Believe it or not the first USGA event of 2017, the Latin America Amateur, is just over a month so that is where we begin our look ahead:
Latin America Amateur (January 12-15) -2016 Champion: Paul Chaplet -2017 Venue: Club de Golf de Panama (Panama City, Panama)
U.S. Amateur Four-Ball (May 27-31) -2016 Champion: Benjamin Baxter and Andrew Buchanan -2017 Venue: Pinehurst Resort & Country Club (Village of Pinehurst, NC)
U.S. Women's Amateur Four- Ball (May 27-31) -2016 Champion: Kaitlyn Papp and Hailee Cooper -2017 Venue: The Dunes Golf & Beach Club (Myrtle Beach, SC)
U.S. Open (June 15-18) -2016 Low Amateur: Jon Rahm -2017 Venue: Erin Hills (Hartford, WI)
U.S. Senior Open (June 29-July 2) -2016 Low Amateur: Chip Lutz -2017 Venue: Salem Country Club (Peabody, MA)
U.S. Women's Open (July 13-16) -2016 Low Amateur: Hye-Jin Choi -2017 Venue: Trump National Golf Club (Bedminster, NJ)
U.S. Junior Amateur (July 17-22) -2016 Champion: Min Woo Lee -2017 Venue: Flint Hills National (Andover, KN)
U.S. Girls' Junior (July 24-29) -2016 Champion: Eun Jeong Seong -2017 Venue: Boone Valley Golf Club (Augusta, MO)
U.S. Women's Amateur (August 7-13) -2016 Champion: Eun Jeong Seong -2017 Venue: San Diego Country Club (Chula Vista, CA)
U.S. Amateur (August 14-20) -2016 Champion: Curtis Luck -2017 Venue: Riviera Country Club (Pacific Palisades, CA)
U.S. Senior Amateur (August 26-31) -2016 Champion: Dave Ryan -2017 Venue: Minikahda Club (Minneapolis, MN)
U.S. Senior Women's Amateur (September 9-14) -2016 Champion: Ellen Port -2017 Venue: Waverley Country Club (Portland, OR)
Walker Cup (September 9-10) -2015 Champion: Great Britain and Ireland 2017 Venue: Los Angeles Country Club (Los Angeles, CA)
U.S. Women's State Team (September 26-28) -2015 Champion: Georgia -2017 Venue: The Club at Las Campanas (Sante Fe, NM)
U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur (October 7-12) -2016 Champion: Julia Potter -2017 Venue: Quail Creek Country Club (Naples, FL)
U.S. Mid-Amateur (October 7-12) -2016 Champion: Stewart Hagestad -2017 Venue: Capital City Club (Atlanta, GA)
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