It was a dream finish for Blacklick’s Vaughn Harber. He stood on the 14th tee of The Lakes Golf & Country Club at 4-under-par, five shots off the projected cut line for a spot in the 126th U.S. Open at Shinnecock.
Then Harber played his final five holes in 5-under-par, going birdie-par-eagle-birdie-birdie to get to 9-under par. The fantastic finish earned him a spot in a 4-for-3 playoff with five-time PGA TOUR winner JB Holmes and amateurs Arni Sviensson and Sam Uldovich.
Then in the playoff, this happened:
SO CLUTCH! 😤
Hometown kid Vaughn Harber knocks it in TIGHT to survive a playoff in Ohio and punch his ticket to the U.S. Open. pic.twitter.com/vuz77RoMHH
— U.S. Open (@usopengolf) June 8, 2026
With that birdie, Harber qualified for a spot in the 2026 U.S. Open Championship, along side Final Qualifying medalist Davis Thompson of St. Simons Island, who shot 11-under par, and the other two playoff survivors, Holmes and Sviensson — who will be the first Icelandic golfer to play in a U.S. Open.
— photos and notes by Jack Rubin, OGA
FINAL RESULTS: United States Golf Association
2026 U.S. Open Final Qualifying – Columbus
conducted by the Ohio Golf Association
The Lakes Golf & Country Club, Westerville
Monday, June 8, 2026
Golf Genius Hole-by-Hole Results >
QUALIFIERS:
1 Davis Thompson, St. Simons Island, Ga. 66 – 67 = 133
T2 J.B. Holmes, Campbellsville, Ky. 70 – 65 = 135
T2 Vaughn Harber (a), Blacklick, Ohio 67 – 68 = 135
T2 Arni Sveinsson (a), Iceland 67 – 68 = 135
ALTERNATES:
CUT Sam Udovich (a), Inver Grove Heights, Minn. 68 – 67 = 135 Alternate 1
CUT Braxton Kuntz, Canada 69 – 67 = 136 Alternate 2
DID NOT QUALIFY:
CUT Jhonattan Vegas, Venezuela 69 – 67 = 136
CUT Bud Cauley, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. 68 – 68 = 136
CUT Austin Eckroat, Edmond, Okla. 66 – 70 = 136
CUT Ethan Brue, Peoria, Ill. 69 – 68 = 137
CUT Chris Naegel, Wildwood, Mo. 68 – 69 = 137
CUT TT Crouch, Mount Vernon, Ohio 67 – 70 = 137
CUT Jacob Harper, Auburn, Ala. 70 – 67 = 137
CUT Justin Lower, Akron, Ohio 69 – 68 = 137
CUT Brandon Hoelzer, Fremont, Ohio 67 – 71 = 138
CUT Denny McCarthy, Jupiter, Fla. 69 – 70 = 139
CUT Charlie Nikitas, Glenview, Ill. 67 – 72 = 139
CUT Lucas Glover, Jupiter, Fla. 69 – 70 = 139
CUT Owen Stamper, Scottsville, Ky. 70 – 69 = 139
CUT Bob Bell, Scottsdale, Ariz. 65 – 74 = 139
CUT Kentaro Nanayama (a), Indonesia 70 – 70 = 140
CUT Ty Gingerich, Carmel, Ind. 74 – 66 = 140
CUT Sam Carraher (a), Crown Point, Ind. 72 – 69 = 141
CUT Will Locey, Charlotte, N.C. 67 – 74 = 141
CUT Tyler Isenhart, Geneva, Ill. 72 – 69 = 141
CUT Joey Moore, Billings, Mont. 72 – 69 = 141
CUT Erik van Rooyen, South Africa 69 – 73 = 142
CUT Nick Bienz, Indianapolis, Ind. 70 – 72 = 142
CUT Ian Bruchhauser (a), Temecula, Calif. 73 – 69 = 142
CUT Jared Jones, Dublin, Ohio 72 – 70 = 142
CUT Aidan Gutierrez (a), Valparaiso, Ind. 71 – 71 = 142
CUT Grant Smith (a), West Des Moines, Iowa 72 – 71 = 143
CUT Dusty Fielding, Lehi, Utah 73 – 70 = 143
CUT Ethan Tracy, Columbus, Ohio 77 – 67 = 144
CUT Luke Johnston (a), Evansville, Ind. 73 – 71 = 144
CUT Jimmy Abdo (a), Edina, Minn. 71 – 73 = 144
CUT Tyler Watts (a), Huntsville, Ala. 71 – 73 = 144
CUT Palmer Hays (a), Fayetteville, Ark. 72 – 74 = 146
CUT Tate Olson, Cook, Minn. 70 – 76 = 146
CUT Seth Smith (a), Campbellsville, Ky. 73 – 73 = 146
CUT Michael Barnard, Gallatin, Tenn. 74 – 73 = 147
CUT Jacob Bergeron, Slidell, La. 74 – 73 = 147
CUT Evan Menges (a), Dublin, Ohio 77 – 71 = 148
CUT Michael Rosman (a), Aurora, Colo. 75 – 73 = 148
CUT Logan Lagodich, Canton, Ohio 77 – 72 = 149
CUT Dagbjartur (Dabbi) Sigurbrandsson, Iceland 73 – 76 = 149
CUT Sean Paul Owen (a, )Horseheads, N.Y. 73 – 77 = 150
CUT Riley Andrews, Castle Rock, Colo. 78 – 77 = 155
WD Austin Smotherman, Loomis, Calif. 70 – WD
WD Aaron Baddeley, AZ, Australia 72 – WD
WD Matthew Dodd-Berry (a), England 74 – WD
