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From Golfweek

By DAN MIROCHA
Assistant Editor

SHOAL CREEK, Ala. – For the second year in a row, an exempt U.S. Junior Amateur champion will not be in the field at the U.S. Amateur.

Cory Whitsett, who was granted a two-year exemption into the U.S. Amateur after his victory at last year’s U.S. Junior at Boone Valley, missed the July 2 registration deadline for next month’s U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst.

The United States Golf Association every year files a blank U.S. Amateur entry for the current year’s U.S. Junior champion (because the U.S. Junior is played after the deadline for the U.S. Amateur) but not for the previous year’s champion.

Whitsett said he was not contacted by the USGA prior to registration. One USGA official on site at this week’s U.S. Junior at Shoal Creek in Alabama said it is not the association’s responsibility to contact players to register.

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