July 25, 2017
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. â?" - Penn State men's golf student-athlete Cole Miller, who earlier this summer competed in the British Amateur, earned a spot at next month's U.S. Amateur Championship. Miller won the USGA Amateur Qualifier at the Colonial Golf and Tennis Club in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, by eight strokes with a two-round total of 131 (66-65).
"My expectations changed after this spring and I felt like I needed to qualify," said rising Nittany Lion senior Cole Miller. "My mentality after the first round was to just keep plugging away. It was going to get tougher in the afternoon with the wind, but I just kept working on it, I actually hit the ball better and had a better second round."
Miller, a 2017 honorable mention PING All-American and All-Big Ten selection, won or tied for five individual tournament titles in spring 2017 and his NCAA Washington Regional win helped the Nittany Lions advance to their fifth NCAA Championships appearance. From New Tripoli, Pennsylvania, Miller competed in his first U.S. Amateur Championship in 2015 at Olympia Fields Country Club in Illinois.
"This time I have a little bit more experience going into the U.S. Amateur and the preparations I have made to go out there (to California) have allowed me to focus on a progression - playing some competitive golf, working on my game, and giving myself enough time for both of those aspects," Miller said.
The 117th U.S. Amateur Championship will be held August 14-20, 2017 at the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California.
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