Inside the Field: 125th U.S. Amateur

WHO’S HERE: A breakdown of the 312 golfers competing in the 125th U.S. Amateur Championship.

Oldest Competitors: Louis Brown (61), Greg Sanders (61)

Youngest Competitors: Aston Lim (15), Miles Russell (16), Ronin Banerjee (16), Liam Maclauchlan (16)

Average Age of Field: 23 years and 135 days

U.S. States Represented – A total of 48 states are represented in the 2025 U.S. Amateur:

California (36), Texas (24), Florida (18), Georgia (16), Arizona (13), North Carolina (13),  Tennessee (9), Alabama (7), New York (7), Oklahoma (7), Virginia (7), Illinois (6), Ohio (6), Pennsylvania (6), South Carolina (6), Kentucky (5), Louisiana (5), Maryland (5), Oregon (5), Utah (5), Indiana (4), Kansas (4), Massachusetts (4), Michigan (4), Minnesota (4), New Jersey (4), Colorado (3), Mississippi (3), Washington (3), Arkansas (2), Connecticut (2), Idaho (2), Iowa (2), Missouri (2), Montana (2), Nebraska (2), Nevada (2),  New Mexico (2), Wisconsin (2), Hawaii (1), Maine (1),    New Hampshire (1), North Dakota (1), Rhode Island (1), South Dakota (1), Vermont (1), West Virginia (1), Wyoming (1) 

International – There are 26 countries represented in the 2025 U.S. Amateur: 

United States (265), Canada (7), England (5), Australia (4), Germany (3), Brazil (2), Guatemala (2), Japan (2), Scotland (2), Bolivia (1), Colombia (1), Estonia (1), France (1), Iceland (1), Mexico (1), Netherlands (1), New Zealand (1), Northern Ireland (1), Panama (1), People’s Republic of China (1), Puerto Rico (1), South Africa (1), Spain (1), Sweden (1), Thailand (1), Vietnam (1) 
 
USGA Champions (11): Evan Beck (2024 U.S. Mid-Amateur), Louis Brown (2024 U.S. Senior Amateur), Hamilton Coleman (2025 U.S. Junior Amateur), Will Hartman (2025 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball), Stewart Hagestad (2016, 2021, 2023 U.S. Mid-Amateur), Trevor Gutschewski (2024 U.S. Junior Amateur), Bryan Kim (2023 U.S. Junior Amateur), Tyler Mawhinney (2025 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball), Matthew McClean (2022 U.S. Mid-Amateur), Matt Parziale (2017 U.S. Mid-Amateur), Todd White (2015 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball, 2023 U.S. Senior Amateur)

USGA Runners-Up (12): Anh Minh Nguyen (2025 U.S. Junior Amateur), Joshua Bai (2023 U.S. Junior Amateur), Evan Beck (2008 U.S. Junior Amateur, 2023 U.S. Mid-Amateur, 2025 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball), Jackson Herrington (2024 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball), Noah Kent (2024 U.S. Amateur), Drew Kittleson (2008 U.S. Amateur, 2022 and 2023 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball), Bobby Massa (2024 U.S. Mid-Amateur), Brad Nurski (2014 U.S. Mid-Amateur), Garrett Rank (2012 U.S. Mid-Amateur), Dan Sullivan (2024 U.S. Senior Amateur), Cohen Trolio (2021 U.S. Junior Amateur), Tyler Watts (2024 U.S. Junior Amateur)

Players in Field with Most U.S. Amateur Appearances (2025 included) – Stewart Hagestad (16), Todd White (11), Robbie Ziegler (8), Matt Parziale (7), Evan Beck (6), Luke Potter (6)

Players in field who competed in 2007 U.S. Amateur at Olympic Club (0) – None 
 
48 of the Top 50 in the Men’s World Amateur Golf Ranking® are in the field as of Aug. 6 (Top 20 listed):

