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| PAR AND YARDAGE Bandon Dunes Golf Resort’s Bandon Dunes course will be set up at 7,214 yards and will play to a par of 36-36–72. Its 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 6,850 yards and play to a par of 36-35–71. (NOTE: Yardages subject to change.) Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (Bandon Dunes) Hole By Hole Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total Par 4 3 5 4 4 3 4 4 5 36 Yardage 398 216 563 443 472 217 412 384 585 3,690 Hole 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total Par 4 4 3 5 4 3 4 4 5 36 Yardage 375 469 199 555 391 207 363 405 560 3,524 Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (Bandon Trails) Hole By Hole Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total Par 4 3 5 4 3 4 4 4 5 36 Yardage 361 214 534 411 128 432 444 318 571 3,413 Hole 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total Par 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 3 4 35 Yardage 417 503 241 406 325 407 532 186 420 3,437 ARCHITECTS Bandon Dunes Golf Resort’s Bandon Dunes course was designed by Scotsman David McLay Kidd. 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. COURSE RATING AND SLOPE Based on the course setup for the championship, the Course Rating™ for Bandon Dunes Bandon Dunes is 76.2 and its Slope Rating® is 143. The Course Rating™ for Bandon Trails is 74.4 and its Slope Rating® is 133. WHO CAN ENTER The championship is open to amateur golfers with a Handicap Index® not exceeding 2.4.Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 championship will feature a fully exempt field.In 2019, the USGA accepted 7,191 entries for the U.S. Amateur. The record of 7,920 entries was set in 2016. QUALIFYING Due to health and safety concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic, there is no qualifying for the 2020 U.S. Amateur. The field will be filled entirely through exemptions. CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD The U.S. Amateur, traditionally held with a field of 312, will be played with 264 competitors in 2020 to align with health and safety guidelines. The starting field of 264 players will play 18 holes of stroke play on Aug. 10 and 11, one round on each of the two qualifying courses, after which the field will be cut to the low 64 scorers. Six rounds of match play begin on Aug. 12 and the championship concludes with a 36-hole championship match on Aug. 16. EXEMPTION CATEGORIES Players in the following categories are eligible for exemption into the 120th U.S. Amateur Championship: -Winners of the U.S. Amateur Championship the last 10 years (2010-2019) -Runners-up of the U.S. Amateur Championship the last three years (2017-2019) -Semifinalists of the U.S. Amateur Championship the last two years (2018-2019) -Round of 64 from the 2019 U.S. Amateur Championship -Any player who qualified for the 2019 U.S. Open Championship -From the U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship, winners in 2016-2019; runners-up in 2018-2019 and quarterfinalists in 2019. -From the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship, winners in 2016-2019; runners-up in 2018-2019 and quarterfinalists in 2019. -From the U.S. Senior Amateur Championship, winners in 2016-2019 and runners-up in 2018-2019. -Winners of the 2019 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship Playing members of the United States and Great Britain & Ireland Walker Cup Teams, four-year exemption once appointed to the team (2017 & 2019) Playing members of the two most current United States World Amateur Teams (2016 & 2018) -Winners of The Amateur Championship, conducted by The R&A (five-year exemption) (2016-2019) -Winners of the most current Asia-Pacific Amateur and Latin America Amateur Championships Winners and runners-up of the 2020 North & South Amateur and Western Amateur Championship, and winners and runners-up (including ties) of the 2020 Southern Amateur and Sunnehanna Amateur Championships -From the current World Amateur Golf Ranking®/WAGR® the top 225 players as of June 24, 2020. Players exempt under this category must file an entry prior to the close of entries. -From the current World Amateur Golf Ranking, the top 25 players using the WAGR Age Filter as of June 24, 2020. Players must be age 25 on or before August 10, 2020. Player’s WAGR profile must include date of birth to be considered for this exemption category. Must have filed an entry prior to the close of entries. -Special exemptions as selected by the USGA NOTE: Remaining