UNITED STATES AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

Fast Facts for 2023 U.S. Amateur

By David Shefter, USGA

| Jan 31, 2023 | Liberty Corner, N.J.


Championship Venue	Cherry Hills Country Club, Cherry Hills Village, Colo.
Stroke-Play Co-Host Venue	Colorado Golf Club, Parker, Colo.
Opened	1922 (Cherry Hills C.C.); 2007 (Colorado Golf Club)
Architects	Cherry Hills: William Flynn (restoration by Tom Doak in 2008) Colorado Golf Club: Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw
Yardages/Par (Subject to change)	Cherry Hills Country Club: 7,405 yards/Par 71 Colorado Golf Club: 7,560 yards/Par 72
Dates of Championship	August 14-20
Field Size	312
Eligibility	A competitor cannot have a Handicap Index® exceeding 2.4.
Entries Accepted	8,253 (Record, previous mark was 7,920 in 1999)
Qualifying	Qualifying, over 36 holes, will take place at sites to be determined between June 28 and July 27.
2022 Championship	Texan Sam Bennett, No. 3 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, held off upstart Ben Carr, of Columbus, Ga., 1 up, in the 36-hole championship match at The Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, N.J. Carr was the lowest-ranked player (No. 70) that Bennett, a rising fifth-year senior at Texas A&M, faced en route to his title. Read More
Quotable	"I definitely earned this championship. Someone from our side of the bracket definitely earned it. Beating anybody in this championship is hard, but to knock off the players I did, that’s a pretty good feat.” -- Sam Bennett
Exempt Players (68)	Bastien Amat (Qualified for 2023 U.S. Open) Cole Anderson (Top 50 points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 14) Joshua Bai (Runner-up in 2023 U.S. Junior Amateur) Jose Luis Ballester (Top 50 points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 14) Jonas Baumgartner (Top 50 points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 14) Michael Brennan (Qualified for 2023 U.S. Open, Top 50 points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 14) Barclay Brown (Qualified for 2023 U.S. Open, Playing member of 2021 Great Britain & Ireland Walker Cup Team, Top 50 points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 14) Davis Bryant (Top 5 points leaders in Elite Amateur Golf Series) John Marshall Butler (Top 50 points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 14) Christian Cavaliere (Qualified for 2023 U.S. Open) Ratchanon TK Chantananuwat (Top 50 points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 14) Luke Clanton (Top 50 points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 14) Canon Claycomb (Top 50 points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 14) Harrison Crowe (Top 50 points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 14) Wenyi Ding (2022 U.S. Junior Amateur champion, Top 50 points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 14) Aaron Du (2023 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball champion) Nick Dunlap (Qualified for 2023 U.S. Open, Playing member of 2023 USA Walker Cup Team, Top 5 points leaders in Elite Amateur Golf Series, Top 50 points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 14) Gene Elliott (2021 U.S. Senior Amateur champion) Caden Fioroni (Top 50 points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 14) Hugh Foley (2022 U.S. Mid-Amateur runner-up) David Ford (Playing member of 2023 USA Walker Cup Team, Top 10 points leaders from World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 29, Top 50 points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 14) Bartley Forrester (Top 50 points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 14) Gustov Frimodt (From the top 50 points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of Aug. 9, the five highest-ranked players not previously exempt) Nick Gabrelcik (2021 U.S. Amateur semifinalist, Top 50 points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 14) Andrew Goodman (Top 50 points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 14) Conor Gough (Playing member of 2021 Great Britain & Ireland Walker Cup Team) John Gough (Top 50 points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 14) Austin Greaser (Returned 72-hole score from 2022 U.S. Open, Playing member of 2022 USA World Amateur Team, Top 8 individual finishers from 2022 World Amateur Team Championship, Top 10 points leaders from World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 29, Top 50 points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 14) Nicholas Gross (2022 U.S. Amateur quarterfinalist) Jeffrey Guan (From the top 50 points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of Aug. 9, the five highest-ranked players not previously exempt) Stewart Hagestad (Returned 72-hole score from 2022 U.S. Open, 2021 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion, Playing member of 2021 USA Walker Cup Team, Top 10 points leaders from World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 29, Top 50 points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 14) Albert Hansson (Top 50 points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 14) Jose Islas (Winner of 