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PAR AND YARDAGE
Bandon Dunes Golf Resort’s Bandon Dunes course will be set up at 7,143 yards and will play to a par of 36-36–72. Bandon Dunes Golf Resort’s Bandon Trails course, which will serve as the stroke-play co-host course for the two days of stroke play, will be set up at 6,763 yards and play to a par of 36-35–71.
(NOTE: Yardages subject to change.)
BANDON DUNES GOLF RESORT (BANDON DUNES) HOLE BY HOLE
Hole123456789Total Par43544344536 Yards4002165434434731784113855853,634
Hole101112131415161718Total Par44354344536 Yards3774691995553912063633895603,509
BANDON DUNES GOLF RESORT (BANDON TRAILS) HOLE BY HOLE
Hole123456789Total Par43543444536 Yards3562145344111244104403205673,376
Hole101112131415161718Total Par44344453435 Yards4104802404063254065361644203,387
ARCHITECTS
Bandon Dunes Golf Resort’s Bandon Dunes course was designed by David McLay Kidd of Scotland. The layout, which opened for play in 1999, is perched on a high bluff above the Pacific Ocean. Bandon Dunes Golf Resort’s Bandon Trails course was designed by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw and opened for play in 2005. The course’s routing begins on a massive sand dune and sprawls through a meadow and coastal forest.
WHO CAN ENTER
The championship is open to any amateur golfers who will not have reached their 19th birthday on or before July 30, and who have a Handicap Index® not exceeding 4.4.
ENTRIES
The USGA accepted 3,746 entries for the 2022 U.S. Junior Amateur. It is the largest entry total since 2017 and the second-largest since 2002. The record number of entries for the U.S. Junior Amateur is 4,508 in 1999.
QUALIFYING
Qualifying, played over 18 holes, was held from June 1-July 1 at 57 sites in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Click here for a complete list of qualifying results.
CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD
A starting field of 264 golfers will compete in the U.S. Junior Amateur. Click here for a list of the 2022 field.
Practice rounds will be held on July 23-24. The championship begins with 18-hole stroke-play rounds on July 25-26. The field will then be cut to the low 64 scorers for match play. Six rounds of match play will determine the champion. The championship match is contested over 36 holes.
SCHEDULE OF PLAY
Monday, July 25 – First round, stroke play, 18 holes
Tuesday, July 26 – Second round, stroke play, 18 holes
Wednesday, July 27 – Round of 64, match play
Thursday, July 28 – Round of 32 and Round of 16, match play
Friday, July 29 – Quarterfinal and semifinal rounds, match play
Saturday, July 30 – Championship match, 36 holes
TELEVISION SCHEDULE
The 2022 U.S. Junior Amateur will receive at least four hours of live broadcast coverage on Golf Channel.
Date/DayTime (PDT)NetworkCoverage July 29/Friday3-5 p.m.Golf ChannelSemifinal matches July 30/Saturday3-5 p.m.Golf ChannelChampionship match
2021 CHAMPION
Nick Dunlap, of Huntsville, Ala., defeated Cohen Trolio, of West Point, Miss., 3 and 2, in the 36-hole championship match on The Country Club of North Carolina’s Dogwood Course in Village of Pinehurst, N.C. Just the second player from his state to reach a U.S. Junior Amateur final, Dunlap became the first to put his name on the trophy.
WHAT THE WINNER RECEIVES:
►A gold medal
►Custody of the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship Trophy for one year
►Exemption into future U.S. Junior Amateurs (if age-eligible)
►Exemption into the next two U.S. Amateurs (2022, 2023)
►Exemption into 2023 U.S. Open at The Los Angeles Country Club (must be an amateur)
HISTORY
In 1948, the USGA inaugurated the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship to determine the best junior golfer in the United States and to help junior golfers realize the most from the game, win or lose. The first U.S. Junior Amateur was played at the University of Michigan Golf Course and received 495 entries.
Dean Lind, of Rockford, Ill., was the first champion. Lind defeated Ken Venturi, of San Francisco, a future U.S. Open champion, in the final. Only two players, Tiger Woods and Jordan Spieth, have won the Junior Amateur more than once; Woods winning in 1991, 1992 and 1993, and Spieth in 2009 and 2011. Other notable champions include Johnny Miller, David Duval, Scottie Scheffler and Will Zalatoris.
