Players to watch at the 2023 U.S. Amateur at Cherry Hills Country Club

It has been a stellar summer for Dunlap, who won the Northeast Amateur and North & South Amateur in back-to-back weeks. The rising sophomore at Alabama will also represent the United States in the Walker Cup next month at St. Andrews.

North Carolina’s David Ford at the 2023 Arnold Palmer Cup. (Photo: 2023 Arnold Palmer Cup)

Ford will also be on the United States Walker Cup team next month. He fell in the quarterfinals against Dunlap at the North & South Amateur and also was on the 2023 Palmer Cup team.

Nick Gabrelcik won the 117th Southern Amateur shooting 8-under 64 in the final round. (Photo: Southern Golf Association)

Gabrelcik set a course record in the final round of the Southern Amateur, shooting 8 under and claiming the title. The senior at North Florida won the Phil Mickelson Award for top college freshman in 2021 and reached the semifinals of the 2021 U.S. Amateur.

Ben James of the Virginia Cavaliers hits out of the bunker during the Division I Men’s Golf Championship held at Grayhawk Golf Club on May 29, 2023 in Scottsdale, Arizona. (Photo by C. Morgan Engel/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)

James, the reigning Phil Mickelson Award winner, won five times as a freshman at Virginia, becoming only the second player in school history to earn All-America honors. He was also on the 2023 Palmer Cup team and has a good shot at being named to the Walker Cup squad, as well.

Bryan Kim after winning the 2023 U.S. Junior Amateur. (Photo: USGA)

Kim, an incoming freshman at Duke, broke out after he won this year’s U.S. Junior Amateur at Daniel Island Club, defeating Joshua Bai, 2 up, in the 36-hole final. Last year, he qualified for the U.S. Amateur, earned a spot on the Junior President’s Cup team, tied for sixth in the Rolex Tournament of Champions and tied for 10th in the Junior Players.

Kazuma Kobori captured the 2023 Western Amateur. (Photo: WGA Championships)

Kobori had a strong summer, but he capitalized on it when he won the 2023 Western Amateur, clinching the summer-long Elite Amateur Series Cup in the process. He topped Christiaan Maas, a rising sophomore at Texas, in the 18-hole final.

Dylan Menante of North Carolina plays a tee shot on the second hole during the 2023 NCAA Men’s Golf Division I Championships at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona. (Photo: Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

Menante has been a match-play menace in recent years. He was 4-0 for the Tar Heels last year and reached the semifinals of the 2022 U.S. Amateur. He also finished second at the Southern Amateur and ninth at the Northeast Amateur this summer.

Gordon Sargent reacts after making a birdie putt on the 12th green during the final round of the 2023 U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club. (Photo: Kiyoshi Mio-USA TODAY Sports)

The top-ranked amateur in the world is set to lock up a PGA Tour card officially in a couple of months, but he could do it this week with a win. Sargent was low amateur at the 2023 U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club and also played in the PGA Tour’s John Deere Classic and Rocket Mortgage Classic.

Preston Summerhays plays his tee shot on the fourth hole during the second round of the 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities on July 28, 2023 in Blaine, Minnesota. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)

Summerhays, who won the 2019 U.S. Junior Amateur, qualified for his second U.S. Open this summer after surviving a 3-for-2 playoff. He also has played in the PGA Tour’s 3M Open and advanced to match play at the Western Amateur.

Caleb Surratt of the United States walks up the 18th fairway during the final round of the NV5 Invitational presented by Old National Bank at The Glen Club on July 30, 2023 in Glenview, Illinois. (Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images)

Surratt, a rising sophomore at Tennessee, won the SEC individual title in the spring and also finished runner-up at the Northeast Amateur against Nick Dunlap. He also made the cut in the Korn Ferry Tour’s NV5 Invitational, placing T-35.