Willie Mack III will make history Thursday when he tees off at Pinehurst No. 2 Golf Course in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
The Bethune-Cookman alum from Flint, Michigan, will become the first Wildcat to participate in a PGA major tournament event after he qualified for this weekend’s U.S. Open.
𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗟𝗨𝗖𝗞 to former Wildcat, Willie Mack III, in this weekend’s 𝗨𝗦 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡!
He becomes the 1⃣st Wildcat to qualify for a major event!@USOpenGolf
📅June 13-16
📍Pinehurst, NC
📺 USA Network/NBC#𝙃𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙒𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙨 | #𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙮𝙏𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 pic.twitter.com/ZWGusQXsu8— Bethune-Cookman Athletics (@BCUAthletics) June 11, 2024
Last Monday, Mack earned his shot by winning a three-man playoff in a United States Golf Association qualifier, finishing fifth overall with a two-round score of 141. Mack competed for the Wildcats between 2008 and 2011, winning 11 tournaments. After graduation, he became the first African-American golfer to win the Michigan Amateur championship.
This year’s U.S. Open will be Mack’s eighth PGA tournament appearance and his first major tournament.
