Huntsville s Nicholas Dunlap wins US Junior Amateur
The 17-year-old earned a spot in the 2022 US Open with the win.
Posted: Jul 24, 2021 10:43 PM
Posted By: Associated Press
PINEHURST, N.C. (AP) Nicholas Dunlap won the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship on Saturday at The Country Club of North Carolina, beating Cohen Trolio 3 and 2 in the 36-hole final.
The 17-year-old Dunlap, from Huntsville, Alabama, won three straight holes to take control and finished off the 18-year-old Trolio, from West Point, Mississippi, with a par win on the par-3 34th.
“My heart is still beating 100 times fast,” said Dunlap, the first champion from Alabama. “This is unbelievable. In junior golf, this is the big one, and to have my name on it, I can’t even put it into words.”
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