08-02-2018, 04:08 PM
Wu and Salinda have continued their world-class amateur play at the Western Amateur (in this case, "Western" means Chicagoland). This is truly the elite preparation tournament for the US Amateur. Both of our guys have finished in the top 5 of the stroke play portion (72 holes) and will be moving on to the 16 player match play rounds.
Wu is getting these excellent results at exactly the right time, as he figures to be a lock to move into the world top 50 before the final US Amateur cut-off (came into the Western at #54), which makes him exempt. In his qualifying tournament, he had finished as an alternate, and alternates rarely get in. Salinda was already in the US Amateur courtesy of the results of his qualifying tournament.
Wu is getting these excellent results at exactly the right time, as he figures to be a lock to move into the world top 50 before the final US Amateur cut-off (came into the Western at #54), which makes him exempt. In his qualifying tournament, he had finished as an alternate, and alternates rarely get in. Salinda was already in the US Amateur courtesy of the results of his qualifying tournament.