United States Amateur Championship (golf)
Year Venue Winner Country Score Runner-up
2019 Pinehurst Resort Andy Ogletree United States 2 & 1 John Augenstein
2018 Pebble Beach Golf Links Viktor Hovland Norway 6 & 5 Devon Bling
2017 Riviera Country Club Doc Redman United States 37th hole Doug Ghim
2016 Oakland Hills Country Club Curtis Luck Australia 6 & 4 Brad Dalke
2015 Olympia Fields Country Club Bryson DeChambeau United States 7 & 6 Derek Bard
2014 Atlanta Athletic Club Gunn Yang South Korea 2 & 1 Corey Conners
2013 The Country Club Matthew Fitzpatrick England 4 & 3 Oliver Goss
2012 Cherry Hills Country Club Steven Fox United States 37th hole Michael Weaver
2011 Erin Hills Kelly Kraft United States 2 up Patrick Cantlay
2010 Chambers Bay Peter Uihlein United States 4 & 2 David Chung
2009 Southern Hills Country Club An Byeong-hun South Korea 7 & 5 Ben Martin
2008 Pinehurst Resort Danny Lee New Zealand 5 & 4 Drew Kittleson
2007 Olympic Club Colt Knost United States 2 & 1 Michael Thompson
2006 Hazeltine National Golf Club Richie Ramsay Scotland 4 & 2 John Kelly
2005 Merion Golf Club Edoardo Molinari Italy 4 & 3 Dillon Dougherty
2004 Winged Foot Golf Club Ryan Moore United States 2 up Luke List
2003 Oakmont Country Club Nick Flanagan Australia 37th hole Casey Wittenberg
2002 Oakland Hills Country Club Ricky Barnes United States 2 & 1 Hunter Mahan
2001 East Lake Golf Club Bubba Dickerson United States 1 up Robert Hamilton
2000 Baltusrol Golf Club Jeff Quinney United States 39th hole James Driscoll
Winners
The United States Amateur Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Amateur, is the leading annual golf tournament in the United States for amateur golfers. It is organized by the United States Golf Association and is currently held each August over a 7-day period. In 1894 there were two tournaments called the National Amateur Championship. One of them was played at Newport Country Club and was won by William G. Lawrence, and the other took place at St Andrew's Golf Club and was won by Laurence B. Stottard. This state of affairs prompted Charles B. Macdonald of the Chicago Golf Club to call for the creation of a national governing body to authorize an official national championship, and the Amateur Golf Association of the United States, which was soon to be renamed the United States Golf Association, was formed on December 22 of that year. In 1895 it organized both the first U.S. Amateur Championship and the first U.S. Open, both of which were played at Newport Country Club. There are no age or gender restrictions on entry, but players must have a handicap index of 2.4 or less. Originally, entry was restricted to members of USGA-affiliated private clubs (and, presumably, international players who were members of private clubs affiliated with their nations' golf governing bodies), a restriction that was not lifted until 1979. The tournament consists of two days of stroke play, with the leading 64 competitors then playing a knockout competition held at match play to decide the champion. All knockout matches are over 18 holes except for the final, which consists of 36 holes, separated into morning and afternoon 18-hole rounds.