Western Washington University. Casto was the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Player of the Year in 2019-20 and a three-time all-conference selection. Oakes is a redshirt sophomore on the current Vikings team. He played in two tournaments in last year’s COVID-shortened season. He was a three-time all-league performer at Arlington High School.

Kelly Chinn, 18, of Great Falls, Va., & David Ford, 18, of Peachtree Corners, Ga.

Chinn, who has committed to Duke University for this fall, reached match play in last year’s U.S. Amateur and was a semifinalist in the 2019 U.S. Junior Amateur. A past Class 6A state high school champion, Chinn won three tournaments in 2020. His father, Colin, is a retired rear admiral in the U.S. Navy who serves as joint staff surgeon at the Pentagon and is the chief medical advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Ford and his identical twin brother, Maxwell, are both in this year’s U.S. Amateur Four-Ball field. David, who will enroll at the University of North Carolina in the fall, won the 2020 Rolex Tournament of Champions and tied for ninth in the Jones Cup Invitational in February.

Brandon Cigna, 35, of Arlington, Va., & Ben Warnquist, 28, of Gaithersburg, Md.

Cigna and Warnquist have competed in four consecutive U.S. Amateur Four-Balls. They were the runners-up to Benjamin Baxter and Andrew Buchanan in 2016 at Winged Foot Golf Club and have advanced to the Round of 16 on two other occasions. Cigna, who works in wealth management, reached the Round of 32 in the 2013 U.S. Amateur Public Links. Warnquist, an insurance agent, has played in 12 USGA championships. He was the stroke-play medalist and made the Round of 32 in the 2019 U.S. Mid-Amateur at Colorado Golf Club.

Clark Collier, 31, of Dallas, Texas, & Kyle Hudelson, 33, of Edmond, Okla.

Collier and Hudelson reached the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship final in 2017 at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club’s Course No. 2 after getting into the field as last-minute alternates. The duo has played in three consecutive Amateur Four-Balls and advanced to the Round of 32 in 2018. Collier, a geologist for an independent energy company, was a four-time NAIA All-American at Oklahoma City University and helped the program capture two national championships (2010, 2012). Hudelson, who works as a property and casualty insurance broker, played at Oklahoma Christian University. He has won two consecutive Oklahoma Mid-Amateurs (2019, 2020).

Kyle Crawford, 32, of North Bend, Ore., & Kevin Rei, 31, of Bandon, Ore.

Crawford and Rei are caddies at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, site of the 2019 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball and last year’s U.S. Amateur. They played in the 2019 championship after earning a spot as first alternates. They qualified for the 2021 championship as co-medalists last Oct. 19 with a 63 at Oswego Lake Country Club. Crawford earned an Evans Scholarship to Oregon State University and graduated in 2012. He reached match play in the inaugural U.S. Amateur Four-Ball at The Olympic Club with Tim Tucker, a former Bandon caddie who now carries the bag for reigning U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau. Rei, who played at Chico (Calif.) State University and attended North Bend High, reached the Round of 32 in the 2011 U.S. Amateur Public Links at Bandon Dunes. He was a member of Chico State’s 2012 NCAA Division II national runner-up team.

Ethan Evans, 17, of Mercer Island, Wash., & Max Herendeen, 16, of Bellevue, Wash.

Evans and Herendeen shot a 9-under 63 to earn medalist honors at Wine Valley Country Club, in Walla Walla, Wash. Evans, a junior at Mercer Island High School, won the 3A state title and reached the Round of 16 in the Pacific Northwest Golf Association Junior in 2019. He captured the 2020 Washington Junior Golf Association Championship by three strokes. Herendeen, a sophomore at Bishop Blanchet High School, was the 2019-20 conference player of the year. He tied for ninth in last year’s Washington State Amateur at Chambers Bay. Herendeen also won two Washington Junior Golf Associations titles (2016, 2018).

Joe Greiner, 34, of San Diego, Calif. & Johnny MacArthur, 31, of Valencia, Calif.

Greiner is the full-time caddie for two-time PGA Tour winner Max Homa, who was a quarterfinalist in the 2010 U.S. Amateur at Chambers Bay. The left-hander has also caddied for Kevin Chappell. He played at the College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita, Calif., and competed briefly on the Mackenzie Tour-Canada before regaining his amateur status. MacArthur was a four-year member of the Pepperdine University program where he recorded four career top-10 finishes. His father, Matt, played baseball at the University of Arizona and in the Los Angeles Angels’ organization. His mother was a UCLA gymnast who competed in the 1980 USA Olympic Trials.

