2023 U.S. Amateur Fast FactsCherry Hills Country Club, Cherry Hills Village, Colo. | Colorado Golf Club, Parker, Colo.

Ben Carr made an inspirational run to the championship match of the 2022 U.S. Amateur at The Ridgewood C.C. (USGA/Grant Halverson)


Championship Venue	Cherry Hills Country Club, Cherry Hills Village, Colo.
Stroke-Play Co-Host Venue	Colorado Golf Club, Parker, Colo.
Opened	1922 (Cherry Hills C.C.); 2007 (Colorado Golf Club)
Architects	Cherry Hills: William Flynn (restoration by Tom Doak in 2008) Colorado Golf Club: Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw
Yardages/Par (Subject to change)	Cherry Hills Country Club: 7,405 yards/Par 71 Colorado Golf Club: 7,560 yards/Par 72
Dates of Championship	August 14-20
Field Size	312
Eligibility	A competitor cannot have a Handicap Index® exceeding 2.4.
Entries Open	March 29
Qualifying	Qualifying, over 36 holes, will take place at sites to be determined between June 28 and July 27.
2022 Championship	Texan Sam Bennett, No. 3 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, held off upstart Ben Carr, of Columbus, Ga., 1 up, in the 36-hole championship match at The Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, N.J. Carr was the lowest-ranked player (No. 70) that Bennett, a rising fifth-year senior at Texas A&M, faced en route to his title. Read More
Quotable	"I definitely earned this championship. Someone from our side of the bracket definitely earned it. Beating anybody in this championship is hard, but to knock off the players I did, that’s a pretty good feat.” -- Sam Bennett
Hole by hole	CHERRY HILLS COUNTRY CLUB (Yardages subject to change) Hole 1: 395 yards (Par 4) Hole 2: 415 yards (Par 4) Hole 3: 323 yards (Par 4) Hole 4: 436 yards (Par 4) Hole 5: 554 yards (Par 5) Hole 6: 165 yards (Par 3) Hole 7: 417 yards (Par 4) Hole 8: 222 yards (Par 3) Hole 9: 493 yards (Par 4) OUT: 3,420 yards (Par 35) Hole 10: 449 yards (Par 4) Hole 11: 633 yards (Par 5) Hole 12: 201 yards (Par 3) Hole 13: 429 yards (Par 4) Hole 14: 522 yards (Par 4) Hole 15: 245 yards (Par 3) Hole 16: 466 yards (Par 4) Hole 17: 553 yards (Par 5) Hole 18: 487 yards (Par 4) IN: 3,985 yards (Par 36) TOTAL: 7,405 yards (Par 71) COLORADO GOLF CLUB Hole 1: 647 yards (Par 5) Hole 2: 152 yards (Par 3) Hole 3: 425 yards (Par 4) Hole 4: 496 yards (Par 4) Hole 5: 475 yards (Par 4) Hole 6: 248 yards (Par 3) Hole 7: 577 yards (Par 5) Hole 8: 304 yards (Par 4) Hole 9: 477 yards (Par 4) OUT: 3,801 yards (Par 36) HOLE 10: 460 yards (Par 4) Hole 11: 211 yards (Par 3) Hole 12: 527 yards (Par 4) Hole 13: 401 yards (Par 4) Hole 14: 325 yards (Par 4) Hole 15: 590 yards (Par 5) Hole 16: 585 yards (Par 5) Hole 17: 202 yards (Par 3) Hole 18: 458 yards (Par 4) IN: 3,759 yards (Par 36) TOTAL: 7,560 yards (Par 72)
Notable Past Events at Cherry Hills Country Club	1938 U.S. Open (Ralph Guldahl) 1941 PGA Championship (Vic Ghezzi) 1960 U.S. Open (Arnold Palmer) 1976 U.S. Senior Amateur (Lewis Oehmig) 1978 U.S. Open (Andy North) 1983 U.S. Mid-Amateur (Jay Sigel) 1985 PGA Championship (Hubert Green) 1990 U.S. Amateur (Phil Mickelson) 1993 U.S. Senior Open (Jack Nicklaus) 2005 U.S. Women's Open (Birdie Kim) 2012 U.S. Amateur (Steven Fox) 2014 BMW Championship (Billy Horschel)
Notable Past Events at Colorado Golf Club	2010 Senior PGA Championship (Tom Lehman) 2013 Solheim Cup (Europe) 2019 U.S. Mid-Amateur (Lukas Michel)
Did You Know?	Ray Ainsley recorded the highest score on a single hole in U.S. Open history when he made a 19 on the par-4 16th at Cherry Hills during the 1938 championship.
Fast Fact	Two-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback John Elway is a member at Cherry Hills C.C..
Notable Champions	Francis Ouimet (1913, 1931); Chick Evans (1916, 1920), Bob Jones (1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1930), Arnold Palmer (1954), Jack Nicklaus (1959, 1961), Deane Beman (1960, 1963), Lanny Wadkins (1970), Craig Stadler (1973), Mark O'Meara (1979), Hal Sutton (1980), Jay Sigel (1982, 1983), Phil Mickelson (1990), Tiger Woods (1994, 1995, 1996), Matthew Fitzpatrick (2013), Bryson DeChambeau (2015)
Notable Runners-Up	Chick Evans (1912, 1922, 1927), Bob Jones (1919, 1926), Francis Ouimet (1920), Tom Kite (1970), Ben Crenshaw (1972), Scott Hoch (1978), Trip Kuehne (1994), James Driscoll (2000), Hunter Mahan (2002), Michael Thompson (2007), Patrick Cantlay (2011), Corey Conners (2014)
What Champion Receives	-A gold medal -Custody of the Havemeyer Trophy for one year -Exemption from qualifying for the next 10 U.S. Amateurs -Exemption into 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst Resort & C.C. -Exemption into 2024 Open Championship, conducted by The R&A, at Royal Liverpool (must be an amateur) -Likely invitation into 2023 Masters Tournament (must be an amateur)
Schedule of Play	Monday, Aug. 14 (18 holes, stroke play) Tuesday, Aug. 15 (18 holes, stroke play) Wednesday, Aug. 16 (Round of 64, match play) Thursday, Aug. 17 (Round of 32/16 matches) Friday, Aug. 18 (Quarterfinal matches) Saturday, Aug. 19 (Semifinal matches) Sunday, Aug. 20 (36-hole championship match)
Match-Play Cut	64 competitors will qualify for match play following two rounds of stroke play; a playoff, if necessary, will be conducted to get the draw to exactly 64 golfers
Broadcast Schedule	TBD
Future Sites	2024: Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chaska, Minn. (Aug. 12-18) 2025: The Olympic Club, San Francisco, Calif. (Aug. 11-17) 2026: Merion Golf Club, Ardmore, Pa. (Aug. 10-16) 2027: Oak Hill Country Club, Pittsford, N.Y. (Aug. 9-15) 2030: Atlanta Athletic Club, Johns Creek, Ga. (Aug. 12-18) 2031: The Honors Course, Ooltewah, Tenn. (Aug. 11-17) 2032: Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, Bandon, Ore. (Dates TBD) 2041: Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, Bandon, Ore. (Dates TBD) 2047: Oakland Hills Country Club, Bloomfield Hills, Mich. (Dates TBD)