U.S. AMATEUR FOUR-BALL

May 19, 2026

Tomi Bowen

Jonathan Bale

Desert Mountain Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Impressive golf with you guys this week. 24-under par in three matches.

TOMI BOWEN: I didn't know that.

Q. You guys just been on fire. You like desert golf or what?

JONATHAN BALE: It's his first time playing desert golf so ask him. I've been out here before a few time. Tomi's first time.

TOMI BOWEN: It's good. As long as you keep it on the grass the fairways are great, greens are great. Yeah, just keep going the next couple rounds.

JONATHAN BALE: We ham and egged it pretty well. I think our games complement each other, so it's worked out.

Q. How did you guys form as a team? Age difference there obviously.

TOMI BOWEN: We both played for our National Team, Wales.

Q. The home internationals?

JONATHAN BALE: Yeah, we played home internationals, European Team. We both were on the Eisenhower team last year too.

Q. Oh, you played the World Amateur?

JONATHAN BALE: We did. I asked Tomi if he wanted to play because we were exempt through world ranking, and here we are.

Q. Are you guys trying to make a Walker Cup team or...

TOMI BOWEN: That's the goal.

Q. Are you on the radar? Have you been to practice sessions or...

PLAYER: He's been to practice sessions.

PLAYER: Yeah, went to practice session last season. So, yeah, just got a few weeks now to try and perform and see how it goes.

Q. How much do you think a win here would put the...

JONATHAN BALE: Not going to do anywhere harm. I don't think it hurts.

Q. Did you go to college?

TOMI BOWEN: I didn't, no. Sat at home.

Q. Just playing golf?

JONATHAN BALE: Sat at home and worked and played some golf.

Q. Where do you work?

TOMI BOWEN: So my dad owns a window fitting business.

Q. Window?

TOMI BOWEN: Window fitting business.

Q. Window fitting business. Is that something you want to do?

TOMI BOWEN: No, I want to be a golfer.

Q. Play professionally?

TOMI BOWEN: Absolutely.

Q. So when would that happen?

TOMI BOWEN: End of the year. See how the end of the season goes and then, yeah, see then.

Q. And you --

JONATHAN BALE: I work for a hedge fund.

Q. Down in Florida?

JONATHAN BALE: Yeah, I play mid-amateur golf and some of the bigger amateur events.

Q. And you went to Louisiana Tech?

JONATHAN BALE: I did.

Q. Good place to go to.

JONATHAN BALE: Yeah. Now I live in Florida, so I live stateside. I go back and forth and play for Wales.

Q. The match today, that winning par I think on 14 I believe it was. Then 15 eagled.

JONATHAN BALE: Tomi made the eagle there.

Q. What did you hit?

JONATHAN BALE: Freed him up.

TOMI BOWEN: Hit a good drive. Yeah, Bale hit a good first drive and I hit a good drive second and then I had about, I don't know, 185 yards I think and hit an 8-iron to the back edge and holed a nice 30-footer.

Q. 30-footer?

TOMI BOWEN: Yeah.

Q. You guys have been holing a ton of putts, especially that match yesterday. You guys were 7-under.

PLAYER: This morning --

PLAYER: We had some putts this morning.

PLAYER: There was some puttage this morning.

Q. Were you making a bunch of bombs this morning?

PLAYER: Yeah, I played some --

Q. How many?

PLAYER: Oh, God.

PLAYER: Yeah, made a bunch of mid-ranges, which were like --

PLAYER: Yeah, 20, 30 feet.

Q. Do you know how many you made?

PLAYER: No idea.

PLAYER: Three, four, five.

Q. And yesterday the match too with Davenport.

PLAYER: Yeah, that was a good one as well. Just a lot of birdies.

Q. Is there something in the water out here this week?

PLAYER: It's good for Welsh people out here.

Q. Have Welsh people had success in the desert?

PLAYER: Not that I can remember. It's a little opposite to what we're used to. It's a nice change. Credit to the guy, our caddie who has been unbelievable. He's a local caddie and he's been very, very --

Q. Is he double bagging or --

JONATHAN BALE: No, no, he's just on my bag, but he's been helping Tomi with some reads as well.

TOMI BOWEN: Yeah, we would be screwed without him.

JONATHAN BALE: Yeah, he's a big value here.