Amateur Moments

USGA Championships head to Bandon—for nearly the next quarter century.

Bandon Dunes has held seven USGA championships in its history. But that number is about to get a lot larger — and for years to come. In mid-2021, the USGA and Bandon Dunes Golf Resort announced it would host 13 amateur championships over the next 23 years, starting with the 2022 U.S. Junior Amateur, and running through to the 2045 U.S. Junior Amateur and U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship. In all, the resort will host the crown jewels of U.S. amateur championship golf, including the return of the U.S. Amateur, U.S. Women’s Amateur, the Walker Cup, and the Curtis Cup.

USGA Future Championships

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U.S. Junior AmateurU.S. Women’s AmateurWalker Cup MatchU.S. Amateur and
U.S. Women’s Amateur
U.S. Junior Amateur and U.S. Girls’ Junior
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U.S. Amateur Four-Ball and U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-BallCurtis Cup MatchU.S. Amateur and U.S. Women’s AmateurU.S. Junior Amateur and U.S. Girls’ Junior
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“With five championship-caliber courses and incredible support from the resort’s ownership, Bandon Dunes is the perfect location for these USGA championships,”

John Bodenhamer, USGA senior managing director of championships

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Timeline of Past Championships

U.S. Junior Amateur

2022 (Bandon Dunes/Bandon Trails)
For the first time in its history, the U.S. Junior Amateur trophy is headed to the People’s Republic of China. Wenyi Ding, 17, who built an 8-up lead with eight holes to play, held on to defeat Caleb Surratt, 18, of Indian Trail, N.C., 3 and 2, in the 36-hole final.

2022

U.S. Amateur

2020 (Bandon Dunes/Bandon Trails)
Eighty-five years after his grandfather, Frank Strafaci Sr., won the 1935 U.S. Amateur Public Links, Tyler Strafaci wins the U.S. Amateur Championship. The Georgia Tech senior rallied from an early 5-down deficit to defeat Southern Methodist University rising junior, Charles Osborne, 1 up, in the 36-hole championship match.

Tyler Strafaci wins the U.S. Amateur Championship
2020

U.S. Amateur Four-Ball

2019 (Old Macdonald/Pacific Dunes)
Scott Harvey and Todd Mitchell win the 5th U.S. Amateur Four-Ball title. They defeated East Carolina University rising seniors, Blake Taylor and Logan Shuping, 2 and 1, in the 18-hole championship match.

Scott Harvey and Todd Mitchell win the 5th U.S. Amateur Four-Ball title
2019

Inaugural U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball

2015 (Pacific Dunes)
Mika Liu and Rinko Mitsunaga claimed the title with a 4-and-3 victory in the final over Hannah O’Sullivan and Robynn Ree.

Mika Liu and Rinko Mitsunaga claimed the title with a 4-and-3 victory in the final over Hannah O’Sullivan and Robynn Ree.
2015

U.S. Amateur Public Links & U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links

2011 (Old Macdonald/Bandon Trails)
Corbin Mills parred the first extra playoff hole to defeat Derek Ernst in 37 holes to win the 2011 U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship.

Brianna Do of Vietnam wins the U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links Championship defeating Marissa Todd of Texas, 1 up, in the 36-hole championship match.

 

2011

U.S. Mid-Amateur

2007 (Bandon Dunes)
Trip Kuehne won four of the first six holes and pulled away to capture the U.S. Mid-Amateur
title over Dan Whittaker.

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2007

Curtis Cup Match

2006 (Pacific Dunes)
Team USA wins the 34th Curtis Cup Match by a comfortable margin, with a score of 11.5 points to Great Britain and Ireland’s 6.5 points.

 

2006 Curtis Cup Group Photo
2006
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