The United States Senior Men's Amateur Golf Championship is a national tournament for amateur golf competitors at least 55 years of age. It is operated by the United States Golf Association (USGA).

The tournament starts with 36 holes of stroke play, with the top 64 competitors advancing to the match play portion of the tournament. Golfers must have a USGA handicap index of 7.4 or lower to enter.

The tournament was founded in 1955, expanding on a tournament conducted by the U.S. Senior Golf Association (not affiliated with the USGA), which itself had grown from a senior amateur event at the Apawamis Club in 1905.[1] Membership in this precursor tournament was limited, so the USGA agreed to start a national championship open to all senior golfers.

Senior Amateur contestants have been permitted to ride in carts since 1969.

Winners received exemptions to the following events: next year's U.S. Senior Open provided he still is an amateur; U.S. Amateur for the following two years; U.S. Mid-Amateur for this year and next year; and the next 10 years of the U.S. Senior Amateur.[2]

Winners

YearVenueWinnerScoreRunner-up
2023Martis Camp Club (CA)Todd White4 & 3Jody Fanagan
2022Kittansett Club (MA)Rusty Strawn3 & 2Doug Hanzel
2021Country Club of Detroit (MI)Gene Elliott1 upJerry Gunthorpe
2020Country Club of DetroitCanceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3]
2019Old Chatham Golf Club (NC)Bob Royak1 upRoger Newsom
2018Eugene Country Club (OR)Jeff Wilson2 & 1Sean Knapp
2017The Minikahda Club (MN)Sean Knapp2 & 1Paul Simson
2016Old Warson Country Club (MO)Dave Ryan5 & 3Matthew Sughrue
2015Hidden Creek Golf Club (NJ)Chip Lutz5 & 3Tom Brandes
2014Big Canyon Country Club (CA)Patrick Tallent2 & 1Bryan Norton
2013Wade Hampton Golf Club (NC)Doug Hanzel3 & 2Pat O'Donnell
2012Mountain Ridge Country Club (NJ)Paul Simson4 & 3Curtis Skinner
2011Kinloch Golf Club (VA)Louis Lee1 upPhilip Pleat
2010Lake Nona Golf & Country Club (FL)Paul Simson2 & 1Patrick Tallent
2009Beverly Country Club (IL)Vinny Giles1 upJohn Grace
2008Shady Oaks Country Club (TX)Buddy Marucci2 upGeorge Zahringer
2007Flint Hills National Golf Club (KS)Stan Lee4 & 3Sam Farlow
2006Victoria National Golf Club (IN)Mike Bell1 upTom McGraw
2005The Farm (GA)Mike Rice1 upMark Bemowski
2004Bel-Air Country Club (CA)Mark Bemowski4 & 3Greg Reynolds
2003The Virginian Golf Club (VA)Kemp Richardson19th holeFrank Abbott
2002Timuquana Country Club (FL)Greg Reynolds4 & 3Mark Bemowski
2001Norwood Hills Country Club (MO)Kemp Richardson2 & 1Bill Ploeger
2000Charlotte Country Club (NC)Bill Shean, Jr.2 & 1Richard Van Leuvan
1999Portland Golf Club (OR)Bill Ploeger3 & 2Gary Menzel
1998Skokie Country Club (IL)Bill Shean, Jr.5 & 3William King
1997Atlantic Golf Club (NY)Cliff Cunningham5 & 3Ed Bartlett
1996Taconic Golf Club (MA)O. Gordon Brewer, Jr.2 upHeyward Sullivan
1995Prairie Dunes Country Club (KS)James Stahl, Jr.2 & 1Rennie Law
1994Champions Golf Club (KY)O. Gordon Brewer, Jr.5 & 4Bob Hullender
1993Farmington Country Club (VA)Joe Ungvary7 & 6Jerry Nelson
1992The Loxahatchee Club (FL)Clarence Moore6 & 4Robert Harris
1991Crystal Downs Country Club (MI)Bill Bosshard5 & 4Morris Beecroft
1990Desert Forest Golf Club (AZ)Jackie Cummings3 & 2Bobby Clark
1989Lochinvar Golf Club (TX)R. S. Williams19th holeJoe Simpson
1988Milwaukee Country Club (WI)Clarence Moore5 & 4Bud Stevens
1987Saucon Valley Country Club (PA)John Richardson5 & 4James Kite, Jr.
1986Interlachen Country Club (MN)R. S. Williams3 & 2John Harbottle
1985Wild Dunes Beach & Racquet Club (SC)Lewis Oehmig20th holeEd Hopkins
1984Birmingham Country Club (MI)Robert Rawlins19th holeRichard Runkle
1983Crooked Stick Golf Club (IN)Bill Hyndman1 upRichard Runkle
1982Tucson Country Club (AZ)Alton Duhon2 upEd Updegraff
1981Seattle Golf Club (WA)Ed Updegraff2 & 1Dale Morey
1980The Homestead (Cascades Course) (VA)William C. Campbell3 & 2Keith K. Compton
1979Chicago Golf Club (IL)William C. Campbell2 & 1Lewis Oehmig
1978Pine Tree Golf Club (FL)Keith K. Compton1 upJohn W. Kline
1977Salem Country Club (MA)Dale Morey4 & 3Lewis Oehmig
1976Cherry Hills Country Club (CO)Lewis Oehmig4 & 3John Richardson
1975Carmel Valley Golf & Country Club (CA)William F. Colm4 & 3Stephen Stimac
1974Harbour Town Golf Links (SC)Dale Morey4 & 2Lewis Oehmig
1973Onwentsia Club (IL)Bill Hyndman3 & 2Harry Welch
1972Sharon Golf Club (OH)Lewis Oehmig20th holeErnest Pieper, Jr.
1971Sunnybrook Golf Club (PA)Tom Draper3 & 1Ernest Pieper, Jr.
1970California Golf Club of San Francisco (CA)Gene Andrews1 upJames Ferrie
1969Wichita Country Club (KS)Curtis Person, Sr.1 upDavid Goldman
1968Atlanta Country Club (GA)Curtis Person, Sr.2 & 1Ben Goodes
1967Shinnecock Hills Golf Club (NY)Ray Palmer3 & 2Walter D. Bronson
1966Tucson National Golf Club (AZ)Dexter H. Daniels1 upGeorge Beechler
1965Fox Chapel Golf Club (PA)Robert B. Kiersky19th holeGeorge Beechler
1964Waverley Country Club (OR)William D. Higgins2 & 1Edward Murphy
1963Sea Island Golf Club (GA)Merrill L. Carlsmith3 & 2William D. Higgins
1962Evanston Golf Club (IL)Merrill L. Carlsmith4 & 2Willis H. Blakely
1961Southern Hills Country Club (OK)Dexter H. Daniels2 & 1William K. Lanman
1960Oyster Harbors Club (MA)Michael Cestone20th holeDavid Rose
1959Memphis Country Club (TN)J. Clark Espie3 & 1J. Wolcott Brown
1958Monterey Peninsula Country Club (CA)Thomas C. Robbins2 & 1Johnny Dawson
1957Ridgewood Country Club (NJ)J. Clark Espie2 & 1Fred Wright
1956Somerset Country Club (MN)Fred Wright4 & 3J. Clark Espie
1955Belle Meade Country Club (TN)J. Wood Platt5 & 4George Studinger

