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USA Today
29-06-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Vanderbilt's Carlos Astiazaran takes North & South Amateur title in playoff at Pinehurst No. 2
Carlos Astiazaran took his time lining up the putt. Then he stood over it, pulled the putter back and made his stroke, quickly turning his head toward the hole. It didn't take long for him to begin his celebration. He exploded once the ball dropped, and the fans surrounding the first green joined in on the eruption. Astiazaran, who transferred to Vanderbilt from Pacific this offseason, won the 125th North & South Amateur on Saturday at Pinehurst No. 2, beating Tennessee 2026 commit Tyler Watts on the first extra hole. Watts, who won the Sunnehanna Amateur two weeks ago and finished T-6 last week at the Northeast Amateur, was 1 up with two holes to go, but Astiazaran birdied the par-3 17th to tie the match before draining another birdie on the par-4 first to win. 'This is definitely by far the biggest one I've ever had in my career,' Astiazaran said. 'It's so big. To win a playoff, too? I mean, look at my hand. I'm still shaking.' The rising junior led early on but then trailed a majority of the match, though he and Watts spent a couple different holes tied down the stretch. On the closing 18th, Astiazaran had a look to win the match 1 up but couldn't get it to fall. Then in the playoff, his approach landed roughly 10 feet right of the flag, and the rest is history. 'I was walking the clubhouse hallway and every time I'd look around and say to myself, 'Wow, what would my name look like up there?'' Astiazaran said. 'And, now, to say I did that is pretty special. I made a putt to win. I didn't lag and win with a 2-putt. I earned it. 'I won at Pinehurst.'
NBC Sports
20-06-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
In battle of tour pros' sons, Gutschewski beats Kuchar for Western Junior title
Trevor Gutschewski proved Thursday that winning golf is never that far away. Gutschewski, the incoming Florida freshman and son of tour pro Scott Gutschewski, had mostly struggled since capturing the U.S. Junior Amateur last July. But fresh off a missed cut at the U.S. Open at Oakmont, Gutschewski got back to his victorious ways with a one-shot win over another son of a PGA Tour veteran, Cameron Kuchar, Matt Kuchar's oldest. With three birdies in his last six holes at the Harvester Club in Rhodes, Iowa, Gutschewski carded a closing 2-under 70 to finish at 7 under. Kuchar, who is committed to TCU for 2026, joined Gutschewski in playing his back nine in 2 under, though a second-round 74 proved too costly after his leading 67 after the first round. Gutschewski beat recent Sunnehanna Amateur winner Tyler Watts in last summer's U.S. Junior final, but he followed with a missed cut at the Korn Ferry Tour's Pinnacle Bank Championship, T-262 at the U.S. Amateur, T-55 at the AJGA Junior Players, T-13 at Nebraska Open and T-24 at the Jones Cup Junior to close the year. Then last March he beat only four players at the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley. He followed with a T-71 at the Terra Cotta Invitational and then posted back-to-back 80s last week at Oakmont. He now joins a list of past Western Junior champions that dates to 1914 and includes Bobby Clampett (1978), Willie Wood (1979), Jim Furyk (1987), Trip Kuehne (1991), Hunter Mahan (1999), Rickie Fowler (2005), Patrick Rodgers (2010), Collin Morikawa (2013) and Kevin Yu (2015).
Yahoo
15-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Championship Golf Network to livestream portions of final two rounds
Championship Golf Network (CGN) Network will livestream the Sunnehanna Amateur Tournament for Champions via YouTube Friday and Saturday during portions of the third and fourth rounds, respectively. 'The Sunnehanna Amateur is more than a tournament. It's a proving ground for the game's future elite,' CGN Vice President Douglas Rios Ceballos said Wednesday. Advertisement 'CGN is proud to deliver on-site coverage of one of the most historic and talent-rich events in amateur golf, bringing fans closer to the action from Sunnehanna Country Club in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.' Rios Ceballos and camera operator Beau Atwood spent much of Wednesday afternoon setting up a makeshift studio in the President's Room on the second floor of Sunnehanna Country Club. CGN will stream the Amateur from 3 to 6 p.m. Friday at the 18th green. On Saturday, the network will cover the final group from No. 8 through the final hole. On-air coverage will be provided by Dave Marr, the voice of the Champions Tour on the Golf Channel for 17 years. Advertisement In addition to the on-site stream, CGN will provide real-time updates via X and Instagram as well as interviews and features on emerging amateur standouts. Leaderboard graphics and post-round recaps will be included. 'The Sunnehanna Amateur Committee felt working with CGN and streaming two days of the tournament was an important step in the tournament's evolution,' said John Yerger, Sunnehanna Amateur co-chairman. 'While great for the tournament and our players, it is also a way to highlight Sunnehanna Country Club and our community, which has been incredibly supportive for 84 years. 'Collectively, we all take pride in hosting the Sunnehanna Amateur. 'We want people across the country and internationally to watch the best players in amateur golf and see for themselves what makes our tournament and community special.' Advertisement Mountain Cats milestone: Pitt-Johnstown rising sophomore Lucas Smith, of Lynden, Ontario, tied for first place in the Sunnehanna Amateur qualifier held Sunday and Monday. Smith, whose 3-under 67 matched qualifier co-leader Zachary Radtke of Dublin, Ohio, was among six players who advanced to the 84th Sunnehanna Amateur. According to Mountain Cats golf coach Cody Trabert, Smith made history as the first active or alumni player in Pitt-Johnstown history to qualify for the Sunnehanna Amateur. He shot a 4-over-par 74 in Wednesday's opening round. 'Lucas is coming off an impressive freshman season where he garnered PSAC freshman player of the year and also second team all-conference honors,' Trabert said in an email. Advertisement 'He set a Pitt-Johnstown record for having the lowest freshman scoring average in program history and tied for fifth place individually at the PSAC championships in the fall.' Smith played at Ancaster High School in Ontario before joining the Pitt-Johnstown program. In Wednesday's first round, Smith had a challenging start, but recovered to shoot a respectable 74. He made bogey on No. 2 and had a double bogey on No. 3 before closing the front nine with another bogey to make the turn at 4-over 39. On the back nine, Smith made birdies on 11 and 13, but had two more bogeys on 14 and 17. Advancing through the 105-player Sunnehanna qualifier, which was extended a day due to wet weather, were Smith and Radtke as co-medalists; and a four-way tie for third place among Tyler Sabo, of Ashland, Ohio; Adam Horn, of Cincinnati; Ashton McArthur, of Rexburg, Indiana; and Areen Aggarwal, of Columbia, Missouri. Mike Mastovich is a sports reporter and columnist for The Tribune-Democrat. He can be reached at 814-532-5083. Follow him on Twitter @Masty81.