• No. 1 – Jackson Koivun
• No. 2 – Benjamin James
• No. 3 – Ethan Fang
• No. 4 – Preston Stout
• No. 5 – Filip Jakubcik
• No. 6 – Tommy Morrison
• No. 7 – Jase Summy
• No. 8 – Michael La Sasso
• No. 9 – Christiaan Maas
• No. 10 – Jack Turner
• No. 11 – Tyler Weaver
• No. 12 – Josiah Gilbert
• No. 13 – Gunnlaugur Arni Sveinsson
• No. 14 – Wells Williams
• No. 15 – Jacob Modleski
• No. 16 – Miles Russell
• No. 17 – Max Herendeen
• No. 18 – Connor Williams
• No. 19 – Bryan Lee

U.S. National Junior Team Members (8): Kihei Akina, Ronin Banerjee, Luke Colton, Trevor Gutschewski, Will Hartman, Tyler Mawhinney, Michael Riebe, Tyler Watts 

U.S. Elite Amateur National Program Team Members (3): Max Herendeen, Jackson Koivun, Jacob Modleski 

Players from Northern California (14): Jaden Dumdumaya (Benicia), AJ Fitzgerald (Salinas), Jacob Goode (San Francisco), Avinash Iyer (San Ramon), Phillip Kench (Davis), Matthew Kress (Saratoga), Aston Lim (Union City), JP Odland (Tiburon), Zachery Pollo (Rockland), Kurtis Rodriguez (Red Bluff), Brady Siravo (Sacramento), Baron Szeto (Moraga), Clark Van Gaalen (Turlock), William Walsh (San Mateo)

Played in 2024 U.S. Amateur (88): Jake Ackerman, Nguyen Anh Minh, Andrew Bailey, Evan Barbin, Evan Beck, Parker Bell, Jack Bigham, Barnes Blake, Paul Chang, Xihuan Chang, Ratchanon TK Chantananuwat, Mahanth Chirravuri, Cooper Claycomb, Luke Colton, Matthew Comegys, Ryder Cowan, John Daly II, Anthony Delisanti, Payne Denman, Ryan Downes, Garrett Endicott, Wheaton Ennis, Ethan Evans, Ethan Fang, Tom Fischer, Zach Foushee, AJ Fitzgerald, Nate Gahman, Josiah Gilbert, Connor Graham, Ben Gregg, Reed Greyserman, Pierce Grieve, Trevor Gutschewski, Stewart Hagestad, Frankie Harris, Max Herendeen, Jackson Herrington, Benjamin James, Christian Johnson, Noah Kent, Bryan Kim, Jackson Koivun, Matthew Kress, Michael La Sasso, Bryan Lee, Eric Lee, Christiaan Maas, Bobby Massa, Bowen Mauss, Tyler Mawhinney, Matthew McClean, Ashton McCulloch, William Mcdonald, Jacob Modleski, Tommy Morrison, Rintaro Nakano, Brad Nurski, Matt Parziale, Zachery Pollo, Luke Potter, Logan Reilly, Michael Riebe, Garrett Risner, Cole Rueck, Miles Russell, Luke Sample, Tyson Shelley, Niall Shiels Donegan, Brady Siravo, Nate Smith, Elliott Spaulding, Preston Stout, Daniel Stringfellow, Colin Summers, Jase Summy, Daniel Svard, Hiroshi Tai, Andrew Tan, Cameron Tankersley, Omar Tejeira Jaén, Ryan Voois, Tyler Watts, Tyler Weaver, Todd White, Wells Williams, Michael Winslow, Robbie Ziegler 

Played in 2025 U.S. Open (14): Evan Beck, Trevor Gutschewski, Frankie Harris, Mason Howell, Benjamin James, Noah Kent, Jackson Koivun, Michel La Sasso, Bryan Lee, Zachery Pollo, Lance Simpson, Cameron Tankersley, Matt Vogt, Tyler Weaver

