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Golf Clash Guide: Best Clubs, Stats, and Upgrading Strategies

Golf Clash is a surprisingly deep golf game that you can play with your friends on Facebook, iOS, and Android. From clubs to stats and upgrades, its level of depth is essentially unmatched when it comes to other sports games on mobile devices. The way you progress through its courses and challenges gives it an RPG-like feel that leaves you with a sense of satisfaction when it’s all said an done.

However, one of the biggest roadblocks in the way of becoming a great player in Golf Clash is not knowing how to manage your coins and clubs. Any experienced player will tell you that sinking upgrades into clubs as you get them is absolutely not worth it , and I’m here to echo that sentiment. In this tips and tricks guide to Golf Clash , we’ll show you the best clubs in the game and explain how you’re going to want to manage your club collection.

Golf Clash Club Stats Spreadsheet 

Let me bring your attention to the most complete and comprehensive community-driven spreadsheet for clubs on Golf Clash . 

I didn’t create this spreadsheet , and it’s being managed by several veteran players over at /r/GolfClash on Reddit  and the Playdemic forums . Having such a large number of contributors means that it’s constantly updated to stay relevant and correct, highlighting the best clubs in the game. 

Click here to check it out in its entirety . 

The spreadsheet can be a little confusing at first, so let’s talk about exactly what you’re looking at. The most important column is the last one, % Perfect Weighted . This column identifies the highest and lowest possible value for each club stat category, then it calculates the percentage of how “perfect” that club is. For example, if a club’s highest Power is 240, then that value is 100% perfect. If its lowest Power is 190, then that’s 0% perfect. At 215 Power, it’d be 50% perfect.

The average values for each stat category create an overall % Perfect Value for each club. However, club   stats are weighted depending on the club type you’re looking at . For example, Power is the most important stat for Drivers. Therefore, Power has 75% weighting for the % Total Perfect value for Drivers.

Each page of the spreadsheet shows the clubs with the best possible stats (weighted and overall) in descending order . A 100% perfect club has the highest possible stats in every category.

Best Club of Each Type in Golf Clash

Having this spreadsheet allows us to easily determine what the “best” club of each type is. Best is subjective here (of course) because a club can have a really low value for a stat you’re looking for, however, it can be much higher than the rest of the field in other stats (thus giving it a higher % Perfect Weighted score).

If this is the only information you’re interested in, you don’t have to look at any complicated spreadsheet. Here’s a table with that information:

These are the clubs you’re going to want to save your resources for . Be conscious of your experience while playing Golf Clash, though. Do you plan to play the game long-term and farm for the best possible clubs? If so, you’re probably going to only want to spend your gems on the clubs above.

If you’re a more casual player, you can check out the difference in % Perfect Weighted back on our spreadsheet. For example, if you really want a good Long Iron but can’t get your hands on The B52 and already have Tsunami, the % Perfect Weighted difference between a Level 7 B52 and Tsunami is just 0.4%. Just put those levels into your Tsunami.

However, you need to be mindful of the strengths and weaknesses of every club . For example, The Amazon is the second-highest rated Rough Iron in terms of % Perfect Weighted, but its Ball Guide stat is very bad at just 2.5.

However, the Curl, Back Spin, and Top Spin on this club is high above the Level 8 Nirvana, which is the top-rated Rough Iron. Ball Guide is generally an extremely important stat for Rough Irons though. This is why calling any club the best is a bit subjective. You need to really read into the stats.

Golf Clash Club Upgrading Strategy

Many players make the mistake of sinking all their coins into upgrading clubs to max level so that rewards will stop prioritizing them and go into other clubs. From my own personal experience and everything I’ve read on Reddit and forums, don’t do this .

There are a small handful of clubs for each club type that are good — but the rest you’ll never use. Through the spreadsheet in this guide, it’s pretty easy to identify which is which. 

For Drivers, upgrading anything besides Extra Mile, Apocalypse, or Thor’s Hammer isn’t optimal. For Wood clubs, you only want to focus on Guardian, Sniper, and Cataclysm . Nirvana is the only Rough Iron you’ll ever use past Tour 7. Around that same time, you’ll be earning 300k+ coins per match and upgrading your clubs won’t be as tedious of a task.

However, you can’t just get to Tour 7 of Golf Clash by not upgrading clubs. You’re going to need to upgrade what you have as sparingly as possible so you can squeak by matches until you get your hands on one of the elite clubs. Don’t overdo it! You don’t need to upgrade any lower-tier clubs past the point at which you’re finding success with them . It’s a waste of your resources.

Golf Clash is a deep game that’s going to require some foresight before you jump right in and start splurging coins to upgrade every club. Save and make an upgrade plan for yourself. Focus on only the optimal clubs. Make use of the provided spreadsheet!

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Golf Clash Walkthrough Tour 1-11 (With Best Clubs For Every Tour)

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I wanted to write this walkthrough to help you improve your game, no matter what tour you’re currently in Golf Clash.

For each tour you will find the best clubs to use and some additional details to every course that is in that tour – I linked also a full walkthrough for every single hole and how to play it perfectly.

