• Parker Bell, 19, Tallahassee, Fla.

    Instagram: @_parkerbell7

    -No. 534 in World Amateur Golf Ranking® / WAGR®

    -Competing in his third USGA championship and second consecutive U.S. Amateur

    -Rising sophomore at the University of Florida

    -Co-medalist in U.S. Open local qualifying with a 65 at the Gainesville, Fla., site on May 10

    ·-Tied for 15th in this year’s Monroe Invitational and won the long drive contest (367 yards)

    -Tied for 19th in the 2023 Canadian Amateur Championship

    -2021 Florida Class 3A high school state champion

    -Member of two state championship teams (2019, 2020) at Lawton Chiles High School

    -Three-time All-Bend Golfer of the Year

    Road to the Quarterfinals

    Shot 71-72–143 in stroke play to earn the No. 52 seed

    R64: Def. Bryce Lewis, 2 and 1

    R32: Def. Jacob Modleski, 3 and 2

    R16: Def. Maxwell Ford, 5 and 4

  • John Marshall Butler, 21, Louisville, Ky.

    Instagram: @jm.butler

    -No. 51 in World Amateur Golf Ranking/WAGR

    -Playing in his fourth U.S. Amateur and reached Round of 32 in 2021

    -Chosen honorable mention All-American as a junior at Auburn University in 2022-23

    -All-Southeast Region and second-team All-Southeastern Conference selection

    -Tied for 10th in the NCAA Auburn Regional and posted eight top-20 finishes

    -Second-team All-American in 2022 and member of 2021 SEC All-Freshman Team

    -Tied for fourth in Trans-Mississippi Amateur Championship on July 14

    -2021 Kentucky State Amateur champion


    Road to the Quarterfinals

    -Shot 69-70–139 in stroke play to earn the No. 11 seed

    -R64: Def. Andrew Goodman, 3 and 2

    -R32: Def. William Moll, 4 and 3

    -R16: Def. Rui Chang, 19 holes

  • Nick Dunlap, 19, Huntsville, Ala.

    Instagram: @nick.dunlap10

    -No. 9 in World Amateur Golf Ranking/WAGR

    -Competing in his eighth USGA championship and fourth U.S. Amateur

    -Member of 2023 USA Walker Cup Team

    -Won 2021 U.S. Junior Amateur and earned an exemption into the 2022 U.S. Open

    Qualified for his second U.S. Open in 2023, which was played at The Los Angeles Country Club

    -Earned second-team All-America honors as a freshman at the University of Alabama in 2022-23

    -Chosen to All-Southeastern Conference first team and SEC All-Freshman Team

    -Posted back-to-back wins at Northeast Amateur and North & South Amateur in summer of 2023

    -National finalist in NFL Punt, Pass & Kick competition and mentored by NFL kicker Al Del Greco

    Road to the Quarterfinals

    -Shot 72-70–142 in stroke play to earn the No. 41 seed

    -R64: Def. Gordon Sargent, 2 and 1

    -R32: Def. Connor Jones, 3 and 2

    -R16: Def. Bowen Mauss, 5 and 3

  • Jose Islas, 20, Mexico

    Instagram: @_jc_islas_v

    -No. 107 in World Amateur Golf Ranking/WAGR

    -Playing in his second U.S. Amateur and advanced to Round of 16 in 2021

    -Defeated stroke-play co-medalist and 2023 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball champion Sampson Zheng in the Round of 32

    -Won 2023 Mexican National Amateur by 10 strokes on June 12

    -Tied for 10th in the Terra Cotta Invitational on April 16

    -Carded a final-round 62 to win the Mexican Tour’s El Campanario Classic on Jan. 29

    -Finished fourth in the 2023 Latin America Amateur Championship

    -Represented Mexico in the 2022 World Amateur Team Championship

    -Played one year of college golf at the University of Oregon in 2021-22

    Road to the Quarterfinals

    -Shot 69-72–141 in stroke play to earn the No. 30 seed

    -R64: Def. Preston Stout, 22 holes

    -R32: Def. Sampson Zheng, 2 and 1

    -R16: Def. Carson Bacha, 3 and 2

  • Ben James, 20, Milton, Conn.

