U.S. JUNIOR AMATEUR
Fast Facts for 2024 U.S. Junior Amateur
| Championship Venue | Oakland Hills Country Club (South Course), Bloomfield Hills, Mich. |
| Stroke-Play Co-Host Venue | Oakland Hills Country Club (North Course), Bloomfield Hills, Mich. |
| Opened | 1918 (South Course); 1924 (North Course) |
| Architects | Donald Ross (both courses); Renovations by Robert Trent Jones Sr. (1950), Reese Jones (2006) and Gil Hanse (2021) |
| Yardages/Par (Subject to change) | South Course: 7,303 yards/Par 70 North Course: 6,808/Par 70 |
| Course Rating/Slope Rating | South Course: 76.2/146 North Course: 74.7/146 |
| Dates of Championship | July 22-27 |
| Field Size | 264 |
| Eligibility | A competitor cannot have a Handicap Index exceeding 2.4, and not reached his 19th birthday by July 27, 2024. |
| Entries Accepted | 3,522 |
| Qualifying | Qualifying, over 18 holes, was conducted at 42 sites from May 20 to June 24. For results, click here. |
| Exempt Players (86) | Rayan Ahmed (Top 100 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Go lf Ranking as of May 8) Kihei Akina (Top 100 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 8) Reshan Algama (Top 100 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 8) Supaporn Amornchaichan (Top 100 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 8) Seonghyeon An (Top 100 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 8) Ajalawich Anantasethakul (Top 100 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 8) Nguyen Anh Minh (Top 40 age-eligible points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 20) Kush Arora (Top 100 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 8) Joshua Bai (2024 U.S. Junior Amateur runner-up, Top 100 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 8) Daniel Bennett (Top 40 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 20) Giovanni Daniele Binaghi (2024 Junior Invitational at Sage Valley champion) Blades Brown (Top 40 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 20) Vincent Cervantes (2024 LXXIII Campeonato Nacional champion) Xihuan Chang (Top 40 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 20) Ratchanon Tk Chantananuwat (Top 100 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 8) Frederick Chappell (Winner of 2024 Georgia Junior Championship) Benjamin Chavez (Top 100 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 8) Hsuan Yi Chen (Top 100 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 8) Chase Cline (Winner of South Carolina Junior Championship) Luke Colton (Top 100 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 8) Owen Coniaris (Winner of 2024 Illinois State Junior Amateur Championship) Oscar Couilleau (Top 100 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 8) Maddox Crowder (Winner of 2024 Tennessee Junior Amateur) Edan Cui (2024 U.S. Junior Amateur quarterfinalist) Billy Davis (2024 U.S. Junior Amateur semifinalist; Top 100 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 8) Samuel Duran (Top 100 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 8) Erich Fortlage (Top 40 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 20) Connor Fox (Winner of 2024 Michigan Junior Amateur) Clark Xander Goboy (Winner of 2024 Virginia State Golf Association Junior Amateur) Gerardo Gomez (Top 100 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 8) Samuel Gonzalez Rivera (Top 40 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 20) Lev Grinberg (Top 40 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 20) Nicholas Gross (Top 100 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 8) Henry Guan (Top 100 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 8) Tucker Gutierrez (Winner of 2024 Mississippi Junior Amateur) Jules Haessig (Top 100 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 8) Jorge Siyuan Hao Zhang (Top 100 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 8) Will Hartman (2024 U.S. Junior Amateur semifinalist) Lapassapon Heras-Gomez (Top 100 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 8) Zenghao Hou (Top 40 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 20) Cheng-Wei Hsieh (Top 100 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 8) Jessy Huebner (Winner of 2024 Florida Junior Amateur) Saran Jantratit (Top 40 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 20) Shijun Jing (Top 