Played in 2025 U.S. Senior Open (2): Dan Sullivan, Todd White

Played in 2025 U.S. Junior Amateur (23): Ronin Banerjee, Luke Brandler, Xihuan Chang, Hamilton Coleman, Luke Colton, Nicholas Gross, Trevor Gutschewski, Josiah Hakala, Will Hartman, Daniel Hayes, Alex Holder, Mason Howell, Tyler Mawhinney, Anh Minh Nguyen, Dean Muratore, Logan Reilly, Tomas Restrepo, Michael Riebe, Miles Russell, Arrow Aarav Shah, Smith Summerlin, Pavel Tsar, Tyler Watts

Played in 2025 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball (18): Baron Szeto, Barnes Blake, Hayes Brown, Evan Beck, Payne Denman, Bennett Espenshade, Zach Foushee, Charlie Forster, Will Hartman, Mason Howell, Drew Kittleson, Braxton Kuntz, Connor McNeely, Jake Moffitt, Tyler Mawhinney, Brad Nurski, Todd White, Robbie Ziegler

Played in 2023 Walker Cup Match (5): Jack Bigham (Wales), Connor Graham (Scotland), Stewart Hagestad (USA), Benjamin James (USA), Matthew McClean (Northern Ireland)

Played in 2021 Walker Cup Match (1): Stewart Hagestad (USA)

Played in 2019 Walker Cup Match (1): Stewart Hagestad (USA)

Played in 2017 Walker Cup Match (1): Stewart Hagestad (USA) 

 Played in 2013 Walker Cup Match (1): Todd White (USA) 

PLAYER NOTES:  

Evan Beck, 34, of Virginia Beach, Va., the 2024 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion, claimed his elusive USGA title with an impressive 9-and-8 victory over Bobby Massa in the final at Kinloch Golf Club, in his home state of Virginia. He avenged his runner-up finished a year earlier to Stewart Hagestad at Sleepy Hollow, in Scarborough, N.Y. Beck also finished runner up in the 2008 U.S. Junior Amateur at Shoal Creek, defeating future three-time major champion and two-time U.S. Junior Amateur champ Jordan Spieth in the semifinals after getting into the field as an alternate. He was a four-year letter-winner at Wake Forest as well as an All-Atlantic Coast Conference performer and All-American. 

Hamilton Coleman, 17, of Augusta, Ga., earned his spot at The Olympic Club following his victory in the 2025 U.S. Junior Amateur at Trinity Forest Golf Club last month in Dallas, Texas. Coleman needed 25 holes – the longest U.S. Junior Amateur match in 23 years – to oust his Round-of-64 opponent before advancing to the 36-hole championship match, where he took down world No. 52 Minh Nguyen, of Vietnam, 2 and 1. A future University of Georgia Bulldog, Coleman won the 2024 Junior Players Championship and competed in the 2025 Wyndham Cup. Coleman, a member of the U.S. National Development Program’s Georgia State Team, also earned exemptions into the 2026 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club and the 2026 U.S. Amateur at Merion Golf Club following his victory at Trinity Forest.  

Luke Colton, 18, of Frisco, Texas, will be competing in his sixth USGA championship and third straight U.S. Amateur. Colton made it to the Round of 32 in the 2023 U.S. Junior Amateur and the Round 16 in the 2024 U.S. Junior Amateur. The left-hander won the Terra Cotta Invitational in 2024 at Naples National Golf Club and successfully defended his title this past April. In 2024, he won the Byron Nelson Junior Tournament and was runner-up in the Rolex Tournament of Champions as well as the Texas State Amateur. That same year he made it to the Round of 16 in the North & South Amateur at Pinehurst and represented the United States in the 2024 Junior Presidents Cup. The Vanderbilt commit for the Class of 2026 won the 2024 and 2025 Texas 5A high school state championships. Colton was named to the U.S. National Junior Team earlier this year. 

