42nd U.S. Mid-Amateur: Meet the Semifinalists

• No. 85 in World Amateur Golf Ranking®/WAGR®
 

• Playing in his 10th USGA championship and second U.S. Mid-Amateur
 

• Made seven birdies in his quarterfinal round win over Sam Jones
 

• Advanced to the Round of 32 in last year’s Mid-Amateur at Erin Hills
 

• Defeated 2019 Mid-Amateur runner-up Joseph Deraney in the Round of 16
 

• Played in four U.S. Amateurs and was runner-up in the 2008 U.S. Junior Amateur
 

• Chosen Virginia State Golf Association Player of the Year in 2021 and 2022
 

• Runner-up in this year’s George L. Coleman Invitational at Seminole Golf Club
 

• Two-time All-Atlantic Coast Conference selection while playing at Wake Forest University
 

• In 2021, he won the Virginia State Open and Virginia State Mid-Amateur

•He and partner Dan Walters advanced to the semifinals of the 2022 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship
 

• Analyst for an investment group
 

Road to the Semifinals

-Shot 70-71–141 in stroke play to earn the No. 28 seed

-R64: Def. Zach Vandolah, 3 and 2

-R32: Def. Brice Wilkinson, 3 and 1

-R16: Def. Joseph Deraney, 5 and 4

-QF: Def. Sam Jones, 2 and 1

• No. 16 in World Amateur Golf Ranking®/WAGR®
 

• Competing in his 29th USGA championship and seventh U.S. Mid-Amateur
 

• One of six players to win multiple U.S. Mid-Amateur Championships (2016, 2021)
 

• Also reached Mid-Am semifinals in 2018 and 2019 and owns a 26-4 match-play record in championship
 

• Ranks eighth is career U.S. Mid-Amateur match-play victories and is one behind 2013 champion Michael McCoy
 

• Member of four winning USA Walker Cup Teams (2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)
 

• Won a gold medal in the mixed team competition of the 2019 Pan American Games
 

• Low amateur in the 2017 Masters Tournament and was first invited Mid-Am champion to make the 36-hole cut
 

• Competed in four U.S. Opens and finished 64th in 2022 at The Country Club, in Brookline, Mass.
 

• Played in 14 U.S. Amateurs and advanced to the quarterfinals in 2020 and 2022
 

• Works as a financial analyst
 

Road to the Semifinals

-Shot 69-69–138 in stroke play to earn the No. 14 seed

-R64: Def. Matt Van Zandt, 5 and 3

-R32: Def. Mark Costanza, 2 and 1

-R16: Def. Nate McCoy, 3 and 1

-QF: Def. Parker Edens, 2 and 1

• No. 3,406 in World Amateur Golf Ranking®/WAGR®
 

• Competing in his third USGA championship and second U.S. Mid-Amateur
 

• Made an up-and-down par from rough near a greenside bunker to win his quarterfinal match
 

• Reached the Round of 32 at Erin Hills last year in his first Mid-Amateur
 

• Won 2023 Carolinas Mid-Amateur with a 54-hole score of 199, including a second-round 63
 

• Tied for third in this year’s John T. Lupton Memorial at The Honors Course in Tennessee
 

• In 2022, he was fifth in the South Carolina State Amateur and second in the Picard Cup
 

• Chosen 2022 South Carolina Golf Association Player of the Year
 

• Earned a degree in business management from Presbyterian College
 

• Finished 10th in Big South Conference Championship as a senior in 2014-2015
 

• Sales representative for a windows and doors company
 

Road to the Semifinals

-Shot 70-69–139 in stroke play to earn the No. 18 seed

-R64: Def. Jonathan Fricke, 1 up

-R32: Def. Andres Schonbaum, 4 and 2

-R16: Def. Joe Du Chateau, 3 and 1

-QF: Def. Stephen Behr Jr., 1 up

• No. 2,902 in World Amateur Golf Ranking®/WAGR®

• Competing in his 12th USGA championship and first U.S. Mid-Amateur

• Defeated stroke-play medalist Jeronimo Esteve in this year’s Round of 32
 

• Made a winning par on No. 17 to win his match in the quarterfinal round
 

• Played in six U.S. Amateurs and three U.S. Amateur Public Links

• One of two players in 2023 U.S. Amateur who also played in the 2012 Amateur, both at Cherry Hills Country Club

• Runner-up in 2023 Mississippi State Amateur and 2022 Mississippi State Mid-Amateur
 

• Two-stage qualifier for 2011 U.S. Open Championship at Congressional Country Club
 

• Three-time all-conference selection at Middle Tennessee State University between 2010-15
 

• Teaches cost and financial accounting at the University of Mississippi
 

• Working on his Ph.D. in accounting at Ole Miss and is a certified public accountant
 

Road to the Semifinals

-Shot 71-70—141 in stroke play to earn the No. 33 seed

-R64: Def. David Richards, 19 holes

-R32: Def. Jeronimo Esteve, 5 and 4

-R16: Def. Nick Maccario, 1 up

-QF: Def. Bobby Massa, 2 and 1