100 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 8) Wiss Jittathorn (Top 100 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 8) Jonathon Jones (Winner of 2024 North Carolina Junior Boys Championship) Sean Keeling (Top 40 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 8) Kris Kim (2023 R&A Boys Amateur champion) Louis Klein (Top 100 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 8) Hung Le (Top 40 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 8) Hugo LeGoff (Top 40 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 8) Brayden Lee (Top 100 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 8) Isaac Lee (Top 100 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 8) Jay Leng Jr. (Top 100 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 8) Alex Lest (Winner of 2024 Colorado State Junior Championship) Zonghan Liu (Top 100 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 8) Ziyao Lyu (Top 100 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 8) Bowen Mauss (Top 40 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 20) Michael Mikus Vsquez (Top 40 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 20) Brayden Miller (Winner of 2024 Indiana Boys State Junior Championship) Taishi Moto (Top 40 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 20) Nilay Naik (Winner of 2024 Oregon Junior Amateur) Jonathan Oakes (Winner of 2024 New York State Boys' Junior Amateur) Davis Ovard (Top 100 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 8) Ethan Paschal (Top 100 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 8) Polakrit Pawichai (Top 100 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 8) Evan Pena (2024 Discover Puerto Rico Junior Championship winner) Beau Peterson (Winner of Nebraska Junior Amateur) Tomas Restrepo (Top 40 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 8) Rizq Adam Rohizam (Top 100 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 8) Miles Russell (2023 American Junior Golf Association Player of the Year; Top 100 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 8) Martin Sandoval (Top 100 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 8) Parker Sands (Winner of 2024 Oklahoma Junior Boys Championship) Payton Schmitt (Winner of 2024 Carolinas Junior Boys' Championship) Mousa Shana'ah (Top 100 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 8) R.J. Shieh (Top 100 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 8) Drew Sliman (Winner of 2024 Louisiana Junior Amateur) Troy Storm (Top 100 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 8) Andrew Surpremant (Winner of 2024 New Hampshire Junior Amateur) Bailey Sutter (Winner of 2024 Alabama Boys State Junior) Shinichi Suzuki (Top 100 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 8) Zackary Swanwick (Top 40 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 20) Mauricio Tello (Top 100 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 8) Juan Velasquez (Top 100 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 8) Yixiang Wang (Top 40 age-eligbile points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 20) Zihao Wang (Top 40 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 20) Tyler Watts (Top 40 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 20) Kaichen Xia (Top 100 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 8) Hristo Yanakiev (Top 100 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 8) Alex Zhang (2023 Canadian Junior Amateur champion) Ziqin Zhou (Top 40 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of May 8) |
| 2023 Championship | Bryan Kim, 18, of Brookeville, Md., an incoming freshman at Duke University, outlasted Joshua Bai, 17, of New Zealand, 2 up, in the 36-hole championship match at Daniel Island Club in Charleston, S.C. Kim joined Jason Widener as the only Duke players to win this prestigious championship. To read more, click here |
| Quotable | “It really hasn't sunk in yet. Especially coming into this week, I hadn't made a cut at a USGA event, but to not only make the cut but win all six of my matches, especially against all these great competitors, it just means the world." -- Bryan Kim |
