It's time once again for the biggest junior event in boys golf.
The 2025 U.S. Junior Amateur is set to begin Monday at Trinity Forest Golf Club in Dallas, Texas, and stroke-play co-host Brook Hollow Golf Club. The field of 256 golfers will compete in the first U.S. Golf Association championship at Trinity Forest.
Trevor Gutschewski, then a rising high school senior who will play at Florida this fall, claimed the U.S. Junior Amateur title with his 4-and-3 win over Tyler Watts at Oakland Hills Country Club’s South Course in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Gutschewski became the first player from Nebraska to win the U.S. Junior Amateur.
Here's everything you need to know for the 2025 U.S. Junior Amateur.
Trinity Forest yardage book
TRINITY FOREST GOLF CLUB
- Hole 1: 405 yards (Par 4)
- Hole 2: 596 yards (Par 5)
- Hole 3: 237 yards (Par 3)
- Hole 4: 477 yards (Par 4)
- Hole 5: 625 yards (Par 5)
- Hole 6: 438 yards (Par 4)
- Hole 7: 425 yards (Par 4)
- Hole 8: 185 yards (Par 3)
- Hole 9: 467 yards (Par 4)
OUT: 3,855 yards (Par 36)
- Hole 10: 512 yards (Par 4)
- Hole 11: 205 yards (Par 3)
- Hole 12: 409 yards (Par 4)
- Hole 13: 438 yards (Par 4)
- Hole 14: 315 yards (Par 4)
- Hole 15: 415 yards (Par 4)
- Hole 16: 567 yards (Par 5)
- Hole 17: 125 yards (Par 3)
- Hole 18: 503 yards (Par 4)
IN: 3,489 yards (Par 35)
TOTAL: 7,344 yards (Par 71)
BROOK HOLLOW GOLF CLUB
- Hole 1: 458 yards (Par 4)
- Hole 2: 358 yards (Par 4)
- Hole 3: 463 yards (Par 4)
- Hole 4: 171 yards (Par 3)
- Hole 5: 583 yards (Par 5)
- Hole 6: 445 yards (Par 4)
- Hole 7: 494 yards (Par 4)
- Hole 8: 196 yards (Par 3)
- Hole 9: 365 yards (Par 4)
OUT: 3,533 yards (Par 35)
- Hole 10: 150 yards (Par 3)
- Hole 11: 455 yards (Par 4)
- Hole 12: 491 yards (Par 4)
- Hole 13: 359 yards (Par 4)
- Hole 14: 363 yards (Par 4)
- Hole 15: 610 yards (Par 5)
- Hole 16: 233 yards (Par 3)
- Hole 17: 431 yards (Par 4)
- Hole 18: 424 yards (Par 4)
IN: 3,516 yards (Par 35)
TOTAL: 7,049 yards (Par 70)
Where to watch U.S. Junior Amateur 2025, TV information
- Friday, July 25, semifinals: 3 p.m.-5 p.m. (Peacock)
- Friday, July 25, semifinals: 7:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. (Golf Channel, tape delay)
- Saturday, July 26, championship match: 3 p.m.-5 p.m. (Golf Channel)
Players to watch at U.S. Junior Amateur 2025
- Jackson Byrd, 18, a 2025 Clemson signee, is the son of five-time PGA Tour winner Jonathan Byrd. Jonathan was the PGA Tour’s Rookie of the Year in 2002 and competed on the 1999 USA Walker Cup Team. This is Jackson’s second U.S. Junior Amateur.
- Luke Colton, 18, is set for his fifth USGA championship. He made it to the Round of 32 in the 2023 U.S. Junior Amateur and the Round 16 in the 2024 U.S. Junior Amateur. Colton also played in both the 2023 and 2024 U.S. Amateur Championships. He won the Terra Cotta Invitational in 2024 at Naples National Golf Club and defended his title in April.
- Cameron Kuchar, 17, is set to make his first start in a USGA championship. Kuchar carded a 68 at Ridgecrest Golf Club, in Nampa, Idaho, to earn his way into the field. This past June, the Texas Christian University commit had a runner up finish at the Western Junior championship and tied for fifth at the RLX Ralph Lauren Junior Classic.
