Monday, July 18, 2022

74th U.S. Junior Amateur Facts and Figures

Bandon Dunes Golf Resort will host the 74th U.S. Junior Amateur next week with a starting field of 264 players.

Bandon Dunes course will be set up at 7,143 yards and will play to a par of 36-36–72. Bandon Dunes Golf Resort’s Bandon Trails course, which will serve as the stroke-play co-host course for the two days of stroke play, will be set up at 6,763 yards and play to a par of 36-35–71.

BANDON DUNES GOLF RESORT (BANDON DUNES) HOLE BY HOLE

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total

Par 4 3 5 4 4 3 4 4 5 36

Yards 400 216 543 443 473 178 411 385 585 3,634

Hole 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total

Par 4 4 3 5 4 3 4 4 5 36

Yards 377 469 199 555 391 206 363 389 560 3,509

BANDON DUNES GOLF RESORT (BANDON TRAILS) HOLE BY HOLE

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total

Par 4 3 5 4 3 4 4 4 5 36

Yards 356 214 534 411 124 410 440 320 567 3,376

Hole 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total

Par 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 3 4 35

Yards 410 480 240 406 325 406 536 164 420 3,387

ARCHITECTS

Bandon Dunes Golf Resort’s Bandon Dunes course was designed by David McLay Kidd of Scotland. The layout, which opened for play in 1999, is perched on a high bluff above the Pacific Ocean. Bandon Dunes Golf Resort’s Bandon Trails course was designed by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw and opened for play in 2005. The course’s routing begins on a massive sand dune and sprawls through a meadow and coastal forest.

WHO CAN ENTER

The championship is open to any amateur golfers who will not have reached their 19th birthday on or before July 30, and who have a Handicap Index® not exceeding 4.4.

ENTRIES

The USGA accepted 3,746 entries for the 2022 U.S. Junior Amateur. It is the largest entry total since 2017 and the second-largest since 2002. The record number of entries for the U.S. Junior Amateur is 4,508 in 1999.

QUALIFYING

Qualifying, played over 18 holes, was held from June 1-July 1 at 57 sites in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Click here for a complete list of qualifying results.

CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD

A starting field of 264 golfers will compete in the U.S. Junior Amateur. Click here for a list of the 2022 field.

Practice rounds will be held on July 23-24. The championship begins with 18-hole stroke-play rounds on July 25-26. The field will then be cut to the low 64 scorers for match play. Six rounds of match play will determine the champion. The championship match is contested over 36 holes.

SCHEDULE OF PLAY

Monday, July 25 – First round, stroke play, 18 holes

Tuesday, July 26 – Second round, stroke play, 18 holes

Wednesday, July 27 – Round of 64, match play

Thursday, July 28 – Round of 32 and Round of 16, match play

Friday, July 29 – Quarterfinal and semifinal rounds, match play

Saturday, July 30 – Championship match, 36 holes

TELEVISION SCHEDULE

The 2022 U.S. Junior Amateur will receive at least four hours of live broadcast coverage on Golf Channel.

July 29/Friday 3-5 p.m. Golf Channel Semifinal matches

July 30/Saturday 3-5 p.m. Golf Channel Championship match

2021 CHAMPION

Nick Dunlap, of Huntsville, Ala., defeated Cohen Trolio, of West Point, Miss., 3 and 2, in the 36-hole championship match on The Country Club of North Carolina’s Dogwood Course in Village of Pinehurst, N.C. Just the second player from his state to reach a U.S. Junior Amateur final, Dunlap became the first to put his name on the trophy.

WHAT THE WINNER RECEIVES:

►A gold medal

►Custody of the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship Trophy for one year

►Exemption into future U.S. Junior Amateurs (if age-eligible)

►Exemption into the next two U.S. Amateurs (2022, 2023)

►Exemption into 2023 U.S. Open at The Los Angeles Country Club (must be an amateur)

HISTORY

In 1948, the USGA inaugurated the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship to determine the best junior golfer in the United States and to help junior golfers realize the most from the game, win or lose. The first U.S. Junior Amateur was played at the University of Michigan Golf Course and received 495 entries.

