Hayes Brown, 32, Charlotte, N.C.
• Not ranked in World Amateur Golf Ranking®/WAGR®
• Playing in his second USGA championship
• Reached the quarterfinals with partner Jack Larkin in 2018 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship
• First No. 64 seed to advance to the U.S. Mid-Amateur semifinal round
• Made eagle hole-out on second stroke-play playoff hole to reach match play
• Member of golf team at Wofford College for three years
• Won two Class 2A state scholastic championships at The Lovett School, in Atlanta, Ga.
• Works in asset management for a real estate company
Road to the Semifinals
-Shot 72-70–142 in stroke play to earn the No. 64 seed
-R64: Def. Yaroslav Merkulov, 1 up
-R32: Def. Sam Straka, 5 and 4
-R16: Def. Richard “Skip” Berkmeyer, 4 and 2
-QF: Def. Colby Harwell, 6 and 5
Mark Costanza, 32, Morristown, N.J.
No. 341 in World Amateur Golf Ranking®/WAGR®
• Competing in his second USGA championship, including 2019 U.S. Mid-Amateur
• One of 39 players who were exempt into this year’s U.S. Mid-Amateur field
• 2020 Metropolitan Golf Association Player of the Year
• Captured 2020 MGA Ike Stroke Play Championship with chip-in eagle on final hole
• Won 2020 New Jersey State Open in a playoff after posting a 54-hole score of 10-under 206
• Played at St. John’s University and Southern Methodist University
• His wife, Meredith (married on Sept. 18, 2021), is his caddie for this championship
• Employed as an investment banker with an independent firm
Road to the Semifinals-Shot 70-69–139 in stroke play to earn the No. 23 seed
-R64: Def. Thomas Parker, 4 and 3
-R32: Def. Nathan Colson, 2 and 1
-R16: Def. Brett Viboch, 4 and 3
-QF: Def. Andrew Bailey, 5 and 4
Stewart Hagestad, 30, Newport Beach, Calif.
• No. 13 in World Amateur Golf Ranking®/WAGR®
• Competing in his 24th USGA championship and fifth U.S. Mid-Amateur• Won the 2016 U.S. Mid-Amateur when he produced the largest comeback win since the 36-hole final began in 2001
• Has also reached the Mid-Amateur semifinals in 2018 and 2019 and owns an 18-3 match-play record
• Member of three winning USA Walker Cup Teams (2017, 2019, 2021)
• Won a gold medal in the mixed team competition of the 2019 Pan American Games
• Played in three U.S. Opens (2017, 2018, 2019) and 12 U.S. Amateurs
• Low amateur in 2017 Masters, becoming the first invited Mid-Amateur champion to make the 36-hole cut
• Graduated from the University of Southern California in 2013 where he was a member of the golf team
Road to the Semifinals
-Shot 69-68–137 in stroke play to earn the No. 13 seed
-R64: Def. Brett Young, 4 and 2
-R32: Def. Marc Dull, 5 and 4
-R16: Def. Stephen Behr Jr., 23 holes
-QF: Def. Christian Sease, 2 up
Nicholas Maccario, 29, Haverhill, Mass.
-No. 446 in World Amateur Golf Ranking®/WAGR®
• Competing in his third USGA championship and first U.S. Mid-Amateur
• Survived a 13-for-7 stroke-play playoff to advance to match play
• 2020 Massachusetts Golf Association Player of the Year
• Runner-up in both the New England Amateur and Massachusetts Amateur in 2020
• Captured the 2019 Massachusetts Mid-Amateur Championship
• Tied for third in this year’s Gasparilla Invitational on Feb. 20
• Earned Boston Globe all-scholastic at St. John’s Prep and played at Saint Anselm’s College
• Works in sales for an investment firm
Road to the Semifinals
-Shot 71-71–142 in stroke play to earn the No. 59 seed
-R64: Def. Daniel Campbell, 2 and 1
-R32: Def. Jay Moore, 5 and 4
-R16: Def. Brad Nurski, 3 and 2
-QF: Def. Gregor Orlando, 5 and 4
U.S. MID-AMATEUR
40th U.S. Mid-Amateur: Meet the Semifinalists
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Sep 29, 2021
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Siasconset, Mass.