USGA Announces Tee Times for 70th U.S. Junior Amateur Championship

ANDOVER, Kan. (July 12, 2017) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) today announced tee times for the first two rounds of the 70th U.S. Junior Amateur Championship, Monday (July 17) and Tuesday (July 18), at 7,049-yard, par-71 Flint Hills National Golf Club.

The U.S. Junior Amateur consists of 18 holes of stroke play on July 17 and 18 holes of stroke play on July 18, after which the 156-player field will be reduced to the low 64 scorers. There will be six rounds of match play at Flint Hills National Golf Club, starting July 19. The quarterfinals and semifinals are slated for Friday, July 21. The championship is scheduled to conclude with a 36-hole final onSaturday, July 22, starting at 7 a.m. CDT.

All Times CDT

Monday (July 17), Hole #1 / Tuesday (July 18), Hole #10

7 a.m. / 12:30 p.m. – John Pak, Scotch Plains, N.J.; Christian Chapman, Victor, N.Y.; Wil Gibson, Jonesboro, Ark.

7:11 a.m. / 12:41 p.m. – Joshua Armstrong, Australia; Andrew Lewis, Carmel, Ind.; Noah Woolsey, Pleasanton, Calif.

7:22 a.m. / 12:52 p.m. – Noah Goodwin, Corinth, Texas; Frankie Capan, North Oaks, Minn.; Cooper Parks, Campbellsville, Ky.

7:33 a.m. / 1:03 p.m. – Min Woo Lee, Australia; Chris Nido, Miami, Fla.; Otto Voettiner, Haymarket, Va.

7:44 a.m. / 1:14 p.m. – James Song, Canada; Wells Padgett, Wichita, Kan.; Max Ting, Atherton, Calif.

7:55 a.m. / 1:25 p.m. – Matt Hopley, Canada; William Paysse, Temple, Texas; Ross Steelman, Columbia, Mo.

8:06 a.m. / 1:36 p.m. – Jackson Suber, Tampa, Fla.; Berk Harvey, San Jose, Calif.; Logan McAllister, Oklahoma City, Okla.

8:17 a.m. / 1:47 p.m. – Thomas Ponder, Dothan, Ala.; Brandon Mancheno, Jacksonville, Fla.; Eddy Lai, San Jose, Calif.

8:28 a.m. / 1:58 p.m. – Skyler Eubank, Meridian, Idaho; Thomas Pfoestl, Italy; John Ebner, Edina, Minn.

8:39 a.m. / 2:09 p.m. – Jonathan Wijono, Indonesia; Mac Meissner, San Antonio, Texas; Christian Salzer, Sumter, S.C.

8:50 a.m. / 2:20 p.m. – Shuai Ming Wong, Hong Kong; David Morgan, Naples, Fla.; Ryan Hall, Knoxville, Tenn.

9:01 a.m. / 2:31 p.m. – Won Jun Lee, Republic of Korea; Davis Thompson, Auburn, Ala.; Trent Tipton, Orient, Ohio

9:12 a.m. / 2:42 p.m. – Joseph Pagdin, England; Clay Seeber, Newport Beach, Calif.; Connery Meyer, Marietta, Ga.

Monday (July 17), Hole #10 / Tuesday (July 18), Hole #1

7 a.m. / 12:30 p.m. – Davis Shore, Knoxville, Tenn.; Ryan Lee, Norwood, N.J.; Paul Gonzalez, Waxahachie, Texas

7:11 a.m. / 12:41 p.m. – Patrick Ward, Chicago, Ill.; Andrew Michienzi, Needham, Mass.; Joey Geary, Phoenix, Ariz.

7:22 a.m. / 12:52 p.m. – Andrew Kozan, West Palm Beach, Fla.; Viraj Garewal, Raleigh, N.C.; Yuki Moriyama, Japan

7:33 a.m. / 1:03 p.m. – Yu-Jen Cheng, Chinese Taipei; Bennett Cotten, Winnetka, Ill.; Tyler Jones, Westerville, Ohio

7:44 a.m. / 1:14 p.m. – Cameron John, Australia; Jack Kozlowski, Columbus, Ohio; Aaron Chen, Fremont, Calif.

7:55 a.m. / 1:25 p.m. – Parker Coody, Plano, Texas; Blake Solomon, Dublin, Ohio; Nick Frey, Carmel, Ind.

8:06 a.m. / 1:36 p.m. – Colin Bowles, Albany, Ga.; Parker Reddig, Minneapolis, Minn.; Drake Mendenhall, Granite Bay, Calif.

8:17 a.m. / 1:47 p.m. – Kaito Onishi, Japan; Jack Glenn, Stillwater, Okla.; Chad Sewell, Conroe, Texas

8:28 a.m. / 1:58 p.m. – Ryggs Johnston, Libby, Mont.; Sarut Vongchaisit, Thailand; Tommy Kuhl, Morton, Ill.

8:39 a.m. / 2:09 p.m. – Andrew O'Leary, Norfolk, Mass.; Bo Peng, People's Republic of China; Stephen Kocerha, Carmel, Ind.

8:50 a.m. / 2:20 p.m. – Ethan Han, Rowland Heights, Calif.; Adam Rossi, Jefferson Hills, Pa.; Carter Lee, Tillamook, Ore.

9:01 a.m. / 2:31 p.m. – Wei Wei Gao, Philippines; Austin Fox, Delmar, N.Y.; Logan White, Lewisville, Texas

9:12 a.m. / 2:42 p.m. – Sean Maruyama, Encino, Calif.; Isley McClure, Waynesville, N.C.; Davis Bryant, Aurora, Colo.

