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Before Tiger ruled Bay Hill, he was a kid with a dream. At 15, he won his first U.S. Junior Amateur—years before his eight #APInv wins. As the next wave tees off in Dallas, we salute our small place in golf history. 📽️ Rare footage via @USGA. #USJuniorAm | #TigerWoods
Just over a month after playing in the U.S. Open at Oakmont, Mason Howell is in pole position at the 77th U.S. Junior Amateur. The 18-year-old earned the top seed in match play and hopes to make a deep run toward capturing the championship ⬇️
With a birdie on the 17th hole at Brook Hollow, Jackson Ormond moved the cutline to +3 and claimed the final spot in match play. For the first time since 2008, the U.S. Junior Amateur won’t require a playoff to set the 64-player bracket.

Scorecards → Handed out Names → Pronounced correctly Jokes → Delivered to perfection Longtime U.S. Junior Amateur starter John Reis is in peak form at Trinity Forest 😅
Could you name this U.S. Junior Am champion? • Played in the final group of a U.S. Open in the last five years • Currently lives in Dallas • Played in the Walker Cup We put Miles Russell to the test ⬇️
For nearly three weeks in 2022, Misha Golod wasn’t sure if he’d ever swing a golf club again as Russian troops invaded his home country of Ukraine. With the help of the golf community, he relocated to Florida and is now one round away from match play at the U.S. Junior Amateur.
📸 First Round frames from Trinity Forest Another 18 holes of stroke play on Tuesday to determine who's moving on.




The temperatures may have been in the mid- to upper-90s, but Round 1 was no sweat for Kailer Stone or Qiyou Wu at Trinity Forest. They each posted rounds of 66 to open the 77th U.S. Junior Amateur ⬇️
Could a future U.S. Open champion be in the field this week at Trinity Forest? J.J. Spaun made match play in the 2008 U.S. Junior Amateur, 17 years before his victory at Oakmont.


Coming from a family of champion golfers, Tyler Creavy seeks to create his own legacy as he makes his USGA championship debut at the U.S. Junior Amateur. Read more about the son of a U.S. Girls' Junior champion ⬇️
The action is in full swing at our co-host sites in Dallas! Stay updated with Round 1 of stroke play at Trinity Forest and Brook Hollow ⬇️
The 77th U.S. Junior Amateur is underway! Brooks Simmons of Dallas, Texas hit the opening shot at Trinity Forest this morning.
Trinity Forest Golf Club was built on top of an illegal landfill, but you’d never know it looking at the course today. Discover how a vision to rehabilitate degraded land came to fruition at the site of the U.S. Junior Amateur ⬇️
In 1990, Matthew Todd staged one of U.S. Junior Amateur's all-time comebacks when he rallied from a 4-down deficit after eight holes to win the 18-hole championship match. We caught up with Todd 35 years after his victory at Lake Merced Golf Club ⬇️
"I'm not good enough for a handicap." Yes, you are! getahandicap.usga.org
Our Texas tee times are here! Stroke play for the 264 players in the field at the U.S. Junior Amateur begins on Monday morning at Trinity Forest and Brook Hollow.
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Both players who competed in last year's championship match return to the field for the 77th U.S. Junior Amateur. Here's who's joining them at Trinity Forest this week ⬇️