Golf Channel · Jun 11, 2019
Closer look at the 15 amateurs competing in U.S. Open
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Fifteen amateurs will tee it up in the 119th U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, including Viktor Hovland and Stewart Hagestad. Here is a closer look at each of them:
Devon Bling
Age: 19
Hometown: Ridgecrest, Calif.
College: UCLA (junior)
How he qualified: U.S. Amateur runner-up
Thursday tee time: 2:58 p.m. (10)
Friday tee time: 9:13 a.m. (1)
Bling, who lost to Viktor Hovland, 6 and 5, in last summer’s U.S. Amateur final at Pebble Beach, makes his second major start this year. He finished 55th at the Masters. When Bling was 13 years old, his mother, Sara, died from a stroke at age 44.
Chandler Eaton
Age: 21
Hometown: Alpharetta, Ga.
College: Duke (senior)
How he qualified: Sectional qualifying