🔥 Trending U.S. Amateur Golf Championship: Latest News and Results

The 126th U.S. Amateur Championship is currently underway in 2026. The main event is being contested at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pennsylvania ⁴. This year's championship features a field of top amateur golfers.

The U.S. Amateur is known for its rigorous format, which typically includes stroke-play qualifying followed by a 64-player match-play bracket, culminating in a 36-hole final ⁹.

For the 2026 U.S. Amateur, qualifying events were held between June 1st and July 3rd, with 48 local qualifying events and 19 final qualifying competitions, all played over 18 holes ³.

The U.S. Women's Amateur, a separate but equally prestigious event, also concluded recently. The 126th U.S. Women's Amateur was held at The Honors Course in Ooltewah, Tennessee, from August 4-9, 2026 ¹⁷. Asterisk Talley, a 17-year-old from California, won the championship by defeating co-medalist Anna Iwanaga 8 and 6 in the 36-hole final ¹. This victory came two years after Talley finished as runner-up in the same event ¹.

For the U.S. Amateur, specific results, including final qualifiers from locations like Bent Pine Golf Club, are being updated as the tournament progresses ⁸. The U.S. Junior Amateur Championship also took place from July 20-25, 2026, at Saucon Valley Country Club in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania ⁵.