125th U.S. Amateur Championship Ready to Tee Off

The 125th U.S. Amateur Championship Ready to Tee Off. The event will run Aug. 11-17, 2025 at The Olympic Club (Lake Course), San Francisco, California.

PAR AND YARDAGE  
The Olympic Club’s Lake Course will be set up at 7,214 yards and will play to a par of 34-36-70. The Ocean course, which will serve as the stroke-play co-host course for the two rounds of stroke play, will be set up at 6,813 yards and will play to a par of 35-35-70. (NOTE: Yardages subject to change.)


The Olympic Club (Lake Course)

The Olympic Club (Ocean Course)

THE COURSES
The Olympic Club, originally called the San Francisco Olympic Club, is the oldest athletic club in the United States. It was established on May 6, 1860. James J. Corbett, the heavyweight boxing champion from 1892-97, joined The Olympic Club in 1884 and later went on to coach boxing at the club for many years.

Designed by Willie Watson and built by Sam Whiting, the Lake Course opened in 1924. After sustaining damage from winter storms in 1925-26, Whiting redesigned the layout, which reopened in 1927. The Lake Course underwent further renovations by Robert Trent Jones Sr., ahead of the 1955 U.S. Open. In 2009, Bill Love directed a restoration that featured the first routing change since 1927, highlighted by the creation of a new eighth hole in the natural amphitheater below the clubhouse. Most recently, in 2023, Gil Hanse led a restoration aimed at returning the Lake Course to its historical roots while adapting it to the modern game with larger greens, wider fairways, fewer trees and updated bunkers.


FAST FACT

In 1964, The Olympic Club had three USGA champions: Johnny Miller (U.S. Junior Amateur; Ken Venturi (U.S. Open) and William Higgins (U.S. Senior Amateur).


COURSE RATING AND SLOPE

Based on the course setup for the championship, the Course Rating™ for The Olympic Club’s Lake Course is 76.7 and its Slope Rating® is 142. The Course Rating™ for The Olympic Club’s Ocean Course is 75.0 and its Slope Rating® is 137.

ENTRIES
The USGA accepted 5,245 entries in 2025. The championship is open to amateur golfers with a Handicap Index® not exceeding 0.4. In 2023, the USGA accepted a record 8,253 entries. The previous record was 7,920 in 1999.

TWO-STAGE QUALIFYING 

Local qualifying for the 2025 U.S. Amateur Championship took place at 45 sites between June 4 - July 3. Final qualifying, also over 18 holes, took place at 19 sites from July 14 - July 31. To view a full list of qualifying results, visit usamateur.org.

CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD

The starting field of 312 players will play 18 holes of stroke play on Aug. 11 and 12, one round on each of the two qualifying courses, after which the field will be cut to the low 64 scorers. Six rounds of match play begin on Aug. 13 and the championship concludes with a 36-hole championship match on Aug. 17.

EXEMPT PLAYERS

There are currently 143 players who are fully exempt through final qualifying in the U.S. Amateur. The list includes eight reigning USGA champions – Evan Beck (2024 U.S. Mid-Amateur), Louis Brown (2024 U.S. Senior Amateur), Hamilton Coleman (2025 U.S. Junior Amateur), Trevor Gutschewski (2024 U.S. Junior Amateur), Stewart Hagestad (2023 U.S. Mid-Amateur), Will Hartman and Tyler Mawhinney (2025 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball), Todd White (2023 U.S. Senior Amateur).


SCHEDULE OF PLAY  

Practice rounds will take place Aug. 9-10. The championship schedule is as follows:
Aug. 11 (Monday): First round, stroke play (18 holes)
Aug. 12 (Tuesday): Second round, stroke play (18 holes)
Aug. 13 (Wednesday): Round of 64, match play
Aug. 14 (Thursday): Rounds of 32 and 16, match play
Aug. 15 (Friday): Quarterfinal round, match play

Aug. 16 (Saturday): Semifinal round, match play

Aug. 17 (Sunday): Championship match (36 holes)

WHAT THE CHAMPION RECEIVES

Among the benefits enjoyed by the U.S. Amateur champion are:
► A gold medal and custody of the Havemeyer Trophy for the ensuing year
► An exemption from local and final qualifying for the next U.S. Open (2026)
► An exemption from qualifying for the next 10 U.S. Amateurs
► An exemption from qualifying for the next Open Championship, conducted by The R&A
► A likely invitation to the next Masters Tournament (2025)

► Name engraved into the 2025 USGA Champions’ plaque that resides in the USGA Museum's Hall of Champions in Liberty Corner, N.J.

2024 CHAMPIONSHIP         

Jose Luis Ballester, of Spain, and a rising senior at Arizona State University, edged Floridian and University of Iowa rising sophomore Noah Kent, 2 up, in the 36-hole final at Hazeltine National Golf Club, in Chaska, Minn. Ballester became the first Spaniard to hoist the Havemeyer Trophy, and joined countryman Jon Rahm, the 2021 U.S. Open winner, as a USGA champion.
 

USGA CHAMPIONSHIPS AT THE OLYMPIC CLUB

1955 U.S. Open (Jack Fleck)

1958 U.S. Amateur (Charles Coe)

1966 U.S. Open (Billy Casper)

1981 U.S. Amateur (Nathaniel Crosby)

1987 U.S. Open (Scott Simpson)

1998 U.S. Open (Lee Janzen)

2004 U.S. Junior Amateur (Sihwan Kim)

2007 U.S. Amateur (Colt Knost)

2012 U.S. Open (Webb Simpson)

2015 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball (Nathan Smith and Todd White)

2021 U.S. Women's Open (Yuka Saso)

 

USGA CHAMPIONSHIPS IN CALIFORNIA

The 2025 U.S. Amateur Championship will be the 91st USGA championship conducted in California.