Michigan star golfer Kyle Mueller qualified this week to play in his third consecutive U.S. Amateur, and will be joined by teammate Nick Carlson, who earned an automatic exemption after his Cinderella run to the final four a year ago.
Mueller, a senior-to-be and the 73rd-ranked amateur in the world, shot rounds of 71 and 67 to finish 4 under, one shot off the medalist spot at the qualifier at Columbia Country Club in S.C.
The Athens, Ga., native still did enough to earn one of the three spots available for a ticket to the U.