U.S. Amateur Four-Ball

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The U.S. Amateur Four-Ball is an amateur golf tournament conducted by the United States Golf Association (USGA). It was first played in 2015 and replaced the U.S. Amateur Public Links, an individual tournament that was played from 1922 to 2014.

The U.S. Amateur Four-Ball is played by "sides" of two golfers, each with handicap indexes of 5.4 or less. 128 sides compete in a 36-hole stroke play qualifier that determines the field of 32 sides for match play. Play is conducted using a four-ball format, where the lowest score by either player on each hole is the score for the side.[1]

The women's counterpart is the U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball, also started in 2015.

Winners[]

Year Venue Location Winners Runners-up Ref
2021 Chambers Bay University Place, Washington[2] Portugal & Venezuela Canada Brendan Macdougall & Canada Sam Meek [3]
2020 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4]
2019 Bandon Dunes Golf Resort Bandon, Oregon United States Scott Harvey & United States United States Logan Shuping & United States Blake Taylor
2018 Jupiter Hills Club Tequesta, Florida United States & United States Cole Hammer United States Chip Brooke & United States Marc Dull
2017 Pinehurst Resort Pinehurst, North Carolina United States & Hong Kong United States Clark Collier & United States Kyle Hudelson [5]
2016 Winged Foot Golf Club Mamaroneck, New York United States & United States United States Brandon Cigna & United States Ben Warnquist [6]
2015 The Olympic Club San Francisco, California United States Nathan Smith & United States United States Sherrill Britt & United States Greg Earnhardt [7]

Future sites[]

References[]

  1. ^ "2015 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship Facts". USGA. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
  2. ^ "Bandon Dunes, Chambers Bay to Host 2019, 2021 Amateur Four-Balls". USGA. December 5, 2017.
  3. ^ "Teens Kiko Francisco Coelho, Leopoldo Herrera III team to win U.S. Amateur Four-Ball championship". ESPN. Associated Press. May 26, 2021.
  4. ^ "Updated USGA Statement on 2020 Championship Cancelations". USGA. March 17, 2020.
  5. ^ "Frankie Capan-Shuai Ming Wong tandem wins U.S. Amateur Four-Ball". ESPN. Associated Press. May 31, 2017.
  6. ^ "SMU's Ben Baxter, Andrew Buchanan win U.S. Amateur 4-Ball". ESPN. Associated Press. May 25, 2016.
  7. ^ "Nathan Smith, Todd White make quick work of Sherrill Britt, Greg Earnhardt". ESPN. Associated Press. May 7, 2015.
  8. ^ "2022 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Going to C.C. of Birmingham". USGA. November 1, 2018.
  9. ^ "Kiawah Island Club Awarded 2023 Championship". USGA. May 6, 2019.
  10. ^ "Philadelphia Cricket Club to host 2024 US Amateur Four-Ball". USGA. April 21, 2021.

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