Highlights: 2019 U.S. Amateur Semifinals

Highlights from the two semifinal matches of the 2019 U.S. Amateur championship, featuring Andy Ogletree vs. Cohen Trolio and John Augenstein vs. William Holcomb V, at Pinehurst (N.C.) Resort & Country Club.
The U.S. Amateur, the ultimate test in amateur golf, is contested over seven days, with two days of stroke play on Pinehurst No. 2 and Pinehurst No. 4, followed by five rounds of match play exclusively on No. 2. The 36-hole championship match is contested on both Nos. 4 and 2.
Television coverage is available through the championship's conclusion on Sunday, Aug. 18, on FS1 and Fox. Live streaming will also be available on Thursday, Aug. 15 and Sunday, Aug. 18, on usamateur.com, as well as the free USGA streaming app on Apple TV and Roku.
Visit www.usamateur.com for full coverage and broadcast details.
Stream the USGA on Apple TV: apps.apple.com...
Stream the USGA on Roku: channelstore.r...

[@MatthewYoungNam]

They give me hope

[@sangminpark6799]

Lmao how?

[@oliedwards700]

Ryland Carroll like to see you play there

[@ryanhopkins6427]

It’s funny how we take for granted how good pros really are

[@sangminpark6799]

Ryan Hopkins no kidding smh

[@konstamattsson]

These are amateurs

[@Andrew-kk2ry]

@@konstamattsson You must count beans for a living.

[@jamesroboyle]

I really expected to see better quality shots considering it’s the semifinals.(First Match)

[@huntereberhardt9910]

I understand they are playing a US Open course cut to championship condition, and any of us in the comments would shoot 85... but there were a couple straight up bad shots too.

[@jamesroboyle]

Hunter Eberhardt nerves

[@bagpussmacfarlan9008]

A couple??! A couple of good shots

[@ferdinandluskel6999]

To be honest, I think any of us in the comments would shoot a 90+ easily. 85 is not a bad score on these conditions, I don't think you know how hard these courses are.

[@bagpussmacfarlan9008]

@@ferdinandluskel6999 I'm sure most of the people writing in the comments wouldn't scare 100...but they're not fighting for such a big tournament. For that level of golfer, it was seriously ordinary! Sure it was nerves, shows they're only human

[@johnkurtz7705]

Thanks, congratulations to all the fine players. Hoping for a close 36 hole final

[@ColinOffenbacher]

Oh god was that first match tough to watch🙈🙈🙈

[@shinydavidhowell]

Nice antidote to the birdie-fest the PGA TOUR has been serving up this week at least?!?

[@jamesyoo67]

It was like a race to the bottom.

[@jamesroboyle]

James Yoo More like a “Who can hit the shittiest shot” contest.

[@joeythomas9251]

It really was hard, but sometimes both guys have bad days.

[@el_duderino_man]

Trolio yelling at his ball is so annoying. I wish the ball could talk back. It would say "It is not my fault, Bro."

[@danielmalan8623]

Lol

[@chap100000]

Steven Hensley that’s his caddy lol. It’s his dad.

[@el_duderino_man]

@@chap100000 oh man. I do not think i could have a caddy doing that. And btw, i made this comment before seeing Holcomb who is even worse, but there seems to be a lot of golfers talking to their ball. It is annoying and they use the same little buzz words and buzz phrases. "Be tha club, be tha number, bite, grow teeth, sit down, roll over, go for a walk, heel, who's a good boy, where is your squeaky toy, go get it, good boy, stop licking your balls, etc"

[@joseortiz2881]

Steven Hensley 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Andrew-kk2ry]

Only thing worse than that is how ragged out his shirt is after every round. Disgusting.

[@pdubs7069]

Who edits these videos? Jeez

[@Yallknowceelo]

balls were going everywhere😂😂😂

[@miuragolfboss955]

Holcomb clearly loves the sound of his own voice

[@method341]

ogletree has an INSANE swing. PGA tour soon?

[@3rdgroove]

Absolutely, I love his swing here too. He turned pro after the 2020 Masters where he played along Tiger the first two rounds an eventually became the low am. Unfortunately he has somewhat changed his swing since 2019. It's shorter and god knows what else. The bottom line is that he has pulled out of the 2021 Genesis after battling a hip injury for weeks now :-/

[@method341]

@@3rdgroove No good, that's so unfortunate he was playing well as an am.

[@vitalsound1727]

The hardest part about these usga events are the local qualifiers when someone gets got. Match play is a totally different animal

[@drewhendley]

They got Pinehursted

[@TheGolfClan]

Karl would've won it if Holcomb hadn't made everything against him.

[@nikodelapena677]

talk about amateurs

[@PPower427]

The guys on the first match must have been like 10+ for there rounds

[@uwrossl]

Pinehurst is slapping them in the face and taking their lunch money. Long and tough course.