2023 Mexican International Amateur) Benjamin James (Top 50 points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 14) Tobias Jonsson (Top 8 individual finisher at 2022 World Amateur Team Championship) Bryan Kim (2023 U.S. Junior Amateur champion) Frederik Kjettrup (Top 50 points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 14) Kozumi Kobori (Top 5 points leaders in Elite Amateur Golf Series) Jackson Koivun (Highest-ranked player from American Junior Golf Association rankings as of June 20) Shea Lague (2022 U.S. Amateur quarterfinalist) Bryce Lewis (Top 50 points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 14) Ben Lorenz (Top 50 points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 14) Christiaan Maas (Top 50 points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 14) Matthew McClean (2022 U.S. Mid-Amateur champion) Ashton McCulloch (2023 Canadian Amateur champion) Dylan Menante (2022 U.S. Amateur semifinalist, Top 50 points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 14) Michael Alexander Mjaaseth (Top 50 points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 14) Maxwell Moldovan (Qualified for 2023 U.S. Open, Top 50 points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 14) William Moll (Top 50 points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 14) Omar Morales (Qualified for 2023 U.S. Open) Mark Power (Playing member of 2021 Great Britain & Ireland Walker Cup Team) Alex Price (2022 U.S. Amateur quarterfinalist) Matthew Riedel (From the top 50 points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of Aug. 9, the five highest-ranked players not previously exempt) Brett Roberts (Top 50 points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 14) Gordon Sargent (Qualified for 2023 U.S. Open, Playing member of 2023 USA Walker Cup Team, Playing member of 2022 USA World Amateur Team, Top 10 points leaders in World Amateur Ranking as of March 29, Top 50 points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 14) Calum Scott (Top 50 points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 14) Herman Wibe Sekne (Top 50 points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 14) Cole Sherwood (Top 10 points leaders in World Amateur Golf Ranking as of March 29, Top 50 points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 14) Neal Shipley (Top 5 points leaders in Elite Amateur Golf Series) Isaac Simmons (Qualified for 2023 U.S. Open) Brian Stark (Top 50 points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 14) Rusty Strawn (2022 U.S. Senior Amateur champion) Yuta Sugiura (Top 50 points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 14) Preston Summerhays (Qualified for 2023 U.S. Open, Top 50 points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 14) Caleb Surratt (Playing member of 2023 USA Walker Cup Team, Top 50 points leaders in the World Amateur Golf Ranking as of June 14) Brendan Valdes (Qualified for 2023 U.S. Open) Jackson Van Paris (Top 5 points leaders in Elite Amateur Golf Series) Karl Vilips (Qualified for 2023 U.S. Open) Alexander Yang (Qualified for 2023 U.S. Open) Sampson Zheng (2023 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball champion)
Hole by hole	CHERRY HILLS COUNTRY CLUB (Yardages subject to change) Hole 1: 395 yards (Par 4) Hole 2: 415 yards (Par 4) Hole 3: 323 yards (Par 4) Hole 4: 436 yards (Par 4) Hole 5: 554 yards (Par 5) Hole 6: 165 yards (Par 3) Hole 7: 417 yards (Par 4) Hole 8: 222 yards (Par 3) Hole 9: 493 yards (Par 4) OUT: 3,420 yards (Par 35) Hole 10: 449 yards (Par 4) Hole 11: 633 yards (Par 5) Hole 12: 201 yards (Par 3) Hole 13: 429 yards (Par 4) Hole 14: 522 yards (Par 4) Hole 15: 245 yards (Par 3) Hole 16: 466 yards (Par 4) Hole 17: 553 yards (Par 5) Hole 18: 487 yards (Par 4) IN: 3,985 yards (Par 36) TOTAL: 7,405 yards (Par 71) COLORADO GOLF CLUB Hole 1: 647 yards (Par 5) Hole 2: 152 yards (Par 3) Hole 3: 425 yards (Par 4) Hole 4: 496 yards (Par 4) Hole 5: 475 yards (Par 4) Hole 6: 248 yards (Par 3) Hole 7: 577 yards (Par 5) Hole 8: 304 yards (Par 4) Hole 9: 477 yards (Par 4) OUT: 3,801 yards (Par 36) HOLE 10: 460 yards (Par 4) Hole 11: 211 yards (Par 3) Hole 12: 527 yards (Par 4) Hole 13: 401 yards (Par 4) Hole 14: 325 yards (Par 4) Hole 15: 590 yards (Par 5) Hole 16: 585 yards (Par 5) Hole 17: 202 yards (Par 3) Hole 18: 458 yards (Par 4) IN: 3,759 yards (Par 36) TOTAL: 7,560 yards (Par 72)
Notable Past Events at Cherry Hills Country Club	1938 U.S. Open (Ralph Guldahl) 1941 PGA Championship (Vic Ghezzi) 1960 U.S. Open (Arnold Palmer) 1976 U.S. Senior Amateur (Lewis Oehmig) 1978 U.S. Open (Andy North) 1983 U.S. Mid-Amateur (Jay Sigel) 1985 PGA Championship (Hubert Green) 1990 U.S. Amateur (Phil Mickelson) 1993 U.S. Senior Open (Jack Nicklaus) 2005 U.S. Women's Open (Birdie Kim) 2012 U.S. Amateur (Steven Fox) 2014 BMW Championship (Billy Horschel)
Notable Past Events at Colorado Golf Club	2010 Senior PGA Championship (Tom Lehman) 2013 Solheim Cup (Europe) 2019 U.S. Mid-Amateur (Lukas Michel)
Did You Know?	Ray Ainsley recorded the highest score on a single hole in U.S. Open history when he made a 19 on the par-4 16th at Cherry Hills during the 1938 championship.
