U.S. Amateur Championship. Presented annually by the USGA since 1895. The U.S. Amateur Trophy was presented to the USGA in March 1895 by the Association’s first president, Theodore A. Havemeyer.

The United States Amateur Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Amateur, is the leading annual golf tournament in the United States for amateur golfers. It is organized by the United States Golf Association and is currently held each August over a 7-day period.

The official home of the 2025 U.S. Amateur Championship at The Olympic Club (San Francisco, Calif.) from August 11-17. Watch the best amateur golfers in the world vie for the championship. Get tickets, view the leader board, highlights, stories, and more!

The Havemeyer Trophy is the only gold trophy awarded by the United States Golf Association (UGSA), all the others being silver. And the Havemeyer Trophy itself began as a silver trophy, but more on that in a minute.

Sep 18, 2023 · The U.S. Amateur Championship is the oldest USGA championship and it was created in 1895 because of a controversy. In 1894, two clubs -- Newport (R.I.) Golf Club and New York's St. Andrew's Golf Club -- had conducted invitational tournaments to attract the nation's top amateur players.

VILLAGE OF PINEHURST, N.C. (March 2, 2025) – The United States Golf Association (USGA) will present its highest honor, the Bob Jones Award, to Mike Keiser during U.S. Open Championship week in...

Aug 12, 2024 · Here is everything the US Amateur champion will receive in 2024. The US Amateur champion takes home the original Havemayer Trophy for the full year. The trophy was first presented to the USGA in March 1895 by its first president, Theodore A. Havemeyer.

The Robert Cox Trophy is the longest-serving original USGA championship trophy, having been presented annually to the U.S. Women’s Amateur champion since 1896. After awarding a silver pitcher to the winner of the inaugural championship, the USGA sought a permanent trophy.

Aug 14, 2016 · Like the U.S. Open and U.S. Women’s Amateur Championships, the U.S. Amateur has been contested since the USGA’s first championship season in 1895. The trophy was initially presented to the USGA on March 28, 1895, in honor of …

Aug 9, 2020 · Here is our list of nine favorite U.S. Amateur artifacts within the USGA Golf Museum’s world-class collection. Charles B. Macdonald was awarded this ornate sterling silver trophy, donated by the USGA’s first president Theodore Havemeyer, upon winning the inaugural U.S. Amateur in 1895 at Newport (R.I.) Country Club.