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MORTON, Minn. – Carrying momentum from his victory Sunday at the 78th Krugel Invitational at Mankato Golf Club, Leo Gellert birdied the 17th hole before sinking an eagle putt from 30 feet at the 18th Monday at Dacotah Ridge Golf Club to claim medalist honors and a spot in the 2026 U.S. Amateur.
Gellert, who also earned medalist honors during the first stage of qualifying in Idaho on June 23, posted a 5-under 67 to join the field at his first USGA championship next month.
“Like where I’m at and the game feels good right now,” said Gellert, who fired a final-round 68 Wednesday at Minnesota Valley Country Club to finish tied for seventh at the Minnesota State Open. “I can’t wait to compete and see where my game is at compared to everyone else.”
He will be joined by Iowa’s Brock Snyder, Minnesotans Tully Super and Tyler Seeling and Florida’s Jason Shwartz when the championship heads to historic Merion Golf Club Aug. 10-16 in Ardmore, Pa.
Gellert began the day with a double-bogey but rallied with four birdies over his final six holes of the front nine to turn in 2-under.
“Rough start and then I told [my caddie] I wanted to get back to 1-under through nine and I did,” he said. “Then I said I wanted to go birdie-birdie on 17 and 18 and that would probably put me in a good spot.”
Back-to-back bogeys at the 14th and 15th dropped the 23-year-old Mankato West High School graduate to 2-under for the round before a birdie at the 17 and he’d close out his round with a lengthy double-breaker for eagle to earn medalist honors at 5-under 67.
“I moved down to Florida to take golf serious and it’s starting pay off a little bit,” Gellert said. “Putter’s been pretty good over the last couple of weeks.”
Bouncing back from an early bogey Monday, High Point University junior Tully Super used three birdies over his final 13 holes, including a two-putt birdie on the final hole, to finish alone in third place to advance to the first USGA championship of his career.
“My goal was to get through, but honestly, I didn’t think 3-under was going to be enough,” the Wayzata, Minn., native said Monday. “It means so much. All the hard work I’ve been putting in, it’s nice to see what comes from that. Two great courses and a lot of history, just blessed to be able to have fun and go enjoy the experience out there.
“I struck the ball really well and managed to find my way around the course. I was able to make a lot of good putts, especially some par putts, which was good for the momentum coming down the stretch. Those five, 10-foot par putts are what helped me coming in.
Super’s mother, Alissa (Herron), won the 1999 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur at Cherokee Town and Country Club in Atlanta.
Rolling in a birdie putt on the second playoff hole Monday earned South Dakota State golfer Tyler Seeling the final qualifying spot after closing out his round with back-to-back birdies at the 17th and 18th holes to force a playoff.
“It’s a great opportunity to play with the best amateurs in the world, and I’m excited to see what I can do there,” Seeling said. “I always have high expectations for myself, and I don’t think anything will change when I go out there—just go have fun.”
Sitting at even par through 16 holes, Seeling, from Pequot Lakes, Minn., sank his birdie opportunity from 20 feet at the 17th before narrowly missing an eagle putt at No. 18 but tapped in for birdie to post a 2-under 70.
“I didn’t make a lot of birdies right away—kind of fighting around even par most of the day. When I got back to even par after 10, I thought 3-under would put me in a good spot and 2-under would probably get me in a playoff.”
University of Missouri golfer Brock Snyder tallied five birdies through his first 13 holes Monday before carding his only bogey of the round at the 16th. Following back-to-back pars over his final two holes, the Iowa native would finish alone in second at 4-under 68 to punch his ticket.
A pair of eagles during his round Monday highlighted Florida’s Jason Shwartz bid for a spot in the national championship next month, firing a 2-under 70 to finish in a share of fourth before clinching his spot with a birdie on the first playoff hole.
Recent Winona State University graduate Peyton Coahran finished in a share of fourth at 2-under 70 before earning first alternate honors following a 6-for-2 two-hole playoff. Wisconsin’s William Harned finished as second alternate.
The famed Merion Golf Club will host its seventh U.S. Amateur Championship in early August, and it will be the 20th USGA championship contested at the venue.
Most recently, Merion hosted the 2022 Curtis Cup, won by the United States.
Last season, Georgia’s Mason Howell became the third youngest winner of the U.S. Amateur, defeating Jackson Herrington, 7 and 6, at the 36-hole final at the age of 18, also becoming just the third No. 63 seed to begin match play to claim the title since the USGA adopted the system in 1985.
Minnesota native and Gustavus Adolphus College golfer Jimmy Abdo advanced to the quarterfinal round last year, earning an automatic exemption into this year’s championship.
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