Kinloch Golf Club • Manakin-Sabot, Va.
Independence Golf Club • Midlothian, Va.
Sept. 21-26, 2024
U.S. MID-AMATEUR
Fast Facts for 2024 U.S. Mid-Amateur
| Championship Venue | Kinloch Golf Club, Manakin-Sabot, Va. |
| Stroke-Play Co-Host Venue | Independence Golf Club, Midlothian, Va. |
| Opened | 2001 (Kinloch Golf Club) 2001 (Independence Golf Club) |
| Architects | Kinloch: Lester George and Marvin "Vinny" Giles Independence: Tom Fazio (renovation by Lester George in 2014) |
| Dates of Championship | September 21-26 |
| Yardages/Par | Kinloch: 7,291 yards/Par 71 Independence: 7,190 yards/Par 70 |
| Course/Slope Rating | Kinloch Golf Club: 76.0/144 Independence Golf Club: 74.6/139 |
| Field | 264 competitors |
| Entries Accepted | 6,054 (Record is 6,060 in 2023) |
| Eligibility | Open to any amateur golfer who has reached their 25th birthday as of Sept. 21 and whose Handicap Index does not exceed 2.4. |
| Qualifying | Qualifying, over 18 holes, will take place at 69 sites between July 22 and Aug. 28. |
| 2023 Championship(a | Stewart Hagestad, 32, of Newport Beach, Calif., moved into select company by capturing his third U.S. Mid-Amateur title with a 3-and-2 victory over Virginian Evan Beck in the 36-hole final at Sleepy Hollow Country Club in Scarborough, N.Y. Hagestad, fresh off winning a fourth Walker Cup for the USA, joined Nathan Smith (4) and Jay Sigel (3) as the only players with three Mid-Am titles. His other two titles came in 2016 and 2021. To read more, click here. |
| Quotable | “There's so many thoughts that come into your head, good, bad, otherwise, not just throughout the day but kind of throughout the week. Evan is such a good player. I know that he's one of the best in the world. He's got a ton of horsepower, and I saw some of his matches, and I kind of had a feeling it might come down to the two of us. Never in my wildest dreams would I have ever thought this was possible. I'm going to need a minute to kind of decompress, but there's a lot of emotions going right now.”-- Stewart Hagestad |
| Exempt Players (43) | Ryan Ang (Top 40 age-eligible points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of July 17) Carlos Ardila (Top 15 age-eligible points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of April 17) Andrew Bailey (Top 40 age-eligible points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of July 17) Matheus Balestrin (Top 15 age-eligible points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of April 17) Evan Beck (Runner-up in 2023 U.S. Mid-Amateur; Top 15 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of April 17) Stephen Behr Jr. (Quarterfinalist in 2023 U.S. Mid-Amateur) Brian Blanchard (2024 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball champion) Cam Burke (Winner of 2024 Canadian Mid-Amateur) Juan Fernando Castellanos (Top 40 age-eligible points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of July 17) Mark Costanza (Runner-up in 2021 U.S. Mid-Amateur; Top 15 age-eligible points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of April 17) Joseph Deraney (Top 40 age-eligible points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of July 17) Parker Edens (Quarterfinalist in 2023 U.S. Mid-Amateur) Torey Edwards (Top 40 age-eligible points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of July 17) Sam Engel (2024 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball champion) Jeronimo Esteve (Top 40 age-eligible points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of July 17) Hugh Foley (Runner-up in 2022 U.S. Mid-Amateur) Richard Gibson Jr. (Top 40 age-eligible points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of July 17) Markus Haebler (Winner of 2024 European Mid-Amateur Championship) Stewart Hagestad (2016, 2021 and 2023 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion; 2024 U.S. Open qualifier; Playing member of 2021 and 2023 USA Walker Cup Teams; Top 15 age-eligible points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of April 17) Bryce Hanstad (Semifinalist in 2022 U.S. Mid-Amateur) Scott Harvey (2014 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion) Sam Jackson (Semifinalist in 2023 U.S. Mid-Amateur) Andrew Jarvis (Top 15 age-eligible points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of April 17; Top 40 age-eligible points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of July 17) Chris Kamin (Top 40 age-eligible points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of July 17) Bobby Massa (Quarterfinalist in 2023 U.S. Mid-Amateur) Matthew McClean (2022 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion; Playing member of 2023 Great Britain & Ireland Walker Cup Team; Low eight individual finishers from 2023 World Amateur Team Championship; Top 15 age-eligible points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of April 17) Michael McCoy (2013 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion) Lukas Michel (2019 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion) Kevin O'Connell (2018 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion) Segundo Oliva Pinto (Top 15 age-eligible points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of April 17) Julien Paltrinieri (Top 