Golf News

What to know about the 2023 US Amateur at Cherry Hills Country Club

What to know about the 2023 US Amateur at Cherry Hills Country Club

Oldest competitors: Gene Elliott (61, born Feb. 26, 1962), Rusty Strawn (60, born May 26, 1963), Mark Strickland (54, born March 28, 1969)

Youngest competitors: Sohan Patel (14, born Nov. 14, 2008), Jack Chung (15, born April 22, 2008), Yanhan Zhou (15, born April 5, 2008), Luke Smith (15, born Aug. 28, 2007), Sahish Reddy (15, born Oct. 3, 2007), Brody McQueen (15, born Dec. 20, 2007)

Average age of field: 22.67

States represented (41): California (29), Texas (23), North Carolina (22), Florida (21), Georgia (15), Ohio (11), Pennsylvania (10), Colorado (9), Arizona (8), Kentucky (8), Virginia (8), Alabama (7), New York (7), Indiana (6), Connecticut (5), Michigan (5), Minnesota (5), Oregon (5), Utah (5), Iowa (4), Maryland (4), Massachusetts (4), Illinois (3), Louisiana (3), Oklahoma (3), South Carolina (3), Tennessee (3), Arkansas (2), Hawaii (2), Kansas (2), Mississippi (2), Nevada (2), Idaho (1), Maine (1), Montana (1), Nebraska (1), New Jersey (1), New Mexico (1), Washington (1), Wisconsin (1), Wyoming (1)

International (24): U.S. (255), Canada (11), China (8), Mexico (5), Australia (4), England (3), Norway (3), Denmark (2), Japan (2), New Zealand (2), Republic of Ireland (2), Sweden (2), Thailand (2), Argentina (1), Chinese Taipei (1), France (1), Germany (1), Hong Kong China (1), Macau (1), Malaysia (1),  Northern Ireland (1), Republic of Korea (1), Scotland (1), South Africa (1)

USGA champions (10): Aaron Du (2023 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball), Wenyi Ding (2022 U.S. Junior Amateur), Nick Dunlap (2021 U.S. Junior Amateur), Gene Elliott (2021 U.S. Senior Amateur), Stewart Hagestad (2016, 2021 U.S. Mid-Amateur), Bryan Kim (2023 U.S. Junior Amateur), Matthew McClean (2022 U.S. Mid-Amateur), Rusty Strawn (2022 U.S. Senior Amateur), Preston Summerhays (2019 U.S. Junior Amateur), Sampson Zheng (2023 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball)

..

Click Here to Read the Full Original Article at Golfweek…