U.S. Amateur Four-Ball

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The U.S. Amateur Four-Ball is an amateur golf tournament conducted by the United States Golf Association (USGA). It was first played in 2015 and replaced the U.S. Amateur Public Links, an individual tournament that was played from 1922 to 2014.

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The U.S. Amateur Four-Ball is played by "sides" of two golfers, each with handicap indexes of 5.4 or less. 128 sides compete in a 36-hole stroke play qualifier that determines the field of 32 sides for match play. Play is conducted using a four-ball format, where the lowest score by either player on each hole is the score for the side. [1]

The women's counterpart is the U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball, also started in 2015.

Winners

YearVenueLocationWinnersRunners-upRef
2024 Philadelphia Cricket Club Flourtown, Pennsylvania Flag of the United States.svg Brian Blanchard & Flag of the United States.svg Sam Engel Flag of the United States.svg Blades Brown & Flag of the United States.svg Jackson Herrington [2]
2023Kiawah Island Club Kiawah Island, South Carolina Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Aaron Du & Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sampson Zheng Flag of the United States.svg Drew Kittleson & Flag of the United States.svg Drew Stoltz [3]
2022 Country Club of Birmingham Birmingham, Alabama Flag of the United States.svg Chad Wilfong & Flag of the United States.svg Davis Womble Flag of the United States.svg Drew Kittleson & Flag of the United States.svg Drew Stoltz [4]
2021 Chambers Bay University Place, Washington Flag of Portugal.svg Kiko Francisco Coelho & Flag of Venezuela.svg Leopoldo Herrera III Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brendan Macdougall & Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sam Meek [5]
2020Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [6]
2019 Bandon Dunes Golf Resort Bandon, Oregon Flag of the United States.svg Scott Harvey & Flag of the United States.svg Todd Mitchell Flag of the United States.svg Logan Shuping & Flag of the United States.svg Blake Taylor [7]
2018Jupiter Hills Club Tequesta, Florida Flag of the United States.svg Garrett Barber & Flag of the United States.svg Cole Hammer Flag of the United States.svg Chip Brooke & Flag of the United States.svg Marc Dull [8]
2017 Pinehurst Resort Pinehurst, North Carolina Flag of the United States.svg Frankie Capan & Flag of Hong Kong.svg Shuai Ming Wong Flag of the United States.svg Clark Collier & Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Hudelson [9]
2016 Winged Foot Golf Club Mamaroneck, New York Flag of the United States.svg Ben Baxter & Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Buchanan Flag of the United States.svg Brandon Cigna & Flag of the United States.svg Ben Warnquist [10]
2015 The Olympic Club San Francisco, California Flag of the United States.svg Nathan Smith & Flag of the United States.svg Todd White Flag of the United States.svg Sherrill Britt & Flag of the United States.svg Greg Earnhardt [11]

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