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Llanerch’s Osberg does it again, tops U.S. Amateur Qualifier

MALVERN, Pa. — It’s now safe to label Jeff Osberg a favorite when it comes to U.S. Amateur Championship Qualifiers. He’s earned medalist honors in events administered by the Golf Association of Philadelphia two of the last three years. Make that three of the last four after Wednesday’s performance.

Osberg lived up to his reputation and didn’t disappoint. The Llanerch Country Club member carded a superlative 5-under-par 137 to finish as the low qualifier at a humid Applebrook Golf Club (par 71, 6,787 yards) and Waynesborough Country Club (par 71, 6,960 yards). Six qualifying positions were available for the Championship proper, set for Aug. 13-19 at Cherry Hills Country Club in Cherry Hills Village, Colo.

“I play pretty conservatively. I know that it’s a grind and I don’t get discouraged if I start off badly,” Osberg, 28, of Manayunk, Pa., said. “Making it through a few times gives the confidence in knowing how the grind is going to be. You know not to get too down on yourself or too excited. You try to control your emotions, and I was able to do that.”

Osberg’s day was one that could’ve tempted the 2010 Patterson Cup titleholder to ride an emotional rollercoaster. He experienced all of golf’s wonders: nine birdies, three double bogeys, two bogeys an eagle and an ace. The seismic smasher started with a birdie on No. 1 (par 5, 516 yards) at Applebrook. He hammered a 5-iron to 20 feet and two-putted. He drove it left of the No. 3 (par 4, 310 yards) green and flopped out from the fescue to an inch. Osberg played his first 11 holes in 2 under and sweetened the scorecard with an eagle on No. 12 (par 4, 368 yards). He holed out for eagle with a wedge from 141 yards. Osberg posted a 6 on the par 4, 453-yard 13th hole after a lost ball. Birdies on Nos. 14 (par 4, 444 yards) and 18 (par 4, 453 yards) put Osberg at 4 under after 18 holes. Overall, ten players posted subpar scores in the morning session.

As temperatures escalated into the 100-degree range, so did Osberg’s game. Starting on the back nine at Waynesborough, Osberg fired consecutive birdies on Nos. 11 (par 4, 415 yards) and 12 (par 4, 338 yards). He stuck a gap wedge 111 yards to eight inches on the first, a chip to 15 feet on the latter after nearly driving the green. A 4-iron into the bunker on the difficult par 3, 250-yard 17th hole led to a double bogey. Osberg responded with a birdie on the next hole. He flighted a 4-iron 225 yards over a tree-line to 35 feet and two-putted for birdie on No. 18 (par 5, 539 yards). He added another red figure on No. 1 (par 4, 363 yards), smacking a sand wedge 95 yards to three feet.

Osberg hooked his drive into the left tree-line and eventually carded a double bogey on No. 3 (par 4, 435 yards). Then came the ace. Osberg conquered the 188-yard No. 4 with a smooth 7-iron.

“I just wanted to make a good swing,” he said. “It took one hop and trickled right into the cup. I knew I was pretty much in control at that point.” It marked his second hole-in-one, but first in competition.

Two hole-outs in one day.

“I can’t remember the last time I holed out a shot that wasn’t a chip or a pitch,” Osberg said.

Osberg will now compete in his third U.S. Amateur, hoping to make match play for the first time.

“It’s something special to qualify for. It’s a big honor to play in it,” he said. “This year is especially great because my dad (Rick) played in the U.S. Open and PGA Championship at Cherry Hills. I was happy when I saw this on the calendar.”

Also booking their flights to Cherry Hills Wednesday were Brandon Dalinka of The Ridge at Back Brook, Cory Siegfried of Philadelphia Country Club, Michael Johnson of Talamore Country Club and White Manor Country Club’s Brian Colbert and Cameron Liebert. Both Colbert, the reigning GAP Amateur Champion, and Dalinka, of Newtown, Pa., finished at 4-under-par 138. Colbert will be playing in his second U.S. Amateur, Dalinka his first.

“My putter kept me in it,” Dalinka, 19, an incoming sophomore at the University of North Carolina, said. “I was very fortunate to have it going today”

“I’m excited,” Colbert, 22, of Bryn Mawr, Pa., said. “I was just really steady all day.”