Best Clubs For Every Tour

Here you will find a detailed guide for the clubs that you should focus on in every single tour that will work best for the courses you find in these tours.

In each tour section you will also find a link to a full walkthrough for all courses and holes in that tour with the best ways to play them 🙂

Important! Do NOT rush tours unless you have the required bankroll for them! Read here how to never get broke in Golf Clash

Actually, play with whatever you get early in the game – opponents are bad and there’s not much to recommend someone who hasn’t that much choices 😉

Just grind your way through these tours and enjoy some horrible opponents that fail miserably ????

Tour 3 (Asia Pacific)

Tour 3 is slowly giving you more options when it comes to clubs but don’t waste any Coins early in the game just you pull some Big Toppers or Grim Reapers (happens pretty often).

The clubs you should focus on are the Extra Mile, the Big Dawg, goliath and also Malibu – they will also help you in later tours so keep your coins together and ignore the other clubs for now until you’ve beaten Tour 3.

I have here a full walkthrough for Tour 3 that will show you how to play every hole – check it out here (coming soon) .

Tour 4 (6 Star Hotel)

In Tour 4 it starts to get more difficult in the game for the first time when your opponents start to appear to even think about what they’re doing. Anyway, not really that hard to beat and get the bankroll to move on…

You should either use the Viper or the Big Dawg as wood and it’s worth upgrading at least one of them because they will be useful in many later tours as well. Do not upgrade both simultaneously! This will exceed your Coins, I can promise you that. Some courses are pretty long in Tour 4 and I would prefer the Big Dawg more unless you have more progress on the Viper already.

The Goliath is the long iron of your choice and you can catch up from Tour 3 here and keep it without looking left and right.

Ignore the Hammerhead (for now) and the Down-In-One that you very likely will get, they are not worth any coins right now, still continue using either the Thorn or the Dart, whatever suits you better.

You will get the razor in the next tour so keep using the Roughcutter now but don’t upgrade it too much only if you feel you have big problems with it

Last but not least in this walkthrough, keep the Malibu and upgrade it. It’s the second-best sand wedge in the game and the only better one (Spitfire) is not available for many tours.

Find a full walkthrough for Tour 4 that will show you how to play every hole here as well – check it out here (coming soon) .

Tour 5 (World Links)

In Tour 5 you should still stick with your Extra Mile and it will be finde for most courses.

Now it’s also time to work on upgrading your Hammerhead that wasn’t necessary earlier but here you will see a lot of advantage when you do it while walking through this tour.

If you’re looking for a short iron I’d recommend you to use the Hornet, it will work best in this tour. Rough iron is not that important and I barely use it, but the Razor is better due to higher accuracy .

The best sand wedge will still be the Malibu.

Find a full walkthrough for Tour 4 that will show you how to play every hole here as well – check it out here .

Tour 6 (U.S. Champions)

In Tour 6 you really want to level up your Big Dawg club because you can use it for about 80% of all holes so every additional level will help you out a lot. The reason is simple, you have very nice power compared. If you struggle with accuracy , what I know many do, you might want to switch to the Backbone or Saturn. But that depends on how you play and feel when playing this tour.

For the long drives you should still stick with the Extra Mile that you should have upgraded fairly well at this point.

Additionally, you also want to work on upgrading your Backbone because this long iron will also come in handy in many situations – with this setup you’re well-prepped for 90% of all holes and situations.

I have here a full guide for Tour 6 that will show you how to play every hole – check it out here .

Tour 7 (Tropic Kings)

You can still stick with the Extra Mile and if you switched to the Backbone in Tour 6 you can also keep it, otherwise you should work on upgrading it as it will get more neccessary in this tour.

The Big Dawg served well so far but the lack of backspin makes it difficult to use in Tour 7 and you will start seeing more and more shootouts to settle the draw where the lack of backspin and not the best accuracy can kill your victory.

The other clubs from the previous tour are still fine to use.

I have here a full guide for Tour 7 that will show you how to play every hole – check it out here .

Tour 8 (Mountain Tour)

I wouldn’t recommend any different clubs than in Tour 7 but keep them upgraded, especially the Extra Mile as every yard counts.

You’ll encounter shootouts basically every single hole unless you or your opponent does some crazy things and they will decide how well you do in this tour.

Don’t feel like playing bad about it, it’s just how Tour 8 works right now and keep up. If you feel like getting stressed take a break and continue later 🙂

I have here a full walkthrough on Tour 8 that will show you how to play every hole – check it out here .

Tour 9 (Platinum Resort)

If you got the Apocalypse by now you can switch over to ut (Level 2+), otherwise keep on using the Extra Mile Level 7. Also the Backbone is one important club to use and have upgraded as far as you can. Both will make sure that you can win the shootouts that still are very common in Tour 8.

I used the Sniper here as wood and kept on using Malibu as sand wedge.

Don’t get confused that the recommendations get shorter now, we’re heading to the final tours and there’s not that much changing anymore rather than upgrading your clubs properly.

This is also a tour when you need to use either Navigators or Quasars as balls ! (Read here my ball guide )

Find a full walkthrough for Tour 9 that will show you how to play every hole here as well – check it out here .

