67th U.S. Senior Amateur: Meet the Quarterfinalists

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Jon Brown, 55, Adel, Iowa

• No. 1,225 in World Amateur Golf Ranking/WAGR

• Competing in his 11th USGA championship and first U.S. Senior Amateur

• Round-of-16 victory over John Adams in 25 holes tied the second-longest match in championship history

• Holds 11 Iowa Golf Association victories and was inducted into Iowa Golf Hall of Fame in 2013

• Two-time Iowa Amateur champion (2006, 2019), two-time Iowa Mid-Amateur champion (2008, 2016), and two-time IGA Player of the Year (2004, 2006)

• Serves on the IGA Hall of Fame Committee and Rules & Competitions Committee, and has served on the IGA Board of Directors since 2018

• Area sales manager for Union Bank & Trust Co.

• Youngest player in the field; became age-eligible one day prior to start of this year's championship

Road to the Quarterfinals

• Shot 72-70–142 in stroke play to earn the No. 6 seed
• R64: Def. Oscar Mestre, 19 holes
• R32: Def. Jim Plotkin, 3 and 2
• R16: Def. John Adams, 25 holes

Jeff Frazier, 57, Mechanicsburg, Pa.

• No. 3,342 in World Amateur Golf Ranking/WAGR

• Competing in his eighth USGA championship and first U.S. Senior Amateur

• Played in seven U.S. Mid-Amateurs

• Won the 2022 Pennsylvania Senior Match Play at his home club, Carlisle Country Club

• Won the 17th GAP Frank H. Chapman Memorial Cup in June

• Three-time Harrisburg District Amateur champion and two-time Harrisburg Open champion

• Season ticket holder for Penn State football, where his son, Jordan, graduated from and his daughter, Leah, is a rising senior

• Product manager for a global fintech and payments company

• Plays left-handed; trying to become first lefty to win the U.S. Senior Amateur

Road to the Quarterfinals

• Shot 75-76–151 in stroke play to earn the No. 42 seed
• R64: Def. Lewis Stephenson, 3 and 1
• R32: Def. Wayne Frederik, 22 holes
• R16: Def. Peter Detemple, 2 and 1

Doug Hanzel, 65, Savannah, Ga.

• No. 470 in World Amateur Golf Ranking/WAGR

• Competing in his 40th USGA championship and 10th U.S. Senior Amateur

• Won the 2013 U.S. Senior Amateur at Wade Hampton Golf Club in Cashiers, N.C.

• Low amateur in the 2012 and 2013 U.S. Senior Opens

• Qualified for the U.S. Amateur in six different decades (1970s through 2020s)

• Played college golf at Kent State University, where there is a scholarship in his name

• Inducted into the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame in 2019

• Competed in two U.S. Amateur Four-Balls (2017 & 2019) with fellow quarterfinalist Bob Royak

• Only player in USGA history to make match play in the U.S. Amateur, U.S. Mid-Amateur and U.S. Senior Amateur in the same year (2012)

• Retired pulmonologist

Road to the Quarterfinals

• Shot 71-75–146 in stroke play to earn the No. 14 seed
• R64: Def. Rupert Kellock, 1 up
• R32: Def. Jeff Burda, 1 up
• R16: Def. Sean Knapp, 1 up

Stephen Jensen, 56, England

• No. 1,507 in World Amateur Golf Ranking/ WAGR

• Competing in his first USGA championship

• Defeated USGA champions Gene Elliott (2021 U.S. Senior Amateur) and Michael McCoy (2013 U.S. Mid-Amateur) in the Rounds of 32 and 16, respectively, to reach the quarterfinals in his U.S. Senior Amateur debut

• Made a 25-foot birdie putt on the final hole to win the 2022 English Senior Men’s Amateur Championship in May

• Won the 2021 Scottish Senior Men’s Championship and the 2017 English Mid-Amateur Championship

• Born in Yorkshire, England, and lives in Buckinghamshire, England

• Travels extensively around the world with his wife, Kate, and three daughters, Olivia, Florence and Martha

• Loves Arsenal football and his two chocolate Labrador dogs

Road to the Quarterfinals

• Shot 74-73–147 in stroke play to earn the No. 15 seed
• R64: Def. John Pate, 2 and 1
• R32: Def. Gene Elliott, 1 up
• R16: Def. Michael McCoy, 3 and 1

Miles McConnell, 56, Tampa, Fla.