Monday (July 17), Hole #1 / Tuesday (July 18), Hole #10

12:30 p.m. / 7 a.m. – Austin Eckroat, Edmond, Okla.; Griffin Long, Davis, Calif.; Aman Gupta, Charlotte, N.C.

12:41 p.m. / 7:11 a.m. – Cade McCallum, Grand Island, Neb.; TJ Shehee, Mead, Colo.; Matt Wingren, Hinsdale, Ill.

12:52 p.m. / 7:22 a.m. – Eugene Hong, Orlando, Fla.; Gunnar Knutson, Mead, Wash.; Jed Baranczyk, Green Bay, Wis.

1:03 p.m. / 7:33 a.m. – Cameron Moore, Glen Allen, Va.; Angelo Giantsopoulos, Canada; Mark Goetz, Greensburg, Pa.

1:14 p.m. / 7:44 a.m. – Robert Ghirardini, Atlanta, Ga.; Colt Sherrell, Maple Valley, Wash.; Blake Tomlinson, Salt Lake City, Utah

1:25 p.m. / 7:55 a.m. – Cecil Wegener, Ridgeland, Miss.; Lane Wallace, Yukon, Okla.; Dylan Rotter, Potomac, Md.

1:36 p.m. / 8:06 a.m. – Cameron Meeks, Las Vegas, Nev.; Jake Beber-Frankel, Miami, Fla.; Scotty Kennon, Bandon, Ore.

1:47 p.m. / 8:17 a.m. – Peter Fountain, Raleigh, N.C.; Chase Goff, Annapolis, Md.; Alex Jamieson, Duxbury, Mass.

1:58 p.m. / 8:28 a.m. – Hank Lierz, Saint Joseph, Mo.; Chris Gotterup, Little Silver, N.J.; Luke Kluver, Norfolk, Neb.

2:09 p.m. / 8:39 a.m. – Ben Carr, Columbus, Ga.; Charles Reiter, Palm Desert, Calif.; Zachary Shallat, Dix Hills, N.Y.

2:20 p.m. / 8:50 a.m. – Rayhan Thomas, India; Rhett Sellers, Longview, Texas; Lincoln Johnson, Chaska, Minn.

2:31 p.m. / 9:01 a.m. – Ryan Gerard, Raleigh, N.C.; Jackson Solem, Longmont, Colo.; Taylor Beckstead, Canada

2:42 p.m. / 9:12 a.m. – Kaiwen Liu, People's Republic of China; Ricky Costello, Homer Glen, Ill.; Remington Hirano, Honolulu, Hawaii

Monday (July 17), Hole #10 / Tuesday (July 18), Hole #1

12:30 p.m. / 7 a.m. – Cole Hammer, Houston, Texas; Turk Pettit, Auburn, Ala.; Ricky Castillo, Yorba Linda, Calif.

12:41 p.m. / 7:11 a.m. – Garrick Higgo, South Africa; Alvin Kwak, Mukilteo, Wash.; Ryan Smith, Carlsbad, Calif.

12:52 p.m. / 7:22 a.m. – Cameron Sisk, El Cajon, Calif.; Akshay Bhatia, Wake Forest, N.C.; Kelvin Lim, Canada

1:03 p.m. / 7:33 a.m. – Wocheng (Aden) Ye, People's Republic of China; Joe Highsmith, Lakewood, Wash.; Trent Phillips, Spartanburg, S.C.

1:14 p.m. / 7:44 a.m. – Teddy Tetak, Slovakia; Jack Massei, Cary, N.C.; Hayden Blair, Tullahoma, Tenn.

1:25 p.m. / 7:55 a.m. – Noah Norton, Chico, Calif.; Jacob Luett, Clinton, Iowa; Rodrigo Rodas, Guatemala

1:36 p.m. / 8:06 a.m. – Jacob Calamaro, Newtown Square, Pa.; Patrick Ryan, Maplewood, N.J.; Austin Vukovits, Indianapolis, Ind.

1:47 p.m. / 8:17 a.m. – Andrew Crockett, Fayetteville, Ga.; Joe Bultman, Shawnee, Kan.; Hudson Dubinski, Columbia, Mo.

1:58 p.m. / 8:28 a.m. – Garrett Barber, West Palm Beach, Fla.; George McNeely, Carmel, Calif.; Matt Dickson, Washingtonville, N.Y.

2:09 p.m. / 8:39 a.m. – Tyler Strafaci, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Trenton Johnson, Brentwood, Tenn.; Cole Ponich, Salt Lake City, Utah

2:20 p.m. / 8:50 a.m. – Matthew Wolff, Agoura Hills, Calif.; Austin Carter, Kingsport, Tenn.; Benjamin Pochet, Royersford, Pa.

2:31 p.m. / 9:01 a.m. – Christopher Fosdick, Middlefield, Conn.; Douglass Ergood, Mount Laurel, N.J.; Darren Lin, Chino Hills, Calif.

2:42 p.m. / 9:12 a.m. – Brandon Gillis, Nashua, N.H.; Trueman Park, Chandler, Ariz.; Nick Willis, Spartanburg, S.C.

70th U.S. Junior Amateur Championship – Par & Yardage
Flint Hills National Golf Club will be set up at 7,049 yards and will play to a par of 36-35—71. The yardage for each round of the championship will vary due to course setup and conditions.

Flint Hills National Golf Club Hole By Hole            
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total
Par 5 4 4 3 5 4 4 3 4 36
Yardage 585 422 376 222 597 325 440 181 485 3,633
                     
Hole 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total
Par 3 5 4 4 3 4 4 3 5 35
Yardage 169 553 464 375 212 480 450 196 517 3,416

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