Tour 10 (Tour Oceania)

If you can upgrade The Apocalypse to Level 3 you should choose that, otherwise you can use the Extra Mile Level 7 – they are both useful.

Having the Sniper also well-upgraded is really useful for shootouts and I’d switch the Backbone to the Goliath, but only if you can get it to Level 6, otherwise you should run with the Backbone at Level 10

The malibu should still be the best sand wedge you can use (I’m really a fan of it as you can see…) 🙂

Here you should try to get the Apocalypse to Level 5 as fast as possible, you will get wrecked by maxed Apocalypses often times and that’s the only way to hold up – but you’re in the highest tour and at the end of the walkthrough, so waht do you expect? 😉

Upgrade the recommended clubs from Tour 10 as much as you can and prepare for soem really strong and maxed player until you can max out yourself.

Don’t make the mistake and go broke here! Proper bankroll management is so super important or you will find yourself grinding Tour 5-8 for a long time again!

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Best Clubs in Golf Clash (With Upgrade Guide)

A player’s skill is always important, but getting a better golf club could make him even better in Golf Clash. Many players don’t have much idea about golf clubs. They waste most of their resources on upgrading a golf club which then turns out to be terrible.

This is where this guide comes in. We will be recommending some of the best golf clubs to use and upgrade. This guide will help you avoid wasting coins. It will also help you focus on the right golf clubs.

Upgrading Golf Clubs in Golf Clash

Quite a few players think that using the early game golf clubs is the best option. They will keep using that particular golf club until they get their hands on the best golf club. This will only work for a short period of time.

Right after Tour 6+, it will become almost impossible for the player to progress. This is why upgrading a golf club is very important. What’s more important for the player is to upgrade the right golf club. It will last you until you finally get the ultimate golf club. Here’s an image to help you understand:

Maxing Out Golf Clubs

Most people prefer to max out a particular golf club. The Extra Mile is a great example of this as it can last the players all the Tours till Tour 9.

The golf club can be accessed early game. Playing any low tour will give players a much better chance to drop cards for the club. Will this guarantee anything?

Unfortunately, no. Playing lower tours will not give you any better chance of getting club cards. Unlocking all these chests will take the same amount of time on higher tours as well. As a matter of fact, you will actually slow down your progress by having a smaller number of cards, and coins.

All the Best Clubs in Golf Clash

We’ve made a complete list of all the best golf clubs in Golf Clash that you can use and upgrade. We’ve ranked them according to their use. For each category, we’ve mentioned the best golf club for the job. To make things even easier, we went ahead and mention what you should use before you get your hands on any of these awesome golf clubs.

If you own any of these golf clubs already, make sure to put them in good use! All of the best golf clubs in golf clash, along with a brief analysis are given below:

Best Drivers in Golf Clash

As mentioned before, the Extra Mile is a great golf club which is obtainable early game. It has a pretty decent range. Try upgrading this golf club until you find Thor’s Hammer or Apocalypse.

Many players have seemed to find them around level 7. It might take less or more time for you. Just keep using the Extra Mile until then. If the opponents start to get tougher, use an upgrade on the golf club.

Thor’s Hammer is a lot better than the Extra Mile. Make sure to swap as soon as you get it. Apocalypse should be the final choice for you. With incredible range and precision, the Apocalypse is the best driver in the game.

Best Woods in Golf Clash

While playing Tour 2, you will get access to the Viper. It is a pretty good wood in the game and can be upgraded multiple times. After progressing to Tour 6, you will have the option to unlock the Sniper. Although it is a pretty solid golf club, you will also need to put some work on Big Dawg. There are a few holes in tournaments, that will require more distance than what using the Viper will give you.

Along the way, you will come across some other woods. Ignore all of them and keep upgrading the Viper. Before you get the Sniper, make a few upgrades till level 9 which will make its stats on par with the other woods. The Sniper is significantly better than the Viper, but you will need to stick with the Viper for most of the journey.

Best Short Iron in Golf Clash

Unfortunately, in the early game, not even a single short iron is worth spending upgrades. Even if you absolutely have to upgrade one, we’d recommend keeping it to a bare minimum. Recently, Kingfisher had an amazing buff. After getting the first useful short iron which is the Thorn, get either Kingfisher or Hornet.

Hornet’s precision is slightly better than Thorn but both are pretty useful. On the other hand, Kingfisher can act as an alternative to Hornet.

Best Long Iron in Golf Clash

After testing out various golf clubs, we’ve reached the conclusion that only three golf clubs are worth your time and coins. The first one which you can unlock is the Goliath. You will have to use this long iron for quite a while.

After progressing to a certain point, you will have enough resources to unlock the Backbone. You will still need to use Goliath from time to time for longer distances.

As for the best long iron for end-game players, Saturn will be the ultimate choice here.

Best Wedges in Golf Clash

The Dart is one of the easiest wedges to get in early-game. Keep using it as a wedge until you get to Tour 7.

From here on, the Skewer will be the better golf club. The Dart is also pretty good, but for the end-game players, the Rapier should be the absolute wedge.

