NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt will be well-represented this week in New Jersey when six Commodores compete at the United States Amateur at the Ridgewood Country Club and Arcola Country Club in Paramus.
Reid Davenport, William Moll, Jansen Preston, Gordon Sargent, Cole Sherwood and Jackson Van Paris will all be vying to win the prestigious event which tees off Monday and runs through Sunday.
After two rounds of stroke play Monday and Tuesday, the top 64 players advance to match play beginning Wednesday. The Round of 32 and Round of 16 are scheduled to be conducted Thursday before the quarterfinals Friday, the semifinals Saturday and the 36-hole championship match beginning at 7 a.m. CT Sunday.
Peacock and GOLF Channel will have live coverage each day starting Wednesday.
Moll will be the first Commodore off the tee at 6:10 a.m. CT Monday followed by Van Paris (7:24 a.m. CT), Sargent (7:34 a.m. CT), Preston (11:25 a.m.), Sherwood (11:46 a.m.) and Davenport (12:07 p.m.).
Live scoring for the event can be found HERE.
Broderick Goes Big
Incoming Vanderbilt freshman John Broderick heads to Nashville having completed an impressive summer.
The Massachusetts native ended his junior career with a win at the Massachusetts Junior Amateur Championship earlier this month. In the championship match, Broderick was down three holes after six complete to future Michigan State golfer Aiden Emmerich before rallying on the back nine to win 4 of 5 and take home the title.
A couple weeks prior to Broderick’s title run in Massachusetts, the incoming freshman had advanced to the Round of 16 at the U.S. Junior Amateur at Bandon Dunes in Oregon. Broderick defeated Patton Samuels and Keaton Vo, respectively, before falling to Wenyi Ding.
Making Waves at the Western Amateur
At the 120th Western Amateur at the Exmoor Country Club in Highland Park, Illinois, Sherwood advanced to the quarterfinals of match play in the event where he was ousted by Mateo Fernandez de Oliveira. Sargent just missed the cut to advance into the match play field of 16 competitors.
Moll also made it through four rounds of stroke play before failing to advance to the match play portion of the tournament.
Black and Gold in the Bluegrass
Jansen Preston nearly pulled off a win at the 103rd Kentucky in late July.
Played at the Persimmon Ridge Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, Preston finished tied for a third at 5-under-par. He had the second-best score among amateurs in the field in an event won by…
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