Scott Harvey, 42, of Greensboro, N.C., & Todd Mitchell, 42, of Bloomington, Ill.

Harvey and Mitchell won the 2019 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort. They are one of two sides to compete in all five previous U.S. Amateur Four-Balls. The duo advanced to the semifinals in 2015 and quarterfinals in 2017. Harvey, a property manager who has competed in 33 USGA championships, won the 2014 U.S. Mid-Amateur and was a member of the 2015 USA Walker Cup Team. Mitchell, the 2008 U.S. Mid-Amateur runner-up, has played in 29 USGA events. Mitchell, who works in the insurance business, played shortstop at Illinois State and was chosen in the 14th round of the 1999 Major League Baseball Draft by the New York Yankees.

Reid Hatley, 40, of Hayden Lake, Idaho, & Jacob Koppenberg, 34, of Bellingham, Wash.

Hatley, the owner of a golf course accessories company, played in the 2016 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball with partner Nate Hair. A veteran of 12 USGA events, Hatley won the 2019 Washington State Amateur in a playoff. Koppenberg, who has been a volunteer assistant golf coach at his alma mater Western Washington University, advanced to the quarterfinals of the U.S. Mid-Amateur and was a PNGA Amateur semifinalist in 2019. He was a two-time NCAA Division II All-American and two-time Great Northwest Athletic Conference Player of the Year. He works in business development for a communication services company.

Brian Humphreys, 23, of Washougal, Wash., & Joe Neuheisel, 24, of Scottsdale, Ariz.

Humphreys and Neuheisel are teammates and fifth-year seniors on Boise State University’s 2020-21 roster. Humphreys earned All-Mountain West Conference honors in 2017 when he won the MWC individual title and was the conference’s top freshman. Humphreys was the runner-up to Sean Kato in last year’s Washington State Amateur at Chambers Bay. At Camas High, he claimed the 2013 WIAA 4A state championship. Neuheisel, who has advanced to Final Qualifying for the 2021 U.S. Open, tied for 11th in this year’s MWC Championship. He transferred after two years at UCLA, where he did not play on the golf team.. His father, Rick, was the head football coach at Colorado, Washington and UCLA and was the 1984 Rose Bowl MVP as a quarterback for UCLA. He is currently a college football analyst for CBS.

Sean Kato, 21, of Redmond, Wash., & Jackson Lake, 20, of Clovis, Calif.

Kato and Lake are teammates on the Oregon State University team. They shot 63 to share medalist honors in the Oswego Lake Country Club qualifier on Oct. 19. Kato claimed last year’s Washington State Amateur at Chambers Bay. In 2017, he won Washington State Golf Association Junior and led Redmond High to the 4A state title. He also reached the quarterfinals of the Pacific Northwest Golf Association Amateur in 2019. Lake advanced to match play with partner Aidan Tran in the 2019 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball. Lake tied for 32nd in the 2021 Pac-12 Conference Championship.

Vince Kwon, 27, of Marlton, N.J., & Troy Vannucci, 29, of Marlton, N.J.

Kwon and Vannucci advanced to the semifinals of the 2019 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball at Bandon Dunes in their first USGA championship. They were also stroke-play co-medalists with two other sides. Kwon, who was born in the Republic of Korea, finished 10th in last year’s New Jersey State Amateur and was fifth in the 2019 Metropolitan Golf Association Amateur. Vannucci, who made a 25-foot putt on the 18th hole to win his side’s Round-of-32 match in 2019, tied for second in the 2020 Pennsylvania State Open and was a semifinalist in the 2020 New Jersey Mid-Amateur. Both players are members at Little Mill Country Club in Marlton.

Andrew Medley, 41, of Scottsdale, Ariz., & Taylor Wood, 37, of Coto de Caza, Calif.

Medley and Wood, who both work in commercial real estate, advanced to the semifinals in 2019 while competing as a U.S. Amateur Four-Ball side for the first time. Medley, who reached the Round of 16 in the 2009 U.S. Mid-Amateur, partnered with future PGA Tour Champions major winner Ken Tanigawa in the 2017 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball at Pinehurst. He played his college golf at both Mississippi and Arizona. Wood has competed in seven USGA championships, including the 2006 U.S. Open at Winged Foot. He reached match play with partner and former USC teammate Jordan Nasser in the 2015 and 2017 Amateur Four-Balls. Wood earned All-Pac-12 Conference honors at USC.