Best Rough Irons in Golf Clash

Regrettably, there aren’t any good choices for rough irons in golf clash. The Roughcutter is probably the first impressive rough iron in the game. Use it until you get to Tour 7, or 8.

Soon after, get the Razor. It is a pretty solid rough iron in golf clash. For Tour 9+, the Nirvana is the best rough iron to use.

Best Sand Wedges in Golf Clash

Before getting to Tour 3, don’t even think about getting a sand wedge. You will unlock the Malibu in Tour 3. Although the distance isn’t anything great, it will feature amazing accuracy.

For the latter half of the game, SpitFire is probably the best sand wedge. You can unlock it after you’re at Tour 7.

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Not sure how the Grizzly is not on that list whatsoever for top long irons…better accuracy & ball guide than the Goliath & better EVERYTHING than the Backbone.

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2024 Memorial Tournament fantasy golf rankings, picks, strategy: Back Denny McCarthy, avoid Ludvig Aberg

Eric cohen locked in his pga tour fantasy golf rankings, picks and lineups for the memorial tournament 2024 at muirfield village golf club.

With the 2024 Memorial Tournament being the final event before the U.S. Open, fantasy golf lineups will have no shortage of elite players with the top golfers in the world getting in a tune-up before the third major of the year. The 2024 Memorial Tournament field features the likes of Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Xander Schaufflele and defending champion Viktor Hovland. Play gets underway from Jack Nicklaus' Muirfield Village Golf Club on Thursday, June 6. 

A field of 73 golfers will compete for a $20 million purse on this brute of a golf course. The par-72 layout plays at 7,569 yards and will generate higher scores from the field than most PGA Tour events. With a competitive field set to take on this event at Muirfield Village, who can you trust for your 2024 Memorial Tournament fantasy picks? Before making any 2024 Memorial Tournament fantasy golf picks, you have to see the Memorial Tournament fantasy golf rankings from SportsLine handicapper Eric Cohen .

Cohen is an avid golf bettor who correctly predicted the pre-tournament outright winner of the 2024 Masters (Scottie Scheffler, +350), Players Championship (Scheffler +550), 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic (Rickie Fowler +1400), 2023 PGA Championship (Brooks Koepka +2000), 2023 Honda Classic (Chris Kirk +3500), 2022 Open Championship (Cameron Smith +2200), 2022 U.S. Open (Matt Fitzpatrick +2500), and 2022 Phoenix Open (Scheffler's first career victory at +2800).

Cohen is a contributor to SportsLine's YouTube shows including "Early Edge" and is the host of "The Early Wedge" golf show. Anyone who has followed Cohen's predictions has made positive gains on their golf picks.

Now, Cohen has ranked his top golfers for the 2024 Memorial Tournament.  Cohen's picks are only available at SportsLine .

2024 Memorial Tournament expert picks

For the Memorial Tournament 2024, Cohen is backing Denny McCarthy at +7500 odds. McCarthy has yet to win on the PGA Tour, but he's been extremely close in recent weeks. He recorded a second-place finish at the Valero Texas Open after losing in a playoff to Akshay Bhatia. He also secured a T-6 finish at the Wells Fargo Championship in May, so his game is trending in the right direction heading into Muirfield Village, a place where he has had success in the past. 

"This is a great number on a player who has shined at 'Jack's Place' of late," Cohen told SportsLine. "In 2022, he finished T-5 and last year, he lost in a playoff to Viktor Hovland despite gaining more than 11 shots putting."

On the other hand, Cohen is fading Ludvig Aberg, who's among the favorites at +1800 odds. Aberg has exploded onto the scene early in his career. He has two runner-up finishes this season, including a second-place showing at the Masters in April. He's finished T-10 or better in three of his last five starts and is among the best iron players on tour, ranking inside the top 20 in strokes gained: approach to green (0.503) and greens in regulation percentage (68.97%). 

However, Aberg has been extremely inconsistent with a putter in his hands. In fact, the 24-year-old ranks 63rd in putting average (1.750), 67th in putts per round (28.66) and 73rd in strokes gained: putting (0.123). In addition, Cohen notes that we've only seen Aberg play once since April, a missed cut at the PGA Championship. See all of Cohen's Memorial Tournament picks at SportsLine . 

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For this week, Cohen is backing several underdogs in his 2024 Memorial Tournament fantasy golf picks, including a staggering 200-1 longshot who "seems like a steal" for your fantasy golf lineups.  See who it is, and get all of Cohen's fantasy golf picks, at SportsLine . 

Who wins the 2024 Memorial Tournament, and who are the top players to target for your PGA fantasy golf picks?  Visit SportsLine now to get Eric Cohen's fantasy golf rankings, all from the fantasy expert who has called eight outright winners since 2022 , and find out.

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U.S. Open Final Qualifying 2024: Who's in, who's out and everything you need to know from 'Golf's Longest Day'

T he label “Golf’s Longest Day” is one of the game's better cliches. Even so, it still almost undersells all that takes place as the USGA fills out the field for the 2024 U.S. Open. With 10 Final Qualifying events spread out around the U.S. and Canada, each 36-hole affairs, a total of 687 amateurs and professionals (out of 10,000-plus who initially entered) are trying to say something that many aspire but few can boast of accomplishing:

I qualified for a major championship.

