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South Georgia teen golfer Mason Howell qualifies for Masters invite

Brookwood student and UGA commit earns spot in U.S. Amateur final.
South Georgia teen Mason Howell, here teeing off at the U.S. Open in June, earned a spot in the 2026 Masters by winning his semifinal Saturday to make Sunday's final of the U.S. Amateur at The Olympic Club in San Francisco. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)

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South Georgia teen Mason Howell, here teeing off at the U.S. Open in June, earned a spot in the 2026 Masters by winning his semifinal Saturday to make Sunday's final of the U.S. Amateur at The Olympic Club in San Francisco. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)
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Aug 16, 2025

Brookwood School (Thomasville) golfer Mason Howell qualified for an invitation to the Masters on Saturday by beating Eric Lee in the U.S. Amateur semifinals at The Olympic Club in San Francisco.

In the final round Sunday, Howell will play Jackson Herrington, a freshman on the Tennessee golf team, beginning at 1:15 EDT.

Both golfers in the final round qualify for a Masters invite.

Howell, a University of Georgia commit, qualified for the U.S. Open earlier this summer by medaling at a qualifier at the Piedmont Driving Club. He made headlines at the U.S. Open for being the youngest golfer (17) in the field.

Howell, ranked No. 20 in the American Junior Golf Association, won the individual championship at the Georgia Independent Athletic Association championship in April while helping his school to its fourth state victory in the past five years.

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Caitlyn Stroh-Page is the senior sports editor high school sports and college football at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Her resume includes stops at Sports Illustrated Kids, Scout.com, The (Macon) Telegraph, the Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader and the Athens Banner-Herald. A South Georgia native, Stroh-Page lives in the Athens area.

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