Many of the nation’s top amateur golfers will be in Johnstown this week for the 85th Sunnehanna Amateur.

The tournament runs Wednesday through Saturday. The field will be cut to the top 62 players and ties after the third round. Admission is free.

Among the 2026 field are five players with WPIAL roots: Fox Chapel’s David Fuhrer II and Carson Kittsley, Baldwin’s Michael Quallich, Butler’s Hunter Swidzinski and Penn-Trafford’s Nick Turowski.

Swidzinski got into the field by winning a qualifier Sunday.

The Sunnehanna Amateur has a storied history, with past champions including Rickie Fowler, Collin Morikawa, Brad Faxon, Ben Crenshaw and Pittsburgh’s Nathan Smith.

Other PGA players to play include the late Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Fred Couples, Scottie Scheffler, Jason Day, Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed.

Turowski and Fuhrer II played in last year’s tournament, and they hope for a better finish. Both played the first three rounds but missed the cut.

“I am looking forward to competing,” Turowski said. “This is a big summer for me. I am playing better, and I need to continue to challenge myself and I have been playing well.

“I want that to continue.”

Turowski won the WPGA Spring Stroke Play event May 1 at Hannastown Golf Club and then finished third at the West Penn Amateur on June 9.

He and Swidzinski shared the lead entering the final round, but Kittsley passed them.

Turowski also finished strong during his third collegiate season at West Virginia.

He shot a bogey-free
5-under-par 67 to finish 18th at the NCAA Marana Regional on May 20 at The Gallery Golf Club in Marana, Ariz.

Turowski’s round is the second lowest recorded by a Mountaineer in an NCAA event. His four-round total was 6-under 214.

Kittsley also is looking forward to competing against some of the top players in the world.

The 17-year-old was the youngest player to win the West Penn Amateur.

“I just have to stick to my process,” said Kittsley, a two-time PIAA Class 3A champion.

“I just want to go out and have fun.”

The only top-15 player competing in the tournament is Tyler Watts, the reigning champion who is ranked
No. 13 nationally among amateurs.