Roster Announced for the 2019 Bush Institute Warrior Open

DALLAS, Texas — Today, the roster was announced for the 2019 Bush Institute Warrior Open, presented by AT&T, a competitive golf tournament that honors post-9/11 U.S. service members seriously wounded or injured since September 11, 2001. The Warrior Open will be held May 5-6, 2019, just before the Salesmanship Club of Dallas’s AT&T Byron Nelson PGA TOUR event held May 8-12 at Trinity Forest Golf Club in Dallas, Texas.

The first day of play, Sunday, May 5, will be an 18-hole competition open only to the 24 warriors selected for this year’s tournament. The second day, Monday, May 6, will be an 18-hole Pro-Am, including PGA TOUR professionals and the warriors.

Warriors selected for the 2019 Warrior Open include:

Staff Sergeant Andrew Bachelder, USMC, from Fort Worth, TX;

Captain Bradley Boone, USA, from New York, NY;

Command Sergeant Major David Dougherty, USA, from Cibolo, TX;

Specialist Douglas Edds, USA, from Leesville, LA;

Captain Nicholas Gernt, USAR, from Attleboro, MA;

Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta, USA, from Windsor, CO;

Specialist Alexander Glenn-Camden, USA, from Temecula, CA;

Sergeant First Class Ian Harding, USA, from Fort Benning, GA;

Chief Warrant Officer Five James Herring, ARNG, from Roanoke Rapids, NC;

Corporal Robert McLean, USA, from Los Altos, CA;

Sergeant William Metcalf III, USMC, from Oceanside, CA;

Sergeant Vernon Mitchell, USA, from Glenwood, IL;

Specialist Anthony Morales, USA, from Bakersfield, CA;

Captain Anthony Odierno, USA, from Old Greenwich, CT;

Sergeant Justin Pullin, USA, from Colorado Springs, CO;

Captain Tyson Quink, USA, from Leesburg, VA;

Sergeant Peter Richert, USA, from Hillsboro, KS;

Sergeant Andrew Smith, USA, from Apison, TN;

Command Sergeant Major Anthony Torres, USA, from San Antonio, TX;

Sergeant First Class Kevin Trzcinski, USA, from Cudjoe Key, FL;

Chief Warrant Officer Four Jared Tuxill, USN, from Virginia Beach, VA;

Sergeant Ben Wilson, USMC, from Southport, NC;

Captain Jerry Woods, USMC, from Mechanicsburg, PA; and

Sergeant Major Robert Young, USMC, from Wylie, TX.

For more information on this year’s Bush Institute Warrior Open at the AT&T Byron Nelson, to follow along during the tournament, or to learn more about the Bush Institute’s Military Service Initiative, please visit: http://www.bushcenter.org/military-service-initiative/warrior-open.

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