Championship Venue | Chambers Bay, University Place, Wash. |
Stroke-Play Co-Host Venue | The Home Course, DuPont, Wash. |
Opened | 2007 (Chambers Bay) 2007 (The Home Course) |
Architects | Chambers Bay: Robert Trent Jones Jr. The Home Course: Michael Asmundson |
Yardages/Par | Chambers Bay: 7,475 yards/par 72 The Home Course: 7,279 yards/par 71 |
Dates of Championship | May 22-26 |
Field Size | 128 sides |
Social Handles | @usga (Twitter and Instagram); USGA (Facebook); #USFourball |
Eligibility | Each member of the side cannot have a Handicap Index exceeding 5.4. |
Entries Accepted | 2,544 sides (5,088 players) |
Qualifying | Took place at 52 sites between Sept. 21, 2020 and May 3, 2021 |
Hole by Hole | CHAMBERS BAY Hole 1: 569 yards (par 5) Hole 2: 404 yards (par 4) Hole 3: 170 yards (par 3) Hole 4: 545 yards (par 5) Hole 5: 465 yards (par 4) Hole 6: 463 yards (par 4) Hole 7: 470 yards (par 4) Hole 8: 601 yards (par 5) Hole 9: 202 yards (par 3) OUT: 3,889 yards (Par 37) Hole 10: 436 yards (par 4) Hole 11: 500 yards (par 4) Hole 12: 304 yards (par 4) Hole 13: 486 yards (par 4) Hole 14: 496 yards (par 4) Hole 15: 172 yards (par 3) Hole 16: 396 yards (par 4) Hole 17: 206 yards (par 3) Hole 18: 590 yards (par 5) IN: 3,586 yards (Par 35) TOTAL: 7,475 yards (Par 72) THE HOME COURSE Hole 1: 446 yards (par 4) Hole 2: 410 yards (par 4) Hole 3: 408 yards (par 4) Hole 4: 217 yards (par 3) Hole 5: 582 yards (par 5) Hole 6: 184 yards (par 3) Hole 7: 440 yards (par 4) Hole 8: 563 yards (par 5) Hole 9: 431 yards (par 4) OUT: 3,681 yards (Par 36) Hole 10: 569 yards (par 5) Hole 11: 335 yards (par 4) Hole 12: 213 yards (par 3) Hole 13: 468 yards (par 4) Hole 14: 196 yards (par 3) Hole 15: 439 yards (par 4) Hole 16: 500 yards (par 4) Hole 17: 405 yards (par 4) Hole 18: 473 yards (par 4) IN: 3,598 yards (Par 35) TOTAL: 7,279 yards (Par 71) |
Exempt Sides (14) | Nathan Smith/Todd White (2015 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball champions) Clark Collier/Kyle Hudelson (2017 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball runners-up) Scott Harvey/Todd Mitchell (2019 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball champions) Logan Shuping/Blake Taylor (2019 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball runners-up) Marc Dull/Chip Brooke (2018 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball runners-up) Troy Vannucci/Vince Kwon (2019 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball semifinalists) Taylor Wood/Andrew Medley (2019 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball semifinalists) Stewart Hagestad/Derek Busby (Both players among top 400 of World Amateur Golf Ranking) Eric Lefante/Tyler Brewington (Special Exemption granted by USGA) Benjamin Baxter/Andrew Buchanan (2016 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball champions) Frankie Capan/Shuai Ming Wong (2017 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball champions) Davis Chatfield/Palmer Jackson (Both players among Top 400 in World Amateur Golf Ranking) Kelly Chinn/David Ford (Both players among Top 400 in World Amateur Golf Ranking) Luke Potter/Preston Summerhays (Both players among Top 400 in World Amateur Golf Ranking) |
2020 Championship | The 2020 championship, scheduled to be contested at Philadelphia Cricket Club, was canceled due to health concerns from the COVID-19 pandemic. |
2019 Championship | Veteran mid-amateurs Scott Harvey, of Kernersville, N.C., and Todd Mitchell, of Bloomington, Ill., defeated East Carolina University teammates Logan Shuping and Blake Taylor, 2 and 1, in the final match at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort's Old Macdonald course in Bandon, Ore. |
Quotable | "I don’t know that I can have a better feeling from a golf and competition side. I know he won the Mid-Am [in 2014] by himself. As close as Scott and I have become over the past probably six years, I’m elated that it happened like this." -- Todd Mitchell |
Notable Past Events at Chambers Bay | 2010 U.S. Amateur (Peter Uihlein) 2013 Washington State Amateur (Cameron Peck) 2015 U.S. Open (Jordan Spieth) 2017 Pacific Coast Amateur (Doug Ghim) 2020 Washington State Amateur (Sean Kato) |
Notable Past Events at The Home Course | 2011 Washington State Women's Amateur (Erynne Lee) 2013 Pacific Northwest Golf Association Mid-Amateur (Matt Hartley) 2014 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links (Alice "Fumi" Jo) 2016 Pacific Northwest Golf Association Junior Boys (Gabe Spach) 2016 Pacific Northwest Golf Association Junior Girls (Ellie Slama) 2017 Washington State Women's Amateur (Julianne Alvarez) 2018 Pacific Northwest Golf Association Amateur (Mitchell Baldridge) 2019 Pacific Northwest Golf Association Mid-Amateur (Tom McCaslin) |
Fast Fact | Including Chambers Bay, four of the first six U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championships will have been contested at U.S. Open venues. The others: The Olympic Club (2015), Winged Foot (2016) and Pinehurst No. 2 (2017). All six venues have hosted the U.S. Amateur. |
Schedule of Play | Saturday, May 22 (18 holes, stroke play) Sunday, May 23 (18 holes, stroke play) Monday, May 24 (Round of 32, match play) Tuesday, May 25 (Round of 16/quarterfinal matches) Wednesday, May 26 (Semifinals/Championship match) |
Match-Play Cut | 32 sides will qualify for match play following two rounds of stroke play |
Future Sites | 2022: Country Club of Birmingham, Birmingham, Ala. (May 14-18) 2023: Kiawah Island Club, Kiawah Island, S.C. (May 20-24) |