2013 U.S. Junior Amateur

2013 U.S. Junior Amateur July 22–27, 2013 Truckee, California, U.S. Martis Camp 72 7740 yd 156 players USGA Stroke play and match play USA Scottie Scheffler def. USA Davis Riley, 3&2 2012 2014 The 2013 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship was the 66th U.S. Junior Amateur, a national golf championship organized by the United States Golf Association (USGA) for boy golfers under the age of 18. The tournament was played from July 22–27, 2013, at Martis Camp in Truckee, California near Lake Tahoe. Set up as a par-72 layout measuring 7,740 yards, the Tom Fazio-designed course was the longest configuration in the championship's history up to that time.U.S. Junior Amateur Records: Course https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/media/online-media-center/usga-records/u-s--junior-amateur-records.html United States Golf Association May 31, 2026 From an initial pool of 2,860 entries,2013 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship Results and Statistics https://www.usga.org/content/dam/usga/pdf/championship-archives/20150617184329770.pdf United States Golf Association May 31, 2026 a final field of 156 players competed in a 36-hole stroke play qualifier, with the top 64 advancing to a single-elimination match play bracket. Past champion Jim Liu earned medalist honors in the stroke play portion with an 8-under par 136.DePasquale Brian Liu Medalist at U.S. Junior Amateur https://www.usga.org/articles/2013/07/liu-medalist-at-us-junior-amateur-21474858175.html United States Golf Association July 23, 2013 May 31, 2026 The 2013 field became highly notable for its concentration of future PGA Tour professionals, including Cameron Young, Maverick McNealy, Sam Burns, Sahith Theegala, Ben Griffin, and Doug Ghim. Future world number one Scottie Scheffler won the championship, defeating Davis Riley, 3 and 2, in the 36-hole final match.DePasquale Brian Scheffler Defeats Riley To Win U.S. Junior Amateur https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/articles/2013/07/scheffler-defeats-riley-to-win-us-junior-amateur-21474858457.html United States Golf Association July 26, 2013 May 31, 2026 Riley held a 2-up lead through 27 holes before Scheffler mounted a late-afternoon rally, winning four consecutive holes. The match concluded on the 34th hole of play when Riley called a self-inflicted rules violation on himself after his ball moved at address, resulting in a penalty stroke that secured the victory for Scheffler.https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/9514743/scottie-scheffler-tops-davis-riley-win-us-junior-amateur Scottie Scheffler Wins Junior Amateur ESPN Associated Press July 27, 2013 Course The Martis Camp Club golf course is an 18-hole championship layout designed by Tom Fazio, which opened for play in June 2008.The History of Martis Camp https://www.martiscamp.com/the-history-of-martis-camp/ Martis Camp July 23, 2013 May 31, 2026 For the 2013 U.S. Junior Amateur, the course was set up as a par-72 playing at 7,740 yards, making it the longest course configuration in the tournament's history up to that time. Situated at elevations ranging from roughly 6,200 to 6,900 feet in the Sierra Nevada mountains, the course layout features a heavily forested front nine with dramatic elevation changes, while the back nine transitions to a valley floor that repeatedly crosses Martis Creek.Martis Camp Club https://www.top100golfcourses.com/golf-course/martis-camp Top 100 Golf Courses May 31, 2026 The course architecture emphasizes wide fairways flanked by thick pine trees, intricate greens with severe contours, and strategic bunker placements that protect the approach zones.Bass Samantha Martis Camp Neighborhood Guide https://luxurytahoeproperties.com/neighborhoods/martis-camp/ Luxury Tahoe Properties May 31, 2026 The course would go on to host the 2023 U.S. Senior Amateur.Martis Camp Chosen to Host 2023 U.S. Senior Amateur https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/articles/2019/10/martis-camp-chosen-to-host-2023-u-s--senior-amateur.html