John Daly II, 22, of Dardanelle, Ark., won the 2025 Southern Amateur Championship by five strokes at Blessings Golf Club in Johnson, Ark. Earlier this spring, Daly II picked up his first collegiate win for the Razorbacks at the Columbia Spring Invitational, playing the final five holes in 6 under par to win. A rising redshirt senior at the University of Arkansas, Daly II is the son of two-time major champion John Daly. This past season, Daly II compiled a team-low 72.21 scoring average. The younger Daly also finished third at this year’s Northeast Amateur. This will be Daly’s third USGA championship as he competed at last year’s U.S. Amateur at Hazeltine and the 2021 U.S. Junior Amateur at The Country Club of North Carolina. Daly’s father played in the 1998 U.S. Open at Olympic Club, making the cut and finishing T-53. 

Jaden Dumdumaya, 19, of Benicia, Calif., is coming off a victory at the 58th Pacific Coast Amateur in July. He entered the final round two strokes back and fired a 3-under 68 with four birdies to secure the title. A rising sophomore at the University of Southern California, Dumdumaya joined the Trojans after a decorated high school career at De La Salle High School, where his team won the East Bay Athletic League Championship, Champions Invitational, CIF NorCal Section and the 2022 and 2023 CIF State Championships. He holds the record for most wins on the Junior Tour of California, surpassing two-time U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau and Justin Suh. Dumdumaya was named the 2023 Philippine National Men’s Golf Player and represented his country at the 32nd Southeast Asian Games. 

Ethan Fang, 20, of Plano, Texas, captured the 130th Amateur Championship at Royal St. George’s, in England, becoming the first American in 18 years (Drew Weaver) to win the oldest amateur competition. The rising junior helped Oklahoma State claim the 2025 NCAA Division I title, posting a 2-1 record in match play, including a 1-up victory over Bryan Lee, of Virginia, in the championship match. Fang advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2024 U.S. Amateur at Hazeltine National and reached the Round of 16 at the 2022 U.S. Junior Amateur at Bandon Dunes. He played one season at the University of California-Berkeley before transferring to Oklahoma State University in the fall of 2024. He was recently named to the 2025 USA Walker Cup Team.  

Jacob Goode, 21, of San Francisco, Calif., recently captured the 2025 California Amateur Championship with an 8-and-6 victory over 16-year-old Southern Californian Evan Liu at Granite Bay Golf Club, earning him an exemption into the U.S. Amateur. The San Francisco native is the current men’s club champion at The Olympic Club. Goode is in his fifth year at the University of Washington, having just earned a scholarship on the men’s golf team this offseason. The George Washington High School product claimed the 2024 Silverado Amateur Championship, finished third at the 2024 NCGA Stroke Play Championship and made the Round of 16 at the San Francisco City Men’s Championship. This will be Goode’s second U.S. Amateur appearance. He qualified for the 2023 U.S. Amateur at Cherry Hills Country Club. 

Dean, 22, and Reed Greyserman, 20, of Short Hills, N.J., and Boca Raton, Fla., are brothers who both earned their way into the field by winning championships conducted by Allied Golf Associations. Dean, with Reed serving as his caddie, won the 123rd Met Amateur Championship at The Bedens Brook Club in New Jersey. A rising senior at Stanford University, Dean will be competing in his second USGA championship. Younger brother Reed, a rising sophomore at Princeton University, won the 108th Florida State Amateur Championship after carding a final-round 4-under 68 before prevailing on the first playoff hole. He will be playing in his fourth USGA championship. Golf runs deep in the Greyserman household, as eldest brother Max is a regular on the PGA Tour. Their mom competed in the 2nd U.S. Adaptive Open at Pinehurst No. 6. 

