A pair of former Blue Devils will take to the U.S. Open as Max Greyserman and Alex Smalley take to the green on Thursday.
Greyserman, whose highest world ranking was No. 30 back in October, will look to top his career-best finish of T21 at the U.S. Open, while Smalley, who tied for second in the 2026 PGA Championship, will look to make the second-half cut of the U.S. Open for the first time in his career.
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Greyserman played four seasons of golf at Duke, where his stroke average trended up throughout his career. During his senior season in 2016-17, Greyserman had a 72.07 stroke average. In 2015-16, he had a pair of top-5 finishes and was named to the All-ACC Academic Team.
The New Jersey native finished the PGA Championship tied for 14th and followed it up with a top-10 finish at THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson. Greyserman will now look to get back on track after unfortunately missing the cut in his next two appearances at the Charles Schwab Challenge and the RBC Canadian Open.
Smalley had a 70.35 stroke average during his senior season at Duke back in 2018-19, with a major highlight coming during the 2018 NCAA Division I men’s golf championship, where Smalley defeated future world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler as part of Duke’s qualifying match against Texas.
The 29-year-old caught fire at the PGA Championship, finished tied for second, and followed that up with a T3 finish at the Charles Schwab Challenge. Like Greyserman, Smalley’s most recent appearance was disappointing, as he missed the cut at The Memorial Tournament presented by Workday.
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Greyserman, who is paired with Brian Harman and Jacob Bridgeman, will tee off Thursday at 8:14 a.m. for his first round and will start his second round at 2:09 p.m. on Friday.
Smalley, paired with Joaquin Niemann and Shane Lowry, will begin play Thursday at 1:47 p.m. and Friday at 7:52 a.m.
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