Amateurs on Pin High Press https://pinhighpress.com/tags/amateurs/ Recent content in Amateurs on Pin High Press Hugo en-us Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 The Hard Way Into Shinnecock, and the Field Full of Amateurs It Produced https://pinhighpress.com/posts/us-open-2026-shinnecock-qualifiers-amateurs/ Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://pinhighpress.com/posts/us-open-2026-shinnecock-qualifiers-amateurs/ <p>The 126th US Open begins on Thursday at Shinnecock Hills, and by the time Scottie Scheffler walks to the first tee with the career grand slam sitting one good week away, the hardest golf of the fortnight will already have been played. Not by him. By the 43 men who spent the previous Monday grinding their way into the field through final qualifying, the day the USGA likes to call, with no great exaggeration, Golf&rsquo;s Longest Day.</p>