U.S. JUNIOR AMATEUR
Fast Facts for 2025 U.S. Junior Amateur
| Championship Venue | Trinity Forest Golf Club, Dallas, Texas |
| Stroke-Play Co-Host Venue | Brook Hollow Golf Club, Dallas, Texas |
| Opened | Trinity Forest: 2016 Brook Hollow: 1920 |
| Architects | Trinity Forest: Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw Brook Hollow: A.W. Tillinghast (renovation by Coore & Crenshaw in 1993) |
| Yardages/Par (Subject to change) | Trinity Forest: 7,344 yards/Par 71 Brook Hollow: 7,049 yards/Par 70 |
| Course Rating/Slope Rating | Trinity Forest: TBD Brook Hollow: TBD |
| Dates of Championship | July 21-26 |
| Field Size | 264 |
| Eligibility | A competitor cannot have a Handicap Index exceeding 2.4, and not reached his 19th birthday by July 26, 2025. |
| Entries Open | March 19, 2025 |
| Entries Close | May 14, 2025 (5 p.m. ET) |
| Qualifying | Qualifying, over 18 holes, will be conducted between May 21-June 26 at sites to be determined |
| 2024 Championship | Trevor Gutschewski, of Omaha, Neb., the son of PGA Tour/Korn Ferry Tour professional Scott Gutschewski, defeated U.S. National Junior Team member Tyler Watts, of Huntsville, Ala., 4 and 3, in the 36-hole final at historic Oakland Hills Country Club (South Course), in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Gutschewski survived a 23-hole marathon in his opening match, then took out medalist Blades Brown in the Round of 32 en route to the title. To read more, click here. |
| Quotable | “I don't even know. Probably hasn't sunk in yet. I have to sit on it for a bit.” -- Trevor Gutschewski |
| Hole by Hole | TRINITY FOREST GOLF CLUB (Subject to change) Hole 1: 405 yards (Par 4) Hole 2: 596 yards (Par 5) Hole 3: 237 yards (Par 3) Hole 4: 477 yards (Par 4) Hole 5: 625 yards (Par 5) Hole 6: 438 yards (Par 4) Hole 7: 425 yards (Par 4) Hole 8: 185 yards (Par 3) Hole 9: 467 yards (Par 4) OUT: 3,855 yards (Par 36) Hole 10: 512 yards (Par 4) Hole 11: 205 yards (Par 3) Hole 12: 409 yards (Par 4) Hole 13: 438 yards (Par 4) Hole 14: 315 yards (Par 4) Hole 15: 415 yards (Par 4) Hole 16: 567 yards (Par 5) Hole 17: 125 yards (Par 3) Hole 18: 503 yards (Par 4) IN: 3,489 yards (Par 35) TOTAL: 7,344 yards (Par 71) BROOK HOLLOW GOLF CLUB Hole 1: 458 yards (Par 4) Hole 2: 358 yards (Par 4) Hole 3: 463 yards (Par 4) Hole 4: 171 yards (Par 3) Hole 5: 583 yards (Par 5) Hole 6: 445 yards (Par 4) Hole 7: 494 yards (Par 4) Hole 8: 196 yards (Par 3) Hole 9: 365 yards (Par 4) OUT: 3,533 yards (Par 35) Hole 10: 150 yards (Par 3) Hole 11: 455 yards (Par 4) Hole 12: 491 yards (Par 4) Hole 13: 359 yards (Par 4) Hole 14: 363 yards (Par 4) Hole 15: 610 yards (Par 5) Hole 16: 233 yards (Par 3) Hole 17: 431 yards (Par 4) Hole 18: 424 yards (Par 4) IN: 3,516 yards (Par 35) TOTAL: 7,049 yards (Par 70) |
| Notable Past Events at Trinity Forest | 2018 AT&T Byron Nelson (Aaron Wise) 2019 AT&T Byron Nelson (Sung Kang) 2023 Jackson T. Stephens Cup (Men's Team: Florida State; Men's Individual: Tiger Christensen, University of Arizona; Women's Team: Wake Forest; Women's Individual: Lauren Kim, University of Texas) |
| Notable Past Events at Brook Hollow | 1924 Texas State Amateur (T.B. Cochran) 1925 Women's Texas Amateur (Margery Dorrance) 1929 Texas State Amateur (Dennis Lavender) 1931 Texas State Amateur (Gus Moreland) 1934 Texas State Amateur (Reynolds Smith) 1935 Texas State Amateur (Harry Todd) 1939 Texas State Amateur (Don Schumacher) 1940 Women's Texas Amateur (Aniela Gorczyka 1946 Texas State Amateur (Bobby Riegel) 1963 Texas State Amateur (Gene Teter) 1987 U.S. Mid-Amateur (Jay Sigel) 2016 Women's Texas Amateur (Grace Choi) |
| Fast Fact | One of the founding members of Trinity Forest is current USGA president Fred Perpall. |
| Did you know? | Trinity Forest was built on a former landfill and utilizes Trinity Zoysia, a turfgrass known for its sustainable attributes, requiring very little water or fertilizer. In 2018, the club was presented with Golf Digest’s Green Star Award for outstanding environmental practices and its efforts in reclaiming what was once an unauthorized dumpsite. |
| U.S. Junior Amateurs in Texas (4) | 1972: Brookhaven Country Club, Dallas, (Robert T. Byman) 2001: Oak Hills Country Club, San Antonio (Henry Liaw) 2014: The Club at Carlton Woods (Nicklaus Course), The Woodlands, (Will Zalatoris) |
| 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); Nick Dunlap (2021) |
| 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); Davis Riley (2013, 2014); Matthew Wolff (2017); Akshay Bhatia (2018) |
| What Champion Receives | -A gold medal -Custody of the U.S. Junior Amateur Trophy for one year -Exemption from qualifying from future U.S. Junior Amateurs -Exemption into 2026 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills Country Club (must be an amateur) -Exemption into the 2025 and 2026 U.S. Amateur Championships -Name engraved on a plaque honoring the 2025 USGA champions that will reside in the Hall of Champions inside the USGA Museum in Liberty Corner, N.J. |
| Schedule of Play | Monday, July 21 (18 holes, stroke play) Tuesday, July 22 (18 holes, stroke play) Wednesday, July 23 (Round of 64, match play) Thursday, July 24 (Round of 32/Round of 16 matches) Friday, July 25 (Quarterfinal/Semifinal matches) Saturday, July 26 (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 | 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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