- Miles Russell, 16, will make his third start in the championship after reaching match play in 2022 and the quarterfinals last year. The left-hander also competed in the 2024 U.S. Amateur. Russell just recently committed to attend Florida State University in the fall of 2026. He has already claimed two major titles this year: the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley and the Simplify Boys Championship at Carlton Woods.
- Charlie Woods, 16, is the son of nine-time USGA champion Tiger Woods and qualified at the Coral Springs, Florida, site in a playoff to earn a second consecutive U.S. Junior Amateur start. Following a playoff against Oscar Crowe and Matthew Marigliano, Woods came out on top at Eagle Trace Golf Club.
U.S. Junior Amateur field facts
Oldest Competitors: Will Hartman (18, born on 7/28/2006)
Youngest Competitors: Luka Tiger Peterman Castillo (13, born on 6/21/2012)
Average Age of Field: 16.84
Field breakdown by age:
13: 1 Competitor14: 3 Competitors15: 30 Competitors16: 57 Competitors17: 80 Competitors18: 93 Competitors
U.S. states represented (38): Alabama (5), Arizona (5), California (26), Colorado (5), Connecticut (2), Florida (16), Georgia (10), Idaho (1), Illinois (5), Indiana (6), Iowa (2), Kansas (2), Kentucky (1), Louisiana (2), Maryland (2), Massachusetts (3), Michigan (4), Minnesota (6), Mississippi (1), Missouri (5), Nebraska (2), Nevada (1), New Hampshire (3), New Jersey (1), New York (3), North Carolina (11), Ohio (5), Oklahoma (3), Oregon (3), Pennsylvania (3), Puerto Rico (2), South Carolina (4), Tennessee (6), Texas (17), Utah (4), Vermont (1), Virginia (8), Washington (1), Wisconsin (3).
International (33): United States of America (186), Australia (2), Bolivia (1), Canada (13), Chinese Taipei (2), Colombia (3), Costa Rica (1), Dominican Republic (1), England (2), Estonia (1), Gibraltar (1), Hong Kong, China (4), Iceland (1), India (1), Indonesia (1), Jordan (4), Mexico (6), Netherlands (1), New Zealand (2), Pakistan (1), Panama (1), People’s Republic of China (10), Qatar (1), Republic of Ireland (1), Republic of Korea (2), Scotland (1), Singapore (2), Spain (1), Sweden (1), Switzerland (1), Thailand (5), Ukraine (1), Vietnam (2)
Most U.S. Junior Amateur appearances: Edan Cui, Nicholas Gross, Mason Howell, Shiv Parmar and Michael Mikus Vasquez (4).
Players in the Top 120 of the World Amateur Golf Ranking (as of 7/17/25):
- Miles Russell (No. 18)
- Luke Colton (No. 25)
- Tyler Watts (No. 45)
- Nguyen Anh Minh (No. 51)
- Xihuan Chang (No. 98)
- Rayhan Abdul Latief (No. 114)
- Emilio Velez (No. 120)
What winner of U.S. Junior Amateur receives
- A gold medal
- Custody of the U.S. Junior Amateur Trophy for one year
- Exemption from qualifying from future U.S. Junior Amateurs
- Exemption into 2026 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills Country Club (must be an amateur)
- Exemption into the 2025 and 2026 U.S. Amateur Championships
- Name engraved on a plaque honoring the 2025 USGA champions that will reside in the Hall of Champions inside the USGA Museum in Liberty Corner, New Jersey
What is the format at the U.S. Junior Amateur?
- Monday, July 21 (18 holes, stroke play)
- Tuesday, July 22 (18 holes, stroke play)
- Wednesday, July 23 (Round of 64, match play)
- Thursday, July 24 (Round of 32/Round of 16 matches)
- Friday, July 25 (Quarterfinal/Semifinal matches)
- Saturday, July 26 (36-hole championship match)
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: U.S. Junior Amateur 2025: Field, players to watch, ticket information
The article "Everything to know about the 2025 U.S. Junior Amateur at Trinity Forest" was originally published on https://golfweek.usatoday.com/story/sports/golf/amateur/2025/07/20/us-junior-amateur-2025-field-players-to-watch-tickets-charlie-woods/85288239007/