• No. 822 in World Amateur Golf Ranking® / WAGR®

• Competing in his ninth USGA championship and second U.S. Senior Amateur

• Lost to eventual champion Billy Mayfair on the 20th hole in the quarterfinals of the 1987 U.S. Amateur at Jupiter Hills Club

• Has played in four U.S. Amateurs, two U.S. Mid-Amateurs, one U.S. Senior Amateur and one U.S. Senior Open (2022)

• Won the 2022 Florida State Golf Association (FSGA) Senior Amateur Match Play and Golfweek Senior Player of the Year Classic

• Named the 2021 FSGA Senior Player of the Year

• General manager of Jackson’s Bistro Bar & Sushi in Tampa, Fla.

• Has owned and operated restaurants for 25 years

• -Owns an extensive Frank Sinatra collection, including CDs, record albums and movies

• -Born in Canada, but moved to Florida at age 10. Attended University of South Florida

Road to the Quarterfinals

• Shot 68-72–140 in stroke play to earn the No. 1 seed
• R64: Def. Jerry Gunthorpe, 19 holes
• R32: Def. Bryan Waters, 4 and 3
• R16: Def. Lee Porter, 2 and 1

Roger Newsom, 58, Virginia Beach, Va.

• Not ranked in World Amateur Golf Ranking/WAGR
• Competing in his 10th USGA championship and third U.S. Senior Amateur
• Runner-up to champion Bob Royak in the 2019 U.S. Senior Amateur
• Played in three U.S. Senior Opens (2014, 2019, 2021)
• Won the State Open of Virginia twice (2008, 2011)
• Captured the 2014 Virginia State Golf Association Senior Open
• Board-certified eye surgeon and ophthalmologist who performs 20-30 surgeries per week
• Played golf for three years at East Carolina University
• His brother, Tim, is the director of operations at Riverfront Golf Club, in Suffolk, Va.

Road to the Quarterfinals

• Shot 70-75–145 in stroke play to earn the No. 12 seed
• R64: Def. Rob Cowan, 1 up
• R32: Def. Jim Doing, 4 and 3
• R16: Def. Mitch Wilson, 3 and 2

Bob Royak, 60, Alpharetta, Ga.

• No. 1,112 in World Amateur Golf Ranking/WAGR

• Competing in his 23rd USGA championship and sixth U.S. Senior Amateur

• Won the 2019 U.S. Senior Amateur at Old Chatham Golf Club in Durham, N.C. 

• Won the 2021 Georgia State Golf Association Player of the Year award and is a four-time GSGA Senior Player of the Year

• Recent victories include the 2021 Georgia Mid-Amateur, 2021 National Senior Hall of Fame and the 2020 Senior Jones Cup

• Played in five U.S. Amateurs and three U.S. Senior Opens (2012, 2019, 2021)

• Has reached the Round of 32 in all six U.S. Senior Amateur starts

• He and his brother, Paul, played golf at the University of Tampa

• Vice president of operations for an executive search firm

Road to the Quarterfinals

• Shot 69-73–142 in stroke play to earn the No. 4 seed
• R64: Def. Michael Zoerhoff, 6 and 5
• R32: Def. Kenneth Bakst, 21 holes
• R16: Def. Matt Sughrue, 3 and 2

Rusty Strawn, 59, McDonough, Ga.

• No. 575 in World Amateur Golf Ranking/ WAGR

• Competing in his 10th USGA championship and third U.S. Senior Amateur

• Reached the quarterfinals of the U.S. Senior Amateur for the second year in a row

• Played in two U.S. Amateurs and five U.S. Mid-Amateurs

• Won the 2022 Trans-Mississippi Senior Championship and Florida Senior Azalea Amateur

• Runner-up to Sherrill Britt in the 2022 North and South Senior Men’s Championship

• Played college golf at Georgia Southern University with 2016 U.S. Senior Open champion Gene Sauers

• Recently made a hole-in-one on a par 4 at Eagle’s Landing Country Club in Stockbridge, Ga.

• Chief executive officer of an insurance firm

Road to the Quarterfinals

• Shot 69-73–142 in stroke play to earn the No. 8 seed
• R64: Def. Scott Copeland, 2 and 1
• R32: Def. Craig Steinberg, 4 and 3
• R16: Def. Paul Simson, 19 holes

Compiled by Joey Geske, the USGA’s assistant manager for championships communications. Email him at jgeske@usga.org