Friday, 13 June 2025

Incredible: Indiana Dentist Qualifies For Golf’s Coveted U.S. Open

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Everyone loves a good underdog story, especially in the sports world.

This year at the U.S. Open, an interesting competitor will be in the field.

An Indiana dentist has qualified for this year’s PGA Tour U.S. Open.

CNN had the full details:

For a self-confessed “math and science geek” who once quit his college golf team, Matt Vogt certainly found the perfect formula when it came to qualifying for this year’s US Open.

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Vogt is truly living the dream. He’s a full-time dentist who owns his own practice in Indiana, but his heart will always belong to Pennsylvania. He was born in the Pittsburgh area and as a youngster, he caddied for six years at the famed Oakmont Country Club that this year is hosting its 10th US Open. It’s a course where he grew to love the game.

“It would be an incredible accomplishment or an incredible thing to be doing if it were anywhere in the country. But for it to be back here at Oakmont, just a place that means so much to me – really the city of Pittsburgh means so much to me,” Vogt told CNN Sports.
“I’m incredibly grateful, honestly. I’m just trying to soak it all in, especially today with all the people out here. It’s been incredible so far. I try to find words in all these conversations, but it’s been tough to find words, honestly,” he added.

The 34-year-old – who won this year’s Indianapolis Open – led the way in final qualifying in Washington recently after shooting consecutive rounds of 68 to nail down one of only two spots available for this year’s US Open and earn himself a place in the 156-strong field. It’s a remarkable achievement for someone who readily admits he never had any serious aspirations to play professional golf. He was briefly on the Butler University team before deciding to focus on school.

“I’ve always been a math and science geek. So even in high school I said, ‘Let’s just go major in biology and let’s try to be a dentist.’ Seemed like a great way to work with people and have daily interactions with people and make it make a difference in people’s lives,” he said.

Meet Matt Vogt:

Vogt has already made himself at home:

The PGA Tour covered the story exclusively:

Perhaps you’ve dialed up your dentist’s office a time or two to reschedule an appointment. It stems from one of life’s evergreen challenges – predicting your schedule six months in advance to know when you can show up to work late (or leave early) for a dental checkup. Then there’s the dread of wondering when the next available appointment might be. Dentists are constantly in demand, after all, and you might need to wait weeks or months. It’s an anxiety-inducing ritual, as innocuous as it may seem.

We called The Dentists at Gateway Crossing in McCordsville, Indiana, on Monday afternoon, but not to reschedule an appointment. This was an impromptu appointment to discuss Dr. Matt Vogt shortly after he conducted a pre-tournament press conference at the U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club, which preceded the media availability of major champions Dustin Johnson, Justin Thomas and Xander Schauffele.

No, Vogt isn’t the official dentist of the U.S. Open. He’s in the field after qualifying on “Golf’s longest day” with a 36-hole score of 8-under 136 in Walla Walla, Washington. Further amplifying the narrative: He grew up outside Pittsburgh and caddied (!) at Oakmont for five seasons in his formative years. The story needs no sensationalism. It’s a modern-day U.S. Open fairytale.

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“Even as I just talk about it now, I get sentimental on it,” Vogt, 34, said Monday.

If things don’t work out for Vogt at the U.S. Open falling back on a career as a dentist is nothing to feel bad about!

This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport.

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