LAFAYETTE, La. – Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns senior golfer Fernando Cruz Valle won a four-hole playoff against Blake Caldwell and Eric Ricard of LSU to qualify for the 116th United States Amateur Championship at a qualifier held at Links on the Bayou in Alexandria, La. earlier this week.
Cruz Valle beat out both Caldwell and Ricard on the fourth playoff hole after having played 36 holes earlier in the day.
"It still hasn't sunk in yet," Cruz Valle said. "To finally qualify after so many years of trying, this is quite an accomplishment for me.