U.S. Amateur: Match play notes
8/24/2011 | by United States Golf Association
see also: U.S. Amateur, a USGA Championship, Merion Golf Club - East Course
Match play competitors at the U.S. Amateur include 9 Walker Cup players and players from 8 countries
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 US 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 .4 (point four) or lower. It is one of 15 national champ...
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