John Stewart Hagestad III (born April 10, 1991) is an American amateur golfer.

Golf career

Hagestad played his college golf for the

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. Hagestad won the 2016 U.S. Mid-Amateur at Stonewall, in Elverson, Pennsylvania, earning a spot at the 2017 Masters Tournament. He became the first U.S. Mid-Amateur champion qualifier to make the cut at the Masters ( Jay Sigel was 1987 Mid-Amateur champion and made the cut at the 1988 Masters Tournament, but at the time the Mid-Amateur champion did not receive an invite and Sigel qualified by playing for the United States in the

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). Hagestad finished in a tie for 36th place, and won the Silver Cup as the lowest-scoring amateur. Despite his performance, he stated that he has no desire to turn professional. Hagestad also won the 2016 Metropolitan Amateur. He competed in the U.S. Open in 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2022. Hagestad teamed with Emilia Migliaccio,

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to win the mixed team gold medal at the

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. He finished 13th in the men's individual competition. Hagestad claimed a second U.S. Mid-Amateur title in 2021 and a third in 2023.

Amateur wins

*2009 Scott Robertson Memorial (Boys 15–18) *2016 Metropolitan Amateur, U.S. Mid-Amateur *2021 George C Thomas Invitational – Mid-Amateur, U.S. Mid-Amateur *2022 George L Coleman Invitational – Mid-Amateur *2023 U.S. Mid-Amateur, Crump Cup Memorial Tournament *2024 Azalea Invitational Source:

Results in major championships

LA = Low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place
NT = no tournament due to

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U.S. national team appearances

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2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

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References

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