The 2025 U.S. Amateur quarterfinal matches on Friday are scheduled for 1:30 p.m. PDT, with the last match teeing off at 2:15 p.m.
Saturday’ssemifinals are set for 11 and 11:20 a.m., and the first 18 of Sunday’s 36-hole championship match is scheduled for 10:15 a.m. Heres a closer look at the quarterfinalists.
Jimmy Abdo, 19, of Edina, Minn.
- WAGR: 4292
- Competing in his first USGA championship
- 2025 MIAC Rookie of the Year
- Rising sophomore at Division III Gustavus Adolphus College
- Competed in the 2025 Minnesota State Open Championship
- Participant at the 2025 MGA Players’ Championship
- Won the Bobby Krig Invitational
- Born in Lebanon
Road to the Quarterfinals
Shot 72 – 71 in stroke play and advanced through playoff to earn the No. 61 seed
R64: Def. Logan Reilly, 1 up
R32: Def. Wolfgang Glawe, 4 and 3
R16: Def. Daniel Svärd, 1 up
John Daly II, 22, of Dardanelle, Ark.
- WAGR: 120
- Competing in second U.S. Amateur and third USGA championship
- Won the 2025 Southern Amateur Championship by five strokes
- Finished third at the 2025 Northeast Amateur
- Had a team low scoring of 72.21 at Arkansas this season
- Picked up his first collegiate victory at the 2025 Columbia Spring Invitational
- Rising redshirt senior at University of Arkansas
- Son of two-time Major Champion John Daly
Road to Quarterfinals
Shot 74-67 in stroke play to earn the No. 26 seed
R64: Def. Cooper Claycomb, 1 up
R32: Def. Nate Smith, 2 and 1
R16: Def. Daniel Bennett, 3 and 2
Niall Shiels Donegan, 20, of Scotland
- WAGR: 91
- Competing in his second U.S. Amateur Championship
- Missed the cut at the 2024 U.S. Amateur Championship at Hazeltine
- All-Big Ten Second Team selection
- Spent two seasons at Northwestern University before transferring to the University of North Carolina for his upcoming rising junior season
- Finished fourth at the St Andrews Links Trophy
- Born in Scotland; resident of nearby Mill Valley in Marin County
- His father Lawrence was a long-time local golf writer for The San Francisco Bay Guardian
Road to Quarterfinals
Shot 73 – 70 in stroke play and advanced through playoff to earn the No. 49 seed
R64: Def. Luke Poulter, 1 up
R32: Def. Christiaan Maas, 1 up
R16: Def. Preston Stout, 1 up
Jackson Herrington, 19, of Dickson, Tenn.
- WAGR: 198
- Competing in second U.S. Amateur Championship
- Advanced to Round of 32 in 2024 U.S. Amateur Championship at Hazeltine
- Runner-up in 2024 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship with partner Blades Blown; advanced to quarterfinals in 2023
- Top 20s at the 2025 Valspar Intercollegiate and Pauma Valley Invitational
- Recorded two rounds under par to tie for 30th at 2025 NCAA Regionals
- 2024 Tennessee Golf Association Men’s Player of the Year
- Rising sophomore at the University of Tennessee
Road to Quarterfinals
Shot 72 – 71 in stroke play and advanced through the playoff to earn the No. 61 seed
R64: Def. Logan Reilly, 1 up
R32: Def. Wolfgang Glawe, 4 and 3
R16: Def. Caleb Bond, 20 holes
Mason Howell, 18, of Thomasville, Ga.
- WAGR: 362
- Competing in his first U.S. Amateur Championship and sixth USGA championship
- Medalist at the 2025 U.S. Junior Amateur
- Played in 2025 U.S. Open at Oakmont; shot 63-63 in Final Qualifying
- Finished T-9 at the 2025 Junior PGA Championship
- Reached match play in the 2024 U.S. Junior Amateur
- 2025 Georgia High School Individual Stroke Play State Champion
- Committed to play collegiately at the University of Georgia
Road to Quarterfinals
Shot 70 – 73 in stroke play and advanced through the playoff to earn the No. 63 seed
R64: Def. Tommy Morrison, 19 holes
R32: Def. Ben James, 1 up
R16: Def. Max Herendeen, 2 and 1
Eric Lee, 20, of Fullerton, Calif.
- WAGR: 29
- Competing in first U.S. Amateur Championship and second USGA championship
- Recorded the winning point for Oklahoma State in the 2025 NCAA National Championship
- 2024-2025 First-Team All Big 12 performer
- 2022 AJGA Role Junior Player of the Year
- 2022 Junior Presidents Cup Winner
- Reached semifinals of the 2022 U.S. Junior Amateur
- Rising junior at Oklahoma State, previously played one season at University of California, Berkeley
Road to Quarterfinals
Shot 68 – 71 in stroke play to earn the No. 11 seed
R64: Def. Filip Jakubcik, 19 holes
R32: Def. Cohen Trolio, 6 and 5
R16: Def. Josh Duangmanee, 2 up
Jacob Modleski, 20, of Noblesville, Ind.
- WAGR: 15
- Competing in third U.S. Amateur Championship and fourth USGA championship
- Quarterfinalist in the 2024 U.S. Amateur; medalist in final qualifier
- Round of 32 in the 2023 U.S. Amateur
- Round of 32 in the 2023 U.S. Junior Amateur
- 2024 Jones Cup Invitational Winner
- Finished 22nd overall in the 2025 NCAA Championships
- Two-time Indiana High School State Champion
Road to Quarterfinals
Shot 71 – 72 during stroke play and advanced through playoff to earn the No. 56 seed
R64: Def. William Sides, 5 and 4
R32: Def. Cameron Tankersley, 2 and 1
R16: Def. Paul Chang, 2 up
Miles Russell, 16, of Jacksonville Beach, Fla.
- WAGR: 16
- Made the quarterfinals at the 2025 U.S. Junior Amateur
- Claimed two major titles this year: the Junior Invitational and the Simplify Boys Championship
- Finished second at the Northeast Amateur Invitational
- Won the 2024 Rolex Tournament of Champions
- Became the youngest golfer to make the cut on the Korn Ferry Tour at the 2024 LECOM Suncoast Classic
- In 2023, surpassed Tiger Woods as the youngest winner of the AJGA Rolex Boys Player of the Year award
- Won both the 2023 Junior Players Championship and the Boy's Junior PGA Championship
- Committed to play collegiately at Florida State in the fall of 2026
Road to Quarterfinals
Shot 70 – 66 in stroke play to earn the No. 3 seed
R64: Def. Travis Woolf, 4 and 2
R32: Def. Billy Davis, 1 up
R16: Def. Mahanth Chirravuri, 2 and 1
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