Nsubuga eyes remarkable debut at 2024 US Amateur Golf Championship
The reigning Uganda Amateur Golf open champion Godfrey Nsubuga will make history as the first Ugandan to compete at the prestigious US Amateur golf championship. This Thursday, 15th August 2024, Nsubuga will play during the 124th US Amateur Championship at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota. Nsubuga will tee off as one of 312 […] The post Nsubuga eyes remarkable debut at 2024 US Amateur Golf Championship appeared first on Kawowo Sports.
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The reigning Uganda Amateur Golf open champion Godfrey Nsubuga will make history as the first Ugandan to compete at the prestigious US Amateur golf championship.
This Thursday, 15th August 2024, Nsubuga will play during the 124th US Amateur Championship at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota.
Nsubuga will tee off as one of 312 players who will play one round at Hazeltine and Chaska Town Course after which the field will be trimmed to 64 for match play.
He has been drawn to tee off alongside Americans Brett Podobinski and Eric Lee.
The champion and runner up will both receive exemptions into the 2025 US Open at Oakmont as well as likely invitations to the Masters tournament in April.
The winner also gets a spot at the 2025 Open Championship at Royal Portrush.
Born-and-bred at Mehta club in Lugazi, Nsubuga is a former caddie who has risen along the ranks.
He is joining Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina, will make more history by becoming the first golfer from WSSU to qualify for the USGA event.
“My target is to play good golf,” Nsubuga remarks. “I also want to have fun and hopefully make the cut.
“After the US Amateur Championship, I will be flying back home to defend my title.”
Other rated amateurs taking part will be John Daly II, son of two-time major champion John Daly, Jackson Koivu, Gordon Sargent and Evan Thompson.
Competing at that level will mark a remarkable meteoric rise for a golfer whose immeasurable talent is befitting of the platform he is playing on today.
Nsubuga’s story will serve as an inspiration to the hundreds if not thousands of young golfers all over the country who want to build a career academically while still playing golf.
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