A trio of Greater Victoria golfers are teed up for next monthB次元官网网址檚 U.S. Amateur Championship after topping qualifying play July 5.
Jack Rothwell and Craig Doell, Victoria Golf Club members, said intimate knowledge of the greens helped them earn their placements at the Oak Bay course.
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Jack Swan, also a Greater Victoria player, claimed the third spot available to the 77 players.
Rothwell was the medalist, shooting rounds of 68 and 69 to finish at three-under par. Doell and Swan each finished at one under.
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Doell, 49, is a local investment adviser savouring the opportunity to play in his first U.S. Amateur having attempted twice before.
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Rothwell, 20, and the 2019 B.C. amateur champion, returns this fall to Babson College, a private business school in Massachusetts, after taking a year off.
Swan is an Esquimalt High grad who just completed his freshman year at North Idaho College.
DuncanB次元官网网址檚 Tristan Mandur, who will defend his B.C. Amateur title next week at Storey Creek Golf Club in Campbell River, finished fourth and is first alternate.
The 121st playing of the U.S. Amateur runs Aug. 9 to 15 at Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania.
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