United States Golf Association October 7, 2019 May 31, 2026 Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal Yards3964782195684583955652494703,7985984654164751535533141984703,9427,740 Par443544534365444354343672 Format The championship consisted of a 36-hole stroke play qualification, from which the top 64 players advance to a single elimination match play bracket to determine the champion. Field The USGA received 2,860 entries from which the final field was 156 was composed from a mix of local qualifying events and automatic exemptions. To be eligible, all exempt players must have had a Handicap Index not exceeding 6.4 and must not have reached their 18th birthday by the conclusion of the championship. A number of paths to bypass local qualifying and gain automatic exemption to the championship were available including past champions, previous finalists, quarterfinalists from the previous year's U.S. Amateur, highly ranked players in the WAGR rankings, and winners of selected state, regional and international events (such as the R&A Boys Amateur). Among the field in 2013 were future tour professionals Cameron Young, Maverick McNealy, Ben Griffin, Sam Burns, Sahith Theegala, Nick Hardy, Justin Suh, Sam Horsfield, Ryan Ruffels, Jin Cheng and Aaron Wise. Other notable additions to the field were Jim Liu, champion of the 2010 U.S. Junior Amateur and runner-up at the 2012 U.S. Junior Amateur,Storylines For 2013 U.S. Junior Amateur https://www.usga.org/articles/2013/07/storylines-for-2013-us-junior-amateur-21474858042.html United States Golf Association July 19, 2013 May 31, 2026 and Andy Zhang, who in 2012 had become the youngest player to ever compete in the U.S. Open.Shefter David Notebook: Chinese Golf Boom At Junior https://www.usga.org/articles/2013/07/notebook-chinese-golf-boom-at-junior-21474858171.html United States Golf Association July 22, 2013 May 31, 2026 Stroke play Past champion Jim Liu was the stroke play medalist after shooting rounds of 69 and 67 for a total of 8-under par 136. The top-5 was rounded out by Cameron Young at 6-under par 138, Scottie Scheffler at 5-under par 139, and Davis Riley and Zachary Bauchou at 4-under par 140. Scheffler, Liu and Corey Eddings shared the low 18-hole round of the tournament with 67s. The cut for match play qualification came at 7-over par 151, with 12 players tied for the last 8 spots in the field. Chase Johnson, Andy Zhang, Matt Echelmeier, Coleman Self, Spencer Painton, Dean Sakata and Will Bernstein advanced with 3s on the first playoff hole, while Will Minton was eliminated with a 6. Matthew Lowe ultimately advanced over Jae Hoon Kim, Ben Doyle, and Victor Ponte with a 3 on the 4th playoff hole. First round – Monday, July 22, 2013 Second round – Tuesday, July 23, 2013 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Jim Liu 69-67=136 −82 USA Cameron Young 68-70=138 −63 USA Scottie Scheffler 67-72=139 −5T4 USA Davis Riley 71-69=140 −4 USA Zachary Bauchou 70-70=140T6 VEN Jorge Pichu Garcia 69-72=141 −3 USA Corey Eddings 67-74=141 ENG Sam Horsfield 70-71=141T9 USA Aaron Terrazas 69-73=142 −2 USA Adam Wood 70-72=142 USA Wilson Furr 71-71=142 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parT12 USA Tyler Moore 71-72=143 −1 USA William Register 75-68=143T14 USA Jack Comstock 69-75=144 E USA George Cunningham 69-75=144 AUS Lucas Herbert 74-70=144 MEX Álvaro Ortiz 70-74=144T18 CHN Jin Cheng 74-71=145 +1 USA Ben Griffin 74-71=145 USA Daniel Connolly 72-73=145 AUS Ryan Ruffels 76-69=145T22 USA P.J. Samiere 74-72=146 +2 USA William Gordon 74-72=146 USA Nick Hardy 74-72=146 ZIM Sean Crocker 77-69=146 USA Thaddeus Obecny II 74-72=146 USA Joshua Seiple 76-70=146 USA Brian Mogg 75-71=146T29 USA Maverick McNealy 78-69=147 +3 USA Sahith Theegala 76-71=147 CRC Luis Gagne 78-69=147 USA Matthew Perrine 74-73=147 USA John Augenstein 72-75=147 CAN Patrick Murphy 77-70=147 USA Tyson Reeder 76-71=147 USA Cole Berman 73-74=147 USA Jeremy Wall 71-76=147 Match play The match play portion of the tournament