Golfer Just Misses Cut On U.S. Amateurs

Cory Siegfried isn’t dwelling on it, nor does it gnaw at him. The 2008 Haverford School graduate and current University of Virginia golfer finished sixth out of 110 golfers back on Aug. 1 in the two-day United States Amateur Qualifier. He missed making the U.S. Amateur championship by a stroke, a few inches, and he’s willing to take what he learned and use it to play better.

Sure, Siegfried would have loved to close his summer out playing at Erin Hills, in Erin, Wis., this week in the U.S. Amateur National Championship, instead of being an alternate for the team.

“This summer proved that I have to work harder, that’s what I took from it,” said Siegfried, a Villanova resident. “My summer was OK, at best. The funny thing is, I played really well last summer, when I won the state amateur a year ago (2010). I got to travel around to a lot of high-end amateur events, competing with Walker Cup guys and NCAA All-Americans. With players from Georgia, Oklahoma State, that was fun to compete against players like that and size up against some of the better players in the country. I think last summer showed that I could play well."

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