In 2017, the U.S. Junior Amateur champion began receiving a full exemption into the following year’s U.S. Open Championship. In 2020, the U.S. Junior Amateur was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Aligning with ongoing USGA initiatives to expand support of junior golf, the field size for the U.S. Junior Amateur increased from 156 players to 264, beginning with the 2021 championship at The Country Club of North Carolina.
CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY
This large sterling silver trophy, produced by J.E. Caldwell and Co., of Philadelphia, is a replica of a bowl produced by noted early American silversmith Samuel Williamson, which is in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Dean Lind was the first to receive the trophy after his 1948 victory at the University of Michigan Golf Course, in Ann Arbor, Mich.
The original U.S. Junior Amateur Trophy is on display at the USGA Golf Museum in Liberty Corner, N.J.
THE USGA AND BANDON DUNES GOLF RESORT
This is the eighth USGA championship to be conducted at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort,. The resort most recently hosted the U.S. Amateur in 2020, won by Tyler Strafaci. This will be the first U.S. Junior Amateur played at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort. With the 2022 U.S. Junior Amateur, Bandon Dunes becomes the first site to host eight different USGA championships.
In 2021, the USGA and Bandon Dunes Golf Resort announced an agreement that will bring 13 USGA amateur championships to the resort over the next 23 years. Bandon Dunes Golf Resort will host both the U.S. Women’s Amateur and U.S. Amateur in 2032 and again in 2041, marking the first time those two original USGA championships will be contested on the same site in the same calendar year. The resort will also host the U.S. Junior Amateur and U.S. Girls’ Junior in 2045, which will mark the fourth time those championships will be conducted at the same facility in the same year. The agreement also includes the 2028 Walker Cup Match and the 2038 Curtis Cup Match.
PREVIOUS USGA CHAMPIONSHIPS AT BANDON DUNES GOLF RESORT
2006 Curtis Cup Match (Pacific Dunes): USA def. Great Britain and Ireland, 11.5-6.5
2007 U.S. Mid-Amateur (Bandon Dunes): Trip Kuehne def. Dan Whitaker, 9 and 7
2011 U.S. Amateur Public Links (Old Macdonald and Bandon Trails): Corbin Mills def. Derek Ernst, 37 holes
2011 U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links (Old Macdonald and Bandon Trails): Brianna Do def. Marissa Dodd, 1 up
2015 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball (Pacific Dunes): Mika Liu and Rinko Mitsunaga def. Robynn Ree and Hannah O’Sullivan, 4 and 3
2019 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball (Old Macdonald and Pacific Dunes): Scott Harvey and Todd Mitchell def. Logan Shuping and Blake Taylor, 2 and 1
2020 U.S. Amateur (Bandon Dunes and Bandon Trails): Tyler Strafaci def. Charles “Ollie” Osborne, 1 up
FUTURE USGA CHAMPIONSHIPS AT BANDON DUNES GOLF RESORT
2022 U.S. Junior Amateur
2025 U.S. Women’s Amateur
2028 Walker Cup Match
2032 U.S. Amateur & U.S. Women’s Amateur
2035 U.S. Girls’ Junior
2037 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball & U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball
2038 Curtis Cup Match
2041 U.S. Amateur & U.S. Women’s Amateur
2045 U.S. Junior Amateur & U.S. Girls’ Junior
USGA CHAMPIONSHIPS IN OREGON
The 2022 U.S. Junior Amateur will be the 39th USGA championship and fourth U.S. Junior Amateur contested in Oregon. Tiger Woods (1993, Waverley Country Club) and Johnny Miller (1964, Eugene Country Club) both won U.S. Junior Amateur titles in the state of Oregon.
The first USGA championship in Oregon was the 1933 U.S. Amateur Public Links played at Eastmoreland Golf Course in Portland won by Charles Ferrera. Most recently, Bandon Dunes hosted the 2020 U.S. Amateur, won by Tyler Strafaci.
Upcoming USGA championships in Oregon include the 2023 U.S. Senior Women’s Open at Waverley Country Club, the 2025 U.S. Women’s Amateur at Bandon Dunes and the 2028 Walker Cup Match at Bandon Dunes.
