Final Qualifying: Shot 65-68 at Springfield (Ohio) Country Club on June 5

The Uniontown, Ohio, native qualified for his second consecutive U.S. Open, but this time he got into the field as the first alternate from the Springfield (Ohio) Country Club final qualifier. Moldovan was in a 3-for-2 playoff for the final spots and went eight extra holes with Alex Schaake before bowing out. Moldovan just completed his junior season at The Ohio State University,  where he won the 2023 NCAA Auburn (Ala.) Regional in May to help the Buckeyes advance to the NCAA Championships in Scottsdale, Ariz. Modolvan also posted three wins in the 2021-22 season. In 2019, he was named the American Junior Golf Association's Player of the Year, and was a member of the 2019 USA Junior Presidents Cup Team. He advanced to the Round of 32 in the 2019 U.S. Amateur, losing to eventual champion Andy Ogletree. That year, he also won the Ohio Amateur. He also won the 2019 AJGA Junior Polo Classic, the lone match-play event on the circuit. He reached the Round of 16 of the 2019 U.S. Junior Amateur at Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio.