U.S. AMATEUR

Fast Facts for 2026 U.S. Amateur

By David Shefter, USGA

| Oct 31, 2025 | Liberty Corner, N.J.


Championship Venue	Merion Golf Club (East Course), Ardmore, Pa.
Stroke-Play Co-Host Venue	Philadelphia Country Club, Gladwyne, Pa.
Opened	Merion Golf Club (East Course): 1912 Philadelphia Country Club: 1890
Architects	Merion Golf Club (East Course): Hugh Wilson (renovations/restoration by Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner in 2014) Philadelphia Country Club: William Flynn (recent renovation/restoration by Jim Nagle of Forse Design)
Yardages/Par (Subject to change)	Merion: 6,921 yards/Par 70 Philadelphia C.C.: 7,201 yards/Par 70
Dates of Championship	August 10-16
Field Size	312
Eligibility	A competitor cannot have a Handicap Index® exceeding 0.4.
Entries Accepted	5,111
Qualifying	Local qualifying, over 18 holes, will take place at 48 sites from June 1-30, followed by Final Qualifying, also over 18 holes, at 19 sites from July 13-22.
2025 Championship	Mason Howell, 18, of Thomasville, Ga., a rising high school senior, defeated University of Tennessee rising sophomore Jackson Herrington, of Dickson, Tenn., 7 and 6, in the 36-hole final at The Olympic Club (Lake Course), in San Francisco, Calif. Howell became the third-youngest champion in U.S. Amateur history, and just the third No. 63 seed to claim the title since the USGA began seeding players by their stroke play scores in 1985. The victory earned the 2026 University of Georgia commitment a spot on the 2025 USA Walker Cup and World Amateur Teams as well as an exemption into the 2026 U.S. Open. Howell survived a 20-for-17 playoff on Monday morning just to get into match play. Read More
Quotable	“My name next to these other names on this trophy is unbelievable. To be next to somebody named Tiger [Woods], that’s an unreal feeling. To be ahead of Tiger in something, that’s something that not a lot of people can say.” -- Mason Howell
Exempt Players (92)	Mason Howell (2025 U.S. Amateur champion; 2025 U.S. Amateur semifinalist; 2025 U.S. Amateur quarterfinalist; Playing member of the 2025 USA Walker Cup Team; Playing member of 2025 USA World Amateur Team; Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Jackson Herrington (2025 U.S. Amateur runner-up; 2025 U.S. Amateur semifinalist; 2025 U.S. Amateur quarterfinalist) Noah Kent (2024 U.S. Amateur runner-up; 2024 U.S. Amateur semifinalist) Niall Shiels Donegan (2025 U.S. Amateur semifinalist; 2025 U.S. Amateur quarterfinalist; Playing member of 2025 Great Britain & Ireland Walker Cup Team; Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Eric Lee (2025 U.S. Amateur semifinalist; 2025 U.S. Amateur quarterfinalist; Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Jacob Modleski (2025 U.S. Amateur quarterfinalist; Playing member of 2025 USA Walker Cup Team; Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Jimmy Abdo (2025 U.S. Amateur quarterfinalist) Miles Russell (2025 U.S. Amateur quarterfinalist; 2025 American Junior Golf Association Rolex Player of the Year; Top 20 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 18; Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27)) Evan Beck (2024 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion; Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Brandon Holtz (2025 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion) Jeg Coughlin III (2025 U.S. Mid-Amateur runner-up) Hamilton Coleman (2025 U.S. Junior Amateur champion) Louis Brown (2024 U.S. Senior Amateur champion) Michael McCoy (2025 U.S. Senior Amateur champion) Greg Sanders (2025 U.S. Senior Amateur runner-up) Stewart Hagestad (Playing member of 2023 and 2025 USA Walker Cup Teams; Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Preston Stout (Playing member of 2025 USA Walker Cup Team; Playing member of 2025 USA World Amateur Team; Top 20 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 18; Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Ethan Fang (Playing member of 2025 USA Walker Cup Team; Playing member of 2025 USA World Amateur Team; 2025 champion of The Amateur Championship; Top 20 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 18; Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Eliot Baker (Playing member of 2025 Great Britain & Ireland Walker Cup Team; Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Connor Graham (Playing member of 2023 and 2025 Great Britain & Ireland Walker Cup Teams; Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Stuart Grehan (Playing member of 2025 Great Britain & Ireland Walker Cup Team; Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Luke Poulter (Playing member of 2025 Great Britain & Ireland Walker Cup Team; Top 20 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 18; Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Gavin Tiernan (Playing member of 2025 Great Britain & Ireland Walker Cup Team) Tyler Weaver (Playing member of 2025 Great Britain & Ireland Walker Cup Team; Top 20 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 18; Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Matthew McClean (Playing member of 2023 Great Britain & Ireland Walker Cup Team) Jack Bigham (Playing member of 2023 Great Britain & Ireland Walker