USGA Championships in Oregon (since 2005)
2006 U.S. Women’s Amateur: Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club (Kimberly Kim)
2006 Curtis Cup: Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (USA)
2007 U.S. Mid-Amateur: Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (Trip Kuehne)
2007 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur: Sunriver Resort (Anna Schultz)
2008 U.S. Women’s Amateur: Eugene Country Club (Amanda Blumenherst)
2011 U.S. Amateur Public Links: Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (Corbin Mills)
2011 U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links: Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (Brianna Do)
2015 U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball: Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (Mika Liu & Rinko Mitsunaga)
2015 U.S. Women’s Amateur: Portland Golf Club (Hannah O’Sullivan)
2017 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur: Waverley Country Club (Judith Kyrinis)
2018 U.S. Senior Amateur: Eugene Country Club (Jeff Wilson)
2019 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball: Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (Scott Harvey & Todd Mitchell)
2020 U.S. Amateur: Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (Tyler Strafaci)
U.S. JUNIOR AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS IN OREGON
1964: Eugene Country Club (Johnny Miller def. Enrique Sterling, 2 & 1)
1993: Waverley Country Club, Portland (Tiger Woods def. Ryan Armour, 19 holes)
2000: Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club, North Plains (Matthew Rosenfeld d. Ryan Moore, 3 and 2)
MOST USGA CHAMPIONSHIPS HOSTED BY VENUES IN OREGON
(includes 2022 championships)
8 – Bandon Dunes Golf Resort
7 – Waverley Country Club, Portland
6 – Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club, North Plains
5 – Eugene Country Club
3 – Portland Golf Club
OTHER CHAMPIONSHIPS AT BANDON DUNES G.R.
2005 Pacific Coast Amateur (Bandon Dunes and Pacific Dunes): Alex Prugh won by three strokes over Andres Gonzales, 281-284
2012 Pacific Coast Amateur (Bandon Trails and Bandon Dunes): David Fink won on the fourth playoff hole over Michael Anderson, Anton Arboleda, Taeksoo Kim and Matt Rawitzer, 291 (5-4-4-3), 291 (5-4-4-4), 291 (5-4-4-4), 291 (5-4-5), 291 (5-4-5)
WINNERS OF U.S. OPEN & U.S. JUNIOR AMATEUR
Winners, Years of Championships
Johnny Miller (1973 Open; 1964 Junior Amateur)
Tiger Woods (2000, 2002, 2008 Open; 1991, 1992, 1993 Junior Amateur)
Jordan Spieth (2015 Open; 2009, 2011 Junior Amateur)
LONGEST COURSES IN U.S. JUNIOR AMATEUR HISTORY
7,740 yards, Martis Camp Club, Truckee, Calif., 2013
7,366 yards, Colleton River Plantation Club (Dye Course), Bluffton, S.C., 2015
7,339 yards, Inverness Club, Toledo, Ohio, 2019
7,326 yards, The Honors Course, Ooltewah, Tenn., 2016
7,313 yards, Baltusrol Golf Club (Lower Course), Springfield, N.J., 2018
7,280 yards, Baltusrol Golf Club (Upper Course), Springfield, N.J., 2018 7,275 yards, The Club at Carlton Woods (Nicklaus Course), The Woodlands, Texas, 2014
7,271 yards, The Country Club of North Carolina (Dogwood Course), Village of Pinehurst, N.C., 2021
7,251 yards, Shoal Creek (Ala.) Golf & Country Club, 2008
7,175 yards, Golf Club of New England, Stratham, N.H., 2012
7,143 yards, Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (Bandon Dunes course), Bandon, Ore., 2022
7,133 yards, Gold Mountain Golf Club (Olympic Course), Bremerton, Wash., 2011
FUTURE U.S. JUNIOR AMATEUR SITES
July 24-29, 2023 – The Daniel Island Club, Charleston, S.C.
July 22-27, 2024 – Oakland Hills Country Club, Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
TBD, 2045 – Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, Bandon, Ore.
PHOTO MEDIA SERVICE
The USGA will offer daily complimentary high-resolution photographs during the U.S. Junior Amateur (Monday-Saturday) for editorial use only. For more information, email photorequests@usga.org.
MEDIA OPERATIONS/SERVICE Applications for media credentials for the 2022 U.S. Junior Amateur are available at mediacenter.usga.org/credentials.
Please contact Joey Geske or Brian DePasquale for more information regarding U.S. Junior Amateur coverage.
Joey Geske: jgeske@usga.org, c) 651-328-3000
Brian DePasquale: bdepasquale@usga.org, c) 908-655-8395
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