There were 44 spots available Monday, with the number varying by site. Those who advanced joined the 23 who have already gotten through the first three Final Qualifying events held two weeks ago and the 85 who were fully exempt. ( Click here for a complete list of the field so far).

Here are roundups from each of the Final Qualifying sites, letting you know who’s in and who’s out of the 124th U.S. Open.

Summit, N.J. • 72 players for 4 spots

Ben James, the fifth-ranked amateur in the world, who narrowly lost out on the NCAA title after being assessed a controversial one-stroke penalty last month, cruised through Final Qualifying at Canoe Brook Country Club in Summit, N.J., with rounds of 67-64. He was co-medalist alongside PGA Tour player Max Greyserman, who birdied eight of his final nine holes during a back-nine 28 and 64 in his second round.

Meanwhile the long-hitting Chris Gotterup, who ranks third on the PGA Tour in clubhead speed, came into his final hole of the day eight under and inside the cut line. Greenside in two on the 18th, his tough bunker shot just snuck onto the green. Three putts later and his double-bogey 6 left him one shot outside of the four-man playoff at seven under. Gotterup won his first PGA Tour event last month, the Myrtle Beach Classic, by six shots. He shot 66-64-65-67 there for 22-under-par total.

Forty-six-year-old Jim Herman, a three-time PGA Tour winner, was the last man to prevail after dropping a 15-foot putt for birdie on his third playoff hole. He topped Michael Miller, Raul Pereda and Peter Bradbeer for the last spot. This will be Herman’s sixth U.S. Open appearance and first since 2020.

“It was get in or go home, so here we are,” said Herman, who had the day’s first tee time in New Jersey. —Luke Kerr-Dineen

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Jim Herman, a three-time PGA Tour winner, survived a playoff to qualify for his sixth U.S. Open next week at Pinehurst.

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Rockville, Md. • 64 players for 3 spots

Australian Marc Leishman, a LIV Golf member, appeared ready to earn a 12th career U.S. Open start before his bid unraveled over the second 18 holes.

Leishman, who won six PGA Tour events and tied for second in the 2015 British Open before jumping to the LIV Golf League, opened with a seven-under 64 to lead the field, but was undone by two double bogeys in the first 10 holes and two bogeys in his last five holes in the afternoon and posted a three-over 74 and tied for seventh.

That was a surprise, but so were the medalists to some degree—Korn Ferry Tour player Tim Widing of Sweden, 123rd in the world ranking, and Isaiah Salinda, 227th in the world.

Widing, however, won back-to-back tournaments on the Korn Ferry Tour in April, and Salinda won on the Korn Ferry Tour in February. Amateur Wells Williams, who recently completed his sophomore season at Vanderbilt, was the third qualifier, finishing a stroke behind the medalists.

Among those who failed to qualify were Kevin Chappell, who has played in eight U.S. Opens, finishing third in 2011 at Congressional Country Club. Sebastian Munoz of Colombia, meanwhile, also did not qualify after finishing in a tie for 14th at the 2022 Open at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass., and tying for 49th last year at Los Angeles Country Club. —John Strege

Alpharetta, Ga. • 68 players for 3 spots

Tell us if you’ve heard this one before. Two Georgians and a Dane make their way to the Golf Club of Georgia’s Lakeside Course for Golf’s Longest Day. All three will now be teeing off at Pinehurst No. 2 next week. Not the best joke, but nothing but the facts here. Those Georgians are amateur Jackson Buchanan and Chris Petefish. That Danish golfer is amateur Frederik Kjettrup.

Buchanan got off to an Alpharetta-best 64 in the first round with a 67 follow-up to sail into the U.S. Open with a 13-under 131. The University of Illinois golfer and 2024 Big Ten Golfer of the Year is set to make his major debut coming off of a second-place finish at the Big Ten Championship at the end of April. Buchanan eagled his first hole of the second round at the Lakeside Course and then proceeded to conclude that same 18 with an eagle. A double bogey and two bogeys kept things somewhat interesting, but his first round yielded just one bogey and nine birdies. That’ll get the job done, especially when remembering that Buchanan finished as the second alternate last year after missing qualifying by one shot. Well, he did it this go-around.

Fellow amateur Kjettrup plays college golf at Florida State and recently became the 2024 ACC individual co-champion. He even made Seminole history back in March 2023 shooting a record-low 18 under at Shark’s Tooth Golf Club in Panama City Beach; that became the lowest three-round score in program history. Kjettrup made one bogey over Monday’s grueling 36 holes, including seven birdies on his combined back nines. A 66-66 with just one botched hole is nothing to scoff at.

The final golfer from this region to make it to Pinehurst No. 2 is Chris Petefish, who shot a bogey-free two rounds to tie Buchanan at 13 under. The 29-year-old turned pro in 2018 and has two runners-up on the Korn Ferry Tour. He’s coming off four missed cuts on the KFT, including one at the UNC Health Championship last weekend, but all that matters now are his rounds of 66 and 65 at the Golf Club of Georgia and that he’ll be making a golf pilgrimage to North Carolina soon.

