Several Texans, including Mike Rice from Houston, Ron Kilby from McAllen/Austin, Hunter Nelson from Houston, John Grace from Dallas, William Doughtie from Amarillo and Michael Booker from the Woodlands have advanced to the round of 32 in the U.S. Senior Amateur. See the brackets and follow live results as they are posted at this link. Peach Reynolds from Austin qualified for the U.S. Senior Amateur but did not avance to the match play portion of the tournament.
Mike Rice is a former U.S. Senior Amateur Champion, Ron Kilby recently won the Texas Senior Amateur Championship and Hunter Nelson qualified for and competed in the 2011 Texas Amateur as well as the 2011 U.S. Senior Amateur. John Grace is the only player to have won the Texas Amateur, the Texas Mid-Amateur and the Texas Senior Amateur Championships. He recently finished 3rd in the Texas Senior Amateur and competed in the 2011 U.S. Senior Amateur.