Trio Of Vols Set To Compete In 125th U.S. Amateur At The Olympic Club

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Three Tennessee men’s golfers are set to compete in the 125th U.S. Amateur at The Olympic Club.

Jackson Herrington, Bruce Murphy and Lance Simpson are in the field for the event.

Herrington is set to make his second consecutive U.S. Amateur appearance. At the 2024 U.S. Amateur, the Dickson, Tennessee, native advanced to the Round of 32 and in the process, recorded a hole-in-one.

Murphy and Simpson will make their U.S. Amateur debuts.

Despite not playing in a U.S. Amateur, Simpson is no stranger to high-level events this summer. The rising redshirt senior was one of 15 amateurs in the field at the U.S. Open in June and won the Trans-Mississippi Amateur Championship in July.

This year’s U.S. Amateur runs Aug. 11-17, with the first two days featuring 18 holes of stroke play apiece before moving into the match play portion of the event.

The Olympic Club’s Lake Course will serve as the championship venue as the club’s Ocean Course is this year’s stroke-play co-host venue.

RECENT VOLS TO COMPETE AT U.S. AMATEUR
2024 – Jake Hall, Jackson Herrington
2023 – Bryce Lewis, Laurent Desmarchais, Caleb Surratt
2022 – Josh Hill, Bryce Lewis, Cade Russell, Caleb Surratt, Jet Tickle
2021 – Bryce Lewis
2020 – Spencer Cross, Brayden Garrison, Bryce Lewis, Rhys Nevin, Hunter Wolcott
2019 – Bryce Lewis
2018 – Nolan Ray
2017 – Bryce Lewis
2016 – Chad Merzbacher
2015 – Michael Nagy
2013 – Oliver Goss

Tennessee golfers have had past success in the U.S. Amateur. Oliver Goss finished runner-up in 2013, while Eric Rebmann earned runner-up honors in 1987.

COURSE INFORMATION
The Olympic Club (Lake Course | Par 70 | 7,214 Yards
The Olympic Club (Ocean Course) | Par 70 | 6,787 Yards

BROADCAST SCHEDULE
Televised coverage of the U.S. Amateur begins on Wednesday, Aug. 13.
Wednesday, Aug. 13 – Round of 64
Peacock: 6-7 p.m. ET
Golf Channel: 7-9 p.m. ET
Thursday, Aug. 14 – Round of 32 & Round of 16
Golf Channel: 7-10 p.m. ET
Friday, Aug. 15 – Quarterfinals
Peacock: 6-7 p.m. ET
Golf Channel: 7-9 p.m. ET
Saturday, Aug. 16 – Semifinals
Golf Channel: 3-6 p.m. ET
Sunday, Aug. 17 – Championship Match (36 Holes)
Golf Channel: 7-10 p.m. ET

FULL SCHEDULE
Monday, Aug. 11 – 18 holes, stroke play
Tuesday, Aug. 12 – 18 holes, stroke play
Wednesday, Aug. 13 – Round of 64, match play
Thursday, Aug. 14 – Round of 32/Round of 16 matches
Friday, Aug. 15 – Quarterfinal matches
Saturday, Aug. 16 – Semifinal matches
Sunday, Aug. 17 – 36-hole championship match

*The low 64 scorers from stroke play will qualify for match play. If necessary, a playoff will be conducted to get the draw to exactly 64 golfers.