Enjoying Watching Neal Shipley At The Masters? He’ll Be Back On Our Screens In Just Two Months' Time

The amateur has made a name for himself at Augusta National, and we’ll be able to see more of him at the Pinehurst No.2 Major in June

Neal Shipley during the first round of The Masters
Neal Shipley will also play in the US Open at Pinehurst No.2
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Mike Hall
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Ohio State golfer Neal Shipley has been winning plenty of admirers at The Masters thanks to an assured performance that saw him become the only amateur to make the cut.

That means he will be presented with the Silver Cup as the low amateur at the end of the tournament after a day where he was handed a dream pairing alongside five-time Masters champion Tiger Woods.

He hasn’t been overawed by the experience, either, and will have had TV viewers glued to the action as he outperformed the living legend over the first nine holes of his final round with three birdies.

Shipley has been feeling the love at the course, too, and said after his third round: “I think the amateurs here at Augusta National, they have the really - hold a really special place in the tournament. I've felt a lot of support out here. The patrons have been great.”

Tiger Woods and Neal Shipley at The Masters

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We haven’t seen the last of Shipley in huge tournaments this year, either. Thanks to his performance at the 2023 US Amateur, where he settled for second behind Nick Dunlap, Shipley also booked his place at June’s US Open at Pinehurst No.2.

Shipley talked about the prospect of that on Saturday, too. He said: “I've got US Open as an amateur, and see what happens from there. Got to go to Q-School to get some status on PGA Tour Canada or maybe we'll get some starts. We'll see what happens. Pretty exciting stuff coming up.”

As to what Shipley will take into the US Open from his first experience at a Major, he said: “Yeah, just that you've kind of got to really be on your game for all four rounds. You've just got to really have it. I think also too it's important to be well rested.”

Before Shipley's next chance to impress at a Major, he’ll be coming back down to earth for a while with commitments for his university team, the Buckeyes. On his immediate schedule he said: “I'll be playing the Big Ten Championship. We should be into regionals with no problem. We'll be in all three of those and hopefully Nationals.”

The US Open takes place between 13 and 16 June.

Mike Hall
Mike Hall
News Writer

Mike has over 25 years of experience in journalism, including writing on a range of sports throughout that time, such as golf, football and cricket. Now a freelance staff writer for Golf Monthly, he is dedicated to covering the game's most newsworthy stories. 

He has written hundreds of articles on the game, from features offering insights into how members of the public can play some of the world's most revered courses, to breaking news stories affecting everything from the PGA Tour and LIV Golf to developmental Tours and the amateur game. 

Mike grew up in East Yorkshire and began his career in journalism in 1997. He then moved to London in 2003 as his career flourished, and nowadays resides in New Brunswick, Canada, where he and his wife raise their young family less than a mile from his local course. 

Kevin Cook’s acclaimed 2007 biography, Tommy’s Honour, about golf’s founding father and son, remains one of his all-time favourite sports books.

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