Trevor Gutschewski, 18, of Omaha, Neb., an incoming freshman at the University of Florida, won the 2024 U.S. Junior Amateur after defeating medalist Blades Brown in the Round of 32 and Tyler Watts in the 36-hole final at Oakland Hills Country Club (South Course). The victory punched his ticket to the 125th U.S. Open in Oakmont where he failed to make the cut. This past June, Gutschewski claimed the Western Junior Championship at The Harvester Club, in Rhodes, Iowa. His father, Scott, owns three Korn Ferry Tour victories and splits time between that circuit and the PGA Tour. Gutschewski, his father, and older brother, Luke (Iowa State), all teed it up together in the Korn Ferry Tour's Pinnacle Bank Championship, the first time in 20 years that a father and two sons were in the same event under the PGA Tour umbrella. This will be his fifth USGA championship. 

Stewart Hagestad, 34, of Newport Beach, Calif., won his third U.S. Mid-Amateur title in 2023, defeating Evan Beck, 3 and 2, at Sleepy Hollow Country Club. He has been a member of four winning USA Walker Cup Teams (2017, 2019, 2021, 2023). Hagestad, who has competed in five U.S. Opens, reached the quarterfinals of both the 2020 and 2022 U.S. Amateurs, losing to the eventual champion both times (Tyler Strafaci and Sam Bennett). He has played in 32 USGA championships, including 15 U.S. Amateurs. He captured the 2021 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship at Sankaty Head Golf Club, defeating Mark Costanza, 2 and 1. He also defeated Scott Harvey in 37 holes in the 2016 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship, producing the largest comeback victory since a 36-hole final was introduced in 2001. Hagestad was the low amateur in the 2017 Masters Tournament, becoming the first invited Mid-Amateur champion to make the 36-hole cut. 

Will Hartman, 19, of Charlotte, N.C., secured an exemption into the championship by claiming the 2025 U.S. Four-Ball Championship title with partner Tyler Mawhinney at Plainfield Country Club, in New Jersey in May. The duo defeated reigning U.S. Mid-Amateur champion Evan Beck and Dan Walters, 3 and 1, in the 18-hole final. With the victory, Hartman and Mawhinney cemented their names in history as the first male players from the U.S. National Development Program to claim a USGA championship. The 2025 incoming Vanderbilt freshman reached the semifinals of the 2023 U.S. Junior Amateur and returned to compete again in 2024. 

Avinash Iyer, 21, of San Ramon, Calif., is a rising junior at San Jose State University. After splitting his time between soccer and golf during his elementary years, he decided to focus on golf exclusively beginning in high school. During his sophomore season, he suffered a torn labrum, putting his career on pause. After being told by doctors to completely stop playing golf and being frustrated with his rehab, Iyer took his recovery into his own hands and created his own exercise plan. After countless hours of training and therapy, he made a full recovery and reached his goal of playing Division I golf at San Jose State. Iyer also competed in the 2022 U.S. Junior Amateur.  

Ben James, 22, of Milford, Conn., is a three-time first-team All-American at the University of Virginia and recently led the Cavaliers to a runner-up finish in the NCAA Championship. In 2023, James won the Phil Mickelson Award for being the country's top freshman. He also represented the USA on the victorious 2023 Walker Cup Team at St. Andrews in Scotland and will be on the 2025 side that competes at Cypress Point Club next month. He also represented the United States on the 2023 and 2024 Palmer Cup Teams. He advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2023 U.S. Amateur, losing to Parker Bell in 19 holes, and lost in the Round of 64 of the 2024 championship to eventual winner Jose Luis Ballester. James tied for 33rd in the 2025 Valero Texas Open, getting into the PGA Tour event by capturing the Valero Texas Collegiate. 

Filip Jakubcik, 21 of Czechia, is No. 5 in the WAGR and will be a senior at the University of Arizona in the fall. Jakubcik earned First Team All-Big 12 honors during his junior season with the Wildcats after posting the team’s best scoring average (71.00) and winning the Western Intercollegiate for a second consecutive year. Jakubcik will arrive to The Olympic Club following a victory at the European Amateur Championship at Vasatorps Golf Club in Sweden, which earned him an exemption into The 153rd Open at Royal Portrush, and the St Andrews Trophy in Spain.