[@markio2010]

These guys are all over the place but they sure got short game.

[@RS3Dutchie]

There is no way that Augenstein will lose the final

[@el_duderino_man]

Uh oh. He is the best golfer with the worst attitude and personality. I bet he throws baby fits when his chicken nuggets are not perfectly served on a silver platter.

[@munchv2337]

I love how when Karl Vilips is playing, USGA gets 40K plus views... and when he’s not playing they only get 10K

[@robert_t_golf]

true

[@kylecorrigan2449]

anybody else really not like holcomb or is it just me

[@Jonibonie]

Kyle Corrigan Since he won against Karl🤣

[@samnewlands1221]

Kyle Corrigan I don’t dislike him but I really like Augenstein

[@matthughsongolf8402]

This was difficult to watch

[@bagpussmacfarlan9008]

Some serious duffing going on!!

[@robert_t_golf]

True

[@John_Wood_]

Stay in school/college lads...

[@bigggaming1996]

I’m sure the first match only had 1 birdie. Mate I would have beaten these lads

[@philipp2854]

To be fair, I'd bet my life on the fact you wouldn't :-)

[@bigggaming1996]

Philipp 28 yeh they probably would but I still play off scratch.

[@philipp2854]

@@bigggaming1996 I would say I'm a decent player as well who understands a thing or two about the game, and I see where you are coming from. However the difficulty of that course under the circumstances is probably unimaginable for us. Brad Faxon said he played the course two days after the tournament, and shot a smooth 78 without playing bad. I think that shows us something

[@bigggaming1996]

Yeh true

[@robert_t_golf]

@@bigggaming1996 I'm also a scratch, but I shot 78 there yesterday in a tournament, and didn't feel like I played that poorly. Some holes I bogeyed without really hitting a bad shot.

[@lizhemehema6755]

That was horrific to watch the first one anyways

[@CGkilla10]

I understand its Match Play but this is pathetic golf, winning holes with bogeys. Poor performance imo

[@bunkerputt]

I gotta do some yoga and speed training.

[@tailwalker84]

I think the guy misspoke when he said crown greens... He meant clown greens. USGA never disappoints with stupid course setups. You shouldn't haveb to worry about putting it off the green if a putt wonders a few feet by.

[@shao-chiehfu2344]

Those two guys from the first match are not good at all. I bet they were shooting in the 80s today. Not what I expected on this stage of the competition.

[@johnkurtz7705]

Next year, get your handicap index low enough to enter usga amateur. Play well enough to get through the qualifiers, then play great to qualify for the matchplay. Then beat everyone, sounds elementary

[@shao-chiehfu2344]

@@johnkurtz7705 ya another " u have to do it before u can judge about it " I dont see people being president yet we talk a shit load of him all the time. Also, I am not even judging those players. It's just that they were not on their A game today and it's kinda weird for both of them to perform poorly at the same time makes it feel like a lower level competition but a semifinal of US amateurs.

[@shao-chiehfu2344]

​@Logan Par That shows not all amateur player is like Wolff and Morikawa who just went straight into pro and kick assess.

[@johnkurtz7705]

If saying you expect better play, and that their scores were in the 80s, I tend to think that is judging them. Golf looks easy on tv and at tour events. I don't think that you have to be able to play great to talk about them or anything else, just that the best 64 amateur players in the world made the match play. And they were down to the last 4, great playing. Matchplay is different from stroke play. You can tie an hole with birds or doubles. The finalists get a trip to the master's. Might be a bit of pressure. Although neither player was at his best, they definitely tried every hole, all you can ask.

[@shao-chiehfu2344]

@@johnkurtz7705 That is fair to say. I do apologize for the misunderstanding of my wording.

[@rubbamade]

I could have beat both these guys. Geez.

[@michaelsdad8639]

you couldn’t beat the greens keeper at your local golf course

[@rubbamade]

@@michaelsdad8639 fuck you douche

[@urmyseed1907]

Rubbamade you’re the douche for thinking you could beat them

[@chriscampbell3055]

Dude, these kids are the best amateurs in the world.

[@urmyseed1907]

Rubbamade have you ever broke 100?

[@rodude1803]

This is the worst display of us amateur golf I have ever seen it’s like watching 20 handicappers

[@nobis_kid623]

The smiling airport parenthetically rinse because news prospectively smell amidst a grotesque shampoo. expensive, awful maple

[@urmyseed1907]

That’s a joke that Ogletree made Trolio putt the one at 9:15

[@houkuanchoi2223]

what joke? he missed it and ogletree went 2 up, best decision he made the whole match!

[@lugcalums9779]

That's exactly why he made him putt it, because he missed it!!!!!!

[@urmyseed1907]

HOU KUAN CHOI yeah but guys have been just giving each other everything all week. It was a two footer that probably every other time he had this week the person he was playing against said to pick it up