Oldest Player:
Patrick Christovich, 33 (reinstated amateur)
Youngest Player:
Beau Hossler, 16
Average Age of Match-Play Players:
20.7
Number of Mid-Amateurs:
2 (Patrick Christovich and Robby Leopold)
Countries Represented:
8 (Australia, Canada, England, Germany, Korea,
Scotland, South Africa, United States)
States Represented:
28 (Alabama, Arizona, California, Connecticut,
Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois,
Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi,
Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico,
New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, South Carolina, Texas, Washington)
Past USGA Champions:
Corbin Mills (2011 U.S. Amateur Public Links);
Jordan Spieth (2009, 2011 U.S. Junior
Amateur); Peter Uihlein (2010 U.S. Amateur);
Cory Whitsett (2007 U.S. Junior Amateur)
USA Walker Cup Team
Representatives:
Patrick Cantlay (2011); Harris English (2011);
Russell Henley (2011); Patrick Rodgers (2011);
Peter Uihlein (2009, 2011); Chris Williams
(2011)
Great Britain and Ireland Walker Cup Team
Representatives::
Tom Lewis (2011); Jack Senior (2011); Michael
Stewart (2011)
ABOUT THE U.S. Amateur
The U.S. Amateur, the oldest USGA
championship, was first played in 1895 at
Newport Golf Club in Rhode Island. The
event,
which has no age restriction, is open to
those
with a Handicap Index of 2.4 or lower. It is
one
of 14 national championships conducted
annually by the USGA, 10 of which are
strictly
for amateurs. It is the pre-eminent
amateur
competition in the world.
Applications are typically placed online in the spring
at www.usga.org.
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