Cup Team) Adam Bresnu (Top 8 scorers and ties from 2025 World Amateur Team Championship; Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Oscar Couilleau (Top 8 scorers and ties from 2025 World Amateur Team Championship; Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Nevill Ruiter (Top 8 scorers and ties from 2025 World Amateur Team Championship) Eduardo Derbez Torres (Top 8 scorers and ties from 2025 World Amateur Team Championship) Daniel Bennett (Top 8 scorers and ties from 2025 World Amateur Team Championship; Top 20 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 18; Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Fifa Laopakdee (2025 Asia-Pacific Amateur champion; Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Mateo Pulcini (2025 Latin America Amateur champion) Lukas Taggart (2025 Northern California Golf Association Amateur champion) Lawrence Allan (2026 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball champion) Grady Brame Jr. (2026 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball champion) Kihei Akina (Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Parker Bell (Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Carson Bertagnole (Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Alfons Bondesson (Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Boston Bracken (Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Luke Colton (Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Matthew Comegys (Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Ryder Cowan (Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Alejandro De Castro Piera (Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Ryan Downes (Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Josh Duangmanee (Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Wheaton Ennis (Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Erich Fortlage (Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Wolfgang Glawe (Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Dean Greyserman (Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Lev Grinberg (Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Henry Guan (Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Max Herendeen (Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) William Jennings (Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Sergio Jimenez Romero (Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Bryan Kim (Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Louis Klein (Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Gaven Lane (Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Hugo Le Goff (Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Zach Little (Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Carter Loflin (Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Herik Frederico Machada Oliveira (Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Jay Mendell (Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Taishi Moto (Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Noah Mullens (2025 West Virginia Amateur champion) Anh Minh Nguyen (Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Segundo Oliva Pinto (Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Gabriel Palacios (Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Cayden Pope (Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Malan Potgieter (Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Vicente Quiroga Hinojosa (Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Emil Riegger (Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Wilhelm Ryding (Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Flavio Cesar Sameja Montesinos (Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Arni Svensson (Top 20 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 18; Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Zackary Swanwick (Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Hiroshi Tai (Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Harry Takis (Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Freddie Turnell (Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Jack Turner (Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Clark Van Gaalen (Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Ryan Voois (Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) William Walsh (Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Tyler Watts (Top 20 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 18; Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Tim Wiedermeyer (Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Connor Williams (Top 20 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 18; Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Grayson Wood (Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27) Ziqin Zhou (Top 100 point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 27)
