Full -time dentist to compete with Rory Mcilroy and Scottie Scheffler at US Open

Dentist Matt Vogt is determined to get as much joy as possible from his emotional return, because he makes his American debut a few months after losing his father to cancer.

The fact that the tournament is played in Oakmont in Pennsylvania – where Vogt for six years as a younger Caddied before earning a university fair – makes the event even more moving.

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Vogt, 34, was born and raised Oak.

So he is guaranteed this week, especially since TV stations in the US have depicted his story as a modern fairy tale.

At 6ft 6, the great amateur will not be difficult to recognize.

And he expects to experience an emotional roller coaster in the coming days.

His father, Jim, died a few weeks before Vogt of colon cancer Earned a place in the US Open Field in the hard way – winning a regional heatAnd then finish again at the top of the stack in a long -term affected final qualifying match.

Back-to-back 68s in Wine Valley in Washington saw him end for a lot of seasoned PGA Tour Players.

So he has a lot of play, despite the fact that he never even considered to become a professional himself.

Vogt alternated between the wide smile and the recovery of tears, explaining what it meant to be in a Great championship Just a few meters away from where he hung around in the Caddyhack.

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He noticed: “Oh, wow. Oh my God. I don’t know where to start.

“I just hope that what happened to me will be an inspiration for anyone who is struggling to make it difficult, wondering when the next good thing will happen.

“I think everyone is aware of the death of my father, and it will certainly be in my mind this week, especially since Sunday is Father’s Day.

“Even today the ninth Fairway rise after signing a few signatures for a few small children – which was pretty great – I looked a bit and thought about it.

“Everyone who has lost a parent, you feel these short emotions from time to time.

“He had colon cancer. I wear the blue ribbon for that, and I say a prayer every night for people who have been struck by cancer.

“It is a terrible, terrible thing. He got that diagnosis last year and it was not good.

“In recent months before his death you could see that it started to take a toll. So it’s emotional, but to be honest I know he is in a better place.

“He started to suffer, and that is something that nobody wants ever to see.

“Although I wish he was still with us here, there is a sense of peace among our family. And I hope he also has peace because it was difficult.

“And for me I now have a 15 -month -old daughter, and the last few months I have the feeling that I went to a man in a way of a boy, and like a person and as a father.”

Vogt, who played in the American amateur and mid-amateur golf Tournaments have been flooded with good luck messages of his patients, colleague dentists, other players – and the local Caddies, all of whom are rooted for him.

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