Noah Kent, 20, of Naples, Fla., finished runner-up in the 2024 U.S. Amateur at Hazeltine National, falling to Jose Luis Ballester after overcoming a 4-hole deficit and extending the championship match to the 36th hole. Since then, the University of Florida rising junior has competed in two major championships, missing the cut at the 2025 U.S. Open and Masters Tournament. Kent joined the Gators following two seasons at Iowa University, where he earned four consecutive top 15 finishes. His best collegiate performance came at the 2024 Fighting Irish Intercollegiate, where he finished 5th. 

Drew Kittleson, 36, of Scottsdale, Ariz., will be making his seventh U.S. Amateur appearance. The Florida State University graduate was runner-up to Danny Lee in the 2008 U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst No. 2.  Kittleson operates a family-owned kitchen and bathroom remodeling company. He has competed in 14 USGA championships and reached the semifinals of the 2024 U.S. Mid-Amateur at Kinloch Golf Club. He played in the Masters and U.S. Open in 2009 and reached the quarterfinals of the 2005 U.S. Junior Amateur. Kittleson and his partner Drew Stoltz finished runner-up in both the 2022 and 2023 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championships.

Matthew Kress, 22, of Saratoga, Calif., wrapped up his senior season at the University of Florida, where he tied for ninth in the individual portion of the NCAA Championship and helped lead the Gators to the semifinals during team play. His final season with the Gators featured five top 10 finishes, including a tie for second at the NCAA Bremerton (Wash.) Regional, where he shot 11 under over three rounds of play. Kress earned his lone collegiate victory at the 2023 Georgetown Intercollegiate. Kress is making his second U.S. Amateur appearance after competing in 2024 at Hazeltine National Golf Club.

Jackson Koivun, 20, of Chapel Hill, N.C. is coming off a career-best PGA Tour finish (T-5) at the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C. He has now finished inside the top 15 three times on Tour this summer, including T-6 at the ISCO Championship and T-11 at the John Deere Classic. The rising junior at Auburn became the first freshman to win the Haskins Award, given annually to the top collegiate golfer, since Alabama's Justin Thomas more than a decade earlier. He swept all of the major college awards, including the Phil Mickelson Award for being the top freshman. As a freshman, he posted a 3-0 match-play record to help Auburn claim its first-ever NCAA title while finishing a stroke out of the top spot individually. In 2024-25, Koivun again was a first-team All-American and selected to represent the U.S. in the Palmer Cup. He also repeated as the Southeastern Conference's Player of the Year. The Chapel Hill, N.C., resident advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2023 U.S. Amateur, losing to eventual winner Nick Dunlap, 1 down. Koivun is a part of the inaugural Elite Amateur Program, part of the U.S. National Development Program launched by the USGA. This program serves to provide support as they navigate their college years and transition to the next level. He was named to the 2025 USA Walker Cup Team in June.

Michael La Sasso, 21, of Raleigh, N.C., claimed the NCAA Division I individual title in May at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa's North Course, in Carlsbad, Calif. La Sasso spent one season at hometown North Carolina State before transferring to Ole Miss. Last year, he represented the USA in the Palmer Cup at Lahinch. La Sasso claimed three tournament titles in his All-American 2024-25 campaign and led the squad with a 69.51 stroke average. As a sophomore, he led the Rebels with a 69.25 stroke average. Prior to his NCAA win, he was the runner-up in the NCAA Tallahassee (Fla.) Regional. He competed in the 2024 U.S. Amateur and made the 36-hole cut in the Western Amateur. La Sasso was also named to the 2025 USA Walker Cup Team in June.

