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Wolcott, Thornberry to Represent Ole Miss at U.S. Amateur
Ole Miss junior Ben Wolcott and incoming freshman Braden Thornberry have each qualified for the 2015 U.S. Amateur Golf Championships held August 17-23 at the Olympia Fields Country Club in Olympia Fields, Illinois.
The tournament will be held at the par-71, 7,490-yard Highlands Course at the Atlanta Athletic Club. A field of 312 players will play 36 holes of stroke play on Aug. 17 and 18, after which the field will be cut to the low-64 scorers. Six rounds of match play begin Aug. 19 and the championship concludes with a scheduled 36-hole championship match on Aug. 23.
Thornberry, an incoming freshman from Southaven, Mississippi, fired a two-round total of 137 to finish runner-up in qualifying at the Jackson Country Club in Jackson, Tennessee July 6. Thornberry was also recently named to the 10-man East Squad for the AJGA Wyndham Cup, which competes next week in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Wolcott, who paced the Rebels with a 71.72 stroke average last season, turned in a 36-hole score of 138 to finish third in qualifying at the Burningtree Country Club in Decatur, Alabama July 13. This is the second-straight year the Dickson, Tennessee native has qualified for the U.S. Amateur.
Fans can visit www.USGA.org for score updates throughout each round.
Courtesy of Ole Miss Sports Information