On the line on Tuesday, June 30th, at Mississippi’s Grand Bear Golf Course were two spots in the 62nd U.S. Junior Amateur Championship, the highest-ranked junior championship in the world that Tiger Woods won three times. There were 47 golfers vying for the pair of prized bids that would send them to the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., from July 20-25.

“It’s extremely intense,” Ochsenreiter said. “Everybody’s fighting for two spots. You’re not trying to get a top five, top 10. Everybody’s trying hard to beat everybody else. There’s no room for error.” Brett made few errors as he shot a 2-under 142 over 36 holes to place second and qualify for the U.S. Junior Amateur.

“It’s huge but I’ve been playing good and hitting good lately, so I had a great deal of confidence,” the 17-year-old Ochsenreiter said. Brett needed all the confidence he could muster having to play consecutive 18-hole rounds with only a 10-minute break in between.

Any nerves Ochsenreiter had were tempered by a hot start that saw him tied for the lead after 18 holes. He would finish with back-to-back 71s that were highlighted by five birdies and only three bogeys.

“I wasn’t sure if that would get me in, but I knew I had a good shot,” said Ochsenreiter, who placed second to Michael Johnson (4-under 140) of Birmingham, Ala.

Now Ochsenreiter is eying the U.S. Junior Amateur, where he’ll be one of the top 156 juniors in the country competing. Once the tournament starts, that number will be sliced to 64 and that’s when match play begins. If Ochsenreiter has a goal, it starts with making the cut.

“I definitely want to reach the match play and advance as far as I can from there,” said Ochsenreiter, who has 32 victories and 26 runner-ups in a junior career that’s consisted of 142 events.

There are other reasons that Ochsenreiter and the field of players will want to perform well. Namely, the Trump National Golf Club will be crawling with college coaches.

“It’s definitely more of an incentive to play well, but it’s not like I’m there to just impress coaches,” Ochsenreiter said. “I’m there to play to the best of my ability, and if I do that good things will happen.”

Not much will change in his preparation leading to the US Junior Am. Under the watchful eye of Chuck Evans, Golf Magazine TOP 100 Instructors in America and Medicus Golf Director of Instructions, and Randy Sparks, Director of Operations, Brett will stick to his plan leading to the qualifier. The only additional conversation will now be in regards to match play as compared to stroke play.

Traveling with Brett for the two practice and 1st round will be Chuck and Randy so stay tuned for updates straight from trump International.

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