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Dates: Monday, August 13th through Sunday, August 19th Sites: Cherry Hills Country Club, Cherry Hills Village, Colorado Sites: CommonGround Golf Course, Aurora, Colorado Course Architects: William Flynn (1922) - Cherry Hills Country Club Course Architects: Tom Doak (2009) - CommonGround Golf Course Par: 71 Yardage: 7,432 (Cherry Hills Country Club)
Hole-By-Hole (Cherry Hills Country Club):
Hole
Par and Yards
Hole
Par and Yards
1
Par 4 402 Yds
10
Par 4 449 Yds
2
Par 4 420 Yds
11
Par 5 596 Yds
3
Par 4 326 Yds
12
Par 3 205 Yds
4
Par 4 437 Yds
13
Par 4 429 Yds
5
Par 5 552 Yds
14
Par 4 521 Yds
6
Par 3 166 Yds
15
Par 3 245 Yds
7
Par 4 421 Yds
16
Par 4 456 Yds
8
Par 3 275 Yds
17
Par 5 555 Yds
9
Par 4 490 Yds
18
Par 4 487 Yds
35 3,489 yds
36 3,943 yds
Par: 70 Yardage: 7,351 (CommonGround Golf Course)
Hole-By-Hole (CommonGround Golf Course):
Hole
Par and Yards
Hole
Par and Yards
1
Par 4 485 Yds
10
Par 4 436 Yds
2
Par 3 144 Yds
11
Par 4 508 Yds
3
Par 5 636 Yds
12
Par 3 216 Yds
4
Par 4 458 Yds
13
Par 4 469 Yds
5
Par 4 508 Yds
14
Par 3 227 Yds
6
Par 3 187 Yds
15
Par 4 501 Yds
7
Par 5 534 Yds
16
Par 4 498 Yds
8
Par 4 349 Yds
17
Par 3 211 Yds
9
Par 4 394 Yds
18
Par 5 590 Yds
36 3,695 yds
34 3,656 yds
Annual: 112th Television: Golf Channel - Wednesday/Thursday -- 3-5 p.m. (et), Golf Channel - Friday -- 12-2 p.m. (et), NBC - Saturday/Sunday -- 4-6 p.m. (et) Defending Champion: Kelly Kraft (Not defending) Runner-Up: Patrick Cantlay Winner receives: Havemayer Trophy and an exemption from local and sectional qualifying into the 2013 U.S. Open, an exemption from qualifying for the next 10 U.S. Amateurs, an exemption from qualifying for the next British Open, a likely invitation to the 2013 Masters, and an exemption from qualifying for the next 15 U.S. Amateur Public Links Championships, if eligible. Schedule of Play: First Round, Stroke Play (Monday - 18 holes) Second Round, Stroke Play (Tuesday - 18 holes) (Top 64 Players advance to match play) First Round, Match Play (Wednesday - 18 Holes) Second and Third Round, Match Play (Thursday - 36 Holes) Quarterfinal Round, Match Play (Friday - 18 holes) Semifinal Round, Match Play (Saturday - 18 holes) Final, Match Play (Sunday - 36 Holes) Lowest Medalist Score (36 holes): 132 (Hank Kim, 1994 - TPC at Sawgrass) Lowest Medalist Score (18 holes): 60 (Billy Horschel, 2006 - Chaska Town)
2011 Results
Championship
Kelly Kraft def. Patrick Cantlay, 2-up
Semifinals
Patrick Cantlay def. Jordan Russell, 4 & 3
Kelly Kraft def. Jack Senior, 3 & 2
Quarterfinals
Jordan Russell def. Peter Uihlein, 2 & 1
Patrick Cantlay def. Max Buckley, 1-up (19 holes)
Kelly Kraft def. Patrick Rodgers, 6 & 4
Jack Senior def. Jordan Spieth, 1-up
Past U.S. Amateur Winners and Runner-up
Year
Winner
2011
Kelly Kraft def. Patrick Cantlay, 2-up
2010
Peter Uihlein def. David Chung, 4 & 2
2009
Byeong-Hun An def. Ben Martin, 7 & 5
2008
Danny Lee def. Drew Kittleson, 5 & 4
2007
Colt Knost def. Michael Thompson, 2 & 1
2006
Richie Ramsay def. John Kelly, 4 & 2
2005
Edoardo Molinari def. Dillon Dougherty, 4 & 3
2004
Ryan Moore def. Luke List, 2-up
2003
Nick Flanagan def. Casey Wittenberg, 1-up (37 holes)
2002
Ricky Barnes def. Hunter Mahan, 2 & 1
2001
Bubba Dickerson def. Robert Hamilton, 1-up
2000
Jeff Quinney def. James Driscoll, 1-up (39 holes)
1999
David Gossett def. Sung Yoon Kim, 9 & 8
