121st U.S. Amateur Championship - Meet the Semifinalists

Semifinal Saturday in the 121st U.S. Amateur Championship is set, and the pressure might be the highest of any day of the championship.

Both finalists will earn exemptions into the 2022 U.S. Open as well a likely invitation into the 2022 Masters.  Let's take a deeper look at this years four semifinalists.

Austin Greaser, 20, Vandalia, Ohio 

Twitter: @AustinGreaser

Instagram: @austin_greaser

-No. 82 in World Amateur Golf Ranking

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

-Quarterfinalist in the 2017 U.S. Junior Amateur

-Semifinalist at the 2021 Western Amateur

-2020 Ohio Amateur champion

-Lowest competitive score was a 62 in this year’s U.S. Amateur qualifier

-Junior at the University of North Carolina (statistics and analytics major)

-Hobbies include fishing, table tennis and spending time at the lake

Road to the Semifinals 

-Shot 69-70–139 in stroke play to earn the No. 24 seed 

-R64: Def. Bo Andrews, 2 and 1 

-R32: Def. Xavier Marcoux, 3 and 2 

-R16: Def. Jacob Bridgeman, 6 and 4 

-QF: Def. Ross Steelman, 2 and 1 

Travis Vick, 21, Houston, Texas 

Instagram: @travisvick3 

-No. 45 in World Amateur Golf Ranking 

-Playing in his eighth USGA championship (fifth U.S. Amateur) 

-Made the first double eagle in U.S. Junior Amateur history (2018) 

-Junior at the University of Texas 

-First-team All-American and All-Big 12 Conference as a sophomore  

-Decorated three-sport athlete in high school who was also recruited to play football and baseball in college 

-3rd in 2021 Sunnehanna Amateur 

-1980 U.S. Amateur champion Hal Sutton is a family friend 

Road to the Semifinals 

-Shot 67-68–135 in stroke play to earn the No. 4 seed 

-R64: Def. Preston Summerhays, 2 and 1 

-R32: Def. Parker Coody, 3 and 2 

-R16: Def. Jose Islas, 3 and 2 

-QF: Def. Brian Stark, 1 up 

James Piot, 22, Canton, Mich. 

Twitter: @jamespiot1 

Instagram: @jjpiot 

-No. 86 in World Amateur Golf Ranking 

-Playing in his third USGA championship (second U.S. Amateur) 

-Earned No. 2 seed in 2020 U.S. Amateur, advanced to Round of 32

-Senior at Michigan State University (finance major) 

-In 2021 became the first MSU individual golfer to reach the NCAA championship since 2002 

-Two-time first-team All-Big Ten player 

-Enjoys playing basketball and fishing 

Road to the Semifinals 

-Shot 73-67–140 in stroke play to earn the No. 31 seed 

-R64: Def. Cameron Sisk, 1 up 

-R32: Def. Eddy Lai, 4 and 3 

-R16: Def. Thomas Hutchison, 4 and 3 

-QF: Def. Matthew Sharpstene, 3 and 1 

Nick Gabrelcik, 19, Trinity, Fla. 

Instagram: @gabrelcik2020 

Twitter: @nickgabrelcik63 

-No. 28 in World Amateur Golf Ranking 

-Playing in his first USGA championship 

-Sophomore at University of North Florida (sports management major) 

-Won three collegiate events in 2021 

-Won Phil Mickelson Outstanding Freshman Award 

-Made his only hole-in-one on the same hole where his grandfather made his first ace  

Road to the Semifinals 

-Shot 69-71–140 in stroke play to earn the No. 35 seed 

-R64: Def. Kieran Vincent, 1 up 

-R32: Def. Michael Thorbjornsen, 2 and 1 

-R16: Def. Hugo Townsend, 19 holes 

-QF: Def. Davis Chatfield, 1 up