Georgia high school junior Mason Howell qualifies for 2025 U.S. Open at age 17

Mason Howell has been left a year from high school but will be able to tell his classmates that he has played in Open us Before walking at graduation.

17-year-old high school junior in Georgia State qualified for the 2025 US Open in Ride club in Pimontu In Atlanta on Monday after he shot the impressive 18 under two rounds. He is also one of the most ranked younger golfers in the country, which arrived at number 8 on the list of American Junior Golf Association. However, his feat was extraordinary considering that the 496 was ranked amateur who entered the qualification on Monday.

“It was one of the biggest moments of my life,” Howell said after his two rounds.

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Mason Howell watches her shot during the American Junior Amateur Championships at the Bloomfield Hills, Mich., July 2, 2024. (Paradise Meht/Getty Images)

The “Longest Golf Day” is what is called an amateur qualifier, because golfers have to play two full rounds to determine who will participate in the 125th edition of the main tournament, which will be held at the Oakmont County Club Pennsylvania This year.

He was sure to be a busy day, but Howell went through his 36 holes without putting his highway on the results of the results, shooting 63 in both of his circles to earn his place at the US Open Field.

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Howell first finished with Jackson Buchanan, 22-year-old Illinois Golfer University, who also qualified for the tournament.

Mason Howell plays a hit during the American junior amateur championship at Bloomfield Hills, Michich., July 2, 2024. (Paradise Meht/Getty Images)

But there was not just an amateur in the qualifying field. The 2007 Masters winner, Zach Johnson, was among the veterans of PGA Tour trying to enter the field. Only the best five finishers on the water board can enter Oakmont, and Howell now has a momentum of momentum that will go to the tournament next week.

Mason Howell of the United States plays his shot during the US junior amateur championship at Bloomfield Hills, Mich., July 2, 2024. (Paradise Meht/Getty Images)

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Howell comes from Thomasville State Georgia, where he plays a golf team of boys of the Brookwood High School, which has won the fourth state title of the program in the last five years last month. Despite the remaining one year of school left before graduation, he has already committed to staying in the country for the next chapter of his golf career and playing for Georgia Bulldogs.

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