It’s time for the premier men’s amateur championship in the world.
The 2024 U.S. Amateur got underway Monday at Hazeltine National Golf Club and Chaska Town Course, both located just west of Minneapolis. The field of 312 players will complete 36 holes of stroke play, 18 at each course, before a cut is made to the top 64, who will advance to match play at Hazeltine beginning Wednesday. This will be the 124th U.S. Amateur.
Nineteen of the top 20 players in the World Amateur Golf Ranking are in the field, including No. 1 Gordon Sargent, No. 2 Jackson Koivun and No. 3 Luke Clanton, who are paired together in the opening two rounds.
Last year, Nick Dunlap topped Neal Shipley 4 and 3 at Cherry Hills Country Club in Colorado to become the second player ever to win a U.S. Junior Amateur and U.S. Amateur, joining none other than Tiger Woods.
Here’s a look at 10 players to watch at the 2024 U.S. Amateur at Hazeltine.