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Golf Channel · Aug 19, 2019

With Walker Cup looming, U.S. Am champ Ogletree without a passport

Highlights: Ogletree defeats Augenstein to win 119th U.S. Amateur

0:0047:54PINEHURST, N.C. – After Andy Ogletree won the U.S. Amateur on Sunday, his mother, Melissa, found Georgia Tech coach Bruce Heppler and made an uncomfortable admission.

“I don’t think he has a passport,” she said sheepishly.

That’s a problem, of course, with Ogletree automatically qualifying for the U.S. Walker Cup team by virtue of his victory. The Americans are set to leave in about a week and a half for the Sept. 7-8 matches at Royal Liverpool.

Which is in England.

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