Larson and Leonhart Each Survive Playoff to Win Chaska Invitational
CHASKA, Minn. – Deadlocked after 36 holes of play Monday at Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chase Larson emerged victorious over Joe Honsa to claim the...
FIELD NOTES - Among the 312 golfers in the 2024 U.S. Amateur Championship field, there are:
Oldest Competitors: Rusty Strawn (61), Todd White (56)
Youngest Competitors: Jaden Soong (14), Sohan Patel (15), Miles Russell (15)
Average Age of Field: 22.5
U.S. States Represented - A total of 48 states are represented in the 2024 U.S. Amateur:
California (28), Texas (20), Florida (19), Georgia (17), North Carolina (12), Pennsylvania (9), Arizona (8), New York (7), Michigan (6), Tennessee (6), Utah (6), Colorado (5), Minnesota (5), Ohio (5), Oklahoma (5), South Carolina (5), Massachusetts (5), Washington (5), Illinois (4), Indiana (4), Kentucky (4), Maryland (4), Nevada (4), Oregon (4), Virginia (4), Alabama (3), Arkansas (3), Connecticut (3), Idaho (3), Mississippi (3), New Jersey (3), Hawaii (2), Iowa (2), Kansas (2), Louisiana (2), Nebraska (2), Vermont (2), West Virginia (2), Alaska (1), Maine (1), Missouri (1), Montana (1), New Hampshire (1), New Mexico (1), North Dakota (1), South Dakota (1), Wisconsin (1), Wyoming (1)
International - There are 37 countries represented in the 2024 U.S. Amateur:
United States (243), People's Republic of China (8), Australia (4), Canada (4), England (4), Mexico (4), Sweden (4), Argentina (3), Scotland (3), Spain (3), Cayman Islands (2), Italy (2), Norway (2), Thailand (2), Vietnam (2), Austria (1), Chinese Taipei (1), Denmark (1), France (1), Germany (1), Hong Kong China (1), Japan (1), Netherlands (1), Northern Ireland (1), Panama (1), Paraguay (1), Portugal (1), Puerto Rico (1), Republic of Ireland (1), Republic of Korea (1), Singapore (1), South Africa (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Uganda (1), Ukraine (1), United Arab Emirates (1), Wales (1)
USGA Champions (12): Brian Blanchard (2024 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball), Kiko Francisco Coelho (2021 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball), Wenyi Ding (2022 U.S. Junior Amateur), Sam Engel (2024 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball), Trevor Gutschewski (2024 U.S. Junior Amateur), Stewart Hagestad (2016, 2021, 2023 U.S. Mid-Amateur), Bryan Kim (2023 U.S. Junior Amateur), Matthew McClean (2022 U.S. Mid-Amateur), Matt Parziale (2017 U.S. Mid-Amateur), Rusty Strawn (2022 U.S. Senior Amateur), Preston Summerhays (2019 U.S. Junior Amateur), Todd White (2015 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball, 2023 U.S. Senior Amateur)
USGA Runners-Up (5): Evan Beck (2008 U.S. Junior Amateur, 2023 U.S. Mid-Amateur), Blades Brown (2024 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball), Jackson Herrington (2024 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball), Brad Nurski (2014 U.S. Mid-Amateur), Tyler Watts (2024 U.S. Junior Amateur)
Players in Field with Most U.S. Amateur Appearances (2024 included) - Stewart Hagestad (15), Todd White (10), Preston Summerhays (7), Robbie Ziegler (7), Bobby Leopold (6), Matt Parziale (6), Evan Beck (5), Luke Potter (5), Gordon Sargent (5), Jackson Van Paris (5)
Players in field who competed in 2006 U.S. Amateur at Hazeltine (2) - Garrett Jones, Matt Parziale
19 players are in the Top 20 of the Men's World Amateur Golf Ranking® as of Aug. 7:
No. 1 - Gordon Sargent | No. 11 - Brendan Valdes |
No. 2 - Jackson Koivun | No. 12 - Calum Scott |
No. 3 - Luke Clanton | No. 13 - Christiaan Maas |
No. 4 - Wenyi Ding | No. 14 - Omar Morales |
No. 5 - Ben James | No. 15 - Stewart Hagestad |
No. 6 - Preston Summerhays | No. 17 - Jackson Buchanan |
No. 7 - Jackson Van Paris | No. 18 - Tommy Morrison |
No. 8 - David Ford | No. 19 - Andrew Goodman |
No. 9 - Ian Gilligan | No. 20 - Bastien Amat |
No. 10 - Jose Luis Ballester Barrio |
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