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Florida's Ellis Medals With Second-Round 61 at U.S. Amateur; Broin to Play Off for Match Play

CHASKA, Minn. - Carding the second lowest round in the 124-year history of the U.S. Amateur,...

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Chang and Fischer On Top with 64s to Begin 124th U.S. Amateur

CHASKA, Minn. - Looking to advance to match play at the U.S. Amateur for a second consecutive...

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USGA Announces Tee Times for 124th U.S. Amateur Championship

CHASKA, Minn. (Aug. 9, 2024) - The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced tee times...

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124th U.S. Amateur Championship – Inside The Field

FIELD NOTES - Among the 312 golfers in the 2024 U.S. Amateur Championship field, there are: Oldest...

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124th U.S. Amateur Championship – Fact Sheet

PAR AND YARDAGE Hazeltine National will be set up at 7,552 yards and will play to a par of...

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Closing 64 Earns Lindley a Promotion in U.S. Senior Women's Open

PITTSBURGH -- It was almost as if Leta Lindley was serving an apprenticeship the first two times...

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Back-Nine Birdies Have Yamamoto 5 Ahead in Women's Sr. Open

PITTSBURGH -- Minnesota isn't the only place where it's rained a lot this year. They had a...

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Gutschewski Overcomes Watts to win U.S. Junior Amateur

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. -- Trevor Gutschewski had the most eventful Round of 64 match this week...

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Gutschewski Knocks Brown out of Junior Am; He, Watts & Russell Are in Quarters

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. -- In the 1960 movie Psycho, the movie's biggest star, Janet Leigh, got...

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Top 4 Seeds Advance in Junior Am, But Birdwell Is Eliminated

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. -- Being the higher seed in a match doesn't guarantee anythiing, but the...

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Watts and Howell Lead U.S. Junior Am with 65s; Brown and Russell Aren't Far Behind

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. -- The two biggest stars in the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship don't have...

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Brown Is U.S. Junior Am Medalist with a 135; Birdwell Makes Match Play with a 141

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. -- When Mack Edwards birdied the par-4 fifth hole on the North Course at...

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With 14 Birdies in 29 Holes, Malixi Wins Girls Junior Final 8&7

TARZANA, Calif. -- A year ago, Rianne Malixi lost the final at the U.S. Girls Junior Championship 1...

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Talley & Malixi Are a Combined 15 under in Their U.S. Girls Junior Semifinal Victories

TARZANA, Calif. -- The semifinals of the U.S. Girls Junior Championship were streamed Friday on...

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No. 16 Seed Clemente Blitzes No. 1 Ni in Junior Girls, But 2,3,4 & 5 Seeds Make Quarters

TARZANA, Calif. -- It would appear that Cinderella is taking the week off. There are a couple of...

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Top 4 Seeds Cruise through 1st Round in Girls Junior, But McCauley Falls

Tarzana, Calif. -- The top seeds tend to do well in the first round of match-play tournaments that...

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Ni Pulls Away in Girls Jr. with 65; McCauley Advances to Match Play

TARZANA, Calif. -- Looking vaguely like a character from Star Wars, Kinsley (Nixin) Ni took the...

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65s by Choi & Deng Lead U.S. Girls Junior; McCauley Is T51 at +2

TARZANA, Calif. -- Bigger, stronger, faster is the inevitable progression in sports. And younger....

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75th U.S. Girls' Junior – Inside the Field

WHO'S HERE: A breakdown of the 156 players competing in the 2024 U.S. Girls' Junior Championship...

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Golf for All: Hazeltine National and The Loop Community Experience

The 2024 U.S. Amateur Championship will be played in Chaska, August 12-18, bringing the USGA's most...

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National Exposure

It's no secret that Hazeltine National Golf Club has an iconic championship pedigree. Only...

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Field Set for 3rd U.S. Adaptive Open at Sand Creek Station

LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. (June 26, 2024) - The field for the 3rd U.S. Adaptive Open - a national...

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Transformed DeChambeau Edges McIlroy for 2nd U.S. Open Victory

VILLAGE OF PINEHURST, N.C. -- The 2024 U.S. Open that Bryson DeChambeau won on Sunday with a...

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Open Becomes The DeChambeau Show

VILLAGE OF PINEHURST, N.C. -- It has seemed for a long time that Bryson DeChambeau's mission in...

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