Yahoo
15-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Tyler Watts, 17, becomes youngest winner of Sunnehanna Amateur with record-breaking score
Saturday was the conclusion of the 84th Sunnehanna Amateur, and never in the event's history has there been a younger winner than Tyler Watts. The 17-year-old punctuated the biggest win of his career with a closing 6-under 64 to win by four shots at Sunnehanna Country Club in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, about an hour and a half from the site of this week's U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club. Watts fired consecutive 64s in the third and final round, and the 2026 Tennessee commit beat Boise State's Cole Rueck by four shots to win the first event of the Elite Amateur Golf Series. Advertisement Watts, who's ranked sixth in the AJGA rankings, carded five straight birdies on Nos. 4-8 to turn in 30 during the final round. He added a pair of birdies on the back nine, and one lone blemish on the card didn't change the result. His 19-under 261 mark is the lowest 72-hole score in the history of the Sunnehanna Amateur. "This is my first year here, and it's an honor to be able to walk away with the trophy," Watts told Ben Adelberg with The Back of the Range. "I just know after this week that there's a lot of history behind this tournament, and it's a true honor to win." Earlier this year, Watts finished T-6 in the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley and then T-5 at the Team TaylorMade Invitational earlier this month. Last year, he made the final of the U.S. Junior Amateur, falling 4 and 3 to soon-to-be Florida freshman Trevor Gutschewski, who played in the U.S. Open this week thanks to his win. Advertisement The Sunnehanna Amateur is the first of seven events in the Elite Amateur Golf Series, which features the top amateur events of the summer, concluding at the Western Amateur. Past Sunnehanna champions include Collin Morikawa, Rickie Fowler, Webb Simpson, Lucas Glover and more. The next event in the Elite Amateur Golf Series is the Northeast Amateur, which begins Wednesday, June 18 at Wannamoisett Country Club in Rhode Island. This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Sunnehanna Amateur 2025: Tyler Watts sets scoring record with win
USA Today
15-06-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Tyler Watts, 17, becomes youngest winner of Sunnehanna Amateur with record-breaking score
Tyler Watts, 17, becomes youngest winner of Sunnehanna Amateur with record-breaking score Saturday was the conclusion of the 84th Sunnehanna Amateur, and never in the event's history has there been a younger winner than Tyler Watts. The 17-year-old punctuated the biggest win of his career with a closing 6-under 64 to win by four shots at Sunnehanna Country Club in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, about an hour and a half from the site of this week's U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club. Watts fired consecutive 64s in the third and final round, and the 2026 Tennessee commit beat Boise State's Cole Rueck by four shots to win the first event of the Elite Amateur Golf Series. Watts, who's ranked sixth in the AJGA rankings, carded five straight birdies on Nos. 4-8 to turn in 30 during the final round. He added a pair of birdies on the back nine, and one lone blemish on the card didn't change the result. His 19-under 261 mark is the lowest 72-hole score in the history of the Sunnehanna Amateur. "This is my first year here, and it's an honor to be able to walk away with the trophy," Watts told Ben Adelberg with The Back of the Range. "I just know after this week that there's a lot of history behind this tournament, and it's a true honor to win." Earlier this year, Watts finished T-6 in the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley and then T-5 at the Team TaylorMade Invitational earlier this month. Last year, he made the final of the U.S. Junior Amateur, falling 4 and 3 to soon-to-be Florida freshman Trevor Gutschewski, who played in the U.S. Open this week thanks to his win. The Sunnehanna Amateur is the first of seven events in the Elite Amateur Golf Series, which features the top amateur events of the summer, concluding at the Western Amateur. Past Sunnehanna champions include Collin Morikawa, Rickie Fowler, Webb Simpson, Lucas Glover and more. The next event in the Elite Amateur Golf Series is the Northeast Amateur, which begins Wednesday, June 18 at Wannamoisett Country Club in Rhode Island.
