Zac Blair’s initial breakthrough in pro golf came five years ago, when he qualified for the U.S. Open and tied for 40th place at Pinehurst in North Carolina. He never returned to PGA Tour LatinoAmerica after the summer break in the schedule, and was playing the PGA Tour by that October.
The Orem resident is headed back to the big stage at least temporarily, from the platform of Web.com Tour membership. Blair qualified for the 2019 U.S. Open by shooting 67-67 and finishing in a tie for first place in a 73-player field in a sectional event Monday at Springfield (Ohio) Country Club.