Fast Fact	Two-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback Peyton Manning is a member at Cherry Hills C.C. and the honorary chair for the Championship.
Notable Champions	Francis Ouimet (1913, 1931); Chick Evans (1916, 1920), Bob Jones (1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1930), Arnold Palmer (1954), Jack Nicklaus (1959, 1961), Deane Beman (1960, 1963), Lanny Wadkins (1970), Craig Stadler (1973), Mark O'Meara (1979), Hal Sutton (1980), Jay Sigel (1982, 1983), Phil Mickelson (1990), Tiger Woods (1994, 1995, 1996), Matthew Fitzpatrick (2013), Bryson DeChambeau (2015)
Notable Runners-Up	Chick Evans (1912, 1922, 1927), Bob Jones (1919, 1926), Francis Ouimet (1920), Tom Kite (1970), Ben Crenshaw (1972), Scott Hoch (1978), Trip Kuehne (1994), James Driscoll (2000), Hunter Mahan (2002), Michael Thompson (2007), Patrick Cantlay (2011), Corey Conners (2014)
What Champion Receives	-A gold medal -Custody of the Havemeyer Trophy for one year -Exemption from qualifying for the next 10 U.S. Amateurs -Exemption into 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst Resort & C.C. -Exemption into 2024 Open Championship, conducted by The R&A, at Royal Liverpool (must be an amateur) -Likely invitation into 2023 Masters Tournament (must be an amateur)
Schedule of Play	Monday, Aug. 14 (18 holes, stroke play) Tuesday, Aug. 15 (18 holes, stroke play) Wednesday, Aug. 16 (Round of 64, match play) Thursday, Aug. 17 (Round of 32/16 matches) Friday, Aug. 18 (Quarterfinal matches) Saturday, Aug. 19 (Semifinal matches) Sunday, Aug. 20 (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)	Wednesday, August 16 (Round of 64) 5 p.m.-6 p.m. (Peacock) 6 p.m.-8 p.m. (Golf Channel) Thursday, August 17 (Round of 16) 6 p.m.-7 p.m. (Peacock) 7 p.m.-9 p.m. (Golf Channel) Friday, August 18 (Quarterfinals) 5 p.m.-6 p.m. (Peacock) 6 p.m.-8 p.m. (Golf Channel) Saturday, August 19 (Semifinals) 3 p.m.-4 p.m. (Golf Channel) 4 p.m.-6 p.m. (NBC) Sunday, August 20 (Championship Match) 3 p.m.-4 p.m. (Golf Channel) 4 p.m.-6 p.m. (NBC)
Future Sites	2024: Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chaska, Minn. (Aug. 12-18) 2025: The Olympic Club, San Francisco, Calif. (Aug. 11-17) 2026: Merion Golf Club, Ardmore, Pa. (Aug. 10-16) 2027: Oak Hill Country Club, Pittsford, N.Y. (Aug. 9-15) 2030: Atlanta Athletic Club, Johns Creek, Ga. (Aug. 12-18) 2031: The Honors Course, Ooltewah, Tenn. (Aug. 11-17) 2033: Chambers Bay, University Place, Wash. (Aug. 15-21) 2034: The Country Club, Brookline, Mass. (Dates TBD) 2032: Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, Bandon, Ore. (Aug. 9-15) 2026: Scioto Country Club. Columbus, Ohio (Dates TBD) 2041: Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, Bandon, Ore. (Dates TBD) 2047: Oakland Hills Country Club, Bloomfield Hills, Mich. (Dates TBD)