These certainly weren’t the three biggest names in the field as LIV golfers Andy Ogletree and Hudson Swafford missed out. The former went seven under for the day and the latter didn’t play all 36 holes. Other notables Ollie Schniederjans, Christo Lamprecht and Aldrich Potgieter weren’t able to finish the job. —Greg Gottfried

Durham, N.C. • 84 players for 7 spots

A former U.S. Open champion is not likely to bow out quietly in a 36-hole Open qualifier, as Webb Simpson expertly demonstrated on Monday at Duke University Golf Club. Simpson, who's 10-year exemption for winning the 2012 U.S. Open at Olympic Club ran out last year, began with a three-under 67 in the morning, then stumbled on the front nine in the afternoon, before finishing with four birdies on his final six holes for a closing 69 that earned the North Carolina native a place at Pinehurst next week.

Simpson’s 36-hole total of four-under 136 tied him for fourth, good enough to qualify for his 13th U.S. Open.

“This one was a lot more special for me because I love Pinehurst, I have a second home there, I love No. 2,” Simpson said. “I really wanted to be there. It’s not fun to not be in the field, but certainly thankful that I was able to get it done today, barely.”

Frankie Capan III, 23, was the top qualifier with 68-66 for a six-under 134. A Korn Ferry Tour player, Capan qualified for the second consecutive year. He, too, is a former champion of a USGA event, teaming with Shuai Ming Wong to win the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball championship at Pinehurst in 2017.

A stroke behind Capan was Brian Campbell, the low amateur in the 2015 U.S. Open.

Seven players tied at three under par for the final two qualifying spots, including Henry Higgs, who recently won back-to-back tournaments on the Korn Ferry Tour. Higgs and Carter Jenkins both made birdies on their two playoff holes, advancing in a seven-for-two playoff.

Among those who failed to qualify was Miles Russell, the 15-year-old from Jacksonville Beach, Fla., who made the cut in the Korn Ferry Tour’s LECOM Suncoast Classic in April. Russell, who has received a sponsor’s invitation to play in the PGA Tour’s Rocket Mortgage Classic later this month, had rounds of 68-72. —John Strege

Webb Simpson, the 2012 U.S. Open champion, closed strong on Monday to qualify for this U.S. Open at Pinehurst, a place where he owns a second home.

John Biever

Ontario, Canada • 66 players for 7 spots

Mark Hubbard continued his good run of form by torching Cherry Hill Club in Ontario, Canada. His rounds of 64-63 featured just one bogey and his 15-under total left him three clear of Canadian Adam Svensson.

Hubbard has made all 15 cuts on the PGA Tour this season and tied for 26th place at the PGA Championship after opening with 65-68 to vault into contention heading into the weekend. This will be his second U.S. Open start, after playing his first in 2020.

Rico Hoey and fellow Georgia Bulldogs Davis Thompson and Greyson Sigg both advanced out of Canada. Hoey used a second-round 63 that featured seven birdies and an eagle.

Aaron Rai shot a bogey-free 63 in his second round to finish nine under, one ahead of Canadian amateur Ashton McCullogh, who birdied four of his last six holes to finish the last man in at eight under par.

Some notable names missed out, including Matt Wallace and Keith Mitchell, who each finished one outside the qualifying line and seven under. Ben Griffin, who finished a shot behind Robert MacIntyre a day earlier in the RBC Canadian Open, was in contention after his first 18 holes, but his second-round 69 was not enough to get the job done. Bud Cauley, Sam Ryder, Doug Ghim, Martin Laird and Stewart Cink are others who did not qualify. —Luke Kerr-Dineen

Columbus, Ohio • 68 players for 5 spots

An emotional Justin Lower, using his experience from playing Korn Ferry Tour events at the OSU Scarlet Course, shared medalist honors with fellow PGA Tour player Seamus Power of Ireland to earn his first start in a major championship.

“It means everything,” a teary-eyed Lower, 35, said after firing rounds of 64-68 to finish at 10-under 132. “I told myself I wouldn’t do this [cry], but, yeah, it’s really cool. Obviously, it’s a lot later than I thought I’d play in one. The Sunday [at the U.S. Open] usually falls on Father’s Day. I lost my dad when I was 15. Just to be able to play on that day would be really cool.

“I hadn’t been playing that well, but I just kept my head down,” said the second-year tour player from Canal Fulton, Ohio, who has missed his last three cuts but is a solid 86th currently on the FedEx Cup points list. “It was nice to see some putts go in.”

A two-time PGA Tour winner, Power, 37, is one of three players who teed it up in the qualifier who is competing in this week’s Memorial Tournament, the signature event in nearby Dublin, Ohio. He got through by matching Lower with 64-68 that included a birdie at the home hole to secure his berth.

Four players finished at nine-under 133 to advance to a four-for-three playoff—tour player Brendan Todd, veteran pros Otto Black and Chris Naegel and amateur Gunnar Broin, who completed his collegiate career last month at the University of Kansas. Black, of Detroit, forced the playoff when he birdied the 16th and 18th holes for a 65. He played in the same group with Power.