| Hole by hole (Yardages/par subject to change) | OAKLAND HILLS COUNTRY CLUB SOUTH COURSE Hole 1: 430 yards (Par 4) Hole 2: 539 yards (Par 5) Hole 3: 210 yards (Par 3) Hole 4: 479 yards (Par 4) Hole 5: 490 yards (Par 4) Hole 6: 360 yards (Par 4) Hole 7: 420 yards (Par 4) Hole 8: 461 yards (Par 4) Hole 9: 223 yards (Par 3) OUT: 3,612 yards (Par 35) Hole 10: 475 yards (Par 4) Hole 11: 421 yards (Par 4) Hole 12: 580 yards (Par 5) Hole 13: 181 yards (Par 3) Hole 14: 492 yards (Par 4) Hole 15: 397 yards (Par 4) Hole 16: 424 yards (Par 4) Hole 17: 236 yards (Par 3) Hole 18: 485 yards (Par 4) IN: 3,691 yards (Par 35) TOTAL: 7,303 yards (Par 70) NORTH COURSE Hole 1: 347 yards (Par 4) Hole 2: 404 yards (Par 4) Hole 3: 400 yards (Par 4) Hole 4: 180 yards (Par 3) Hole 5: 625 yards (Par 5) Hole 6: 215 yards (Par 3) Hole 7: 426 yards (Par 4) Hole 8: 479 yards (Par 4) Hole 9: 462 yards (Par 4) OUT: 3,538 yards (Par 35) Hole 10: 155 yards (Par 3) Hole 11: 466 yards (Par 4) Hole 12: 515 yards (Par 5) Hole 13: 170 yards (Par 3) Hole 14: 373 yards (Par 4) Hole 15: 315 yards (Par 4) Hole 16: 419 yards (Par 4) Hole 17: 463 yards (Par 4) Hole 18: 394 yards (Par 4) IN: 3,270 yards (Par 35) TOTAL: 6,808 yards (Par 70) |
| Notable Past Events at Oakland Hills Country ClubB | 1922 Western Open (Mike Brady) 1924 U.S. Open (Cyril Walker) 1929 U.S. Women's Amateur (Glenna Collett Vare) 1937 U.S. Open (Ralph Guldahl) 1951 U.S. Open (Ben Hogan) 1961 U.S. Open (Gene Littler) 1972 PGA Championship (Gary Player) 1979 PGA Championship (David Graham) 1981 U.S. Senior Open (Arnold Palmer) 1985 U.S. Open (Andy North) 1991 U.S. Senior Open (Jack Nicklaus) 1996 U.S. Open (Steve Jones) 2002 U.S. Amateur (Ricky Barnes) 2004 Ryder Cup (Team Europe) 2008 PGA Championship (Padraig Harrington) 2016 U.S. Amateur (Curtis Luck) |
| Fast Fact | Prior to the 1951 U.S. Open at Oakland Hills, players called Robert Trent Jones Jr.'s renovation of the venue "The Monster." When he claimed the title, Ben Hogan said, "I brought 'The Monster' to its knees." |
| Did you know? | Oakland University men's basketball coach Greg Kampe is a longtime member of the club. Kampe is a member of the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame. |
| U.S. Junior Amateurs in Michigan (4) | 1948: University of Michigan Golf Course, Ann Arbor (Dean Lind) 1962: Lochmoor Club, Grosse Pointe Woods (James Wiechers) 1980: Pine Lake Country Club, Orchard Lake (Eric Johnson) 2010: Egypt Valley Country Club, Ada (Jim Liu) |
| Notable U.S. Junior Amateur Champions | Gay Brewer (1949); Mason Rudolph (1950); Johnny Miller (1964); Gary Koch (1970); Willie Wood (1977); Charlie Rymer (1985); David Duval (1989); Tiger Woods (1991-93); Hunter Mahan (1999); Brian Harman (2003); Kevin Tway (2005); Jordan Spieth (2009, 2011); Scottie Scheffler (2013); Will Zalatoris (2014); Min Woo Lee (2016); Michael Thorbjornsen (2018) |
| Notable Runners-Up | Ken Venturi (1948); Jay Sigel (1961); Andy North (1967); Scott Simpson (1972): Mark Wilson (1992); Charles Howell III (1996); Trevor Immelman (1997); Aaron Baddeley (1998); Camilo Villegas (1999); Ryan Moore (2000); Justin Thomas (2010); Matthew Wolff (2017); Akshay Bhatia (2018) |
| What Champion Receives | -A gold medal -Custody of the U.S. Junior Amateur Trophy for one season -Exemption from qualifying from future U.S. Junior Amateurs -Exemption into 2025 U.S. Open at Oakmont (Pa.) Country Club (must be an amateur) -Exemption into the 2024 and 2025 U.S. Amateur Championships -Name engraved on a plaque honoring the 2024 USGA champions that will reside in the Hall of Champions inside the USGA Museum in Liberty Corner, N.J. |
| Schedule of Play | Monday, July 22 (18 holes, stroke play) Tuesday, July 23 (18 holes, stroke play) Wednesday, July 24 (Round of 64, match play) Thursday, July 25 (Round of 32/Round of 16 matches) Friday, July 26 (Quarterfinal/Semifinal matches) Saturday, July 27 (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) | TBD |
| Future Sites | 2025: Trinity Forest Golf Club, Dallas, Texas/July 21-26 2026: Saucon Valley Country Club, Bethlehem, Pa./July 20-25 2027: Chambers Bay, University Place, Wash./July 19-24 2028: Woodmont Country Club, Rockville, Md./July 17-22 2029: Sand Valley Resort, Nekoosa, Wis./July 23-28 2032: Pinehurst Resort & C.C., Village of Pinehurst/July 19-24 2033: Whistling Straits, Kohler, Wis./July 25-30 2039: Erin Hills, Erin, Wis./Dates TBD 2045: Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, Bandon, Ore./Dates TBD |
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