Along with Cameron Adam from the Royal Burgess club in Edinburgh,
Ruben will take his place in the field of 264 players from a total entry of
3,346 received, for the two strokeplay qualifying rounds on the opening two
days of the event, with the top 64 players going forward to the matchplay
stages during the remainder of the week.
Ruben gained his place in the championship, first played in
1948, due to his World Amateur Golf ranking position, where he is ranked the
number one under 18 golfer in Europe at present and leads the Scottish Golf Men’s
Order of Merit.
Few Scots have ever gain exemption into this most
prestigious event, and it is not known if any before have been from Ayrshire. The
championship boasts several well-known former winners including Gay Brewer
(1949), Johnny Miller (1964), Gary Koch (1970), David Duval (1989), Tiger Woods
(1991-93), Hunter Mahan (1999), Jordan Spieth (2009, 2011) and Scottie
Scheffler (2013) as former winners.
The winner of the championship will receive a gold medal and
custody of the U.S. Junior Amateur trophy for one year and will enjoy exemptions
into all future U.S. Junior Amateurs for which he is age eligible, along with exemption
into 2022 U.S. Open Championship at The Country Club and exemption into 2021
and 2022 U.S. Amateur Championships.
Confirmation of his participation in the U.S. Junior championship
unfortunately means that Ruben has now confirmed his withdrawal from the
forthcoming Scottish Boys Championship, to be played this week at Bruntsfield
Links, where he would have been bidding to defend the title he won in 2019. There is no doubt, however, that the rare opportunity to participate in the U.S. event
was one that could not be turned down easily, and it is hoped that Ruben will
continue his fine recent form in the forthcoming U.S. Championship, and have a successful trip to the United States of America.
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