https://pinhighpress.com/tags/u.s.-amateur/ Recent content in U.S. Amateur on Pin High Press Hugo en-us Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://pinhighpress.com/posts/josh-ryan-medalist-us-amateur-merion-2026/ Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://pinhighpress.com/posts/josh-ryan-medalist-us-amateur-merion-2026/ <p>There is a particular kind of pressure that comes from playing a national championship in your own back garden, and Josh Ryan spent Tuesday proving he does not feel it the way most players would. The Liberty University senior, who grew up in Norristown, roughly ten miles from Merion Golf Club, closed the 36-hole stroke-play qualifier for the 126th U.S. Amateur with a 5-under 65 on the East Course, the low round of the day, to finish at 8-under 132 and claim medalist honours. It put him two shots clear of the field and handed him the No. 1 seed heading into match play on a course he has known since he was old enough to hold a club.</p>