1998
Hank Kuehne def. Tom McNight, 2 & 1
1997
Matt Kuchar def. Joel Kribel, 2 & 1
1996
Tiger Woods def. Steve Scott, 1-up (38 holes)
1995
Tiger Woods def. George Marucci, 2-up
1994
Tiger Woods def. Trip Kuehne, 2-up
1993
John Harris def. Danny Ellis, 5 & 3
1992
Justin Leonard def. Tom Scherrer, 8 & 7
1991
Mitch Voges def. Manny Zerman, 7 & 6
1990
Phil Mickelson def. Manny Zerman, 5 & 4
1989
Chris Patton def. Danny Green, 3 & 1
1988
Eric Meeks def. Danny Yates, 7 & 6
1987
Billy Mayfair def. Eric Rebmann, 4 & 3
1986
Buddy Alexander def. Chris Kite, 5 & 3
1985
Sam Randolph def. Peter Persons, 1-up
1984
Scott Verplank def. Sam Randolph, 4 & 3
1983
Jay Sigel def. Chris Perry, 8 & 7
1982
Jay Sigel def. David Tolley, 8 & 7
1981
Nathaniel Crosby def. Brian Lindley, 1-up (37 holes)
1980
Hal Sutton def. Bob Lewis, 9 & 8
1979
Mark O'Meara def. John Cook, 8 & 7
1978
John Cook def. Scott Hoch, 5 & 4
1977
John Fought def. Doug Fischesser, 9 & 8
1976
Bill Sander def. C. Parker Moore, Jr., 8 & 6
1975
Fred Ridley def. Keith Fergus, 2-up
1974
Jerry Pate def. John P. Grace, 2 & 1
1973
Craig Stadler def. David Strawn, 6 & 5
1972
Marvin Giles III (285) -- Mark Hayes, Ben Crenshaw
1971
Gary Cowan (280) -- Eddie Pearce
1970
Lanny Wadkins (279) -- Tom Kite
1969
Steve Melnyk (286) -- Marvin Giles III
1968
Bruce Fleisher (284) -- Marvin Giles III
1967
Robert Dickson (285) -- Marvin Giles III
1966
*Gary Cowan (285) -- Deane Beman
1965
Robert Murphy Jr (291) -- Robert Dickson
1964
William C. Campbell def. Edgar Tutwiler, 1-up
1963
Deane Beman def. Richard Sikes, 2 & 1
1962
Labron Harris def. Downing Gray, 1-up
1961
Jack Nicklaus def. Dudley Wysong, 8 & 6
1960
Deane Beman def. Robert Gardner, 6 & 4
1959
Jack Nicklaus def. Charles Coe, 1-up
1958
Charles Coe def. Tommy Aaron, 5 & 4
1957
Hillman Robbins def. Frank Taylor, 5 & 4
1956
E. Harvie Ward def. Charles Kocsis, 5 & 4
1955
E. Harvie Ward def. William Hyndman, III, 9 & 8
1954
Arnold Palmer def. Robert Sweeney, 1-up
1953
Gene Littler def. Dale Morey, 1-up
1952
Jack Westland def. Al Mengert, 3 & 2
1951
Billy Maxwell def. Joseph Gagliardi, 4 & 3
1950
Sam Urzetta def. Frank Stranaham, 1-up (39 holes)
1949
Charles Coe def. Rufus King, 11 & 10
1948
William P. Turnesa def. Raymond Billows, 2 & 1
1947
Robert Riegel def. John Dawson, 2 & 1
1946
Stanley Bishop def. Smiley Quick, 1-up (37 holes)
1945
Not Held due to World War II
1944
Not Held due to World War II
1943
Not Held due to World War II
1942
Not Held due to World War II
1941
Marvin Ward def. Patrick Abbott, 4 & 3
1940
Richard Champman def. W.B. McCulough, 11 & 9
1939
Marvin Ward def. Raymond Billows, 7 & 5
1938
William P. Turnesa def. Patrick Abbott, 8 & 7
1937
John Goodman def. Raymond BIllows, 2-up
1936
John Fischer def. Jack McLean, 1-up (37 holes)
1935
W. Lawson Little def. Walter Emery, 4 & 2
1934
W. Lawson Little def. David Goldman, 8 & 7
1933
George Dunlap def. Max Marston, 6 & 5
1932
C. Ross Somerville def. John Goodman, 2 & 1
1931
Francis Ouimet def. Jack Westland, 6 & 5
1930
Robert T. Jones def. Eugene Homans, 8 & 7
1929
Harris Johnston def. O.F. Willing, 4 & 3
1928
Robert T. Jones def. T. Philip Perkins, 10 & 9
1927
Robert T. Jones def. Charles Evans, 8 & 7
1926
George Von Elm, def. Robert T. Jones, 2 & 1
1925
Robert T. Jones def. Watts Gunn, 8 & 7
1924
Robert T. Jones def. George Von Elm, 9 & 8
1923
Max Marston def. Jess Sweetser, 1-up
