HOOVER, AL (July 5, 2026) -
Playing his fifth North & South, New Zealander Joshua Bai rallied from a 3-down deficit at the turn to beat UNC golfer Keaton Vo 1-up to win the 126
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playing of one of the most historic amateur championships in the country.
Bai joins countrymen 2005 U.S. Open Champion Michael Campbell and 2008 U.S. Amateur Champion Danny Lee as champions at Pinehurst.
“It’s very, very special,” Bai said. “It’s a place I’ve been coming to since I was a little, little kid with U.S. Kids. I won the U.S. Kids Worlds, but it took my fifth North & South. It just means so, so much to win here. This is like a second home for me.”
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