DURHAM, N.C. – Duke men’s golfers Alex Smalley and Chandler Eaton capped an impressive weekend for the program with Eaton making the cut and placing in the top 60 at the U.S. Open and Smalley winning the Sunnehanna Amateur.
Eaton posted rounds of 72-70-73-74 on the famed Pebble Beach Golf Links, finishing at 5-over 289 for the championship – tied for 58th overall and the third-lowest amateur in the field behind Viktor Hovland (4-under) and Brandon Wu (1-over).
A Duke rising senior with dad Scott as his caddie, Eaton hit 71 percent of the fairways for the week (t-26th in the field), hit 61 percent of the greens in regulation (t-32nd) and was 20th in strokes gained putting (+1.