U.S. Senior Amateur

The U.S. Senior Amateur is a national tournament for amateur golf competitors at least 55 years of age. It is operated by the United States Golf Association (USGA).

The tournament starts with 36 holes of stroke play, with the top 64 competitors advancing to the match play portion of the tournament. Golfers must have a USGA handicap index of 7.4 or lower to enter.

The tournament was founded in 1955, expanding on a tournament conducted by the U.S. Senior Golf Association (not affiliated with the USGA), which itself had grown from a senior amateur event at the Apawamis Club in 1905.^[1] Membership in this precursor tournament was limited, so the USGA agreed to start a national championship open to all senior golfers.

Senior Amateur contestants have been permitted to ride in carts since 1969.

Winners received exemptions to the following events: next year's U.S. Senior Open provided he still is an amateur; U.S. Amateur for the following two years; U.S. Mid-Amateur for this year and next year; and the next 10 years of the U.S. Senior Amateur.^[2]

Winners

Year	Venue	Winner	Score	Runner-up
2024	Honors Course (TN)	Louis Brown	4 & 3	Dan Sullivan
2023	Martis Camp Club (CA)	Todd White	4 & 3	Jody Fanagan
2022	Kittansett Club (MA)	Rusty Strawn	3 & 2	Doug Hanzel
2021	Country Club of Detroit (MI)	Gene Elliott	1 up	Jerry Gunthorpe
2020	Country Club of Detroit	Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[3]
2019	Old Chatham Golf Club (NC)	Bob Royak	1 up	Roger Newsom
2018	Eugene Country Club (OR)	Jeff Wilson	2 & 1	Sean Knapp
2017	The Minikahda Club (MN)	Sean Knapp	2 & 1	Paul Simson
2016	Old Warson Country Club (MO)	Dave Ryan	5 & 3	Matthew Sughrue
2015	Hidden Creek Golf Club (NJ)	Chip Lutz	5 & 3	Tom Brandes
2014	Big Canyon Country Club (CA)	Patrick Tallent	2 & 1	Bryan Norton
2013	Wade Hampton Golf Club (NC)	Doug Hanzel	3 & 2	Pat O'Donnell
2012	Mountain Ridge Country Club (NJ)	Paul Simson	4 & 3	Curtis Skinner
2011	Kinloch Golf Club (VA)	Louis Lee	1 up	Philip Pleat
2010	Lake Nona Golf & Country Club (FL)	Paul Simson	2 & 1	Patrick Tallent
2009	Beverly Country Club (IL)	Vinny Giles	1 up	John Grace
2008	Shady Oaks Country Club (TX)	Buddy Marucci	2 up	George Zahringer
2007	Flint Hills National Golf Club (KS)	Stan Lee	4 & 3	Sam Farlow
2006	Victoria National Golf Club (IN)	Mike Bell	1 up	Tom McGraw
2005	The Farm (GA)	Mike Rice	1 up	Mark Bemowski
2004	Bel-Air Country Club (CA)	Mark Bemowski	4 & 3	Greg Reynolds
2003	The Virginian Golf Club (VA)	Kemp Richardson	19th hole	Frank Abbott
2002	Timuquana Country Club (FL)	Greg Reynolds	4 & 3	Mark Bemowski
2001	Norwood Hills Country Club (MO)	Kemp Richardson	2 & 1	Bill Ploeger
2000	Charlotte Country Club (NC)	Bill Shean, Jr.	2 & 1	Richard Van Leuvan
1999	Portland Golf Club (OR)	Bill Ploeger	3 & 2	Gary Menzel
1998	Skokie Country Club (IL)	Bill Shean, Jr.	5 & 3	William King
1997	Atlantic Golf Club (NY)	Cliff Cunningham	5 & 3	Ed Bartlett
1996	Taconic Golf Club (MA)	O. Gordon Brewer, Jr.	2 up	Heyward Sullivan
1995	Prairie Dunes Country Club (KS)	James Stahl, Jr.	2 & 1	Rennie Law
1994	Champions Golf Club (KY)	O. Gordon Brewer, Jr.	5 & 4	Bob Hullender
1993	Farmington Country Club (VA)	Joe Ungvary	7 & 6	Jerry Nelson
1992	The Loxahatchee Club (FL)	Clarence Moore	6 & 4	Robert Harris
1991	Crystal Downs Country Club (MI)	Bill Bosshard	5 & 4	Morris Beecroft
1990	Desert Forest Golf Club (AZ)	Jackie Cummings	3 & 2	Bobby Clark
1989	Lochinvar Golf Club (TX)	R. S. Williams	19th hole	Joe Simpson
1988	Milwaukee Country Club (WI)	Clarence Moore	5 & 4	Bud Stevens
1987	Saucon Valley Country Club (PA)	John Richardson	5 & 4	James Kite, Jr.
1986	Interlachen Country Club (MN)	R. S. Williams	3 & 2	John Harbottle
1985	Wild Dunes Beach & Racquet Club (SC)	Lewis Oehmig	20th hole	Ed Hopkins
1984	Birmingham Country Club (MI)	Robert Rawlins	19th hole	Richard Runkle
1983	Crooked Stick Golf Club (IN)	Bill Hyndman	1 up	Richard Runkle
1982	Tucson Country Club (AZ)	Alton Duhon	2 up	Ed Updegraff
1981	Seattle Golf Club (WA)	Ed Updegraff	2 & 1	Dale Morey
1980	The Homestead (Cascades Course) (VA)	William C. Campbell	3 & 2	Keith K. Compton
1979	Chicago Golf Club (IL)	William C. Campbell	2 & 1	Lewis Oehmig
1978	Pine Tree Golf Club (FL)	Keith K. Compton	1 up	John W. Kline
1977	Salem Country Club (MA)	Dale Morey	4 & 3	Lewis Oehmig
1976	Cherry Hills Country Club (CO)	Lewis Oehmig	4 & 3	John Richardson
1975	Carmel Valley Golf & Country Club (CA)	William F. Colm	4 & 3	Stephen Stimac
1974	Harbour Town Golf Links (SC)	Dale Morey	4 & 2	Lewis Oehmig
1973	Onwentsia Club (IL)	Bill Hyndman	3 & 2	Harry Welch
1972	Sharon Golf Club (OH)	Lewis Oehmig	20th hole	Ernest Pieper, Jr.
1971	Sunnybrook Golf Club (PA)	Tom Draper	3 & 1	Ernest Pieper, Jr.
1970	California Golf Club of San Francisco (CA)	Gene Andrews	1 up	James Ferrie
1969	Wichita Country Club (KS)	Curtis Person, Sr.	1 up	David Goldman
1968	Atlanta Country Club (GA)	Curtis Person, Sr.	2 & 1	Ben Goodes
1967	Shinnecock Hills Golf Club (NY)	Ray Palmer	3 & 2	Walter D. Bronson
1966	Tucson National Golf Club (AZ)	Dexter H. Daniels	1 up	George Beechler
1965	Fox Chapel Golf Club (PA)	Robert B. Kiersky	19th hole	George Beechler
1964	Waverley Country Club (OR)	William D. Higgins	2 & 1	Edward Murphy
1963	Sea Island Golf Club (GA)	Merrill L. Carlsmith	3 & 2	William D. Higgins
1962	Evanston Golf Club (IL)	Merrill L. Carlsmith	4 & 2	Willis H. Blakely
1961	Southern Hills Country Club (OK)	Dexter H. Daniels	2 & 1	William K. Lanman
1960	Oyster Harbors Club (MA)	Michael Cestone	20th hole	David Rose
1959	Memphis Country Club (TN)	J. Clark Espie	3 & 1	J. Wolcott Brown
1958	Monterey Peninsula Country Club (CA)	Thomas C. Robbins	2 & 1	Johnny Dawson
1957	Ridgewood Country Club (NJ)	J. Clark Espie	2 & 1	Fred Wright
1956	Somerset Country Club (MN)	Fred Wright	4 & 3	J. Clark Espie
1955	Belle Meade Country Club (TN)	J. Wood Platt	5 & 4	George Studinger