40 age-eligible points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of July 17) Matt Parziale (2017 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion) Brett Patterson (Semifinalist in 2023 U.S. Mid-Amateur; Top 15 age-eligible points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of April 17) Josh Persons (Semifinalist in 2022 U.S. Mid-Amateur) Colin Prater (2024 U.S. Open qualifier) Sammy Schmitz (2015 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion) Andres Schonbaum (Top 40 age-eligible points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of July 17) Nathan Smith (Special exemption from the USGA) Rick Stimmel (Top 40 age-eligible points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of July 17) Dan Sullivan (2024 U.S. Senior Amateur runner-up) Omar Tejeira Jaen (Top 15 age-eligible points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of April 17) Alejandro Villavicencio (Top 15 age-eligible points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of April 17) Todd White (2023 U.S. Senior Amateur champion) |
| Hole by hole (Subject to change) | KINLOCH GOLF CLUB Hole 1: 450 yards (Par 4) Hole 2: 505 yards (Par 4) Hole 3: 455 yards (Par 4) Hole 4: 579 yards (Par 5) Hole 5: 154 yards (Par 3) Hole 6: 328 yards (Par 4) Hole 7: 471 yards (Par 4) Hole 8: 203 yards (Par 3) Hole 9: 450 yards (Par 4) OUT: 3,595 yards (Par 35) Hole 10: 447 yards (Par 4) Hole 11: 407 yards (Par 4) Hole 12: 601 yards (Par 5) Hole 13: 330 yards (Par 4) Hole 14: 180 yards (Par 3) Hole 15: 451 yards (Par 4) Hole 16: 237 yards (Par 3) Hole 17: 457 yards (Par 4) Hole 18: 586 yards (Par 5) IN: 3,696 yards (Par 36) TOTAL: 7,291 yards (Par 71) INDEPENDENCE GOLF CLUB Hole 1: 460 yards (Par 4) Hole 2: 480 yards (Par 4) Hole 3: 415 yards (Par 4) Hole 4: 605 yards (Par 5) Hole 5: 388 yards (Par 4) Hole 6: 400 yards (Par 4) Hole 7: 220 yards (Par 3) Hole 8: 480 yards (Par 4) Hole 9: 198 yards (Par 3) OUT: 3,646 yards (Par 35) Hole 10: 346 yards (Par 4) Hole 11: 152 yards (Par 3) Hole 12: 440 yards (Par 4) Hole 13: 450 yards (Par 4) Hole 14: 178 yards (Par 3) Hole 15: 435 yards (Par 4) Hole 16: 458 yards (Par 4) Hole 17: 650 yards (Par 5) Hole 18: 435 yards (Par 4) IN: 3,544 yards (Par 35) TOTAL: 7,190 yards (Par 70) |
| Notable Events at Kinloch Golf Club | 2003 Virginia State Amateur (Jay Woodson) 2011 U.S. Senior Amateur (Louis Lee) |
| Notable Events at Independence Golf Club | 2007 Virginia State Open (Joshua Meador) 2008 Virginia State Open (a-Roger Newsom) 2009 Virginia State Open (Faber Jamerson) 2010 Virginia State Open (a-Evan Beck) 2011 Virginia State Open (a-Roger Newsom) 2012 Virginia State Open (Jay Woodson) 2013 Virginia State Open (Jay Woodson) 2019 Virginia State Senior Open (a-Dave Pulk) 2020 Virginia State Senior Open (a-Matt Sughrue) 2021 Virginia State Open (a-Evan Beck) 2021 Virginia State Senior Open (Brendan McGrath) 2022 Virginia State Open (a-Nick Taliaferro) 2022 Virginia State Senior Open (Rick Schuller) 2023 Virginia State Open (Connor Burgess) 2023 Virginia State Senior Open (Brendan McGrath) 2024 Virginia State Open (a-Logan Reilly) |
| Fast Fact | Marvin "Vinny" Giles, a two-time USGA champion that includes the 1972 U.S. Amateur, helped found the club and co-designed the course with Lester George. He also represented the USA in four Walker Cups and captained the 1993 team. |
| Notable U.S. Mid-Amateur Champions | Jim Holtgrieve (1981); Jay Sigel (1983, 1985, 1987); David Eger (1988); Tim Jackson (1994, 2001); Danny Green (1999); Nathan Smith (2003, 2009, 2010, 2012); Trip Kuehne (2007); Mike McCoy (2013); Scott Harvey (2014), Stewart Hagestad (2016, 2021, 2023); Matt Parziale (2017) |
| Notable U.S. Mid-Amateur Runners-Up | Bob Lewis Jr. (1981, 1984); O. Gordon Brewer (1985); Bryan Norton (2003); Todd Mitchell (2008); Tim Hogarth (2010); Garrett Rank (2012); Scott Harvey (2016), Evan Beck (2023) |
| Schedule of Play | Saturday, Sept. 21 (Stroke Play, Round 1, 18 holes) Sunday, Sept. 22 (Stroke Play, Round 2, 18 holes) Monday, Sept. 23 (Round of 64, match play) Tuesday, Sept. 24 (Round of 32/Round of 16, match play) Wednesday, Sept. 25 (Quarterfinals/Semifinals, match play) Thursday, Sept. 26 (Championship Match, 36 holes) |
| Match-Play Cut | The low 64 scorers following stroke play will qualify for match play. If necessary, a playoff will be conducted to determine the last qualifiers for the draw. |
| What Winner Receives | -a gold medal -custody of the Robert T. Jones Jr. Memorial Trophy for one year -exemption into 2025 U.S. Open at Oakmont (Pa.) Country Club -exemptions from qualifying for the next 10 U.S. Mid-Amateurs -exemptions from qualifying for the next two U.S. Amateurs -likely invitation to the 2025 Masters Tournament (must be an amateur) -name engraved on 2024 USGA champions' plaque that will reside in the Hall of Champions inside the USGA Museum in Liberty Corner, N.J. |
| Future Sites | 2025: Troon Country Club, Scottsdale, Ariz./Sept. 13-18; Troon North Golf Club, Scottsdale, Ariz. 2026: Sand Valley Resort, Nekoosa, Wis./Sept. 26-Oct. 1 2027: Jupiter Hills Club, Tequesta, Fla./TBA 2030: Bel-Air Country Club, Los Angeles, Calif./Sept. 14-19 |
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