{"id":2023,"date":"2026-06-17T21:08:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T21:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=2023"},"modified":"2026-06-17T21:08:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T21:08:31","slug":"u-s-open-former-byu-standout-zac-blair-is-the-only-golfer-with-utah-ties-at-shinnecock-hills-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=2023","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Open: Former BYU standout Zac Blair is the only golfer with Utah ties at Shinnecock Hills this week"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A year after no fewer than three past Utah State Amateur champions represented the Beehive State at the U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club in Pittsburgh, only one golfer with Utah ties will tee it up this year in the major golf tournament Shinnecock Hills in Southampton, New York.<\/p>\n

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That would be 35-year-old Zac Blair, the former All-American golfer at BYU who is making a habit of qualifying for the event viewed by many as the ultimate test of golf in the world. Blair, who now makes his home in Orem, tees off in the 126th U.S. Open on Thursday morning at 11:03 a.m. MT with fellow Americans Kevin Roy and Pierceson Coody.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m obviously thrilled to be playing in it again,\u201d Blair told the Deseret News last week. \u201cAnd to have it at Shinnecock Hills, one of the hardest golf courses in the world, and one of the best golf courses in the world, makes it extra sweet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last year, fellow Utah State Am champs Tony Finau and Preston Summerhays were in the field with Blair in Pennsylvania, but neither Finau nor Summerhays qualified this year. Another past State Am champ, former Fremont High and BYU star Patrick Fishburn, was eliminated in a playoff in his bid to qualify at a golf course in Canada a week ago Monday.<\/p>\n

Finau will miss his third straight major, after playing in 33 straight before failing to qualify for the Masters last April. <\/p>\n

So that leaves Blair to carry the Utah banner, after he qualified through Springfield Country Club in Ohio for the third straight year.<\/p>\n

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I am in a weird spot right now. … I am kind of a little more putting my chips in the Korn Ferry (Tour) basket and hopefully try to get one of those 20 (PGA Tour) cards that way.<\/p>\n

\u2014 \u00a0Former BYU golfer Zac Blair, who has conditional status on PGA Tour<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It will be Blair\u2019s fifth U.S. Open. He tied for 40th in 2014 at Pinehurst, missed the cut in 2019 at Pebble Beach, tied for 26th at Pinehurst in 2024 and missed the cut last year at Oakmont, shooting 74-77 on that ultra-difficult course before J.J. Spaun claimed the title.<\/p>\n

Blair arrived with his family of five in New York on Saturday, as wife Alicia, sons Charles and William, and daughter Izzy made the trip. He\u2019s familiar with Shinneock, the only course to have hosted the U.S. Open in three different centuries.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, I have been lucky enough to play it a couple of times, just casual rounds when some friends hosted us out there,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is a pretty awesome place, full of history and all that. I have always enjoyed the whole experience out there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brooks Koepka won the U.S. Open the last time it was contested on the Long Island course, in 2018, his second-straight U.S. Open victory. He edged Tommy Fleetwood by a shot after Fleetwood shot a 63 in the final round.<\/p>\n

Blair said he\u2019s been preparing for the typical U.S. Open setup, which is to say a hard, firm and fast layout with gnarly rough and difficult greens.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is probably going to be a little sporty, setup wise, for the tournament,\u201d he said. \u201cBut it is always a really good golf course for me. It is kind of an interesting place. I don\u2019t think it particularly sets up (better) for anybody in particular. I don\u2019t think there\u2019s a huge advantage for people that hit it really far, or super straight. It\u2019s really fair.\u201d<\/p>\n

Because he\u2019s 2 for 4 in cuts made at U.S. Opens, Blair would love to get above .500 in that category, and he believes he has the game to do it.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe goal is always to go play four days,\u201d he said. \u201cI know if I play well, that is definitely something I can do. I usually start from there and then hopefully things click and you are having a good week and making good decisions and kind of executing on those and feeling it out as you go.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shinnecock Hills will play at about 7,440 yards and will be a par-70 course for the U.S. Open. Past champions at the venue include Raymond Floyd, Corey Pavin, Retief Goosen and Koepka.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to do everything really well out there, and obviously hit a lot of fairways,\u201d Blair said. \u201cThe fairways are a little more generous than you would typically see for a U.S. Open. But if you get off the fairways, there are nightmares out there.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlso, the wind can blow pretty good out there. Hopefully the weather turns out pretty good. I am excited to see what is going on.\u201d<\/p>\n

What\u2019s going on with Zac Blair\u2019s career?<\/h3>\n

Having finished the 2024 PGA Tour season just outside the top 125 on the FedEx Cup points list \u2014 he was at 126 \u2014 Blair currently has only conditional PGA Tour status and has been splitting his time in 2026 between the PGA Tour and the Korn Ferry Tour.<\/p>\n

In seven PGA Tour starts this year, he\u2019s made four cuts. His best finish was a tie for 8th in the Puerto Rico Open on March 5.<\/p>\n

Blair has made the cut in all seven of his Korn Ferry Tour starts in 2026, the best showing a second-place finish (-15) at the Colonial Life Charity Classic in South Carolina on May 17.<\/p>\n

Blair is currently at No. 23 on the Korn Ferry Tour points list; The top 20 secure cards for the PGA Tour in 2027.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I am in a weird spot. I am on the fringe of getting into a lot of these events. Like, I would have got into the Canada Open his past week,\u201d Blair said. \u201cBut I didn\u2019t enter. I decided to come home, and that was good. It would have been my seventh week in a row, playing. <\/p>\n

\u201cI was like, \u2018do I want to play seven straight events and then the U.S. Open? Or do you want to come home and take a bit of a break and head in there somewhat fresh, hopefully.\u201d<\/p>\n

Blair hopes to get into the PGA Tour\u2019s John Deere Classic in early July, \u201cand then maybe a handful of other ones, and then we will see what happens during the fall.\u201d<\/p>\n

Between now and then, he will go back to the Korn Ferry Tour and hunt for PGA Tour status that way.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now I am kind of a little more putting my chips in the Korn Ferry basket and hopefully try to get one of those 20 cards that way,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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