It’s time for the premier men’s amateur championship.
The 2023 U.S. Amateur started Monday at Cherry Hills Country Club and Colorado Golf Club, both in the Denver suburbs. 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 Cherry Hills beginning Wednesday. This will be the 123rd U.S. Amateur.
Eighteen of the top 20 players in the World Amateur Golf Ranking are in the field, including No. 1 Gordon Sargent.
Last year, Sam Bennett topped Ben Carr 1 up at The Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, New Jersey.
Here’s a look at 10 players to watch at the 2023 U.S. Amateur at Cherry Hills.
Nick Dunlap won the 2023 Northeast Amateur. (Photo: Rhode Island Golf Association)
It has been a stellar summer for Dunlap, who won the Northeast Amateur and North & South Amateur in back-to-back weeks. The rising sophomore at Alabama will also represent the United States in the Walker Cup next month at St. Andrews.
North Carolina’s David Ford at the 2023 Arnold Palmer Cup. (Photo: 2023 Arnold Palmer Cup)
Ford will also be on the United States Walker Cup team next month. He fell in the quarterfinals against Dunlap at the North & South Amateur and also was on the 2023 Palmer Cup team.
Nick Gabrelcik won the 117th Southern Amateur shooting 8-under 64 in the final round. (Photo: Southern Golf Association)
Gabrelcik set a course record in the final round of the Southern Amateur, shooting 8 under and claiming the title. The senior at North Florida won the Phil Mickelson Award for top college freshman in 2021 and reached the semifinals of the 2021 U.S. Amateur.
Ben James of the Virginia Cavaliers hits out of the bunker during the Division I Men’s Golf Championship held at Grayhawk Golf Club on May 29, 2023 in Scottsdale, Arizona. (Photo by C. Morgan Engel/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)
James, the reigning Phil Mickelson Award winner, won five times as a freshman at Virginia, becoming only the second player in school history to earn All-America honors. He was also on the 2023 Palmer Cup team and has a good shot at being named to the Walker Cup squad, as well.
Bryan Kim after winning the 2023 U.S. Junior Amateur. (Photo: USGA)
Kim, an incoming freshman at Duke, broke out after he won this year’s U.S. Junior Amateur at Daniel Island Club, defeating Joshua…
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