Bryan Lee, 21, of Fairfax, Va., is a rising senior at the University of Virginia who competed in the 125th U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club after surviving a 3-for-2 playoff at Woodmont Country Club, in Rockville, Md., host site of the 2025 and 2026 U.S. Adaptive Opens. Lee opened the 2024-25 season with a victory at the Puerto Rico Classic, carrying that momentum and accumulating eight top-10 finishes, including a runner-up showing at the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate. This will be Lee's third USGA championship and second U.S. Amateur, having missed the cut in 2024 at Hazeltine.

Aston Lim, 15, of Union City, Calif., is the youngest player in field. He earned his spot at The Olympic Club by carding six birdies en route to a 4-under 68 in his final qualifier. A rising high school sophomore, Lim has already made his mark on the junior circuit, winning the 2024 AJGA Junior All-Star at Quail Creek Country Club with a 7-under total over 54 holes. During his freshman high school season, his best finish was a tie for fifth at the Alton Illinois Junior Championship presented by UHY. 

Bobby Massa, 37, of Dallas, Texas, advanced to the quarterfinals in last year’s U.S. Amateur, falling to eventual champion Jose Luis Ballester, 3 and 1. He also reached the quarterfinal round while playing in his second U.S. Mid-Amateur in 2024 at Sleepy Hollow Country Club. He was the runner-up to Evan Beck in last year’s U.S. Mid-Amateur at Kinloch Golf Club. Massa is a personal trainer who works with golf speed and stability, from weekend players to professional athletes. He played professionally for eight years, including the Adams Tour, and was reinstated as an amateur in 2019. Massa earned all-region and all-conference recognition at the University of Texas-Arlington. His brother, Cody, also is in the field.

Tyler Mawhinney, 17, of Fleming Island, Fla., secured an exemption into the championship by claiming the 2025 U.S. Four-Ball Championship title with partner Will Hartman at Plainfield Country Club in New Jersey. Mawhinney won the 2023 American Junior Golf Association Rolex Tournament of Champions and that same year was the Florida Class 3A boys individual state champion. His victory at the 2024 Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship earned him a spot in the 2025 RBC Canadian Open, where he made his PGA Tour debut and finished T-65. His Canadian Amateur win also secured an exemption into the 2024 U.S. Amateur, where he reached the Round of 16. Mawhinney, a member of the U.S. National Junior Team, plans to attend Vanderbilt University in 2026.

Tommy Morrison, 21, of Dallas, Texas, recorded top 20s this season at the European Amateur, The Amateur Championship, Jones Cup, The Ford Collegiate and the Pauma Valley Invitational. The rising senior at the University of Texas also won the 2025 Amer Ari Invitational at Mauna Lani in Hawaii. In 2024, he became the first American to win the European Amateur, defeating fellow American Preston Summerhays and Max Kennedy, of the Republic of Ireland, in a playoff. The victory earned Morrison an exemption into The Open Championship at Royal Troon. A few weeks earlier, Morrison reached the final 16 of The Amateur Championship conducted by The R&A. In 2023, Morrison teamed with ex-Dallas Cowboys quarterback/CBS lead NFL analyst Tony Romo to qualify for the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball at Kiawah Island Club. Later that summer, he was the medalist in the U.S. Junior Amateur at Daniel Island Club, where he advanced to the quarterfinals. At 6 feet 8 inches, Morrison is one of the tallest collegiate golfers.

JP Odland, 20, of Tiburon, Calif., capped off his sophomore season at Santa Clara University by helping lead the Broncos to their third NCAA Regionals appearance. In just two seasons, Odland already holds the second-lowest scoring average in program history (71.10), ranks fourth in both career rounds under par (36) and rounds in the 60s (25). He is one of only three players in school history with multiple individual titles and the only one to win multiple events in a single season, claiming victories at The Goodwin and the Myrtle Beach Golf Trips Intercollegiate. He is competing in his second U.S. Amateur after making his debut in 2023 at Cherry Hills Country Club in Colorado.