Brandon Peterson, 31, of Ocean Shores, Wash., & John Sand, 22, of Hoquiam, Wash.

Peterson and Sand survived a nine-hole playoff with Reid Hatley and Jacob Koppenberg to earn medalist honors in qualifying at The Home Course in DuPont, Wash., the stroke-play co-host for this championship. Both sides shot 11-under 61. Sand, a senior at the University of Denver, was the runner-up to Hatley in the 2019 Washington State Amateur and tied for ninth in 2020. He was the 2017 Class 1A state runner-up and a four-time all-league selection at Hoquiam High. Peterson is a sheriff’s deputy for Grays Harbor County, about 70 miles from Chambers Bay. This is his first USGA championship. He is a former assistant professional at Grays Harbor Country Club.

Luke Potter, 17, of Encinitas, Calif., & Preston Summerhays, 18, of Scottsdale, Ariz.

Potter competed in last year’s U.S. Amateur and reached the Round of 32 in the 2019 U.S. Junior Amateur. In 2020, Potter won the Maridoe Amateur, earning a two-stroke victory over Summerhays, won the SCGA Amateur, and was the runner-up in the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley. He led his high school team, La Costa Canyon, to the 2019 California state championship as a freshman. Summerhays won the 2019 U.S. Junior Amateur, which earned him an exemption into the 2020 U.S. Open at Winged Foot. Summerhays is the son of former PGA Tour player Boyd, the nephew of retired PGA Tour player Daniel and the great nephew of Bruce, who won three PGA Tour Champions events. Preston, who attends Chaparral High, won the 2020 Sunnehanna Amateur, becoming the youngest champion in tournament history. He plans to attend Arizona State University next fall.

Logan Shuping, 23, of Salisbury, N.C., & Blake Taylor, 23, of Atkinson, N.C.

Shuping and Taylor, who were teammates at East Carolina University, finished as runners-up in the 2019 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball, their first USGA championship as a side. Shuping, who works for an investment advising group, was a four-time member of the American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team. He twice was runner-up in the North Carolina 3A state high school championship. Taylor earned AAC all-conference honors twice and tied for 10th in the AAC Championship as a junior. He played in the PGA Tour’s 2018 Military Tribute at the Greenbrier as a Monday qualifier. He has competed in two U.S. Amateurs (2017, 2020).

Nathan Smith, 42, of Pittsburgh, Pa., & Todd White, 53, of Spartanburg, S.C.

Smith and White won the inaugural U.S. Amateur Four Ball Championship in 2015 with a 7-and-5 triumph in the final at The Olympic Club in San Francisco,site of this year’s U.S. Women’s Open. The duo also reached the quarterfinals in 2017 at Pinehurst No. 2. Their partnership was forged at the 2013 Walker Cup, where they helped the USA retain the Cup at National Golf Links of America. They are one of two sides to have played in all five Amateur Four-Balls. Smith owns a record four U.S. Mid-Amateur titles (2003, 2009, 2010, 2012). An investment advisor, Smith has competed in 46 USGA championships. White, a high school history teacher, has played in 28 USGA championships, including the 1995 U.S. Open. The reinstated amateur advanced to the 2012 U.S. Mid-Amateur semifinals and reached the quarterfinals in 2014 and 2015.

Michael Wilhelm, 27, of Omaha, Neb., & Danny Woodhead, 36, of Elkhorn, Neb.

Wilhelm and Woodhead were one of two teams to qualify at Firethorn Golf Club, in Lincoln, Neb. They are both members of Omaha Country Club, site of this year’s U.S. Senior Open. Wilhelm works as a financial consultant for higher education procurement projects and is a volunteer golf coach at Millard North High School. Woodhead, a graduate of Chadron (Neb.) State and a two-time Harlon Hill Trophy recipient as NCAA Division II’s top football player, played for four NFL teams as an undrafted free agent running back. He ran for more than 2,200 yards and caught 300 passes during his career and hauled in a touchdown pass from Tom Brady in Super Bowl XLVI for the New England Patriots.