    Instagram: @_benjames62_

    -No. 6 in World Amateur Golf Ranking/WAGR

    -Competing in his fifth USGA championship and third U.S. Amateur

    -Advanced to Round of 32 in last year’s U.S. Amateur at The Ridgewood Country Club

    -Defeated David Ford, No. 4 in the WAGR, to advance to this year’s quarterfinals

    -Rising sophomore at the University of Virginia

    -Winner of the 2023 Phil Mickelson Outstanding Freshman Award

    -Second University of Virginia player in program history to be chosen first-team All-American

    -Atlantic Coast Conference Freshman of the Year in 2022-23

    -Sixth in NCAA Championship and set school record with five first-place finishes

    -Played in this year’s PGA Tour Travelers Championship in his home state

    Road to the Quarterfinals

    -Shot 67-72–139 in stroke play to earn the No. 12 seed

    -R64: Def. Trevor Garus, 4 and 2

    -R32: Def. Zach Kingsland, 1 up

    -R16: Def. David Ford, 19 holes

  • Jackson Koivun, 18, Chapel Hill, N.C.

    Instagram: @jackson_koivun

    -No. 73 in World Amateur Golf Ranking/ WAGR

    -Competing in his third USGA championship and second U.S. Amateur

    -Reached match play in the 2021 U.S. Junior Amateur at the Country Club of North Carolina

    -Defeated stroke-play co-medalist and No. 1 seed Blades Brown in the Round of 32

    -Posted Round-of-16 victory over Matthew Sutherland, nephew of PGA Tour winner Kevin Sutherland

    -Incoming freshman at Auburn University

    -Tied for sixth in this year’s Jones Cup Invitational

    -Won 2023 Dustin Johnson Junior World Championship and 2022 Rolex Tournament of Champions

    -His lowest competitive round was a 63 in the 2022 North & South Amateur

    Road to the Quarterfinals

    -Shot 72-69–141 in stroke play to earn the No. 32 seed

    -R64: Def. Dylan McDermott, 1 up

    -R32: Def. Blades Brown, 4 and 3

    -R16: Def. Matthew Sutherland, 19 holes

  • Neal Shipley, 22, Pittsburgh, Pa.

    Instagram: @neal_shipley19

    -No. 132 in World Amateur Golf Ranking/WAGR

    -Competing in his second U.S. Amateur

    -Competed in 2021 at Oakmont Country Club where he was once a caddie

    -Runner-up in this year’s Sunnehanna Amateur and lost in playoff for Trans-Mississippi Amateur title

    -Also tied for second in the Dogwood Invitational and tied for third in the Pacific Coast Amateur

    -Member of Ohio State University team in 2022-23 after transferring from James Madison University

    -Finished 13th in NCAA Auburn Regional as a graduate student at Ohio State

    -Earned all-academic honors when he graduated from JMU in three years with a finance degree

    -Studying business analytics in OSU’s master’s program

    Road to the Quarterfinals

    -Shot 69-73–142 in stroke play to earn the No. 47 seed

    -R64: Def. Wenyi Ding, 1 up

    -R32: Def. Calum Scott, 20 holes

    -R16: Def. Cooper Jones, 3 and 2

  • Andi Xu, 21, People's Republic of China

    Instagram: @andi_xu

    -No. 252 in World Amateur Golf Ranking/WAGR

    -Playing in his fourth USGA championship and third U.S. Amateur

    -Reached match play in 2019 U.S. Junior Amateur at Inverness Club

    -Advanced to Round of 32 in this year’s North & South Amateur

    -Rising senior at the University of San Diego

    -Earned All-West Coast Conference honors as a junior when he recorded four top-10 finishes

    -Tied for ninth in WCC Championship as a sophomore and honorable mention All-WCC as a freshman

    -Plays at USD under coach Chris Riley, a PGA Tour winner who was a member of the 1995 USA Walker Cup Team

    -Moved to the United States from China prior to attending Torrey Pines High School in California

    Road to the Quarterfinals

    -Shot 69-68–137 in stroke play to earn the No. 7 seed

    -R64: Def. Matthew McClean, 1 up

    -R32: Def. Cole Anderson, 2 and 1

    -R16: Def. Connor Gaunt, 2 up