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The oldest championship in American golf started today at Pinehurst, North Carolina.

 

36 holes of stroke play today and tomorrow at Pinehurst #2 and #4 will reduce the field of 312 to 64. Then 18 holes of match play playoffs until the final on Sunday at 36 holes. This year that final will be conducted on both courses with #4 in the morning and #2 in the afternoon.

 

 

An introduction to some of the top players here..

https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/championships/2019/u-s--amateur/articles/2019-u-s--amateur-at-pinehurst--inside-the-field.html#returnable

 

The average field age is just over 22 and there are six players in the field that are age 15 or younger.

 

 

Scoring

https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/championships/2019/u-s--amateur.html#!scoring

 

 

TV coverage of the match play rounds starts on FS1 on Wednesday. FOX will have coverage on Saturday and Sunday.

 

 

 

The winner of the US Amateur gets a spot in the US Open next year. In a rule change, he will get the spot even if he turns pro. The winner also receives a spot in the British Open if he maintains his amateur status. The top two finishers earn a spot in The Masters as long as they stay amateurs. The runner up also gets a spot in next year's US Open. However, unlike the winner, he will still need to be an amateur. Anyone that makes the quarter finals qualifies for next year's US Amateur provided they stay an amateur.

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Always fun to see some fresh faces and I enjoy the match play format. Although the final can drag on if the match is not competitive.

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Fun to follow when you have a local kid in it. Trent Phillips is from 5 min away from here. Looks like he got off to a slow start. Maybe he will get it together coming in.

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Really enjoyed the Women's Am. Wish there was more being televised this week for the men. Would be great exposure for the game.

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Looking at this course , it only has 2 par 5s. I’m guessing 2 of the par4s are played as par 5s by regular folks ? Yep two par 4s over 520 yards. Woof.

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I remember seeing Fitzpatrick for the first time when he won at Martis Camp. He looked 12 years old and has barely aged a day.

 

Fun seeing how good these kids are.

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I really wish there was more coverage of these events - top level amateur golf is a great watch, but maybe harder to monetize. Offering it on YouTube or something globally would be a great idea and a good way to raise money via advertising.

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> @ebrasmus21 said:

> I remember seeing Fitzpatrick for the first time when he won at Martis Camp. He looked 12 years old and has barely aged a day.

>

> Fun seeing how good these kids are.

 

His brother Alex was his caddie and 13 at the time.

 

Alex is now playing the US Amateur and currently looks good for the top 64 with a 142 total.

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> @"Bob Cat" said:

> Really enjoyed the Women's Am. Wish there was more being televised this week for the men. Would be great exposure for the game.

 

> @Bingo1976 said:

> I really wish there was more coverage of these events - top level amateur golf is a great watch, but maybe harder to monetize. Offering it on YouTube or something globally would be a great idea and a good way to raise money via advertising.

 

Coverage has grown significantly over the last few years on FOX. It's on FS1 every day Wed-Sun every year just like the Women's Am. And the NCAA Championship. I recommend setting your DVR an extra 2 hours each day.

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> @Bingo1976 said:

> I really wish there was more coverage of these events - top level amateur golf is a great watch, but maybe harder to monetize. Offering it on YouTube or something globally would be a great idea and a good way to raise money via advertising.

 

I do too...US AM/JR Am for boys and girls is covered now on FS1, but would love to see Western Am, Pacific, North/South, NE Am, etc...would be cool for golf channel to pick these up and even cover some of the bigger college events.

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> @"Darth Putter" said:

> > @ebrasmus21 said:

> > I remember seeing Fitzpatrick for the first time when he won at Martis Camp. He looked 12 years old and has barely aged a day.

> >

> > Fun seeing how good these kids are.

>

> His brother Alex was his caddie and 13 at the time.

>

> Alex is now playing the US Amateur and currently looks good for the top 64 with a 142 total.

 

Good for his little bro, that’s awesome!

 

I remember Matt hit this 3w into a par 5 during his US Am victory, it was a hell of a shot and I suspect he hit it exactly as he wanted. He turned back to little bro and gave him a wink with a wry smile. I always remembered that moment, pretty cool.

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> @thevaporz said:

> > @"Bob Cat" said:

> > Really enjoyed the Women's Am. Wish there was more being televised this week for the men. Would be great exposure for the game.

>

> > @Bingo1976 said:

> > I really wish there was more coverage of these events - top level amateur golf is a great watch, but maybe harder to monetize. Offering it on YouTube or something globally would be a great idea and a good way to raise money via advertising.

>

> Coverage has grown significantly over the last few years on FOX. It's on FS1 every day Wed-Sun every year just like the Women's Am. And the NCAA Championship. I recommend setting your DVR an extra 2 hours each day.

 

Well said.Say what you want about fox but they have televised more USGA events than any other channel by a mile.Its great and youtube should get involved as golf content is in the the top 5 of youtube searches

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> @Bingo1976 said:

> I really wish there was more coverage of these events - top level amateur golf is a great watch, but maybe harder to monetize. Offering it on YouTube or something globally would be a great idea and a good way to raise money via advertising.

 

The USGA we site has some video available prior to FS1's coverage that starts tomorrow. They are about to show the 27 players in a playoff for the final 3 spots.

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Local kid finished early yesterday at +4, texted our $ games group text saying course is baked out, fast, and the wind was picking up. Said he’d get in, watched him go from 90th at the time to T44. Bhatia makes it at +4 as well, Vilips shoots -5 to get in at +2. Hagestad and Eckroat two other names I recognize. Cole Hammer looks to be in today’s playoff.

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> @jdl said:

> > @Bingo1976 said:

> > I really wish there was more coverage of these events - top level amateur golf is a great watch, but maybe harder to monetize. Offering it on YouTube or something globally would be a great idea and a good way to raise money via advertising.

>

> The USGA we site has some video available prior to FS1's coverage that starts tomorrow. They are about to show the 27 players in a playoff for the final 3 spots.

 

Trying to find where they are showing it on the website. Where?

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> @"North Texas" said:

> > @jdl said:

> > > @Bingo1976 said:

> > > I really wish there was more coverage of these events - top level amateur golf is a great watch, but maybe harder to monetize. Offering it on YouTube or something globally would be a great idea and a good way to raise money via advertising.

> >

> > The USGA we site has some video available prior to FS1's coverage that starts tomorrow. They are about to show the 27 players in a playoff for the final 3 spots.

>

> Trying to find where they are showing it on the website. Where?

 

https://www.pscp.tv/w/1yNxavgBADvKj

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> @jdl said:

> > @"North Texas" said:

> > > @jdl said:

> > > > @Bingo1976 said:

> > > > I really wish there was more coverage of these events - top level amateur golf is a great watch, but maybe harder to monetize. Offering it on YouTube or something globally would be a great idea and a good way to raise money via advertising.

> > >

> > > The USGA we site has some video available prior to FS1's coverage that starts tomorrow. They are about to show the 27 players in a playoff for the final 3 spots.

> >

> > Trying to find where they are showing it on the website. Where?

>

> https://www.pscp.tv/w/1yNxavgBADvKj

 

Thanks.

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I was in town last week and the day we played Pine Needles we let a single through, it was Benjamin Jones from England playing a practice round there because no. 2 and 4 were closed for a couple of days. We chatted him up a bit after our round. Nice kid, so I'm following to see how he is doing in the tournament.

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