NOTES — Play was suspended at both sites for an hour due to lighting … Osberg wasn’t the only player to have a hole-in-one. Stephen Lavenets of Roughemont, N.C. aced the par 3, 145-yard 14th hole at Waynesborough with a 7-iron.

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Qualifiers
Name	City, State	Rd. 1		Rd. 2		Scores
Jeff Osberg	West Chester, PA	67	AGC	70	WCC	137
Brian Colbert	Bryn Mawr, PA	69	WCC	69	AGC	138
Brandon Dalinka	Newtown, PA	69	AGC	69	WCC	138
Cory Siegfried	Villanova, PA	72	WCC	68	AGC	140
Michael Johnson	Ambler, PA	68	WCC	73	AGC	141
Cameron Liebert	Malvern, PA	73	WCC	69	AGC	142

Alternates (in order)
*Braden Shattuck	Aston, PA	70	WCC	73	AGC	143
*Andy Latowski	Plainsboro, NJ	70	AGC	73	WCC	143

Failed to qualify
*James Kania	Haverford, PA	76	WCC	67	AGC	143
*Jacob Hicks	Mebane, NC	72	WCC	71	AGC	143
*Mike Hyland	Marlton, NJ	67	WCC	76	AGC	143
*Sean Fahey	Villanova, PA	72	AGC	71	WCC	143
Oliver White	Lower Gwynedd, PA	73	WCC	71	AGC	144
Scott McNeil	Philadelphia, PA	74	AGC	70	WCC	144
Christopher Crawford	Bensalem, PA	70	AGC	74	WCC	144
Robert Galbreath Jr	Huntingdon Valley, PA	74	WCC	71	AGC	145
Brandon Matthews	Dupont, PA	74	WCC	71	AGC	145
Stephen Lavenets	Rougemont, NC	72	AGC	73	WCC	145
Michael Englert III	Palmerton, PA	73	AGC	72	WCC	145
Michael Brown Jr	Cheltenham, PA	71	WCC	75	AGC	146
Benjamin Feld	Blue Bell, PA	74	WCC	72	AGC	146
Jay Pinkos	Clifton, VA	75	WCC	71	AGC	146
Greg Jarmas	Wynnewood, PA	74	WCC	72	AGC	146
Kyle Martin	Ambler, PA	70	WCC	77	AGC	147
Tucker Koch	Malvern, PA	73	WCC	74	AGC	147
Trevor Randolph	Cliffside Park, NJ	72	WCC	75	AGC	147
Jonathan Ortiz	Downingtown, PA	70	AGC	77	WCC	147
Paul Carbone Jr	Huntingdon Valley, PA	76	AGC	71	WCC	147
Jalen Griffin	Ambler, PA	74	WCC	74	AGC	148
Kevin Haag	Hummelstown, PA	71	WCC	77	AGC	148
Christopher Fuga	Phoenixville, PA	73	WCC	75	AGC	148
Ted Brennan	Newtown Square, PA	78	WCC	70	AGC	148
Brian Gillespie	Wayne, PA	74	AGC	74	WCC	148
William Betts	Leechburg, PA	72	AGC	76	WCC	148
Ryan McCarty	Voorhees, NJ	78	WCC	71	AGC	149
Nelson Hargrove	Haverford, PA	72	AGC	77	WCC	149
Matthew Crescenzo	Cheltenham, PA	79	AGC	70	WCC	149
Dan Bernard	Phoenixville, PA	78	AGC	71	WCC	149
Joshua Eure	Crofton, MD	71	AGC	78	WCC	149
Russell Hill	Bordentown, NJ	73	AGC	76	WCC	149
Daniel Myers	West Chester, PA	74	WCC	76	AGC	150
Matthew Finger	Woolwich Township, NJ	78	WCC	72	AGC	150
Mike Meisenzahl	Medford, NJ	77	AGC	73	WCC	150