featured several future PGA Tour standouts. In the early rounds, Scottie Scheffler defeated Maverick McNealy, 1 up, in the round of 32 and Justin Suh in 19 holes in the round of 16. On the other side of the bracket, Davis Riley advanced by defeating Luis Gagne, Zecheng Dou, and John Augenstein. In the quarterfinals, Doug Ghim eliminated future PGA Tour star Cameron Young, 4 and 3, before falling to Scheffler, 6 and 4, in the semifinals. In the 36-hole final match, Riley built an early lead and held a 2 up advantage through 27 holes. Scheffler then mounted a late-afternoon rally, winning four consecutive holes down the stretch. On the par-4 16th hole, with Scheffler leading, Riley called a rules infraction on himself when his ball moved at address. The resulting one-stroke penalty gave Riley a bogey, securing a 3 and 2 victory and the championship for Scheffler. First roundJuly 24 Round of 32July 25 Round of 16July 25 QuarterfinalsJuly 26 SemifinalsJuly 26 FinalJuly 27 150 USA Jim Liu USA Matthew Lowe 19 holes 136 151 USA Matthew Perrine USA John Augenstein 5&4 147 147 MEX Álvaro Ortiz USA Brad Dalke 4&3 144 149 AUS Lucas Herbert USA Brian Carlson 4&3 144 149 ENG Sam Horsfield USA Dean Sakata 7&6 141 151 USA Nick Hardy USA Will Grimmer 3&2 146 148 USA Aaron Terrazas USA Wes Artac 20 holes 147 150 ZIM Sean Crocker USA Austin Connelly 7&5 146 148 USA Zachary Bauchou USA Coleman Self 19 holes 140 151 CAN Patrick Murphy USA Sahith Theegala 1 up 147 147 USA Tyler Moore CHN Dou Zecheng 4&3 143 150 AUS Ryan Ruffels USA Theo Humphrey 4&2 145 149 USA Davis Riley USA Chase Johnson 3&1 140 151 USA Brian Mogg CRC Luis Gagne 2&1 146 147 USA William Register USA Trevor Phillips 4&3 143 150 USA Daniel Connolly USA Jacob Joiner 2&1 145 148 USA Cameron Young USA Matt Echelmaier 3&1 138 151 USA Jeremy Wall USA Tyson Reeder 5&4 147 147 USA George Cunningham USA Mitchell Schow 1 up 144 149 CHN Jin Cheng USA Jeffrey Swegle 1up 145 149 USA Corey Eddings USA Will Bernstein 3&2 141 151 USA Thaddeus Obecny II CAN Jooho Lee 20 holes 146 148 USA Adam Wood USA Doug Ghim 2&1 142 150 USA William Gordon USA Jake Shuman 2&1 146 148 USA Scottie Scheffler USA Spencer Painton 7&5 139 151 USA Cole Berman USA Maverick McNealy 2&1 147 147 USA Jake Comstock USA Corey Shaun 1 up 144 149 USA Ben Griffin USA Justin Suh 6&4 145 149 VEN Jorge Pichu Garcia CHN Andy Zhang 3&1 141 151 USA Joshua Seiple USA Nick Heinen 19 holes 146 148 USA Wilson Furr USA Keenan Huskey 1 up 142 150 USA P.J. Samiere USA Sam Meuret 4&3 146 148 USA Jim Liu USA John Augenstein 20 holes USA Brian Carlson USA Brad Dalke 1 up ZIM Sean Crocker USA Aaron Terrazas 22 holes USA Nick Hardy ENG Sam Horsfield 8&7 USA Zachary Bauchou USA Sahith Theegala 1 up CHN Dou Zecheng AUS Ryan Ruffels 3&2 USA Davis Riley CRC Luis Gagne 5&4 USA Trevor Phillips USA Daniel Connolly 3&2 USA Cameron Young USA Tyson Reeder 3&2 USA George Cunningham USA Jeffrey Swegle 4&2 USA Corey Eddings CAN Jooho Lee 3&2 USA Doug Ghim ENG William Gordon 2&1 USA Scottie Scheffler USA Maverick McNealy 1 up USA Corey Shaun USA Justin Suh 3&1 VEN Jorge Pichu Garcia USA Nick Heinen 3&2 USA Wilson Furr USA P.J. Samiere 2 up USA John Augenstein USA Brian Carlson 1 up USA Aaron Terrazas ENG Sam Horsfield 6&5 USA Zachary Bauchou CHN Dou Zecheng 2&1 USA Davis Riley USA Trevor Phillips 2&1 USA Cameron Young USA George Cunningham 3&2 USA Corey Eddings USA Doug Ghim 4&3 USA Scottie Scheffler USA Justin Suh 19 holes USA Nick Heinen USA P.J. Samiere 3&1 USA John Augenstein ENG Sam Horsfield 20 holes CHN Dou Zecheng USA Davis Riley 4&2 USA Cameron Young USA Doug Ghim 4&3 USA Scottie Scheffler USA P.J. Samiere 3&2 USA John Augenstein USA Davis Riley 4&3 USA Doug Ghim USA Scottie Scheffler 6&4 USA Davis Riley USA Scottie Scheffler 3&2 References External links Photo Gallery from 2013 U.S. Junior Amateur at USGA.org Category:Golf tournaments in California Category:Truckee, California U.S. Junior Amateur Championship U.S. Junior Amateur Championship U.S. Junior Amateur Championship U.S. Junior Amateur Championship