OMAHA, Neb. – Jackson Thompson played in six tournaments for Creighton as a true freshman this spring, but his game and nerves will be tested like never before when he starts the 121st U.S. Amateur on Monday in Pennsylvania.
The Dakota Dunes, S.D., native has already beaten long odds just to reach the pinnacle of amateur golf. A whopping 7,811 players– the most since 1999 – with handicaps of 2.4 or less attempted to qualify for the 2021 U.S. Amateur at 94 sites across North America. Thompson qualified on July 13th when he shot rounds of 67 and 70 at Lochland Country Club in Hastings, Neb.