Golf Channel<\/a>, 3 p.m. ET – 5 p.m. ETU.S. Junior Amateur field facts<\/p>\nYoungest competitor:\u00a0Riku Takase, from Japan, will be 13 years, 8 months and 16 days old at the start of the championship. He is the lone 13-year-old in the field.<\/p>\n
Oldest competitor:\u00a0Eli Weidmann, from Murphys, California, will be 18 years, 11 months and 22 days old at the start of the championship. He is one of 98 18-year-olds in the field.Average Age of Field:\u00a016.94<\/p>\n
Field breakdown by age:<\/p>\n
13 years old: 114 years old: 915 years old: 1816 years old: 4917 years old: 8918 years old: 98<\/p>\n
International (30): United States (180), Canada (11), China (8), Colombia (8), Thailand (6), Korea (5), France (3), Mexico (3), Vietnam (3), Hong Kong (3), Brazil (3), Netherlands (2), Japan (2), Czechia (2), Singapore (2), New Zealand (2), Malaysia (2), Spain (2), Argentina (2), Chile (2), Australia (2), Germany (1), Sri Lanka (1), Bolivia (1), Indonesia (1), Paraguay (1), Pakistan (1), India (1), Guatemala (1), Philippines (1)<\/p>\n
U.S. states represented (39): California (28), Florida (21), Texas (15), Georgia (11), North Carolina (8), Arizona (6), Ohio (5), Michigan (5), Virginia (5), Pennsylvania (5), Iowa (4), New Jersey (4), Tennessee (4), New York (4), Wisconsin (4), Minnesota (4), Colorado (4), Massachusetts (3), Illinois (3), Washington (3), Oklahoma (3), Missouri (3), Indiana (3), Utah (3), South Carolina (3), Idaho (2), Maryland (2), Alabama (2), Arkansas (2), Louisiana (2), Connecticut (2), Maine (1), Alaska (1), Kansas (1), Delaware (1), New Hampshire (1), Mississippi (1), Kentucky (1), and Oregon (1)<\/p>\n
USGA champions\u00a0(2): Hamilton Coleman (2025 U.S. Junior Amateur), Tyler Mawhinney (2025 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball)<\/p>\n
Players in the top 100 of the World Amateur Golf Rankings as of July 15\u00a0(4):<\/p>\n
Miles Russell \u2014 WAGR No. 7 (United States)Oscar Couilleau \u2014 WAGR No. 33 (France)Louis Klein \u2014 WAGR No. 65 (Czechia)Tuan Anh Nguyen \u2014 WAGR No. 98 (Vietnam)What winner of U.S. Junior Amateur receivesA gold medalCustody of the U.S. Junior Amateur Trophy for one yearExemption from qualifying from future U.S. Junior AmateursExemption into 2027 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach Golf Links (must be an amateur)Exemption into the 2026 and 2027 U.S. Amateur ChampionshipsName engraved on a plaque honoring the 2026 USGA champions that will reside in the Hall of Champions inside the USGA Museum in Liberty Corner, N.J.What is the format at the U.S. Junior Amateur?July 20 (Monday): First round, stroke playJuly 21 (Tuesday): Second round, stroke play; field then reduced to 64 players for match playJuly 22 (Wednesday): Round of 64, match playJuly 23 (Thursday): Round of 32 and Round of 16, match playJuly 24 (Friday): Quarterfinals and semifinals, match playJuly 25 (Saturday): 36-hole championship final, match playU.S. Junior Amateur tickets<\/p>\n
Fans do not need a ticket to attend the U.S. Junior. Admission is free.<\/p>\n
U.S. Junior Amateur future sites2027: Chambers Bay, University Place, Wash.\/July 19-242028: Woodmont Country Club, Rockville, Md.\/July 17-222029: Sand Valley Resort, Nekoosa, Wis.\/July 23-282030: Colorado Golf Club, Parker, Colo.\/July 22-272032: Pinehurst Resort & C.C., Village of Pinehurst\/July 19-242033: Whistling Straits, Kohler, Wis.\/July 25-302035: The Ridgewood Country Club, Paramus, N.J.\/Dates TBD2036: Sunriver Resort, Sunriver, Ore.\/July 21-262039: Erin Hills, Erin, Wis.\/Dates TBD2045: Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, Bandon, Ore.\/Dates TBD![\"\"\/]()
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Cameron Jourdan<\/a>\u00a0is an assistant editor of Golfweek, covering college and amateur golf, the PGA Tour and plenty more. Follow Cameron on X\/Twitter (@Cam_Jourdan) or Instagram (@GolfweekJourdan).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"July 20, 2026, 6:05 a.m. ET It’s time once again for the biggest junior event in boys golf.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250194,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[942,153,155,154,106972,106973,106974,4319,6408,106975,43914,542,544,535],"class_list":["post-250193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-accessfree","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-sourcegolfweek","tag-sstssportsgolfamateur","tag-sstsnamateur","tag-tagcontains-commerce-or-affiliate-content","tag-taggolf","tag-taggolfweek-amateur-golf","tag-taginternational-sports-competitions","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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