July 20-25, Saucon Valley Country Club (Old/Grace Courses), Bethleham, Pa.
Who’s Here: A breakdown of the 264 players competing in the 2026 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship at Saucon Valley Country Club in Bethlehem, Pa.:
Youngest Competitor: Riku Takase, from Japan, will be 13 years, 8 months and 16 days old at the start of the championship. He is the lone 13-year-old in the field.
Oldest Competitor: Eli Weidmann, from Murphys, Calif., will be 18 years, 11 months and 22 days old at the start of the championship. He is one of 99 18-year-olds in the field.
Average Age of Field: 16.94
Field breakdown by age:
13 years old: 1
14 years old: 8
15 years old: 18
16 years old: 49
17 years old: 89
18 years old: 99
International – There are 30 countries represented in the championship: United States (180), Canada (11), People’s Republic of China (8), Colombia (8), Thailand (6), Republic of Korea (5), France (3), Mexico (3), Vietnam (3), Hong Kong (3), Brazil (3), Netherlands (2), Japan (2), Czechia (2), Singapore (2), New Zealand (2), Malaysia (2), Spain (2), Argentina (2), Chile (2), Australia (2), Germany (1), Sri Lanka (1), Bolivia (1), Indonesia (1), Paraguay (1), Pakistan (1), India (1), Guatemala (1), Philippines (1)
U.S. States Represented – There are 39 states represented in the championship: California (28), Florida (21), Texas (15), Georgia (11), North Carolina (8), Arizona (6), Ohio (5), Michigan (5), Virginia (5), Pennsylvania (5), Iowa (4), New Jersey (4), Tennessee (4), New York (4), Wisconsin (4), Minnesota (4), Colorado (4), Massachusetts (3), Illinois (3), Washington (3), Oklahoma (3), Missouri (3), Indiana (3), Utah (3), South Carolina (3), Idaho (2), Maryland (2), Alabama (2), Arkansas (2), Louisiana (2), Connecticut (2), Maine (1), Alaska (1), Kansas (1), Delaware (1), New Hampshire (1), Mississippi (1), Kentucky (1), and Oregon (1)
USGA Champions (2): Hamilton Coleman (2025 U.S. Junior Amateur), Tyler Mawhinney (2025 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball)
Players in the top 100 of the World Amateur Golf Ranking® as of July 13 (4):
- Miles Russell — WAGR No.7 (United States)
- Oscar Couilleau — WAGR No. 33 (France)
- Louis Klein — WAGR No. 65 (Czechia)
- Tuan Anh Nguyen — WAGR No. 98 (Vietnam)
Players from Pennsylvania (5):
- Charlie Barrickman (West Chester)
- Declan Conner (Swarthmore)
- Dane Mohap (Nazareth)
- Nico Ward (Coraopolis)
- Chase Yenser (Douglassville)
Players in the field with the most U.S. Junior Amateur starts:
4: Alex Zhang (2022, 2024-26), Miles Russell (2022, 2024-2026), Henry Guan (2023-26), Zenghao Hou (2023-2026), Xiuhan Chang (2023-2026)
Current college players in the field (6):
- Reed Arnaldo (University of San Diego)
- Dylan Boenning (Washington State)
- Henry Guan (Oklahoma State University)
- Gabriel Mainella (Longwood University)
- Luke Smith (University of Tennessee)
- Eli Weidmann (St. John’s University)
Players in the field who have signed with colleges for fall 2026 (60):
- Peyton Albers (North Dakota State University)
- Landon Ashcraft (Texas A&M University)
- Michael Asselta (Loyola University Maryland)
- Hampton Beebe (Auburn University)
- Charlie Barrickman (Bucknell University)
- Quinn Burwell (University of Washington)
- Graham Christopher (University of California-Berkeley)
- Michael Clifford-Levy (Brown University)
- Hamilton Coleman (University of Georgia)
- Aj Colonna (Villanova University)
- Thomas Constantine (Bryant University)
- Oscar Couilleau (Arizona State University)
- Phillip Dunham (University of Alabama)
- Max Emberson (Georgia Tech)
- Erik Erlenkeuser (Georgia Southern University)
- Hamish Farquharson (University of Washington)
- Franco Fernandez (University of Southern Mississippi)
- Brayden Forte (San Diego State University)
- Zilin Gao (University of Central Florida)
- Samuel Gonzalez (Texas Tech University)
- Von Gordon (University of Oregon)
- Kye Hanks (University of Louisiana at Lafayette)
- Jaxson Henegar (Sam Houston State University)
- Lapassapon Heras-Gomez (University of Nevada)
- Ethan Hoffmann (Loyola Marymount University)
- Zenghao Hou (University of Southern California)
- Elijah Johnson (Colorado Christian University)
- Henry Johnson (North Dakota State University)
- Guus Lafeber (University of Arkansas)
- Samson Landers (Occidental College)
- Paxton Lane (University of Arkansas)