Multiple winners

  • 3 wins: Lewis Oehmig
  • 2 wins: J. Clark Espie, Merrill L. Carlsmith, Dexter H. Daniels, Curtis Person, Sr., Dale Morey, William C. Campbell, Bill Hyndman, R. S. Williams, Clarence Moore, O. Gordon Brewer, Jr., Bill Shean, Jr., Kemp Richardson, Paul Simson

Future sites

YearEditionCourseLocationDates
202469thHonors CourseOoltewah, TennesseeAugust 24–29
202570thBiltmore Forest Country ClubAsheville, North CarolinaAugust 23–28
202671stBaltimore Country Club, East Course at Five FarmsBaltimore, MarylandAugust 29 – September 3
202873rdOak Hills Country ClubSan Antonio, TexasAugust 26–31
202974thThe Homestead (Cascades Course)Hot Springs, VirginiaAugust 25–30
203075thCountry Club of North CarolinaPinehurst, North CarolinaAugust 24–29
203277thCountry Club of BuffaloWilliamsville, New YorkTBD
203378thCanterbury Golf ClubCleveland, OhioAugust 27 – September 1
203479thPortland Golf ClubPortland, OregonTBD
203580thColumbia Country ClubChevy Chase, MarylandTBD

Source[4]

References

  1. "USGA Senior Amateur History". USGA. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
  2. "2022 U.S. Senior Amateur Fast Facts". USGA. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
  3. "U.S. Open to cancel qualifying, have all-exempt field; 4 more USGA events nixed". Golfweek. May 18, 2020.
  4. "Fast Facts for 2024 U.S. Senior Amateur". USGA. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
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