Florida State's Jet Arrived 82 Minutes Before Jack Whaley's U.S. Amateur Final

Florida State's Seminole Boosters jet left Tallahassee at 5:26 a.m. Sunday and reached Philadelphia at 7:38 a.m. The U.S. Amateur's 36-hole final began at Merion at 9 a.m., with Florida State senior Jack Whaley facing Stanford's Jay Leng Jr.

Whaley won the championship later that day. N851FS had never touched Philadelphia in its previous 86 tracked trips, so the first-time destination and 82-minute pre-final arrival make championship support the strongest explanation for the flight.

Whaley had already been at Merion throughout the tournament. The flight record does not identify who arrived on the jet, and no public manifest surfaced.