- Hung Khanh Le (University of Illinois)
- Noah Maclauchlan (Liberty University)
- Michael Madden (Siena University)
- Will Mangas (Ohio University)
- John Markow (University of Southern Mississippi)
- Tyler Mawhinney (Vanderbilt University)
- Shane Moncrief (California Lutheran University)
- Joseph Nelson (University of Arizona)
- Easton Oliva (University of North Florida)
- Jackson Ormond (University of Florida)
- Cole Packingham (University of North Georgia)
- Austin Perkins (University of Florida)
- Will Pizza (University of Utah)
- Cole Pregler (University of Texas at San Antonio)
- Martin Ramirez (University of Kansas)
- Tomas Restrepo (Ole Miss)
- Cooper Riner (College of Coastal Georgia)
- Luke Ringkamp (Pepperdine University)
- Juan Saavedra (Flagler College)
- Andrew Sciortino (Lipscomb University)
- Austin Shelley (Brigham Young University)
- Aidan Tudor (Sewanee: The University of The South)
- Cody Weaver (University of Iowa)
- Reed Weekley (Palm Beach Atlantic University)
- Eli Wessel (University of Cincinnati)
- Ben Wheeler (Iowa State University)
- Ryan Xie (Santa Clara University)
- Chase Yenser (Baylor University)
- Kuan Zhou (Northwestern University)
Players in the field who competed in the Drive, Chip & Putt National Finals at Augusta (Ga.) National Golf Club (12):
- AJ Colonna (2021)
- Hamilton Coleman (2022)
- Henry Guan (2021)
- Michael Jorski (2018)
- Hudson Justus (2025)
- Elijah Lemmon (2023)
- Dawson Lew (2023)
- Tyler Mawhinney (2017)
- Beckett McLaughlin (2023)
- Miles Russell (2018, 2021)
- Aiden Tiet (2019)
- Anthony Wu (2023, 2025)
Players in the field who competed in the 2025 U.S. Junior Amateur at Trinity Forest Golf Club, Dallas, Texas (51):
- Ajalawich Anantasethakul
- Ronin Banerjee
- Chase Birdwell
- Xihuan Chang
- Hamilton Coleman
- Owen Coniaris
- Ledger Conley
- Tripp Depoy
- Phillip Dunham
- Stephen Eastman
- Ash Edwards
- Max Emberson
- Brayden Forte
- Zilin Gao
- Liangliang Gu
- Henry Guan
- Anh Huy Ho
- Zenghao Hou
- Michael Jorski
- Brayden Jones
- Guus Lafeber
- William Lisle
- Evan Liu
- Louis Mahakan
- Drew Madigan
- Noah Maclauchlan
- Tyler Mawhinney
- Anshul Mishra
- Cooper Moore
- Anson Munzlinger
- Cole Packingham
- Sohan Patel
- Tommy Preston
- Sevren Quinn
- Tomas Restrepo
- Miles Russell
- Andrew Sciortino
- Luke Smith
- Troy Storm
- Rawlin Sutter
- Aidan Szentanai
- Emilio Velez
- Jonathan Ward
- Hill Wang
- Kade Wieland
- Charlie Woods
- Qiyou Wu
- Ryan Xie
- Alex Zhang
Players in the field who competed in the 2026 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y (4):
- Miles Russell (T-39)
- Giuseppe Puebla (MC)
- Hamilton Coleman (MC)
- Jackson Ormond (MC)
Players in the field who competed in the 2026 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship at Desert Mountain Club in Scottsdale, Ariz. (4):
- Nicholas Canitano
- Max Emberson
- William Lisle
- Tyler Mawhinney
U.S. National Junior Team members in the field (7):
- Ronin Banerjee
- Hamilton Coleman
- Phillip Dunham
- Jessy Huebner
- Tyer Mawhinney
- Sohan Patel
- Giuseppe Puebla
U.S. National Development Program Grant Athletes in the field (5):
- David Kim
- Arnold Pouncy
- Sevren Quinn
- Cooper Smith
- Nico Ward
U.S. National Development Program State Team Athletes in the field (31):
- Peyton Albers (Team Wisconsin)
- Carson Andreoni (Team Tennessee)
- Charlie Barrickman (Team Pennsylvania)
- Chase Birdwell (Team Minnesota)
- Bodie Brumlow (Team Georgia)
- Thomas Constantine (Team Massachusetts)
- Francisco Cupp (Team New York)
- Brayden DeStefano (Team Colorado)
- Stephan Eastman (Team North Carolina)
- Ash Edwards (Team Colorado)
- Max Emberson (Team Southern California)
- Erik Erlenkeuser (Team South Carolina)
- Samuel Forslund (Team Wisconsin)
- Brayden Forte (Team Colorado)
- Ryder Haskins (Team Minnesota)
- Jake Hollerback (Team Delaware)
- Brayden Jones (Team Southern California)
- Hudson Justus (Team Georgia)
- Chase Larson (Team Minnesota)
- Evan Liu (Team Southern California)
- Will Mangas (Team Ohio)
- Evan Menges (Team Ohio)
- Luke Ringcamp (Team Southern California)
- Andrew Sciortino (Team Tennessee)
- Hill Wang (Team Southern California)
- Nico Ward (Team Pennsylvania)
- Kade Wieland (Team Wisconsin)
- Connor Wolfe (Team South Carolina)
- Davis Wotnosky (Team North Carolina)
- Chase Yenser (Team Pennsylvania)
- Maxx Zides (Team Massachusetts)
