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| Championship Venue |
Oak Hills Country Club, San Antonio, Texas |
| Opened |
1922 |
| Architect |
A.W. Tillinghast |
| Dates of Championship |
Aug. 23-28 |
| Yardage/Par |
TBD |
| Course/Slope Rating |
TBD |
| Spectators |
Admission is free of charge and spectators are encouraged to attend. |
| Field Size |
156 players |
| Entries Open |
April 2, 2025 |
| Entries Close |
June 18, 2025 (5 p.m. ET) |
| Eligibility |
Open to any golfer who is 55 years of age as of August 23 and whose Handicap Index® does not exceed 5.4 |
| Qualifying |
Qualifying, over 18 holes, will be conducted June 25-July 31 at sites to be determined |
| 2024 Championship |
Louis Brown, 61, of Marietta, Ga., captured the 69th U.S. Senior Amateur Championship, defeating Dan Sullivan, of Pasadena, Calif., 4 and 3, in the 18-hole final at The Honors Course, in Ooltewah, Tenn. Brown is a former professional who played all over the world before becoming a partner in a financial services firm. He became the fifth player from the Peachtree State to claim the U.S. Senior Amateur. This was his third start in the championship, while Sullivan, a two-time U.S. Mid-Amateur semifinalist, was making his first appearance. To read more, click here. |
| Quotable |
“I haven't done everything I wanted to do in golf, but I've won some tournaments. I've won some stuff in Georgia that's pretty meaningful. But the one thing that I thought would be huge for me would be to win a USGA event, and this was the only one.” -- Louis Brown |
| Notable Events at Oak Hills C.C. |
2001 U.S. Junior Amateur (Henry Liaw)
2024 U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball (Sarah Lim/Asterisk Talley)
24 Texas Opens (Notable champions Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino, Hale Irwin, Ben Crenshaw, Corey Pavin)
Host of PGA Tour Champions' AT&T Championship 2002-10 (Notable winners Jay Haas, Craig Stadler, Fred Funk and John Cook)
1987 Tour Championship (Tom Watson) |
| U.S. Senior Amateurs in Texas (2) |
1989: Lochinvar Golf Club, Houston (R.S. "Bo" Williams)
2008: Shady Oaks Country Club, Fort Worth (George "Buddy" Marucci)
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| Did You Know? |
Holes 9 and 18 at Oak Hills Country Club are par-3s, making it one of the few courses in the world where both closing holes of each nine end with a one-shotter. |
| Notable U.S. Senior Amateur Champions |
J. Wood Platt (1955); J. Clark Espie (1957, 1959); Dexter Daniels (1961, 1966); Curtis Person Sr. (1968-69); Gene Andrews (1970); Lewis W. Oehmig (1972, 1976, 1985); Dale Morey (1974, 1977); William C. Campbell (1979-80); Ed Updegraff (1981); William Hyndman III (1983); John Richardson (1987); O. Gordon Brewer (1994, 1996); Bill Shean Jr. (1998, 2000); Kemp Richardson (2001, 2003); Stan Lee (2007); George “Buddy” Marucci (2008); Marvin “Vinny” Giles (2009); Paul Simson (2010, 2012); Louis Lee (2011); Doug Hanzel (2013); Pat Tallent (2014); Chip Lutz (2015); Sean Knapp (2017); Jeff Wilson (2018), Gene Elliott (2021), Todd White (2023) |
| Notable U.S. Senior Amateur Runners-Up |
J. Clark Espie (1956); Ernest Pieper Jr. (1971-72); Lewis W. Oehmig (1974, 1977, 1979); Dale Morey (1981); Ed Updegraff (1982); Richard Runkle (1983-84); John Harbottle (1986); George Zahringer (2008); Pat Tallent (2010); Bryan Norton (2014); Paul Simson (2017); Sean Knapp (2018); Doug Hanzel (2022), Jody Fanagan (2023) |
| What Champion Receives |
*-A gold medal
*-Custody of the Frederick L. Dold Trophy for one year
*-Exemption from local qualifying for the 2026 U.S. Open Championship
*-Exemption from qualifying for the 2026 U.S. Senior Open Championship at Scioto Country Club (must be an *-amateur)
*-Exemption from qualifying for the 2026 and 2027 U.S. Amateur Championships
*-Exemption from qualifying for the 2025 and 2026 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championships
*-Exemption from qualifying for the next 10 U.S. Senior Amateur Championships
*-Name engraved on the 2025 USGA Champions' plaque that will reside in the USGA Museum's Hall of Champions in Liberty Corner, N.J. |
| Schedule of Play |
Saturday, Aug. 23 (Stroke Play, Round 1, 18 holes)
Sunday, Aug. 24 (Stroke Play, Round 1, 18 holes)
Monday, Aug. 25 (Round of 64, match play)
Tuesday, Aug. 26 (Round of 32/Round of 16, match play)
Wednesday, Aug. 27 (Quarterfinals/Semifinals, match play)
Thursday, Aug. 28 (Championship Match, 18 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 final match-play spots. |
| Future Sites |
2026: Baltimore Country Club (East Course), Baltimore, Md./Aug. 29-Sept. 3
2027: Seattle (Wash.) Golf Club/Aug. 28-Sept. 2
2028: Biltmore Forest Country Club, Asheville, N.C./Aug. 26-31
2029: The Omni Homestead Resort (Cascades Course), Hot Springs, Va./Aug. 25-30
2030: The Country Club of North Carolina, Pinehurst, N.C./Aug. 24-29
2032: Country Club of Buffalo, Williamsville, N.Y./Aug. 28-Sept. 2
2033: Canterbury Golf Club, Cleveland, Ohio/Aug. 27-Sept. 1
2035: Columbia Country Club, Chevy Chase, Md./Aug. 25-30
2038: Quaker Ridge Golf Club, Scarsdale, N.Y./Dates TBD |
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