Oldest Competitors: Matthew Quinn (18, born Aug. 29, 2005), Dustin Stocksdale (18, born July 29, 2005), Hristo Yanakiev (18, born Aug. 4, 2005).
Youngest Competitors: Matthew Marigliano (13), Luke Chang (13), Jason Yu (14), Lander Lee (14).
Average Age of Field: 16.89
Field breakdown by age:
13: 2 competitors
14: 10 competitors
15: 19 competitors
16: 47 competitors
17: 85 competitors
18: 101 competitors
U.S. states represented – There are 40 states represented in the 2024 U.S. Junior Amateur, as well as Puerto Rico:
California (28), Texas (21), North Carolina (17), Florida (13), Georgia (8), New York (6), Ohio (6), Illinois (5), Oklahoma (5), Pennsylvania (5), Virginia (5), Colorado (4), Indiana (4), Oregon (4), Tennessee (4), Utah (4), Washington (4), Alabama (3), Arizona (3), Kentucky (3), Maryland (3), Massachusetts (3), Michigan (3), Minnesota (3), Missouri (3), New Jersey (3), Arkansas (2), Connecticut (2), Mississippi (2), Nebraska (2), New Hampshire (2), South Carolina (2), Wisconsin (2), Hawaii (1), Idaho (1), Iowa (1), Kansas (1), Louisiana (1), Nevada (1), Vermont (1). Puerto Rico also has a competitor entered.
International – There are 35 countries represented in the 2024 U.S. Junior Amateur:
U.S. (189), China (10), Thailand (8), Canada (6), Mexico (5), Chinese Taipei (4), Colombia (3), Hong Kong (2), Australia (2), France (2), Korea (2), Italy (2), New Zealand (2), Singapore (2), Vietnam (2), Bolivia (1), Bulgaria (1), Chile (1), Costa Rica (1), Czech Republic (1), England (1), Japan (1), Jordan (1), Malaysia (1), Panama (1), Paraguay (1), Peru (1), Philippines (1), Republic of Ireland (1), South Africa (1), Spain (1), Sri Lanka (1), Switzerland (1), Ukraine (1) and United Arab Emirates (1).
Most U.S. Junior Amateur appearances (2024 included): Kihei Akina (3), Jake Albert (3), Joshua Bai (3), Finley Bartlett (3), Blades Brown (3), Parker Bunn (3), Edan Cui (3), Erich Fortlage (3), Nicholas Gross (3), Mason Howell (3), Jay Leng Jr. (3), Michael Mikus Vasquez (3), Shiv Parmar (3), Ethan Paschal (3), Jackson Shelley (3), Brady Smith (3).
Players in the Top 120 of the World Amateur Golf Ranking (as of 7/17/24):
- Xihuan Chang (No. 39)
- TK Chantananuwat (No. 57)
- Nguyen Anh Minh (No. 79)
- Ziqin Zhou (No. 90)
- Blades Brown (No. 103)
- Miles Russell (No. 116)
- Tyler Watts (No. 119)
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