ntingent of seven Australians will tee off this Thursday in the US Players Amateur Championship at the Berkeley Hall Golf Club in South Carolina.
Maverick Antcliff (QLD), Geoff Drakeford (VIC), Ben Eccles (VIC), Anthony Murdaca (SA), Ryan Ruffels (VIC), Simon Viitakangas (QLD), Jarryd Felton (WA) and Jordan Zunic (NSW) are all in the field with an exemption next year's RBC Heritage event on the PGA Tour up for grabs for the winner.
Ruffels won the Australian Junior Championship in April and Murdaca is also a two-time former junior champion.
Australia has a good history at the event with Queenslander Daniel Nisbet winning in 2012 and Aron Price winning in 2004.
Other past champions include PGA Tour players Rickie Fowler, Bill Haas and Camilo Villegas.