JIM NUGENT
The USGA has been waiting, patiently,
for someone to break away from the pack
of suspects and grab a spot on the U.S.
Walker Cup team that travels
to Scotland in September.
The wait is over. Corbin
Mills (right), pack your
bags and get a passport.
Two weeks ago, Mills,
21, was just another
college golfer playing the
American summer amateur
circuit. Today, he is a
USGA champion, winner
of another elite amateur
event, and likely ticketed
for The Masters next
spring.
What Mills has ac-
complished in the last 14
days is most impressive. He
was the stroke-play medal-
ist at the U.S. Public Links
Championship at Bandon Dunes;
his 4-under-par 67 on Old Macdon-
ald was the low round of
the championship. And
despite a nagging ear
infection and pink eye, he
won six matches to claim
the title, becoming just the first
player since 2000 in to win both the
qualifying medal and the
championship.
Exhausted, Mills then jetted
across country to compete at The
Players Amateur at Belfair GC in
South Carolina.
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