Multiple winners

3 wins: Lewis Oehmig
2 wins: J. Clark Espie, Merrill L. Carlsmith, Dexter H. Daniels, Curtis Person, Sr., Dale Morey, William C. Campbell, Bill Hyndman, R. S. Williams, Clarence Moore, O. Gordon Brewer, Jr., Bill Shean, Jr., Kemp Richardson, Paul Simson

Future sites

Year	Edition	Course	Location	Dates
2025	70th	Biltmore Forest Country Club	Asheville, North Carolina	August 23–28
2026	71st	Baltimore Country Club, East Course at Five Farms	Baltimore, Maryland	August 29 – September 3
2027	72nd	Seattle Golf Club	Shoreline, Washington	August 28 – September 2
2028	73rd	Oak Hills Country Club	San Antonio, Texas	August 26–31
2029	74th	The Homestead (Cascades Course)	Hot Springs, Virginia	August 25–30
2030	75th	Country Club of North Carolina	Pinehurst, North Carolina	August 24–29
2032	77th	Country Club of Buffalo	Williamsville, New York	TBD
2033	78th	Canterbury Golf Club	Cleveland, Ohio	August 27 – September 1
2034	79th	Portland Golf Club	Portland, Oregon	TBD
2035	80th	Columbia Country Club	Chevy Chase, Maryland	TBD
2036	81st	Belle Meade Country Club	Nashville, Tennessee	TBD
2038	83rd	Quaker Ridge Golf Club	Scarsdale, New York	TBD

Source^[4]

References

^ "USGA Senior Amateur History". USGA. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
^ "2022 U.S. Senior Amateur Fast Facts". USGA. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
^ "U.S. Open to cancel qualifying, have all-exempt field; 4 more USGA events nixed". Golfweek. May 18, 2020.
^ "Fast Facts for 2024 U.S. Senior Amateur". USGA. Retrieved December 20, 2023.

External links

Official site (most information is in the archive sections)

[1] "USGA Senior Amateur History". USGA. Retrieved July 8, 2019.

[2] "2022 U.S. Senior Amateur Fast Facts". USGA. Retrieved August 31, 2022.

[3] "U.S. Open to cancel qualifying, have all-exempt field; 4 more USGA events nixed". Golfweek. May 18, 2020.

[4] "Fast Facts for 2024 U.S. Senior Amateur". USGA. Retrieved December 20, 2023.

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