Dean Lind, of Rockford, Ill., was the first champion. Lind defeated Ken Venturi, of San Francisco, a future U.S. Open champion, in the final. Only two players, Tiger Woods and Jordan Spieth, have won the Junior Amateur more than once; Woods winning in 1991, 1992 and 1993, and Spieth in 2009 and 2011. Other notable champions include Johnny Miller, David Duval, Scottie Scheffler and Will Zalatoris.

In 2017, the U.S. Junior Amateur champion began receiving a full exemption into the following year’s U.S. Open Championship. In 2020, the U.S. Junior Amateur was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Aligning with ongoing USGA initiatives to expand support of junior golf, the field size for the U.S. Junior Amateur increased from 156 players to 264, beginning with the 2021 championship at The Country Club of North Carolina.

CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY

This large sterling silver trophy, produced by J.E. Caldwell and Co., of Philadelphia, is a replica of a bowl produced by noted early American silversmith Samuel Williamson, which is in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Dean Lind was the first to receive the trophy after his 1948 victory at the University of Michigan Golf Course, in Ann Arbor, Mich.

The original U.S. Junior Amateur Trophy is on display at the USGA Golf Museum in Liberty Corner, N.J.

THE USGA AND BANDON DUNES GOLF RESORT

This is the eighth USGA championship to be conducted at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort,. The resort most recently hosted the U.S. Amateur in 2020, won by Tyler Strafaci. This will be the first U.S. Junior Amateur played at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort. With the 2022 U.S. Junior Amateur, Bandon Dunes becomes the first site to host eight different USGA championships.

In 2021, the USGA and Bandon Dunes Golf Resort announced an agreement that will bring 13 USGA amateur championships to the resort over the next 23 years. Bandon Dunes Golf Resort will host both the U.S. Women’s Amateur and U.S. Amateur in 2032 and again in 2041, marking the first time those two original USGA championships will be contested on the same site in the same calendar year. The resort will also host the U.S. Junior Amateur and U.S. Girls’ Junior in 2045, which will mark the fourth time those championships will be conducted at the same facility in the same year. The agreement also includes the 2028 Walker Cup Match and the 2038 Curtis Cup Match.

PREVIOUS USGA CHAMPIONSHIPS AT BANDON DUNES GOLF RESORT

2006 Curtis Cup Match (Pacific Dunes): USA def. Great Britain and Ireland, 11.5-6.5

2007 U.S. Mid-Amateur (Bandon Dunes): Trip Kuehne def. Dan Whitaker, 9 and 7

2011 U.S. Amateur Public Links (Old Macdonald and Bandon Trails): Corbin Mills def. Derek Ernst, 37 holes

2011 U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links (Old Macdonald and Bandon Trails): Brianna Do def. Marissa Dodd, 1 up

2015 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball (Pacific Dunes): Mika Liu and Rinko Mitsunaga def. Robynn Ree and Hannah O’Sullivan, 4 and 3

2019 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball (Old Macdonald and Pacific Dunes): Scott Harvey and Todd Mitchell def. Logan Shuping and Blake Taylor, 2 and 1

2020 U.S. Amateur (Bandon Dunes and Bandon Trails): Tyler Strafaci def. Charles “Ollie” Osborne, 1 up

FUTURE USGA CHAMPIONSHIPS AT BANDON DUNES GOLF RESORT

2022  U.S. Junior Amateur

2025  U.S. Women’s Amateur

2028  Walker Cup Match

2032  U.S. Amateur & U.S. Women’s Amateur

2035  U.S. Girls’ Junior

2037  U.S. Amateur Four-Ball & U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball

2038  Curtis Cup Match

2041  U.S. Amateur & U.S. Women’s Amateur

2045  U.S. Junior Amateur & U.S. Girls’ Junior

USGA CHAMPIONSHIPS IN OREGON

The 2022 U.S. Junior Amateur will be the 39th USGA championship and fourth U.S. Junior Amateur contested in Oregon. Tiger Woods (1993, Waverley Country Club) and Johnny Miller (1964, Eugene Country Club) both won U.S. Junior Amateur titles in the state of Oregon.

The first USGA championship in Oregon was the 1933 U.S. Amateur Public Links played at Eastmoreland Golf Course in Portland won by Charles Ferrera. Most recently, Bandon Dunes hosted the 2020 U.S. Amateur, won by Tyler Strafaci.

