U.S. JUNIOR AMATEUR

Fast Facts for 2026 U.S. Junior Amateur

By David Shefter, USGA

| Liberty Corner, N.J.


Championship Venue	Saucon Valley Country Club (Old Course), Bethlehem, Pa.
Stroke-Play Co-Host Venue	Saucon Valley Country Club (Grace Course), Bethlehem, Pa.
Opened	Saucon Valley (Old Course): 1922 Saucon Valley (Grace Course): 1953
Architects	Saucon Valley (Old Course): Herbert Strong (Renovations by William Gordon, Perry Maxwell and most recently by Thomas Marzolf) Saucon Valley (Grace Course): William and David Gordon (Renovation by Andrew Green in 2014)
Yardages/Par (Subject to change)	Saucon Valley (Old Course): TBD Saucon Valley (Grace Course): TBD
Course Rating/Slope Rating	Saucon Valley (Old Course): TBD Saucon Valley (Grace Course): TBD
Dates of Championship	July 20-25
Field Size	264
Eligibility	A competitor cannot have a Handicap Index exceeding 2.4, and not reached his 19th birthday by July 25, 2026.
Entries Open	Mid-March
Qualifying	Qualifying, over 18 holes, will be conducted at sites to be determined
2025 Championship	Hamilton Coleman, 17, of Augusta, Ga., defeated Minh Nguyen, of Vietnam, 2 and 1, in the 36-hole championship match at Trinity Forest Golf Club, in Dallas, Texas. Coleman, a 2026 University of Georgia commit, survived a 25-hole marathon in his opening-round match, and then continued that momentum all the way to the final. To read more, click here.
Quotable	“It's really cool just seeing the names that are also on that trophy. Scottie Scheffler, Tiger Woods, all the great players of the game have come through this tournament. Just to be on that level with them is a great feeling.” -- Hamilton Coleman
Notable Past Events at Saucon Valley Country Club	1951 U.S. Amateur (Billy Maxwell) 1983 U.S. Junior Amateur (Tim Straub) 1987 U.S. Senior Amateur (John Richardson) 1992 U.S. Senior Open (Larry Laoretti) 2000 U.S. Senior Open (Hale Irwin) 2008 Pennsylvania State Amateur (Mike Van Sickle) 2009 U.S. Women's Open (Eun-Hi Jee) 2013 Pennsylvania State Amateur (Chris Ault) 2014 U.S. Mid-Amateur (Scott Harvey) 2022 U.S. Senior Open (Padraig Harrington)
Fast Fact	Saucon Valley Country Club boasts three 18-hole championship layouts: Old, Grace and Weyhill. The Weyhill Course was the stroke-play co-host venue for the 2014 U.S. Mid-Amateur.
Did you know?	The Grace Course is named after Saucon Valley Country Club patriarch Eugene Grace, who was the former chairman of Bethlehem Steel.
U.S. Junior Amateurs in Pennsylvania (3)	1983: Saucon Valley Country Club, Bethlehem, (Tim Straub) 1997: Aronimink Country Club, Newtown Square (Jason Allred) 1999: The Country Club of York, York, (Hunter Mahan)
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 2027 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach Golf Links (must be an amateur) -Exemption into the 2026 and 2027 U.S. Amateur Championships -Name engraved on a plaque honoring the 2026 USGA champions that will reside in the Hall of Champions inside the USGA Museum in Liberty Corner, N.J.
Schedule of Play	Monday, July 20 (18 holes, stroke play) Tuesday, July 21 (18 holes, stroke play) Wednesday, July 22 (Round of 64, match play) Thursday, July 23 (Round of 32/Round of 16 matches) Friday, July 24 (Quarterfinal/Semifinal matches) Saturday, July 25 (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	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 2030: Colorado Golf Club, Parker, Colo./July 22-27 2032: Pinehurst Resort & C.C., Village of Pinehurst/July 19-24 2033: Whistling Straits, Kohler, Wis./July 25-30 2035: The Ridgewood Country Club, Paramus, N.J./Dates TBD 2036: Sunriver Resort, Sunriver, Orel/July 21-26 2039: Erin Hills, Erin, Wis./Dates TBD 2045: Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, Bandon, Ore./Dates TBD

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