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Louis Brown defeats Dan Sullivan to win 69th U.S. Senior Amateur

Both finalists are exempt into the 2024 U.S. Mid-Amateur, 2025 U.S. Senior Open and 2025 U.S. Amateur.

Louis Brown, 61, of Marietta, Georgia, defeated Dan Sullivan, 57, of Pasadena, California, to claim the 2024 U.S. Senior Amateur title.

By virtue of reaching the final, both golfers earned entries into the 2024 U.S. Mid-Amateur at Kinloch Golf Club, in Virginia, the 2025 U.S. Senior Open at The Broadmoor, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and the 2025 U.S. Amateur at The Olympic Club in San Francisco.

Brown is the fifth player from Georgia to win the Frederick L. Dold Trophy. He took the final 4 and 3 in the 18-hole match. He first played a USGA event in the 1981 U.S. Junior Amateur.

“I haven’t done everything I wanted to do in golf, but I’ve won some tournaments,” said Brown, who was the Australian Tour’s Rookie of the Year in 1989. “I’ve won some stuff in Georgia that’s pretty meaningful but the one thing that I thought would be huge for me would be to win a USGA event, and this was the only one.”

What the U.S. Senior Amateur champion gets:

  • A gold medal
  • Possession of the Frederick L. Dold Trophy for one year
  • Exemptions into the next 10 U.S. Senior Amateur Championships
  • Exemption into the 2025 U.S. Senior Open Championship
  • Exemptions into the 2024 and 2025 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championships
  • Exemptions into the 2025 and 2026 U.S. Amateur Championships
  • Exemption from local qualifying for the 2025 U.S. Open at Oakmont  Country Club

The 2025 U.S. Senior Amateur will be held at Biltmore Forest Country Club, in Asheville, North Carolina.

Nick Gabrelcik shoots record 64 in final round to win 117th Southern Amateur

Gabrelcik’s final-round 64 was the best of the week.

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Nick Gabrelcik was six shots behind the leader when he began his final round Saturday morning. By day’s end, he was hoisting a trophy.

Gabrelcik, a rising senior at North Florida, was stellar Saturday in the final round of the 117th Southern Amateur at The Honors Course in Ooltewah, Tennessee. He shot 8-under 64, moving 23 spots up the leaderboard and capturing the title. His 64 was the best round of the week, helping him finish at 11 under par and beating North Carolina’s Dylan Menante by one shot.

“The whole week I was hitting the ball good but the first two days I just couldn’t put it all together with the putting and chipping.” Gabrelcik told Amateur Golf. “It all felt like it was coming together sooner than later. I didn’t wake up this morning thinking I was going to play how I did but it was nice it all came together now.

“I was putting the ball in play and giving myself opportunities with my iron shots and the putter was definitely the key today,” Gabrelcik added.

The tournament was shortened to 54 holes after heavy rains caused numerous delays during the first and second rounds.

The Southern Amateur is the fifth event of seven in the 2023 Elite Amateur Series. The player who earned the most points after seven events will earn a PGA Tour exemption to be announced, an exemption into the 2023 U.S. Amateur, one 2024 Korn Ferry Tour start and an exemption into final qualifying for the 2024 U.S. Open. Alabama sophomore Nick Dunlap held the top spot with 57.8349 points through the Trans-Mississippi Amateur.

Up next is the 56th Pacific Coast Amateur from July 25-28 at Capilano Golf and Country Club in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.