Former UCLA Bruins golf star Omar Morales has qualified for the 2024 US Open. Morales was terrific shooting an 11 under, 133 on Monday. This was the final day of qualifying at Daly City. There were four spots up for grabs.
The 21-year-old from Mexico was a 2 time Pac-12 golfer of the year. He made 18 starts with the Bruins golf team and played in 55 rounds in his career. He grabbed two wins and had five Top 10 finishes.
The US Open will take place at Pinehurst starting next week. He did participate in the 123rd U.S. Open and was cut after Day 2, as he was +9 in 2023. He also had the honor of hitting the opening tee shot a season ago in Los Angeles.
Junior Omar Morales (@omar_moralesn) will compete at the 124th U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2 in North Carolina from June 13-16.
The Major Championship event will be televised by the USA Network, Peacock and NBC.
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Last season Wyndham Clark won his first at the Los Angeles Country Club. Brooks Koepka is the last golfer to win it back to back, in 2017 and 2018. No Mexican-born golfer has ever won the event.