Colorado State University Athletics
Trio of Rams qualify for U.S. Amateur
7/21/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
U.S. Amateur Championship Info
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – A trio of Colorado State men’s golfers has qualified to compete in the U.S. Amateur Championship at three different qualifying tournaments over the last eight days.
Incoming freshman Jake Staiano, a standout from Highlands Ranch, Colo., who signed with Colorado State as a senior at Valor Christian High School, became the first CSU player to qualify for the 2015 U.S. Amateur Championship. He earned medalist honors July 13, sealing the one, and only, qualifying spot up for grabs at Shooting Star Golf Club in Teton Village, Wyo. Staiano shot a 36-hole total of 136 (-8).
Sophomore Kyler Dunkle, who enters his second year in the Rams’ program in 2015-16, qualified locally on Monday at Fort Collins Country Club where the Rams annually host the Ram Masters Invitational each fall. He is the second Ram in as many years to qualify at FCCC, joining former teammate Cameron Harrell who qualified at the course just last season. Dunkle, a native of Larkspur, Colo., who starred at Douglas County High School, finished third at the Fort Collins qualifier, securing the final qualifying spot with back-to-back rounds of 69 to finish at 138 (-2) through 36 holes).
Junior Alec Bone, the most experienced Ram in the group of U.S. Amateur qualifiers, competed for his tournament slot in his hometown of Phoenix, Ariz., where he competed at Boulder Creek High School. He tied for third in the event, held at Alta Mesa Golf Club, shooting back-to-back rounds of 70 to close 36 holes of competition at 4-under.
The U.S. Amateur Championship is the oldest championship in the U.S. dating back to 1895. The 2015 event is scheduled to be played Aug. 17-23, 2015 at Olympia Fields Country Club in Olympia Fields, Ill., just south of Chicago.