Todd, a three-time tour winner who is in the Memorial, was first in for a spot at Pinehurst when he stuck an approach to two feet at the 18th for an easy birdie. The playoff ended on the second extra hole, the par-4 ninth, when Black missed an eight-foot par putt. Naegel, 41, of Wildwood, Mo., qualified for his third U.S. Open. He finished T-56 in each of his previous two appearances. Broin, a Minnesota native ranked 486th in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, will play in his first Open.

Missing out on the playoff by one spot at eight under were seven players, including tour players Hayden Buckley and Luke List and Reynoldsburg, Ohio, club professional Wyatt Worthington II, who recently played in his third PGA Championship at Valhalla. Buckley suffered a painful finish with a three-putt bogey from 40 feet on his final hole, the par-4 ninth. He missed from four feet on his second putt for an afternoon 68 that dropped him out of the playoff.

Andrew Putnam, the third player in the Memorial field, shot even-par 71 in the second round to end up at five-under 137. —Dave Shedloski

Jupiter, Fla. • 73 players for 5 spots

Let’s start with the playoff. All finishing the day at three under, amateurs Brendan Valdes and Thomas Ponder, along with journeyman pro Willie Mack III, needed two extra holes to suss out who got the final qualifying spot at The Bear’s Club. Ponder found the water on the first playoff hole and made double bogey. Then Valdes missed a makeable par putt on the second to hand Mack a spot at Pinehurst. Mack parred both to clinch a U.S. Open bid.

“I’m just excited. Ready to get out there,” Mack said. “I had a tough time last year, so to keep plugging along and get to the U.S. Open. It’s exciting. You just gotta keep fighting. My dad always told me never to give up and I keep that in the back of my mind.

“I won a tournament a couple weeks ago, a six-hole playoff, I’ve got a lot of confidence going right now.”

It was a down-to-the-wire finish for Mack, but Matt Kuchar, Daniel Berger, Dean Burmester and amateur Luke Clanton got to put their feet up after just 36 holes.

Kuchar, a nine-time PGA Tour winner, was medalist at seven under over 36 holes, despite a double bogey near the end of his first round. Even with that gaffe, the 45-year-old will move on and tee off in his 21st U.S. Open.

Berger and Burmester ended the 36 holes knotted up at six under. Berger, also a Jupiter, Fla., resident and member at The Bear's Club, shot a topsy-turvy 65-73. Burmester, a LIV Golf League member, was more steady with a 68-70. The two have eight U.S. Open showings combined.

Unlike his three fellow golfers who didn’t need a playoff, amateur Luke Clanton will be making his first U.S. Open appearance. He’s coming off one of the greatest seasons in FSU history becoming the first Seminole to win three consecutive tournaments, earning victories at the Seminole Intercollegiate, Valspar Collegiate Invitational and Lewis Chitengwa Memorial. Clanton started his qualifier with a bogey on just the second hole but righted the ship for a 70-68 to clinch a trip to the promised land. FSU teammate and fellow amateur Frederik Kjettrup is also in the field after earning a U.S. Open spot at the Golf Club of Georgia.

Some who missed here include Joaquin Niemann, Patrick Rodgers, Anirban Lahiri, Cameron Tringale, Graeme McDowell and Branden Grace. After joining LIV, Niemann earned a special invitation to the Masters. He did not receive a similar invite from the U.S. Open, and now he’ll miss out on a chance to rep the fledgling league at Pinehurst. —Greg Gottfried

Springfield, Ohio • 64 players for 4 spots

All the drama at a qualifier delayed one hour, 45 minutes at the start due to fog came in an all-Australian playoff that ended in the gloaming between former World No. 1 Adam Scott and 2022 Presidents Cup teammate Cameron Davis. It was Davis, 29, who got through thanks to a three-foot birdie putt on the third extra hole after his bogey on the 36th hole had given Scott a second life.

The playoff was set up when Davis, 29, missed a seven-foot par putt on No. 18 to drop into a tie with Scott at seven-under 133. Scott, 43, who led after the first 18 holes with a 64, bogeyed three of his last six holes, including the home hole, for an afternoon 69. The 2013 Masters champion looked like he might earn the last berth and ensure he would keep alive his streak of major championship appearances when he chipped in for birdie at the first playoff hole only to watch Davis hole a 15-footer on top of him.

After they tied the 38th hole with pars, Davis stuffed his approach at the long par-4 12th. Scott came up short of the green out of a fairway bunker and then left his birdie try from off the front of the green two feet short. Then Davis ended it. As first alternate, Scott still could earn a berth in his 92nd straight major, or he could remain in the top 60 in the Official World Golf Ranking after the Memorial, in which he is not entered. He currently is 60th. The last time he didn't play in a major was the 2001 U.S. Open at Southern Hills in Tulsa.

Veteran pro Zac Blair, 33, returns to the site of his first start in a PGA Tour event after his five-under 65 earned medalist honors at nine-under 131. Blair, of Orem, Utah, ranked 139th in the world, finished at nine-over 289 in the 2014 U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2.