1922
Jess Sweetser def. Charles Evans, 3 & 2
1921
Jesse Guilford def. Robert Gardner, 7 & 6
1920
Charles Evans def. Francis Ouimet, 7 & 6
1919
S. Davidson Herron def. Robert T. Jones, 5 & 4
1918
Not Held due to World War I
1917
Not Held due to World War I
1916
Charles Evans def. Robert Gardner, 4 & 3
1915
Robert Gardner def. John Anderson, 5 & 4
1914
Francis Ouimet def. Jerome Travers, 6 & 5
1913
Jerome Travers def. John Anderson, 5 & 4
1912
Jerome Travers def. Charles Evans, 7 & 6
1911
Harold Hilton def. Fred Herreshoff, 1-up (37 holes)
1910
William C. Fownes def. Warren Wood, 4 & 3
1909
Robert Gardner def. Chandler Egan, 4 & 3
1908
Jerome Travers def. Max Behr, 8 & 7
1907
Jerome Travers def. Archibald Graham, 6 & 5
1906
Eben Byers def. George Lyon, 2-up
1905
H. Chandler Egan def. D.E. Sawyer, 6 & 5
1904
H. Chandler Egan def. Fred Herreshoff, 8 & 6
1903
Walter J. Travis def. Eben Byers, 5 & 4
1902
Louis James def. Eben Byers, 4 & 2
1901
Walter J. Travis def. Walter Egan, 5 & 4
1900
Walter J. Travis def. Findlay Douglas, 2-up
1899
H.M. Harriman def. Findlay Douglas, 3 & 2
1898
Findlay Douglas def. Walter Smith, 5 & 3
1897
H.J. Whigham def. Rossiter Betts, 8 & 6
1896
H.J. Whigham def. J.G. Thorp, 8 & 7
1895
Charles Blair Macdonald def. Charles Sands, 12 & 11
Notes of Interest
Youngest Winner
Byeong-Hun An (17 yrs/11 months/13 Days) - 2009
Danny Lee (18 Yrs/1 Month/0 Days) - 2008
Tiger Woods (18 Yrs/7 Months/29 Days) - 1994
Oldest Winner
Jack Westland (47 Yrs/3 Months/9 Days) - 1952
Most Championships Won
5 - Robert T. Jones Jr. (1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1930)
4 - Jerome D. Travers (1907, 1908, 1912, 1913)
3 - Tiger Woods (1994, 1995, 1996)
3 - Walter Travis (1900, 1901, 1903)
Most Times in Final
7 - Robert T. Jones Jr. (1919, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1930)
5 - Jerome D. Travers (1907, 1908, 1912, 1913, 1914)
5 - Charles Evans Jr. (1912, 1916, 1920, 1922, 1927)
Most Times Runner - Up
3 - Charles Evans Jr. (1912, 1922, 1927)
3 - Raymond Billows (1937, 1939, 1948)
3 - Marvin Giles III (1967, 1968, 1969)
Winners of U.S. Amateur and U.S. Open (11)
Jerome D. Travers (1907, 1908, 1912, 1913 Amateurs; 1915 Open)
Francis Ouimet (1914, 1931 Amateurs; 1913 Open)
*Charles Evans Jr. (1916, 1920 Amateurs; 1916 Open)
*Robert T. Jones Jr. (1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1930 Amateurs; 1923, 1926, 1929, 1930 Opens)
W. Lawson Little Jr. (1934, 1935 Amateurs; 1940 Open)
John Goodman (1937 Amateur; 1933 Open)
Gene Littler (1953 Amateur; 1961 Open)
Arnold Palmer (1954 Amateur; 1960 Open)
Jack Nicklaus (1959, 1961 Amateurs; 1962, 1967, 1972, 1980 Opens)
6 - Walter J. Travis (1900, 1901, 1902, 1906, 1907, 1908)
6 - Robert T. Jones Jr. (1920, 1923*, 1926, 1927, 1929*, 1930)
4 - Charles Evans Jr. (1909, 1912, 1913, 1923*)
* co-medalist
Most Times Host Club of Event
6 - Merion Golf Club, Ardmore, PA
5 - The Country Club, Brookline, MA
5 - Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, PA
NOTES: One of the most storied events in USGA history, the 112th U.S. Amateur Championship begins in earnest Monday at Cherry Hills Country Club in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado and CommonGround Golf Course in Aurora, Colorado. Both courses will be used for the stroke-play portion of the championship, while Cherry Hills will host the match play rounds.