Marc Mandel	Conshohocken, PA	74	AGC	76	WCC	150
Kyle Davis	Wilmington, DE	74	WCC	77	AGC	151
Eric Williams	Honesdale, PA	73	AGC	78	WCC	151
Troy Miller	Chester, MD	74	AGC	77	WCC	151
Doug Marcincin	Bethlehem, PA	74	AGC	77	WCC	151
Alexander Hicks	Cape May Court House, NJ	73	AGC	78	WCC	151
Mike Amole	Huntingdon Valley, PA	77	WCC	75	AGC	152
Benjamin Cooley	Rydal, PA	72	AGC	80	WCC	152
Thomas Baik	Cordoba	77	AGC	75	WCC	152
Devin O'Grady	Lancaster, PA	77	AGC	75	WCC	152
Houston Stodghill	Holly Springs, NC	78	AGC	74	WCC	152
Michael Carr	East Norriton, PA	76	AGC	76	WCC	152
Wes Strang	Bethesda, MD	72	AGC	80	WCC	152
Joseph Fabrizio Jr	West Chester, PA	73	AGC	79	WCC	152
Benjamin Joyce	Chevy Chase, MD	75	WCC	78	AGC	153
Troy Vannucci	Marlton, NJ	80	WCC	73	AGC	153
Sam Pancoast	West Chester, PA	79	AGC	74	WCC	153
Zachary Falone	Melbourne, FL	79	WCC	75	AGC	154
Aaron Burton	Wilmington, DE	75	WCC	79	AGC	154
James Pokorny	Havertown, PA	77	WCC	78	AGC	155
Vince Boyle	Philadelphia, PA	77	WCC	78	AGC	155
Kyle Koonjy	Oakland, NJ	80	WCC	76	AGC	156
Evan Thornton	Wyomissing, PA	82	WCC	74	AGC	156
Eric Slawter	Wayne, PA	76	WCC	80	AGC	156
Pete Prescott	Botany	75	WCC	81	AGC	156
Kyle Chittim	Annapolis, MD	79	WCC	78	AGC	157
William Breskman	Gladwyne, PA	80	WCC	77	AGC	157
Louis Kelly	Sewell, NJ	80	AGC	77	WCC	157
Russell Hartung	Doylestown, PA	77	WCC	81	AGC	158
Shawn Lavin	Drexel Hill, PA	79	AGC	79	WCC	158
Stewart Rickenbach	Doylestown, PA	79	AGC	80	WCC	159
Paul Yun	Wayne, PA	78	AGC	81	WCC	159
Evan Galbreath	Huntingdon Valley, PA	85	AGC	74	WCC	159
Bill Long	Ahoskie, NC	77	AGC	83	WCC	160
Matthew Krass	Unionville, PA	81	AGC	79	WCC	160
David Liotta	West Chester, PA	77	AGC	83	WCC	160
Robert Cunningham	Wayne, PA	75	AGC	86	WCC	161
Bobby Svigals	Villanova, PA	80	WCC	82	AGC	162
Chris Button	Wyomissing, PA	82	AGC	80	WCC	162
Alex Hartzell	San Francisco, CA	85	AGC	77	WCC	162
Pete Moran	Chester Springs, PA	85	WCC	78	AGC	163
Daniel Furman	Blue Bell, PA	85	WCC	78	AGC	163
Lynn Kilduff	Kingston, PA	83	WCC	81	AGC	164
Ryan Carroll	Malvern, PA	80	WCC	87	AGC	167
Jimmy Johnston	Wayne, PA	87	WCC	83	AGC	170
Vincent Anagnos	Philadelphia, PA	87	WCC	86	AGC	173
Anthony List	Havertown, PA	83	WCC	WD	AGC	WD
Sean Quinn	Philadelphia, PA	88	WCC	WD	AGC	WD
Benjamin Smith	Voorhees, NJ	73	WCC	WD	AGC	WD
Matthew Long	East Stroudsburg, PA	81	WCC	WD	AGC	WD
Joshua Strausbaugh	Casselberry, FL	82	WCC	WD	AGC	WD
Brixton Albert	Lititz, PA	81	WCC	WD	AGC	WD