Tour player Beau Hossler, 29, of Austin, Texas, and Carson Schaake, a 29-year-old mini-tour player from Omaha, Neb., each had an afternoon 67 to tie for second at 132. Schaake’s younger brother, Alex, qualified for last year’s U.S. Open when he outlasted amateur Max Moldovan of Ohio State in an eight-hole playoff. The Schaakes shared medalist honors May 8 in local qualifying at Omaha Country Club. Alex was far off the pace at 147. —Dave Shedloski

Adam Scott and Cam Davis were teammates on the International Presidents Cup team two years ago. On Monday, they faced off against each other in a two-for-one playoff for the chance to qualify for the U.S. Open.

Jared C. Tilton

Bend, Ore. • 44 players for 2 spots

Joey Vrzich calmly walked up to his three-foot birdie putt on the 36th hole Monday at Pronghorn Resort and rolled the ball into the bottom of the cup. He let out a big sigh of relief, put his hat on his head in disbelief, shook hands with his competitors and walked off the green. He was medalist in Oregon, shooting 70-69 to finish at five under par.

The 25-year-old plays mostly on the PGA Tour Americas, with three top-20 finishes in six starts, including a third-place tie in Mexico in late February. Now he’s heading to Pinehurst next week to play in his first U.S. Open.

“It just gives me more confidence knowing I can play,” Vrzich said. “It just feels good to be able to do this and go see how good I am at a U.S. Open.”

Two shots behind Vrzich, and capturing the second of two spots, was amateur Colin Prater, who is a 29-year-old high school science teacher in Colorado.

Prater opened with a 68 in the first round and started to struggle at the beginning of his second round, making four bogeys in the first 10 holes. But he made three birdies over the last six holes to shoot 73 and end at three under par, capturing the final spot by a shot over Trevor Simsby and Ollie Osborne. Simsby, a 31-year-old Californian who plays on the Asian Tour this year, bogeyed the 36th hole to drop out of a chance for a playoff. —Jay Coffin

Daly City, Calif. • 84 players for 4 spots

David Puig hasn’t had the best of seasons this year with LIV Golf. In seven events, he’s tied for 15th twice, his two best finishes, but everything else has been well off the pace. He’s a member of fellow Spaniard Sergio Garcia’s Fireballs team.

The 22-year-old has, however, played a little better in Asian Tour events, collecting four top-10 finishes, including a victory in Malaysia back in February.

On Monday at Lake Merced, Puig separated himself from the field over the second 18 holes after opening with 68. In the afternoon he birdied three of his first four holes, collected eight birdies during the round and shot a bogey-free 64 to end at 12 under par.

“It means the world,” Puig said. “I’m pretty tired right now but it’s super exciting about getting a spot to the U.S. Open in a couple weeks.”

David Puig at the PGA Championship last month. He was medalist at the U.S. Open qualifier Monday in California.

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Finishing second place in California was amateur Omar Morales, who finished with birdies on the last two holes to jump up to 11 under par. Morales is from Mexico and just completed his junior season at UCLA. He qualified for the U.S. Open last year and hit the opening tee shot on Thursday at Los Angeles Country Club. He shot 68-65 and made a 16-footer on the last hole.

“It was just a grind, and to finish birdie-birdie was very satisfying,” Morales said. “I’m very proud of myself for heading to the U.S. Open again.”

John Chin, who birdied two of the last three holes, and Charles Reiter, with an eagle at the last, secured the final two spots from Lake Merced as there was not a playoff.

"It's about damn time," said Chin, a 37-year-old from Virginia playing in his first major championship.

R.J. Manke shot 64-71 and is the first alternate. The final result here in California put an end to an eventful day, and solidified the field for the 124th U.S. Open. — Jay Coffin

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Players take on a revamped colonial country club this week on the pga tour.

An annual stop on the PGA Tour calendar has received a makeover since players last saw it. Colonial Country Club once again played host to the 2024 Charles Schwab Challenge and Scottie Scheffler trails Davis Riley heading into Sunday's final round of this year's event which featured the debut of its newly renovated layout for players to tackle. 

Scheffler, the world No. 1 returns to Colonial following a tumultuous week in Louisville that ultimately resulted in another top-10 finish. While Scheffler was unable to continue his quest for the calendar grand slam, he did continue his stretch of top-10 finishes, which now stands at nine straight.

During this run, the Texan has collected four trophies and will look to make it five at a golf course that has treated him kindly in the past with a third-place finish a year ago and a playoff loss to Sam Burns in 2022. Another player who has fond memories of Colonial is Scheffler's fellow Texas Longhorn, Jordan Spieth.

A winner at this golf course nearly a decade ago, Spieth has made it a habit at contending at this place with eight top-10 finishes to his name. While his form is in question, Spieth's love for the property is not. Both Scheffler and Spieth are joined in the field by a number of their U.S. Ryder Cup teammates, including Collin Morikawa, Max Homa and Brian Harman.

Tony Finau, Min Woo Lee, Tom Kim, Si Woo Kim and Min Woo Lee round out a strong crop of players teeing it up in this full-field event. With the summer months fast approaching, the Charles Schwab Challenge presents a great opportunity for players to launch into the meat of the PGA Tour season with a hot start in Texas.

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