Northern Star · Aug 25, 2016
Fillon represent NIU at US Open
Courtesy NIU Media ServicesSenior golfer Pierrick Fillon eyes the ball after a putting attempt. Fillon participated in the 116th US Amateur Championship on Aug. 15. He did not make it past the first cut.
The senior golfer, who joined the Huskies in 2013, has not taken this summer off of golf, as he qualified to play in the 116th US Amateur Championship, which began Aug. 15 at the Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield, Mich.
To qualify for the US Amateur Championship, Fillon had to shoot 5-under-par and score 139 in a 36-hole course qualifier in July at Naperville Country Club.