Jimmy Taylor	Phoenixville, PA	103	WCC	WD	AGC	WD
Zack Mullock	Cape May, NJ	84	WCC	WD	AGC	WD
Luke Liddell	Philadelphia, PA	92	WCC	WD	AGC	WD
Stephen Seiden	Chadds Ford, PA	77	WCC	WD	AGC	WD
Paul Liebezeit	Paoli, PA	79	WCC	WD	AGC	WD
Robert Dougherty	Warrington, PA	79	WCC	WD	AGC	WD
Ryan O'Donnell	Newtown Square, PA	79	WCC	WD	AGC	WD
Bryan Jordan	Mechanicsburg, PA	75	WCC	WD	AGC	WD
James Allen	Media, PA	81	WCC	WD	AGC	WD
Jeffrey Griest	Glen Mills, PA	77	WCC	WD	AGC	WD
James Braunsberg	Plymouth Meeting, PA	77	WCC	WD	AGC	WD
Michael Quinn	Coatesville, PA	76	WCC	WD	AGC	WD
Stephen Dressel	Wayne, PA	78	WCC	WD	AGC	WD
Tim Anderson	Kingston, PA	81	WCC	WD	AGC	WD
Kevin Kramarski	Moorestown, NJ	83	WCC	WD	AGC	WD
David Shields	Erdenheim, PA	79	WCC	WD	AGC	WD
Logan Cloak	Ivyland, PA	83	WCC	WD	AGC	WD
Blayze Di Pasquale	Richboro, PA	75	WCC	WD	AGC	WD
Austin List	Haverford, PA	78	WCC	WD	AGC	WD
Christopher Reedman	Yardley, PA	80	AGC	WD	WCC	WD
Connor Eichman	Havertown, PA	89	AGC	WD	WCC	WD
Ryan Brown	Scranton, PA	72	AGC	WD	WCC	WD
Matthew Kreuter	Penllyn, PA	88	AGC	WD	WCC	WD
Scott McLaughlin	Harleysville, PA	87	AGC	WD	WCC	WD
Thomas Corr	Collegeville, PA	88	AGC	WD	WCC	WD
Andrew Arnold	Landisville, PA	75	AGC	WD	WCC	WD
Alexander Dupre	Drexel Hill, PA	79	AGC	WD	WCC	WD
Ryan Malloy	Dover, DE	77	AGC	WD	WCC	WD
Travis Gahman	Souderton, PA	76	AGC	WD	WCC	WD
Matthew Bastian	Media, PA	77	AGC	WD	WCC	WD
Justin Smith	Jenkintown, PA	84	AGC	WD	WCC	WD
Jack Russell	Oreland, PA	87	AGC	NC	WCC	NC
James Wolfe	Pottstown, PA	76	AGC	WD	WCC	WD
Eric Spiller	Cherry Hill, NJ	89	AGC	WD	WCC	WD
Alexander Kane	Unionville, PA	87	AGC	WD	WCC	WD
Corey Melnick	Audubon, PA	84	AGC	WD	WCC	WD
Larry Georgetti	Marmora, NJ	87	AGC	WD	WCC	WD
Bowen Osborn	Ponte Vedra Beach, FL	76	AGC	WD	WCC	WD
Christopher Lucarelli	Moscow, PA	86	AGC	WD	WCC	WD
Ethan Heller	Media, PA	84	AGC	WD	WCC	WD
T. Raleigh Chapin	Doylestown, PA	83	AGC	WD	WCC	WD
Gary Daniels	Berwyn, PA	73	AGC	WD	WCC	WD
Brandon Kearney	Archbald, PA	80	AGC	WD	WCC	WD
Brian Kenny	Somers Point, NJ	74	AGC	WD	WCC	WD
Andrew Lawson	West Chester, PA	76	AGC	WD	WCC	WD
John Samaha	Ambler, PA	76	AGC	WD	WCC	WD
T. J. Summers	Doylestown, PA	79	AGC	WD	WCC	WD
Jake Pilarski	Garnet Valley, PA	80	AGC	WD	WCC	WD

AGC - Applebrook; WCC - Waynesborough
* - determined in playoff
WD - withdrawal; NC - no card

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Llanerch’s Osberg does it again, tops U.S. Amateur Qualifier