Luke Poulter, 21, of England, is the son of English professional golfer Ian Poulter and a rising junior at the University of Florida. Poulter is making his USGA championship debut coming off a victory with the GB&I Team in the St Andrews Trophy at Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro in Spain and appearances in the European Amateur Team Championship and the Arnold Palmer Cup. Poulter was sidelined for seven months due to a back injury earlier this year, but in his sophomore season with the Gators, he still managed to win the Schenkel Invitational and earn five top-10 finishes.

Preston Stout, 21, of Dallas, Texas, recently won the 2025 Northeast Amateur at Wannamoisett Country Club, in Rumford, RI, by eight strokes. The rising junior at Oklahoma State University helped the Cowboys win the 2025 NCAA Division I title, going 2-1 in match play. He defeated NCAA individual champion La Sasso (Ole Miss) in the semis, 5 and 4, and Oklahoma standout Jase Summy in the quarterfinals. Stout also won the 2024 and 2025 Big 12 Conference individual titles, qualified for match play at the 2023 and 2024 U.S. Amateurs and finished third as an individual in the 2025 NCAA Division I Championships. He was recently named to the 2025 USA Walker Cup Team.

Jase Summy, 21 of Keller, Texas, is a rising senior at the University of Oklahoma who earned First Team All-SEC honors during a junior season with the Sooners that featured a victory at the 2025 Maridoe Intercollegiate and six top 10 finishes. Summy’s 20 rounds under par this year set a program single-season record, and he arrives to The Olympic Club fresh off a victory at the Western Amateur and a T-3 at the Southern Amateur. He finished runner-up at the 2024 Sunnehanna Amateur before missing the cut at the 2024 U.S. Amateur. This will be Summy’s second appearance in a USGA championship.

Baron Szeto, 22, of Moraga, Calif., recently completed his senior season at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, becoming the program’s first individual NCAA Regional qualifier in the last 10 years. His season featured wins at the Lyon’s Links Invitational and the Robert Kepler Invitational. A four-time All-Mountain West selection, Szeto also set the Cal Poly single-round record after firing a 63 during the opening round at the Alister MacKenzie Invitational. He earned his spot in the U.S. Amateur with a bogey-free 65 in final qualifying, highlighted by an ace on the 205-yard, par-3 17th.

Ron Whittaker, 53, of Little Rock, Ark., punched his ticket to The Olympic Club with a victory in the 2025 Arkansas Amateur Championship, 31 years after he first won the championship in 1994. Whittaker is a reinstated amateur who turned professional in 1995. He competed on the PGA Tour from 1996-1998 and again from 2006-2012, recording his best finish (T-9) at the 2006 Frys.com Open. Whittaker is making his second USGA championship appearance. He was a semifinalist in the 1988 U.S. Junior Amateur after surviving a 21-hole match against Joon Lee, which tied for the second-longest quarterfinal match in Junior Amateur history. Whittaker played collegiately at Wake Forest University.

William Walsh, 20, of San Mateo, Calif., is coming off a tie for 10th at the Pacific Coast Amateur and a Round-of-16 appearance at the North & South Amateur Championship. A two-time All-West Coast Conference first-team selection at Pepperdine University, Walsh has recorded three top-10 finishes during his two seasons with the Waves. This marks his third USGA championship appearance, having reached the Round of 64 in both the 2023 U.S. Junior Amateur and 2023 U.S. Amateur. Walsh also holds the 2020 California Junior Amateur title.

Wells Williams, 21, of West Point, Miss., is a rising senior at Vanderbilt University. He advanced to match play at the 2024 U.S. Amateur, falling in the Round of 64 to Jacob Modleski. Williams has earned two collegiate victories this year at the Mason Rudolph Championship and the Southwestern Invitational. The Mississippi native made his professional debut at the 2024 U.S. Open in Pinehurst after surviving Golf’s Longest Day to qualify for the championship. Williams was also selected to represent the United States in the 2025 Arnold Palmer Cup.