Edmond Memorial's Taylor Moore, OSU's Talor Gooch among qualifiers for US Amateur

Edmond Memorial golfer Taylor Moore chose not to play in the All-State tournament on Monday, but he made the decision pay off.

Moore qualified for the US Amateur on Monday, winning a three-man playoff for the third and final qualifying spot at Cedar Ridge Country Club in Broken Arrow.

He joined former Tulsa University player Stephen Carney and Oklahoma State’s Talor Gooch, a former Carl Albert star, as qualifiers for the event, which will be held Aug. 13-19 at Cheery Hills Country Club outside Denver.

Carney, a Tulsa Union product, was the medalist with a 137 total (69-68), and Gooch was second at 140 (72-68). Moore, who will be a freshman at Arkansas next month, shot 141 (71-70) to tie for third. He had back-to-back pars to win the two-hole playoff over Danny Funk and Jeff Coffman.

– Scott Wright, swright@opubco.com
Twitter: @ScottWrightOK