spots in the championship field will be filled using the World Amateur Golf Ranking®. Once the field is set, the USGA will compile an alternate list based on WAGR®. SCHEDULE OF PLAY Practice rounds will take place Aug. 8-9. The championship schedule is as follows: Aug. 10 (Monday): First round, stroke play (18 holes) Aug. 11 (Tuesday): Second round, stroke play (18 holes) Aug. 12 (Wednesday): Round of 64, match play Aug. 13 (Thursday): Rounds of 32 and 16, match play Aug. 14 (Friday): Quarterfinal round, match play Aug. 15 (Saturday): Semifinal round, match play Aug. 16 (Sunday): Championship match (36 holes) 2019 CHAMPION Andy Ogletree, 21, of Little Rock, Miss., surged past John Augenstein, 21, of Owensboro, Ky., winning four of the last seven holes to claim the 119th U.S. Amateur Championship title, 2 and 1, at Pinehurst Resort and Country Club’s Course No. 2. Ogletree was 4 down through five holes but chipped away at Augenstein’s lead throughout the afternoon, completing one of the largest comebacks in a U.S. Amateur final. The senior at Georgia Tech made just two bogeys over 35 holes in the championship final, equaling the mark set by 2008 champion Danny Lee and 2017 runner-up Doug Ghim. Ogletree took his first lead of the match when Augenstein failed to get up-and-down from the right greenside bunker on the 32nd hole. After both players parred the par-3 33rd, it appeared Augenstein might tie the match at the 34th when Ogletree hit his approach into the left greenside bunker, but he recovered and calmly rolled in a 10-foot par putt to maintain his 1-up advantage. Both players hit their tee shots within 20 feet on 181-yard, par-3 35th. The match seemed likely to extend to the following hole but in a rare lapse of concentration, Augenstein rammed his birdie effort from the fringe 12 feet past the hole. After Ogletree lagged his putt to within 3 feet, Augenstein missed the comebacker for par. DEFENDING THE TITLE Andy Ogletree returns to defend his U.S. Amateur Championship following his victory at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club in 2019. Ogletree, a two-time All-American at Georgia Tech and a member of last year’s winning USA Walker Cup Team, seeks to become the first player to win back-to-back Amateurs since Tiger Woods won three consecutive titles from 1994-96. Ogletree is also the first to attempt to defend his title since Gunn Yang won in 2014 at Atlanta Athletic Club and then lost in the Round of 64 the following year at Olympia Fields (Ill.) Country Club. USGA AND BANDON DUNES GOLF RESORT This is the seventh USGA championship to be conducted at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort. In 2019, Scott Harvey and Todd Mitchell posted a 2-and-1 victory over Logan Shuping and Blake Taylor to win the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball on the Old Macdonald course. The club hosted the 2007 U.S. Mid-Amateur, when Trip Kuehne won four of the opening six holes en route to a 9-and-7 decision over Dan Whitaker. In 2011, Bandon Dunes hosted both the U.S. Amateur Public Links and U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links Championships. Corbin Mills parred the first playoff hole to defeat Derek Ernst in 37 holes, while Brianna Do rallied from 3 down to record a 1-up victory over Marissa Dodd. The inaugural U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball was played at Bandon’s Pacific Dunes course in 2015 and Mika Liu and Rinko Mitsunage defeated Robynn Ree and Hannah O’Sullivan, 4 and 3. In 2006, Jane Park and Paige Mackenzie were key figures in leading the USA to victory in the Curtis Cup Match. 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 USGA CHAMPIONSHIPS IN OREGON This will be the 38th USGA championship and fourth U.S. Amateur contested in Oregon. In 1996, Tiger Woods won his third consecutive U.S. Amateur when he rallied from 2 down with three holes to play at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club, in North Plains. Woods finished birdie-birdie-par to send the championship to extra holes before claiming the title on the 38th hole. Scott held a 5-up lead after the morning round. U.S. Amateur Championships in Oregon (3): 1937: Alderwood Country Club, Portland (John Goodman def. Raymond E. Billows, 2 up) 1970: Waverley Country Club, Portland (Lanny Wadkins by one stroke over Tom Kite, 279-280) 1996: Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club (Witch Hollow Course), North Plains (Tiger Woods def. Steve Scott, 38 holes) 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) |
