Final Qualifying: Shot 71-67--138 at BallenIsles C.C. (East Course), in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., on June 8

The rising University of Oklahoma senior qualified for his first U.S. Open by posting 6-under 138 at BallenIsles C.C. and then surviving a 3-for-2 playoff for the final spots. Cowan pos,ted one victory this past season in Hawaii. He also finished fourth individually at the NCAA Corvallis (Ore.) Regional. He was the runner-up in the Valspar Collegiate Invitational and finished third in the Maridoe Collegiate. Cowan, an Edmond, Okla., resident has qualified for the last three U.S. Amateurs.