U.S. JUNIOR AMATEUR

Fast Facts for 2026 U.S. Junior Amateur

By David Shefter, USGA

| Oct 23, 2025 | 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): 7,042 yards/Par 71 Saucon Valley (Grace Course): 6,954 yards/Par 70
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	March 11, 2026 (9 a.m. ET)
Entries Close	May 13, 2026 (5 p.m. ET)
Qualifying	Qualifying, over 18 holes, will be conducted at 42 sites from May 26-July 1
Hole by Hole (Subject to change)	SAUCON VALLEY COUNTRY CLUB (OLD COURSE) Hole 1: 560 yards (Par 5) Hole 2: 472 yards (Par 4) Hole 3: 375 yards (Par 4) Hole 4: 155 yards (Par 3) Hole 5: 478 yards (Par 4) Hole 6: 562 yards (Par 5) Hole 7: 456 yards (Par 4) Hole 8: 421 yards (Par 4) Hole 9: 212 yards (Par 3) OUT: 3,691 yards (Par 36) Hole 10: 385 yards (Par 4) Hole 11: 170 yards (Par 3) Hole 12: 435 yards (Par 4) Hole 13: 334 yards (Par 4) Hole 14: 183 yards (Par 3) Hole 15: 617 yards (Par 5) Hole 16: 460 yards (Par 4) Hole 17: 419 yards (Par 4) Hole 18: 348 yards (Par 4) IN: 3,351 yards (Par 35) TOTAL: 7,042 yards (Par 71) SAUCON VALLEY COUNTRY CLUB (GRACE COURSE) Hole 1: 582 yards (Par 5) Hole 2: 408 yards (Par 4) Hole 3: 275 yards (Par 3) Hole 4: 505 yards (Par 4) Hole 5: 150 yards (Par 3) Hole 6: 426 yards (Par 4) Hole 7: 445 yards (Par 4) Hole 8: 394 yards (Par 4) Hole 9: 429 yards (Par 4) OUT: 3,564 yards (Par 35) Hole 10: 536 yards (Par 5) Hole 11: 175 yards (Par 3) Hole 12: 340 yards (Par 4) Hole 13: 334 yards (Par 4) Hole 14: 167 yards (Par 3) Hole 15: 514 yards (Par 4) Hole 16: 446 yards (Par 4) Hole 17: 435 yards (Par 4) Hole 18: 443 yards (Par 4) IN: 3,390 yards (Par 35) TOTAL: 6,954 yards (Par 70)
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
Exempt Players (47)	Hamilton Coleman (2025 U.S. Junior Amateur champion; 2025 U.S. Junior Amateur semifinalist; 2025 U.S. Junior Amateur quarterfinalist; Top 40 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Qiyou Wu (Semifinalist in 2025 U.S. Junior Amateur; 2025 U.S. Junior Amateur quarterfinalist; Top 40 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Miles Russell (2025 U.S. Junior Amateur quarterfinalist; 2025 U.S. Amateur quarterfinalist; 2025 AJGA Rolex Player of the Year; Champion of 2025 Junior Players; Top 40 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Tyler Watts (2024 U.S. Junior Amateur runner-up; 2024 U.S. Junior Amateur semifinalist; Top 40 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Sohan Patel (Quarterfinalist in 2025 U.S. Junior Amateur) Dawson Lew (2025 Canadian Junior champion) Guus Lafeber (2025 R&A Boys Amateur champion) Xihuan Chang (2024 U.S. Junior Amateur semifinalist) Lev Grinberg (Top 40 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Tyler Mawhinney (Top 40 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Henry Guan (Top 40 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Jessy Huebner (Top 40 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Evan Liu (Top 40 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Luke Ringkamp (Top 40 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Ronin Banerjee (Top 40 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Giuseppe Puebla (Top 40 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Hugo LeGoff (Top 40 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Cooper Moore (Top 40 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Zenghao Hou (Top 40 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Brayden Lee (Top 40 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Thomas Restrepo (Top 40 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Liangliang Gu (Top 40 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Hung Le (Top 40 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Ajalawich Anantasethakul (Top 40 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Louis Klein (Top 40 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Oscar Couilleau (2025 Monroe Invitational champion; Top 40 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Lapassapon Gomez (Top 40 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Emilio Velez (Top 40 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Guolin Zeng (Top 40 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Vicente Quiroga Hinojosa (Top 40 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Haoyi Wang (Top 40 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) John Doyle (Top 40 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Tim Brohl (Top 40 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Parin Sarasmut (Top 40 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Tuan Anh Nguyen (Top 40 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Taisei Nagasaki (Top 40 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Minsu Kim (Top 40 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Jin Han (Top 40 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Minhyeok Yu (Top 40 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Callixte Alzas (Top 40 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Settawut Kenanan (Top 40 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Kanichiro Katano (Top 40 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Jun Tian (Top 40 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) Andreas Martinez Benedetti (Top 40 age-eligible point leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 11, 2026) AJ Colonna (2025 Rhode Island Boys Junior Amateur champion) Wyatt Williams (2025 Idaho Junior Amateur champion) Thomas Constantine (2025 Massachusetts Junior Amateur champion)
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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