Hole by hole (Yardages and par subject to change)	MERION GOLF CLUB (EAST COURSE) Hole 1: 358 yards (Par 4) Hole 2: 588 yards (Par 5) Hole 3: 219 yards (Par 3) Hole 4: 618 yards (Par 5) Hole 5: 486 yards (Par 4) Hole 6: 480 yards (Par 4) Hole 7: 363 yards (Par 4) Hole 8: 356 yards (Par 4) Hole 9: 231 yards (Par 3) OUT: 3,699 yards (Par 36) Hole 10: 303 yards (Par 4) Hole 11: 361 yards (Par 4) Hole 12: 399 yards (Par 4) Hole 13: 119 yards (Par 3) Hole 14: 448 yards (Par 4) Hole 15: 419 yards (Par 4) Hole 16: 426 yards (Par 4) Hole 17: 246 yards (Par 3) Hole 18: 501 yards (Par 4) IN: 3,222 yards (Par 34) TOTAL: 6,921 yards (Par 70) PHILADELPHIA COUNTRY CLUB Hole 1: 362 yards (Par 4) Hole 2: 428 yards (Par 4) Hole 3: 601 yards (Par 5) Hole 4: 478 yards (Par 4) Hole 5: 181 yards (Par 3) Hole 6: 497 yards (Par 4) Hole 7: 207 yards (Par 3) Hole 8: 386 yards (Par 4) Hole 9: 416 yards (Par 4) OUT: 3,556 yards (Par 35) Hole 10: 435 yards (Par 4) Hole 11: 189 yards (Par 3) Hole 12: 618 yards (Par 5) Hole 13: 403 yards (Par 4) Hole 14: 495 yards (Par 4) Hole 15: 224 yards (Par 3) Hole 16: 401 yards (Par 4) Hole 17: 433 yards (Par 4) Hole 18: 447 yards (Par 4) IN: 3,645 yards (Par 35) TOTAL: 7,201 yards (Par 70)
Notable Past Events at Merion Golf Club	1904 U.S. Women's Amateur (Georgianna Bishop) 1909 U.S. Women's Amateur (Dorothy Campbell) 1916 U.S. Amateur (Chick Evans) 1924 U.S. Amateur (Bob Jones) 1926 U.S. Women's Amateur (Helen Stetson) 1930 U.S. Amateur (Bob Jones) 1934 U.S. Open (Olin Dutra) 1949 U.S. Women's Amateur (Dorothy Porter) 1950 U.S. Open (Ben Hogan) 1954 Curtis Cup (USA) 1960 World Amateur Team Championship (USA) 1966 U.S. Amateur (Gary Cowan) 1971 U.S. Open (Lee Trevino) 1981 U.S. Open (David Graham) 1989 U.S. Amateur (Chris Patton) 1998 U.S. Girls' Junior (Leigh Anne Hardin) 2005 U.S. Amateur (Edoardo Molinari) 2009 Walker Cup (USA) 2013 U.S. Open (Justin Rose) 2022 Curtis Cup (USA)
Notable Events at Philadelphia C.C.	1899 U.S. Women's Amateur (Ruth Underhill) 1939 U.S. Open (Byron Nelson) 1949 U.S. Girls' Junior (Marlene Bauer) 2003 U.S. Women's Amateur (Virada Nirapathpongporn)
Did You Know?	Bob Jones completed the Grand Slam in 1930 at Merion Golf Club when he claimed his fifth U.S. Amateur title. That year, he also won the U.S. and British Open titles, and the British Amateur.
Fast Fact	In 1899, Philadelphia Country Club became the seventh member club of the USGA, and it is one of the four founding clubs of the Golf Association of Philadelphia.
Notable Champions	Francis Ouimet (1913, 1931); Chick Evans (1916, 1920), Bob Jones (1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1930), Arnold Palmer (1954), Jack Nicklaus (1959, 1961), Deane Beman (1960, 1963), Lanny Wadkins (1970), Craig Stadler (1973), Mark O'Meara (1979), Hal Sutton (1980), Jay Sigel (1982, 1983), Phil Mickelson (1990), Tiger Woods (1994, 1995, 1996), Matthew Fitzpatrick (2013), Bryson DeChambeau (2015); Nick Dunlap (2023)
Notable Runners-Up	Chick Evans (1912, 1922, 1927), Bob Jones (1919, 1926), Francis Ouimet (1920), Tom Kite (1970), Ben Crenshaw (1972), Scott Hoch (1978), Trip Kuehne (1994), James Driscoll (2000), Hunter Mahan (2002), Michael Thompson (2007), Patrick Cantlay (2011), Corey Conners (2014)
What Champion Receives	-A gold medal -Custody of the Havemeyer Trophy for one year -Exemption from qualifying for the next 10 U.S. Amateurs -Exemption into 2027 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach (Calif.) Golf Links -Exemption into 2027 Open Championship, conducted by The R&A, on the Old Course at St. Andrews (must be an amateur) -Likely invitation into 2027 Masters Tournament (must be an amateur) -Name engraved into 2026 USGA Champions' plaque that resides in the USGA Museum's Hall of Champions in Liberty Corner, N.J.
Schedule of Play	Monday, Aug. 10 (18 holes, stroke play) Tuesday, Aug. 11 (18 holes, stroke play) Wednesday, Aug. 12 (Round of 64, match play) Thursday, Aug. 13 (Round of 32/16 matches) Friday, Aug. 14 (Quarterfinal matches) Saturday, Aug. 15 (Semifinal matches) Sunday, Aug. 16 (36-hole championship match)
Match-Play Cut	64 competitors will qualify for match play following two rounds of stroke play; a playoff, if necessary, will be conducted to get the draw to exactly 64 golfers
Broadcast Schedule (All times EDT)	Wednesday, August 12 Round of 64: Peacock/NBCSN, 3 p.m.-6 p.m. Thursday, August 13 Round of 16: Peacock/NBCSN, 3 p.m.-6 p.m. Friday, August 14 Quarterfinals: Peacock/NBCSN, 3 p.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, August 15 Semifinals: Peacock, 3 p.m.-4 p.m. Semifinals: NBC, 4 p.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, August 16 Championship Match (Afternoon 18), Peacock, 3 p.m.-4 p.m. Championship Match (Afternoon 18): NBC, 4 p.m.-6 p.m.
Future Sites	2027: Oak Hill Country Club, Pittsford, N.Y. (Aug. 9-15) 2028: Whistling Straits, Kohler, Wis. (Aug. 14-20) 2030: Atlanta Athletic Club, Johns Creek, Ga. (Aug. 12-18) 2031: The Honors Course, Ooltewah, Tenn. (Aug. 11-17) 2033: Chambers Bay, University Place, Wash. (Aug. 15-21) 2034: The Country Club, Brookline, Mass. (Aug. 14-20) 2032: Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, Bandon, Ore. (Aug. 9-15) 2035: Erin Hills, Erin, Wis. (Aug. 13-19) 2036: Scioto Country Club. Columbus, Ohio (Aug. 11-17) 2041: Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, Bandon, Ore. (Dates TBD) 2042: The Ridgewood Country Club, Paramus, N.J. (Dates TBD) 2047: Oakland Hills Country Club, Bloomfield Hills, Mich. (Dates TBD)

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