Upcoming USGA championships in Oregon include the 2023 U.S. Senior Women’s Open at Waverley Country Club, the 2025 U.S. Women’s Amateur at Bandon Dunes and the 2028 Walker Cup Match at Bandon Dunes.

USGA Championships in Oregon (since 2005)

2006 U.S. Women’s Amateur: Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club (Kimberly Kim)

2006 Curtis Cup: Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (USA)

2007 U.S. Mid-Amateur: Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (Trip Kuehne)

2007 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur: Sunriver Resort (Anna Schultz)

2008 U.S. Women’s Amateur: Eugene Country Club (Amanda Blumenherst)

2011 U.S. Amateur Public Links: Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (Corbin Mills)

2011 U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links: Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (Brianna Do)

2015 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball: Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (Mika Liu & Rinko Mitsunaga)

2015 U.S. Women’s Amateur: Portland Golf Club (Hannah O’Sullivan)

2017 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur: Waverley Country Club (Judith Kyrinis)

2018 U.S. Senior Amateur: Eugene Country Club (Jeff Wilson)

2019 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball: Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (Scott Harvey & Todd Mitchell)

2020 U.S. Amateur: Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (Tyler Strafaci)

U.S. JUNIOR AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS IN OREGON

1964: Eugene Country Club (Johnny Miller def. Enrique Sterling, 2 & 1)

1993: Waverley Country Club, Portland (Tiger Woods def. Ryan Armour, 19 holes)

2000: Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club, North Plains (Matthew Rosenfeld d. Ryan Moore, 3 and 2)

MOST USGA CHAMPIONSHIPS HOSTED BY VENUES IN OREGON

(includes 2022 championships)

8 – Bandon Dunes Golf Resort

7 – Waverley Country Club, Portland

6 – Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club, North Plains

5 – Eugene Country Club

3 – Portland Golf Club

OTHER CHAMPIONSHIPS AT BANDON DUNES G.R.

2005 Pacific Coast Amateur (Bandon Dunes and Pacific Dunes): Alex Prugh won by three strokes over Andres Gonzales, 281-284

2012 Pacific Coast Amateur (Bandon Trails and Bandon Dunes): David Fink won on the fourth playoff hole over Michael Anderson, Anton Arboleda, Taeksoo Kim and Matt Rawitzer, 291 (5-4-4-3), 291 (5-4-4-4), 291 (5-4-4-4), 291 (5-4-5), 291 (5-4-5)

WINNERS OF U.S. OPEN & U.S. JUNIOR AMATEUR

Johnny Miller (1973 Open; 1964 Junior Amateur)

Tiger Woods (2000, 2002, 2008 Open; 1991, 1992, 1993 Junior Amateur)

Jordan Spieth (2015 Open; 2009, 2011 Junior Amateur)

LONGEST COURSES IN U.S. JUNIOR AMATEUR HISTORY

7,740 yards, Martis Camp Club, Truckee, Calif., 2013

7,366 yards, Colleton River Plantation Club (Dye Course), Bluffton, S.C., 2015

7,339 yards, Inverness Club, Toledo, Ohio, 2019

7,326 yards, The Honors Course, Ooltewah, Tenn., 2016

7,313 yards, Baltusrol Golf Club (Lower Course), Springfield, N.J., 2018

7,280 yards, Baltusrol Golf Club (Upper Course), Springfield, N.J., 2018

7,275 yards, The Club at Carlton Woods (Nicklaus Course), The Woodlands, Texas, 2014

7,271 yards, The Country Club of North Carolina (Dogwood Course), Village of Pinehurst, N.C., 2021

7,251 yards, Shoal Creek (Ala.) Golf & Country Club, 2008

7,175 yards, Golf Club of New England, Stratham, N.H., 2012

7,143 yards, Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (Bandon Dunes course), Bandon, Ore., 2022

7,133 yards, Gold Mountain Golf Club (Olympic Course), Bremerton, Wash., 2011

FUTURE U.S. JUNIOR AMATEUR SITES

July 24-29, 2023 – The Daniel Island Club, Charleston, S.C.

July 22-27, 2024 – Oakland Hills Country Club, Bloomfield Hills, Mich.

TBD, 2045 – Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, Bandon, Ore.

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