Sam Bairstow

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Road to Pinehurst No. 2

Final Qualifying: Shot 68-67 at Walton Heath Golf Club (Old and New Courses) in England on May 20

Bio

The left-hander from England will make his U.S. Open debut after carding 9-under-par 135 to garner one of the nine spots at the Walton Heath Golf Club final qualifier. Bairstow's lone professional win to date is the 2023 Farmfoods Scottish Challenge on the European Challenge Tour. Bairstow has qualified for a pair of Open Championships as an amateur in 2021 and 2022. In 2022, he advanced to the championship match of the Amateur Championship at Royal Lytham & St. Annes, falling in the final to South African teen Aldrich Poltgieter, 3 and 2. That same year, Bairstow represented England in the 2022 World Amateur Team Championship in France. He also represented Great Britain & Ireland in the 2022 St. Andrews Trophy. He turned pro in the fall of 2022.