Two Duos Earns Spots Via Qualifer at Spanish Trail Country Club into 2026 USGA Four-Ball
The teams of Colby Hutton-Jeremy Anderson and Redford Bobbitt-Phillip Reedy earned medalist honors in the 2026 U.S. Four-Ball Qualifier. Both teams finished at 10-under-par in the one-day event held Aug. 25, 2025, at Spanish Trail Country Club. They have now qualified for the 2026 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship, which will be held May 16-20, 2026, in Scottsdale, AZ.—by Bill Bowman, Las Vegas Golf Insider
Medalists
The team of Colby Hutton and Jeremy Anderson came out of the gate red-hot as they birdied the first five holes. They both birdied the first hole while Hutton birdied the second and third and Anderson added birdies on the fourth and fifth holes.
Hutton added four birdies on the back while Anderson chipped in one birdie to get the duo to 10-under-par.
Anderson was a member of UNLV’s national title team in 1998 and Hutton will be a senior at Bishop Gorman High School. This is Hutton’s first USGA national tournament while Anderson’s last time in the national spotlight came in the 1998 U.S. Amateur.
“We birdied the first five holes and thought we were off and running,” Anderson said. “I made a long one on the first hole from about 25 feet and then Colby birdied the second and third. I made a 40-footer on the fourth hole that came out of nowhere and then hit it to about a foot on the fifth hole for another birdie. It was just a perfect start.”
But in golf, all good things somtimes come to an end.
“We went into a lull in the middle of the round but did get it to eight-under through 16,” he said. “We were on the 17th tee and I told Colby we needed to birdie the last two to get to 10-under and make them come after us. I birdied 17 and he birdied 18 and I thought we were in great shape…until a couple of groups later there was another 10-under with a lot of players still on the course. I wasn’t sure what to expect.”
Both 10-under-par scores held up paving the way for a trip to the national tournament.
“It’s going to be exciting,” Anderson said. “And I’m kind of glad it’s not just an individual event. I’ll get the chance to enjoy it with Colby and have some fun.”
Anderson has known Hutton for many years.
“Colby’s parents are close friends,” Anderson said. “I’ve known him since he was literally a little kid. I played with him once when he was 12 or 13 and thought ‘here’s a kid just taking up the game and that is exciting.’ Little did I know how quickly he would develop into a really good golfer.”
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The duo of Redford Bobbitt and Phillip Reedy were five-under-par on both nines and their back nine score (their first nine holes) came despite putting a bogey on the scorecard.
For the round, Bobbitt recorded six birdies while Reedy added five birdies.
Reedy works as a caddy at Shadow Creek as well as on the PGA Tour and Bobbitt, who lives in Scottsdale, spent time on the UNLV golf team a few years ago before transferring to Arizona.
“We played quite a bit of golf together back in the day but this is the first time in a four-ball qualifier,” Reedy said. “He was on the UNLV team and I was at Shadow Creek and that’s how we met. But, we haven’t played much in recent years.”
In fact, they weren’t scheduled to play in the qualifier.
“Something was going on with his partner from last year and I got a random text from him seeing if I was interested in playing,” Reedy said. “I thought ‘why not’ so I gave him a shaky yes. We were on the waiting list so we were actually lucky to get in.”
This will be Reedy’s first time at the national four-ball event while Bobbitt made it to last year’s national tournament.
“It’s really exciting,” Reedy said. “It didn’t hit me until I was driving home. Redford was really adamant about how great of an event this is. He said they do a tremendous job and it really feels like a major championship.”
But to get through to the national event, the duo had to overcome an early bogey.
“That definitely wasn’t what we needed,” Reedy said. “On the bogey, I shoved one into a bush off the tee but I wasn’t worried because he was in the middle of the fairway. He hit it to about 20-feet but then three-putted and all of a sudden we were just one-under through our first five (they started on the 10th hole).”
A little bit of urgency crept in.
“We knew at that point we had to make no mistakes or we were going home,” Reedy said. “But then we birdied five in a row and nine of our last 13 holes to finish really strong.”
Now it’s on to the big show.
“I really want to enjoy it,” Reedy said. “If I’m being honest, there’s no reason we can’t go really, really far. If I didn’t think we could compete with the best, I wouldn’t have thought about playing in the qualifier.”
Alternates
First Alternates: Cory Bacon-Mark Bloxham, -9
Second Alternates: Andrew Barton-Brady Machin, -8