The U.S. Amateur Championship is the oldest golf championship in this country, one day older than the U.S. Open. Except for an eight-year period, 1965-1972, when it was stroke play, the Amateur has been a match-play championship.
Jordan Spieth will try to improve upon his quarterfinal performance from last year. The 19-year-old from Dallas, Texas was the 2011 U.S. Junior Amateur Champion and 2011 United States Walker Cup team member. Spieth finished tied for 21st in the U.S. Open at Olympic Club in June.
The USGA accepted 6,443 entries for the 2012 U.S. Amateur. The most entries ever received for an Amateur championship was 7,920 in 1999 when the U.S. Amateur was played at Pebble Beach (California) Golf Links.
The 2012 tournament will be the ninth USGA championship to be conducted at Cherry Hills Country Club and the second U.S. Amateur. Phil Mickelson won the 1990 Amateur at Cherry Hills, which is one of three courses to host the U.S. Open, U.S. Amateur, U.S. Women's Open and U.S. Senior Open. Winged Foot and Hazeltine National Golf Club have also hosted all four USGA championships. Cherry Hills also hosted the 1941 and 1985 PGA Championships. This will be the 31st USGA championship conducted in the state of Colorado, and the fourth U.S. Amateur.
At 7,432 yards, Cherry Hills Country Club is the fourth longest course in the history of the U.S. Amateur. Erin Hills played at 7,760 yards last year, while Chambers Bay played at 7,742 yards the previous year. In 2006, Hazeltine National Golf Club�s yardage was 7,473. This is the 15th time that a U.S. Amateur course has played to 7,000-plus yards. In 1962, Pinehurst No. 2 was the first course to be set up at more than 7,000 yards (7,051).
Last year, Kelly Kraft defeated Patrick Cantlay, the No. 1 ranked amateur, 2-up in the final to win at Erin Hills. Cantlay was heavily favored in the 36-hole final. He was the No. 1 ranked amateur player in the world and in the summer of 2011 had a magical run on the PGA Tour, posting four top 25s and firing a 60 in the second round of the Travelers Championship. Kraft will not be on hand to defend his title, as he has since turned professional along with Cantlay.
In 2009, Byeong-Hun An became the youngest U.S. Amateur champion in history, as he defeated Ben Martin in the final, 7 & 5. At 17 years, 11 months and 13 days, An surpassed 2008 winner Danny Lee as the youngest champion.
New Zealand's Lee jumped in front of Drew Kittleson on the 10th hole of the morning round in 2008 and never looked back, as he won 5 & 4. Lee, at the time, became the youngest champion in U.S. Amateur history at 18 years and 1 month, six months younger than Tiger Woods when Woods won the first of his three straight amateur titles in 1994.
Five of the last nine champions have been foreign-born - An (Korea, 2009), Lee (New Zealand, 2008), Richie Ramsay (Scotland, 2006), Edoardo Molinari (Italy, 2005) and Nick Flanagan (Australia, 2003).
In a seesaw match in 2007, Colt Knost outlasted Michael Thompson in the final, 2 & 1, to become just the second player ever to win both the U.S. Amateur Public Links and U.S. Amateur titles in the same year, joining Ryan Moore, who accomplished the feat in 2004.
In 2006, Richie Ramsay of Scotland defeated American John Kelly in the final, 4 & 2, to become the first Scotsman to win this championship in over 100 years. Ramsay became the first Scotsman to win since Findlay Douglas in 1898.
Back in 2005, Italy's Edoardo Molinari needed just 18 putts through 15 holes of the second round and overcame an early 3-down deficit to beat Dillon Dougherty of Woodland, California, for the title at Merion Golf Club, 4 & 3. Molinari, who won the 2001 Italian Amateur and 2003 Turkish Amateur, became the first Italian to win the U.S. Amateur crown. The only other Italian to win a USGA title was Silvia Cavalleri, who won the 1997 U.S. Women's Amateur. Molinari became the first European to win this event since Harold Hilton in 1911.
Current PGA Tour player Ryan Moore won the last four holes in 2004, three of them with birdies, to overtake Luke List, and win the title. Moore also won the NCAA Division I individual title and the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship earlier that summer.
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