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UConn Athletic Communications / August 16, 2022
PARAMUS, NJ – UConn’s Jared Nelson shot a pair of 70s Tuesday to complete two days of stroke play at the 122nd US Amateur Championship with a 4-over, 75-70=145, advancing to the elimination rounds of the championship
Of the 312 golfers who qualified for the finals out of 7,749 entries nationwide, only 64 advance to stroke play, which begins Wednesday at Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, NJ. The US amateur champion will need to win six games in a row. matches to capture the title.
Nelson (Rutland, Vt.), who will return to UConn and play as a graduate student in 2022-23, shot a 4-over 75 Monday at Ridgewood Country Club and followed it up with a pair of 70s at Arcola Country Club on Tuesday to tie for 39th place with 14 more players. With 15 more players tied for 54th at 5-over 146, there will be a playoff for the final 11 spots first thing Wednesday morning to narrow the field to 64. Then the match will begin.
The American amateur champion also earns an exemption to the 2023 US Open at Los Angeles Country Club, along with a spot in the Open Championship at Royal Liverpool and a likely invitation to the Masters in April.
Nelson qualified for the U.S. Amateurs by winning the U.S. Amateur Qualifying Tournament on June 30 at Connecticut National Golf Club in Putnam. This was part of the outstanding summer of success Nelson has put together, winning the Hornblower Memorial in Plymouth, Massachusetts, the Vermont Amateur Championship and the 93rd New England Amateur Championship in Cranston, RI.
Nelson was UConn’s second leading scorer during the 2021-22 season, averaging 72.61 per round, with three Top 10 and five Top 20 finishes. He posted 13 par-or-better rounds and shot a season-high 67 on three separate occasions.